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Weekly Design Contest / Re: Weekly Design Contest Thread
« on: May 21, 2020, 07:50:35 am »
Cow
$5 - Treasure
Worth $2
When you discard this from play during Clean-up, if you haven't bought any Victory cards this turn, you may put this on top of the deck.
The "no victory card" clause prevents gaining a Province per turn with 4 Cows.
Flavor: Cows are the main measure of wealth in many agricultural societies. "Cash cow" is a kind of business that generates steady profit.
Art: This "Cash Cow" sculpture is located at the entrance to the Happy Hollow park in San Jose, CA.
Treasury is to Cow what Poacher (without empty pile) is to Silver. If your average card is better than Copper, Treasury is better than Cow.
I agree with this comparison, or at least it's conclusion that treasury is better than Cow. Cow seems extremely weak, like bottom 1% of $5 cost cards weak. It is unbuyable in an engine because you don't want silver anyway and its ability is useless to engines. In money even it is super weak because you will never prefer it to gold at $6, and the few times you hit $5 you will usually prefer any terminal action to Cow.
I would suggest lowering the cost to $4, and maybe considering some minor change to make it not strictly better than silver. I think it is balanced (but still on the weak side) at $4 but there is a weak rule against silver+ at $4.