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[LastFootnote]

Finally, the powers of the dead are yours to command. It’s about time. Today I’m doing the last bonus preview, Necromancer.



Necromancer lets you play Action cards from the trash. And just to ensure that you always have some options there, the trash starts with three Action cards in it, the Zombies. And two of the Zombies can help you get other Action cards into the trash. Somehow it all works out.

Each Action card in the trash can only be used once per turn, though if there are multiple copies of a card in the trash, you’ll be able to play each copy within the same turn. When you play a card in the trash, you flip it over to indicate that. So if you play three Necromancers in a turn, one could play Zombie Spy, the next could play Zombie Apprentice to trash a Skulk, and the last could play the Skulk you just trashed. If you use Throne Room to play Necromancer twice, each play of Necromancer will have to play a different card from the trash. Necromancer can’t play Duration cards, and cards that try to move themselves (like Reserve cards from Adventures) fail to do so; they’re stuck in the trash.

As for the Zombies themselves, you’ve got some choices. There’s the Zombie Spy, which is like a regular Spy except it can only discard the top card of your own deck. The Zombie Mason trashes the top card of your deck and optionally gains you a card costing up to $1 more. Usually if it wasn’t something you wanted to trash, you can gain a copy of it back from the Supply. And finally the Zombie Apprentice, which can only trash Action cards and always draws 3 cards when you do. Why keep that Moneylender around when a zombie Moneylender is just as good?

[ThetaSigma12]

Well, Asper, this is interesting.

[ThetaSigma12]

And anyone else think that the Zombie art looks like a bad 2000s video game?

[J Reggie]

Games with this and Lurker will be fun!

[faust]

Man I would not have bought this game if I had known it would end up adding a zombie mechanic halfway through.

[markusin]

You missed an opportunity to make all three zombies throwbacks to removed First Edition cards.

Zombie Adventurer? Zombie Scout?

[Gherald]

You missed an opportunity to make all three zombies throwbacks to removed First Edition cards.

Zombie Adventurer? Zombie Scout?

House rule: Those always start in the trash.

[markusin]

"Your necromancy can use some work" - Lurker

Thank you for making the Zombies cost 3 so that they can be gained from Graverobber and Rogue as well.

[Qvist]

Zombie Knights :O

[RTT]

So i suppose cards like mining village and Pillage dont work when played from the trash?

[crj]

How come the Necromancer isn't optional?

It's unlikely, I know, but in a Dark Ages game you might find yourself accidentally playing it when all the Zombies have been gained from the trash and all that's left is dead Rats you'd rather not play...

[jivjov]

Man I would not have bought this game if I had known it would end up adding a zombie mechanic halfway through.

Nocturne is the 11th box, and the zombie mechanic is a single kingdom pile and 3 solo cards. It ain't half of anything.

[Orange]

Zombie Knights :O

Sounds like a Jamie Lannister-related Season 8 Game of Thrones spoiler

[Orange]

How come the Necromancer isn't optional?

It's unlikely, I know, but in a Dark Ages game you might find yourself accidentally playing it when all the Zombies have been gained from the trash and all that's left is dead Rats you'd rather not play...

You can look through the trash before playing the Necromancer

[Orange]

Man I would not have bought this game if I had known it would end up adding a zombie mechanic halfway through.

Nocturne is the 11th box, and the zombie mechanic is a single kingdom pile and 3 solo cards. It ain't half of anything.

Nocturne is the 12th box and there had better be at least 12 more so yeah, half

[SmithySmithy]

Great. Zombies freak me out! 

[MatthewCA]

So i suppose cards like mining village and Pillage dont work when played from the trash?

I don't see any reason that you wouldn't be able to play mining village from the trash with necromancer. You can't trash it for +$2, but it could be a village if you really need one.

[LastFootnote]

So i suppose cards like mining village and Pillage dont work when played from the trash?

I don't see any reason that you wouldn't be able to play mining village from the trash with necromancer. You can't trash it for +$2, but it could be a village if you really need one.

And Pillage works fine. The attack and Spoils gains aren’t contingent on the trashing.

[jivjov]

Man I would not have bought this game if I had known it would end up adding a zombie mechanic halfway through.

Nocturne is the 11th box, and the zombie mechanic is a single kingdom pile and 3 solo cards. It ain't half of anything.

Nocturne is the 12th box and there had better be at least 12 more so yeah, half

Shoulda said "11th Expansion". But yeah, 12th box (or more, if you count things like 2nd Editons and upgrade packs haha)

[Seprix]

One of the coolest cards in the expansion.

[Asper]

Well, Asper, this is interesting.

I have absolutely no idea what an appropriate reaction to this is or what I feel now.

[chipperMDW]

You missed an opportunity to make all three zombies throwbacks to removed First Edition cards.

Zombie Adventurer? Zombie Scout?

I almost jokingly posted in the speculation thread that Necromancer would come with a "deleted" first edition pile and be able to gain the cards from it. Looks like my guess would have been closer than I thought.

[Cave-o-sapien]

Man I would not have bought this game if I had known it would end up adding a zombie mechanic halfway through.

Nocturne is the 11th box, and the zombie mechanic is a single kingdom pile and 3 solo cards. It ain't half of anything.

Not quite a whoosh, because the joke was subtle. But it was a very good subtle joke.

[Ankenaut]

Man I would not have bought this game if I had known it would end up adding a zombie mechanic halfway through.

You better burn these cards when you get them, just to be safe. Apparently trashing them isn't good enough.

[allanfieldhouse]

Bonus Preview $5: Necromancer

<Insert joke about $5 Necromancer variant.>

Edit: The quoted text was the original thread title. It's fixed now.