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Buy but don't gain?
« on: December 16, 2014, 08:14:31 pm »
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In Dominion, buying is separate from gaining: (1) first you pay for a card, and any on-buy effects happen, and (2) after that you gain a copy of that card from the supply, and any on-gain effects happen.

As far as I can tell, there are seven events in Dominion which can stop (2) from happening if (1) has happened. Two of them are pretty well-known, and the other five have something in common.

What are they?
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2014, 08:26:39 pm »
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As Wero hinted at in the other version of this thread, the extra five events have in common "when you buy" wording, and close-to-empty piles.

I think. I haven't worked out the five events yet.

EDIT: I tire and don't use the right words.
« Last Edit: December 16, 2014, 08:29:12 pm by pacovf »
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2014, 08:35:23 pm »
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Trader and Possession were mentioned as the well known ones, and Talisman as one of the other 5 that have to do with emptying a pile during phase (1). The other four are:

Stonemason overpay for two more stonemasons
Farmland trash a $4 into the last farmland (I hope nobody has ever done this)
Quarry and haggler in play, watchtower in hand. Buy a duchy, gaining a hunting grounds, trash the hunting grounds, gain the duchy. Again, I hope nobody has ever done this.
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There is probably another way to make something work with haggler.

EDIT: Haggler in play, watchtower in hand. Buy an attack, gain a squire, trash the squire, gain the attack. I hope somebody has done this.

I'm interested to see how goko handles the farmland and haggler ones. It might not work right, as in, I suspect it could force you to gain a gold for the farmland one.
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2014, 08:46:14 pm »
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Oho, nice! I didn't think of your versions of the Haggler trick. What I was thinking of was Haggler in play, buy the last Silver, haggle a Copper or something, reveal Trader, gain the last Silver instead—but that's a little inelegant because it uses Trader, which was already one of the other answers (though it uses it for something different).

One more! (Well, one more that I thought of before posting this puzzle.)
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2014, 08:49:06 pm »
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Buy Doctor trashing Catacombs for the last Doctor, buy the last Curse gaining it via Embargo on Curses.
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2014, 08:51:07 pm »
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Buy Doctor trashing Catacombs for the last Doctor, buy the last Curse gaining it via Embargo on Curses.

The first one is the one I was thinking of! Very embarrassed that I missed the second one here.
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2014, 08:53:46 pm »
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So there really was a way to make Hunting Grounds and other Guilds overpay work. Neat.
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2014, 11:57:11 pm »
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Farmland trash a $4 into the last farmland (I hope nobody has ever done this)

Edge case: You want to trash your Scout (which you received from Swindler), and the Gold is empty (with no other $6's).
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2014, 10:13:30 am »
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Farmland trash a $4 into the last farmland (I hope nobody has ever done this)

Edge case: You want to trash your Scout (which you received from Swindler), and the Gold is empty (with no other $6's).

Sorry to burst your bubble, lio :P

EDIT: uhh, misread this. Nevermind :-\
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2015, 09:08:22 pm »
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Farmland trash a $4 into the last farmland (I hope nobody has ever done this)

I want the Farmlands and just  use the opportunity to trash the $4 card. Like Rats. Or a Hunting Grounds (Quarry). Or a Scout/Thief somebody swindled into my deck. Or a Moneylender that became useless. You get the idea.

Edit: I should have read all answers before posting this. You're getting old, Asper...
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2015, 10:16:11 pm »
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Farmland trash a $4 into the last farmland (I hope nobody has ever done this)

I want the Farmlands and just  use the opportunity to trash the $4 card. Like Rats. Or a Hunting Grounds (Quarry). Or a Scout/Thief somebody swindled into my deck. Or a Moneylender that became useless. You get the idea.

Edit: I should have read all answers before posting this. You're getting old, Asper...

Or a Squire after four Highways!
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2015, 10:20:45 pm »
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If you've played a game where the gild pile and farmland piles emptied and you wanted to buy the last one and the best card you had to remodel costed 2 less than farmland, I want to see it.
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2015, 03:56:38 pm »
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So MTG has an interesting rule that clarifies that a player may concede at any time, even at a time that a player otherwise couldn't take any action. This rule of course exists because in real life, you can't stop a player from actually conceding at any time. Anyway, even though Dominion doesn't explicitly have such a rule, it's safe to assume that you are allowed to concede a game of Dominion at any time.

Thus, you can buy a card, and then concede before you gain it.
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #13 on: March 05, 2015, 06:12:57 pm »
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How about buying the last Curse while the Curses are embargoed?
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Re: Buy but don't gain?
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2015, 08:00:23 pm »
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How about buying the last Curse while the Curses are embargoed?

Already covered:

buy the last Curse gaining it via Embargo on Curses.
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