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[jpople02]

So I don't know what the thematic justification for this would be, but I thought of it today when thinking of mechanics for Reserve cards that weren't explored in Adventures.  I'm not married to the name, or the particular set of vanilla bonuses; it's more about the calling trigger.


Bard - $6 - Action/Reserve


+1 card
+1 action
+$2


Put this on your Tavern mat.


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When you buy a Copper, you may discard this from your Tavern mat.

[horatio83]

I like it. I guess you couldn't do Lab-variants with this calling trigger as it would mitigate the copper spam but a Double Peddler / Grand Market sans buy seems fine with it.
My hunch is though that the calling trigger is worth a little bit less than -1, i.e. a card which would be balanced at 7 without the reserve mechanism is overpowered at 6. But this is just a hunch and in a deck without any trashers or cards that interact with copper it might be fairly priced or even a bit weak for 6.

[GendoIkari]

I feel like the card needs to include a buy, whatever else it has. Without a buy, the trigger is extremely painful to pull. Not only do you have to clog your deck with a Copper, but you have to give up buying anything else. Adding a buy makes it more likely that you are only doing the clogging part.

[werothegreat]

It also seems a bit expensive as is.

I think the best use for these kinds of triggers is that, since they're a penalty, they should be antagonistic to the intended use of the card.  Wine Merchant gives you a lot of ; if you want to use it again, you have to spend some of that .  I came up with this card a couple weeks back:

Crone
- Action-Attack-Reserve

+2 Cards
+1 Buy

Put this on your Tavern mat, and each other player gains a Curse.
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At the end of your Buy phase, if you did not buy anything that turn, you may discard this from your Tavern mat.

So it's a Curser with a +Buy, which would encourage you to buy extra things, but you only get the Curser back if you don't buy anything.

[GendoIkari]

It also seems a bit expensive as is.

I think the best use for these kinds of triggers is that, since they're a penalty, they should be antagonistic to the intended use of the card.  Wine Merchant gives you a lot of ; if you want to use it again, you have to spend some of that .  I came up with this card a couple weeks back:

Crone
- Action-Attack-Reserve

+2 Cards
+1 Buy

Put this on your Tavern mat, and each other player gains a Curse.
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At the end of your Buy phase, if you did not buy anything that turn, you may discard this from your Tavern mat.

So it's a Curser with a +Buy, which would encourage you to buy extra things, but you only get the Curser back if you don't buy anything.

I don't think this works. Having an extra buy doesn't make you more likely to buy at least 1 card. If someone has 3-6 to spend, they'll probably buy either only 1 card anyway, or not buy to get the curser back. If they have more to spend, then they aren't going to be more tempted to buy a card instead of nothing just because they have an extra buy. If you want to "tempt" people to buy a card, then you should give them money, not a buy.