I would like to see this with +buy on it. Otherwise, it's effect isn't too different from
+.
At the start of your next turn, +1 card.
Yes, the thought had occurred to me as well. I am definitely open to having it be "+1 Buy; +$1" instead of "+$2", but I may just test it this way first. There are a lot of ways to gain cards. You can…
• Get +Buy from another source.
• Use workshops to gain cards (requires a village, obviously).
• Buy a card that comes with other cards (Cache, Death Cart, Border Village).
• Get cards handed to you by other players (Witch, Messenger).
And another question is, how often will you buy it even when it just gives +1 Card? Maybe often enough.
Part of it is, it would be nice if it were more different from Merchant Guild. But if it doesn't test well like it is, I am absolutely willing to slap +1 Buy on there.
Also, it's weird that it uses Trade tokens. I mean, I assume it does because the set already has those tokens included... but if you can't use them with any of the cards that use Trade tokens, because you never get the tokens in your possession, it seems weird to have it mention trade tokens.
Well it's a convenient way to track it. I don't think I can just say "token", or I would. Perhaps it would be clearer if there were other cards in the set that used Trade tokens in this way. That is definitely on the table.