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[WilsonWriter]

We've had fun with variations of the City card. Here are two examples:

ANCIENT CITY
Cost: $3
Action

+1 Card, +2 Actions
Discard a card from your hand for each empty supply pile. If no supply piles are empty, +$1.


CITY OF ATLANTIS
Cost $7
Treasure

+1 Buy
If no supply piles are empty: +$2
If one supply pile is empty: +$3
If two supply piles are empty: +$4

[Awaclus]

Ancient City might be fine, but isn't City of Atlantis just incredibly weak? Sounds like it wouldn't be too strong at $5, and also you might want to say "two or more" because I think it's pretty stupid if your Treasure card suddenly becomes useless if you empty a third pile during your Action phase.

[pacovf]

Ancient City might be fine, but isn't City of Atlantis just incredibly weak? Sounds like it wouldn't be too strong at $5, and also you might want to say "two or more" because I think it's pretty stupid if your Treasure card suddenly becomes useless if you empty a third pile during your Action phase.

The gods see your hubris, and sink the city in retaliation.

[eHalcyon]

Ancient City might be fine, but isn't City of Atlantis just incredibly weak? Sounds like it wouldn't be too strong at $5, and also you might want to say "two or more" because I think it's pretty stupid if your Treasure card suddenly becomes useless if you empty a third pile during your Action phase.

Well, when 3 piles are empty, it is also true that 2 are empty. Likewise with 2 and 1. So with 2 empty piles, this should produce +$7 in total.

Probably not intended, but that's how it plays out. Can be fixed by adding the word "exactly".

[XerxesPraelor]

 Here's one, probably underpowered.

Buyout - $7
Action
Each opponent gains a Curse.
If 1 supply pile is empty, gain an Estate.
If 2 supply piles are empty, gain a Duchy.
If 3 supply piles are empty, gain a Province.

[faust]

Here's one, probably underpowered.

Buyout - $7
Action
Each opponent gains a Curse.
If 1 supply pile is empty, gain an Estate.
If 2 supply piles are empty, gain a Duchy.
If 3 supply piles are empty, gain a Province.

Yes, this would be underpowered, I guess. Unactivated, it's almost strictly worse than Sea Hag, which is a $3 difference. For comparison, unactivated City is a Village, e.g. a $2 difference. Gaining Estates is junking yourself. Also, the first pile gone will likely be Curse, so junking yourself is all you will be doing. With two supply piles, this is just a less flexible Count. It gets kinda interesting at 3 empty piles, but if you buy it for that effect, you probably could have just bought the Province. Possible hilarious megaturns with KC though.

[XerxesPraelor]

Maybe $5 then? Not sure it's interesting enough, but I did it for the progression of curse->province.

[SpinBlack]

If 3 supply piles are empty, gain a Province.

You must be the kind of person that plays with 4 players.

I'm jealous.

[eHalcyon]

If 3 supply piles are empty, gain a Province.

You must be the kind of person that plays with 4 players.

I'm jealous.

You can empty a third pile and finish playing out your turn in 2p.  You can even re-fill an empty pile by returning 2 copies of that card with Ambassador, to further delay the end of the game.