Sneak is an ability that you can use any time on your turn other than clean-up, but only once per turn. It can be used before resolving beginning-of-turn effects, in the Night phase, or any time in between.The rules of Nocturn (https://www.riograndegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Dominion-Rules-Nocturne.pdf) say "In games using Night cards, the Night phase happens after the Buy phase - it goes, Action, Buy, Night, Clean-up." If there's a Sneak card, but no Night cards, is there still a Night phase? In other words, can you trigger things that happen at the end of your buy phase and then play a Sneak?
When a card has the Sneak type, it means you can play it using its Sneak ability, indicated by the text "Sneak:", instead of its regular ability. So, if a card has both the Sneak and Action types, it means that once per turn, you're allowed to play the card at any time using its Sneak ability, but then any other plays of the card (or copies of it) have to be in the Action phase, using its Action ability.If you play an Action - Sneak card during your Action phase using the Sneak ability, does it cost you an Action?
The Sneak type is indicated by a dark blue color, and Sneak - Action cards should have both colors.Do you have a custom color code for the card image generator?
Also, I'd like some feedback on how well you think this mechanic works overall. My main concern is boards with more than one Sneak card on them. It seems possible that, because of the once per turn restriction, one of the Sneak cards would end up with only its plain ability being used. I thought about making the restriction instead "once per turn per pile", but that seems too complicated. Does anyone have any other ideas?I don't know that this is such a big concern. In Kingdoms without a village you are often forced to pick between different terminal cards. If both Sneak cards aren't viable, a player will have to choose which one will work better for her strategy.
Replica
$6 Treasure - Sneak
$4
+1 Buy. Gain 2 Coppers.
Sneak: Gain a copy of each non-Victory card you have gained this turn.
is it me, or is Sneak unnecessary complex. In most cases it just reads:
You can play it, without costing an action for other effect.
Sneak is an ability that you can use any time on your turn other than clean-up, but only once per turn. It can be used before resolving beginning-of-turn effects, in the Night phase, or any time in between.The rules of Nocturn (https://www.riograndegames.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Dominion-Rules-Nocturne.pdf) say "In games using Night cards, the Night phase happens after the Buy phase - it goes, Action, Buy, Night, Clean-up." If there's a Sneak card, but no Night cards, is there still a Night phase? In other words, can you trigger things that happen at the end of your buy phase and then play a Sneak?
When a card has the Sneak type, it means you can play it using its Sneak ability, indicated by the text "Sneak:", instead of its regular ability. So, if a card has both the Sneak and Action types, it means that once per turn, you're allowed to play the card at any time using its Sneak ability, but then any other plays of the card (or copies of it) have to be in the Action phase, using its Action ability.If you play an Action - Sneak card during your Action phase using the Sneak ability, does it cost you an Action?
is it me, or is Sneak unnecessary complex. In most cases it just reads:
You can play it, without costing an action for other effect.
As I understand it, you just get one total Sneak play per turn. So if you have multiple cards with Sneak (whether they're the same or different), you can use one of them for their Sneak ability, and the others you can only play for their regular ability.
Secret Mission needs a if the previous turn was not yours restriction.
Minor point, but I think there should be a dividing line between the card's normal ability and the Sneak ability, just to remind players that they can only do one and not both.
(https://trello.com/1/cards/6261e450a251cc6c66463fd2/attachments/6261e456496898665108ea14/download/Maze.png) | Quote from: Maze Maze Action - Sneak Cost: 4 |
My submission this week is Maze:Broken. Sure, you can only use one as cantrip double VP gainer but that is nonetheless crazy.
(https://trello.com/1/cards/6261e450a251cc6c66463fd2/attachments/6261e456496898665108ea14/download/Maze.png) Quote from: MazeMaze Action - Sneak Cost: 4
+1 Card
+1 Action
+1 Buy
Sneak: +2%
Without the Sneak, Maze is simply a cantrip buy. With the Sneak ability it is also a source of VP. It has the Sneak ability so that it does not dominate games. It should be priced well, and you will rarely want more than 2 of them. I don't like how the colors turned out, but I don't know how to make it better.
Feedback is appreciated.
Scheming Court
Action - Sneak - $5
You may play an Action card from your hand twice.
Sneak: Replay a card you have in play twice.
Again, a card where the Action part is already an official card (Throne Room), but the Sneak is a bonus. It's basically a once per turn King's Court, but it can also work on Treasure and Night cards.
War Engineers - $4
Action - Sneak
+1 Buy
+$2
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Sneak: If this is the first time you played a War Engineers this turn, +1 Villager. Otherwise, +3 cards.
TrapperAny feedback.
Action - Sneak - $4
Choose one: +2 Actions and +1 Card; or gain a card costing up to $4; or trash a card from your hand.
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Sneak: Exile a trapper from the supply and +$1.
Feedback is appreciated.
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Secret Village $3 Action - Sneak
+2 Actions
+$1
You may rotate the Sneaks.
Sneak: +2 Cards
Secret Church $4 Action - Sneak
+1 Action
Trash up to 3 cards from your hand. +1 Buy per Treasure card trashed. +$1 per Action or Victory card trashed.
