Thanks for the win, somekindoftony. THere were a lot of good ideas this week.
Challenge # 75: Spice of Life
Design a card that uses one of the Menagerie exclusive mechanic, those being Ways, Exile, and Horses, as well as another set exclusive mechanic, those being ones that have only appeared in their original sets.
Edit: Alternate costs, as in Animal Fair, a Snowy Village type "ignore" effect, the Black Cat ability that only works on other player's turns and "now or at the start of your next turn" duration cards would be fine too.
Trying to map the exclusive mechanics of each set:
Intrigue - Pass card to other player (Masquerade)
- A card which cares about different types of a card (Courtier)
Seaside- Embargo a pile (Embargo)
- A mat which you can choose you put a card on or take of it (Native Village)
- A mat in which you put cards for the rest of the game without way of returning (Island)
- A card which cares about cards gained by other player (Smugglers)
- A card which needs two copies of itself to produce effects (Treasure Map)
- A card which cares about the type of bought cards (Treasury)
Alchemy- A new currency (Potion)
- A card which cares about if some specific card is in play (Alchemist)
- A card that lets you take decisions for other player (Possession)
Prosperity- New basic supply cards (Platinum and Colony)
- Other player can restrict your buys (Contraband)
- Card that put a condition to be bought (Grand Market)
Cornucopia- A cards that cares about different named cards you have in hand (Menagerie)
- Prizes
- Card which adds an extra supply pile (Young Witch)
- A card which cares about unused actions (Diadem)
Dark Ages- Shelters
- Ruins
- Spoils
- Card with an effect that needs you don’t buy in turn (Hermit)
- A card which trashes from discard pile (Hermit)
- A card which chains with itself (Cultist)
- Cards that care about a specific type of card being trashed (Knights)
Guilds- Overpay
- A card which changes initial amount of payload of each player (Baker)
Adventures- Reserve cards
- Adventures tokens
- Traveller cards
- Cards that can be in play for the rest of the game
- A card which play treasures in action phase (Storyteller - exclusive of this set, since promos don't count)
Empires- Debt cost
- Landmarks
- Gathering
- Split piles (exclusive in terms of sets, since there's a promo card)
- A pile with different proportion between amount of cards according to number of players (Castles)
- A card which introduces a contend between two players (Chariot Race)
- A card which introduces a between turns phase (Donate)
- Tax a pile (Tax)
Nocturne- Night Phase
- Boons
- Hexes
- States
- Heirlooms
- Spirits
- Cards that are gained to hand
- A card which plays actions from trash (Necromancer)
- A card which cares about how many of them are in play (Idol)
- A card which cares about being the unique in play (Tormentor)
- A pair of cards that each one can be exchanged by each other (Vampire/Bat)
Renaissance- Villagers
- Projects
- Artifacts
- Set aside gained cards (Cargo Ship, Innovation)
- Cards that enables actions to be played in “playing treasures” sub-phase of buy phase (Scepter, Capitalism)
- A card-shaped thing that stockpiles a resource (Sinister Plot)
Menagerie- Ways
- Exile
- Horses
- Ignore further effects (snowy Village)
- Alternate Cost (Animal Fair)
- Duration cards with choice between now or next turn
- A card which cares about if it’s your turn or not when played (Black Cat)
I think there are two others exclusive mechanic in Menagerie, D782802859 please tell me if they are valid to this contest:
- Card shaped-things that enables actions to be played in “buy things” sub-phase of buy phase (Gamble, Toil, March)
- A card which cares about cards trashed by other player (Goatherd)
About promo cards I think its special mechanics (like Black Market) don’t count for this contest since they aren’t in a set, is it right?
On the other hand, I think a mechanic in a set can’t be called exclusive if it is in a promo card, is it right? (example: in terms of expansions, split piles are exclusive of Empires, but it is also in the promo Sauna/Avanto).
I’m not sure if this list is complete, if all things listed are exactly mechanics and if all of them are really exclusive of a set. Please help me, pointing any mistake.
Edited to fix some mistakes pointed by Something_Smart (thank you!)