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Dominion General Discussion / Re: * Plunder Previews #4: Next Time *
« on: December 15, 2022, 05:50:36 pm »
Of course the decision makes sense. I just wanted to find a uniform rule for replacing. After thinking about it again, maybe this works: "The start card being replaced returns to where it came from".
- Shelters/Heirloom are extra cards came from the box
- The Estate pile remains untouched before and after the starting Estate cards are handed out, since they came from the box
- The Coppers are taken from the Copper pile
So there is no special case. Sorry for this little rule digression :)

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Dominion General Discussion / Re: * Plunder Previews #4: Next Time *
« on: December 15, 2022, 03:30:10 pm »
Inherited's official FAQ says:
- Replaced Coppers go back to the pile
- Replaced Estates/Shelters/Heirlooms go back to the box

It is of course consistent with the replacement rules of shelters and heirlooms. But why exactly does copper have a special position? What happens if one day a starting card is replaced by silver and you selected it with Inherited? I know, hypothetically, but Donald has been trying to be future-proof in recent years.

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I have to say I was pretty confused by Maelstrom at first though.  I assumed "one of them" referred to one of the cards you trashed, like it was some kind of Raider variant, but that seemed really weird.  Eventually I figured it out.  Is it just me, or is the wording kind of ambiguous?
That was my first thought too. My second thought was "or reveals they can't" is missing. Only after that I got it.

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Rules Questions / Re: Coffers Rules Change
« on: March 19, 2022, 05:35:39 am »
Merchants Guild looks at all cards gained in the buying phase, including prior ones, isn't it? I buy a Silver, after that I buy Merchant Guild and play it with Innovation. Do I get two Coffers?

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Rules Questions / Re: Plateau Shepherds + Cost reducer
« on: March 14, 2022, 10:50:55 am »
Cost reducers normally apply to turns, for instance Ferry:

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Move your -$2 cost token to an Action Supply pile. (Cards from that pile cost $2 less on your turns, but not less than $0.)
So at the end of the game, when you're tallying points, it's not "your turn" (or anybody's turn) so the cards just have their normal costs.
You are so right. Shame on me for read over it.

With regards to Duration cost reducers: at the end of the game you just put all of your cards in one big pile and start counting so even Duration cards, although they might not have been discarded during the clean-up phase, still end up in that pile and are not doing anything anymore.
I can't find this rule right now, but I remember reading it. That makes sense.

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Rules Questions / Plateau Shepherds + Cost reducer
« on: March 14, 2022, 09:18:59 am »
I think Plateau Shepherds is the first card that looks at the cost of cards when counting the points. As far as I know, there really isn't a rule that says cost reducers don't apply at this point. I can think of three scenarios:

- Ferry-Token on a 4-cost-card (e.g. Remodel) => Remodel counts
- One Favor-Token with Family of Inventors on a 3-cost-card (e.g. Village). Of course, this only works with two allies => Village counts
- Highway stays in play after the game (with Way of the mouse + Duration) => All 3-cost-cards count

Is this correct, or do all cost reductions end before counting the points?

Edit: see first post of Davio

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Rules Questions / Re: Coffers Rules Change
« on: September 24, 2021, 02:31:36 pm »
To those of you not in the TGG discord server (the company making the mobile version of Dominion), the rules for Coffers are getting changed, and this change also requires errata to 2 cards.

The change: You can spend Coffers at any time during your turn.

The reason: The original rule was awful and goes against intuition. How often have you bought a card, and then either realized you didn't spend enough Coffers, or you spent too many?

Side effects include being able to use Coffers to power up action-phase Storytellers, and you can immediately use the Coffers that you get from Spices.

Now there are two cards that need errata because of this. The reasons why is an exercise for the reader (or you can just go to the wiki, where I explained why).
-Merchant Guild: It will give Coffers at the end of your buy phase, and is no longer a dividing line ability.
-Patron: Only gives Coffers during an Action phase.

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You give a good reason for errata-ing Patron in the wiki, but could you expand on the reason for errata-ing Merchant Guild? Its wiki article only says "With the new rules to Coffers, you would be able to spend Coffers that you gained from Merchant Guild during the same Buy phase."

Though this would strengthen MG significantly, I don't see why it would make MG overpowered. If you immediately spend the gained coffers on further buys, MG essentially becomes kind of a Bridge variant: Instead of a cost reduction by $1, you immediately get $1 back for each buy.
While Bridge is a very strong $4 card, MG costs $5, so it should be okay for it to be usable as an "almost immediate" cost reducer.

Spices seems more problematic to me: With the coffers change, it effectively becomes a $3 card that's strictly (and significantly) better than Silver whenever you have 2 coffers (or a spare $2) at the beginning of your buy phase.

Traveling Fair comes to my mind. If you have three MGs in play, you can alternately buy Traveling Fair and Copper and get additionally a Coffer. After the Copper pile is empty you have +46$.

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Rules Questions / Re: Way of the Chameleon Instructions
« on: October 01, 2020, 10:00:33 am »
(a): +1 Card.
(b): +1 Card.
(c): +2 Cards.
Thank you!

The answer is a slight variation on (ii), it will effect only those instructions on the chameleoned card above the line (more precisely: the on-play instructions), that happen during this turn.
You are right. I forgot to mention the turn restriction.

Merchant comes to mind, though this likely not often useful.
Ah yes, I never keep the new base and intrigue cards in mind.

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Rules Questions / Way of the Chameleon Instructions
« on: October 01, 2020, 09:22:05 am »
Consider following game situations:

(a) Play Chapel with Way of the Chameleon, trash Rats, get +1 Card or +1$
(b) Play Rats with Way of the Chameleon, get +1$. Later buy Bonfire, trash this Rats, get +1 Card or +1$
(c) Play Priest with Way of the Chameleon, get +2 Cards. Later play Chapel, trash Copper, get +2$ or +2 Cards from Priest

Which +Card, +$ will be triggered by Way of the Chameleon?
(i) All instructions on the chameleoned card (triggers (b) and (c), so +1 Card, +1$, +2 Cards)
(ii) Only instructions on the chameleoned card above the line (triggers only (c), so +1 Card, +1 Card, +2 Cards)
(iii) All +Card, +$ produced by the chameleoned card during following the instructions of this card (triggers only (a), so +1$, +1 Card, +2$)
(iv) ?

I assume (ii), hence:
(a) +1 Card, (b) +1 Card, (c) +2 Cards
Is it right?

If (ii) is right, are there another abilities triggered by Way of the Chameleon after following the instructions of the chameleoned card besides Priest? I didn't find anything.

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