Sneak: +3 Cards
Discard a card.
Secret Storehouse $5 Action - Sneak
+1 Card
+1 Action
Do this twice: Discard any number of cards, then draw that many.
Sneak: +3 Cards
Secret Realm $6 Sneak - Victory
Sneak: +4 Cards
Discard a card.
Worth 1VP per 2 Sneak cards you have (round down).
Who's that dapper swindler out of Tammany Hall?
Retainer $4 Night - Sneak - Duration
Set a card you have in play aside. During clean up, after drawing your new hand, put that card on top of your deck, then discard this.
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Sneak: Gain a card costing exactly $1 per differently named card you have in play.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52026484747_427174f1b6_b.jpg)Id also test this with +3 Cards. Sure, the effect is not too easy to set up (one splitter and two War Engineers) but a triple Lab sounds pretty wild.QuoteWar Engineers - $4
Action
+1 Buy
+$2
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Sneak: If this is the first time you played a War Engineers this turn, +1 Villager. Otherwise, +4 cards.
A Woodcutter variant. The sneak ability is variable and dependent on if you have already played a War Engineers that turn. The Villager gain is mainly to enable the draw 4 ability in the rare cases that you have no +actions. I justify the draw 4 as it can only ever be used once a turn and the rest of the card is not entirely the best out there. Feedback is appreciated.
Edit: Changed the color on it. Not sure I like it, but that is what I got.
Sure, I assumed natural engine play. But of course the card could be broken in money decks as well.(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52026484747_427174f1b6_b.jpg)Id also test this with +3 Cards. Sure, the effect is not too easy to set up (one splitter and two War Engineers) but a triple Lab sounds pretty wild.QuoteWar Engineers - $4
Action
+1 Buy
+$2
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Sneak: If this is the first time you played a War Engineers this turn, +1 Villager. Otherwise, +4 cards.
A Woodcutter variant. The sneak ability is variable and dependent on if you have already played a War Engineers that turn. The Villager gain is mainly to enable the draw 4 ability in the rare cases that you have no +actions. I justify the draw 4 as it can only ever be used once a turn and the rest of the card is not entirely the best out there. Feedback is appreciated.
Edit: Changed the color on it. Not sure I like it, but that is what I got.
It's actually a lot easier to set up than you think. You don't even need a splitter, you can just play a War Engineer and then Sneak a War Engineer, since Sneaking doesn't take an Action. You'd need a Village to be able to play any Actions afterwards, but still.
I dont think that it will be crazy in money decks as it is more likely that you draw into a dead War Engineer than having two in play such that you can play them for Woodcutter plus draw.
Investment
Cost 5 Debt
Treasure - Sneak
$2
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Sneak: Exchange this for a Province. Take 1 debt per card in the Investment pile.
County Fair
Cost 4 Debt
Action - Sneak
+1 Action
+1 Card
+1 Buy
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Sneak: Exchange this for a Province. Take 1 debt per card in the County Fair pile.
Homestead
Cost 4 Debt
Action - Sneak
+2 Cards
+1 Buy
You may discard 2 cards for +2 Actions.
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Sneak: Exchange this for a Province. Take 1 debt per card in the Homestead pile.
Surveyor
Cost 5 Debt
Action - Sneak
+1 Card
+1 Action
+$1
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Sneak: Exchange this for a Province. Take 1 debt per card in the Surveyor pile.
Action-Sneak - $5
Look at the top 5 cards of your deck. Put 3 of them into your hand and discard the rest.
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Sneak: Play a non-Command, non-Duration Action, Treasure, or Night card costing up to $5 from the supply, leaving it there.
(https://i.imgur.com/I2QNtOr.png)Quote from: Guild MasterAction-Sneak - $5
Look at the top 5 cards of your deck. Put 3 of them into your hand and discard the rest.
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Sneak: Play a non-Command, non-Duration Action, Treasure, or Night card from the supply, leaving it there.
I didn't put the Command type on Guild Master as I don't think this can loop because of the once-per-turn restriction on Sneaking.
Infiltrator - $3
Action - Sneak
+1 Action
+1 Card
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Sneak: Put all other ninjas you have in play into your hand
Thanks, I changed it.Infiltrator - $3
Action - Sneak
+1 Action
+1 Card
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Sneak: Put all other ninjas you have in play into your hand
I didn't see this post before you edited it, but I assume you changed the name. The Sneak effect still says Ninjas instead of Infiltrators.
Contest closes in 24 hours.Seems like enough time for me to change my mind 3 times... :-\
(https://i.imgur.com/dGMTK9Ah.png) Quote Underground City $5 Action - Sneak | (https://i.imgur.com/tn2wxYyh.png) Quote Sneak Attack $5 Sneak - Attack | |
(https://i.imgur.com/ztfQ19Oh.png) Quote Dark Priest $5 Action - Sneak | (https://i.imgur.com/Kh9co4vh.png) Quote Forbidden Tome $5 Treasure - Sneak | |
(https://i.imgur.com/oZMhG64h.png) Quote Woodworker $4 Action - Sneak | (https://i.imgur.com/CvE6Afzh.png) Quote Secret Witch $4 Action - Attack - Sneak |