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Commander, by Udzu
Runners up: Herder by faust and Sepulcher by Gubump
The idea about Event cost reduction is interesting, and I was about to make a cheaper version that only made $1 but gave Event cost reduction, kind of like a Quarry for Events. After all, if there are any problematic combos, you would have to go through the Event deck before you get to it again… except if the problematic Event is part of the actual Kingdom. So Delve can immediately empty the Silvers. Gamble + Tunnel can empty and play all the Golds. Traveling Fair can give infinite Buys, so then a second event can be bought infinite times (Salt the Earth can make infinite VP; Tax can put infinite Debt on every Supply pile).
How about making the Events in the Story deck cheaper by a fixed amount?
oh. uh...FWIW, this is what this would look like on an actual card (not the right triple-color scheme):QuoteIcy VentureA Venture that can't hit copies of itself. (not sure about the best wording).
$5 - Treasure - Duration
+$2
Reveal cards from your deck until you reveal an Action or Treasure. Discard the other revealed cards. If you revealed a Treasure, play it. Otherwise, set it aside and play it at the start of your next turn.
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When you reveal this, set it aside, and keep revealing cards as if you hadn't revealed it, then discard this when the current card is resolved.
Which satisfies the "fine print" of the contest, but I think it would be good to look into ways in which you can reduce the amount of text needed.
I guess that's the problem with not mocking up cards is I never realize how wordy they turn out to be.
If I think of a better version (or something else), I'll update it. If not, well, I probably won't win.
(Also, I keep thinking up concepts that seem simple in my head but take a lot of words to write out.)
I hate Adventurer with an irrational passion. Not sure if this fixes it for me though.
I have a replacement for Adventurer as well:
I hate Adventurer with an irrational passion. Not sure if this fixes it though.I don’t think that suffices. The trashing is fairly weak and digging for two Treasures is arguable a $2.
Voodoo Doll, replacing PossessionProbably ought to not be able to play durations, since you'll need to track their effects after having removed them from play
Voodoo Doll, replacing Possession
Burn and Swidden are far too weak.
Dam needs to be restricted to Kingdom cards lest Silver and Gold is buried under a bunch of junk.
As for a potential fix, maybe something like: "At the start of your turn, look at the top card of your deck. You may Exile it. If you don't, put it back and Exile a card from the Supply costing up to $4." This does remove the ability to let you un-Exile cards whose supply piles are empty (most notably Stockpile), and maybe that was part of the point of the card, but this change makes Ekklesia more consistently decent.
"Exchange" is a keyword in Dominion, so Switch should be worded as something like: "Look at the top card of your deck. Put it into your hand and put a card from your hand onto your deck."
Little money is often the only path in the above mentioned junking intensive Kingdoms. I mean, gee, the very game is designed such that you can always buy Copper for a reason! It virtually never occurs but if it does, you would have Copper as an out.
Suppose there is no Kingdom card that provides virtual Coins. You might never ever reach $5 in some Kingdoms due to the Copper/Silver restriction (no way to build an engine either).
