Bargain

Bargain
Info
Cost
Type	Event
Set	Menagerie
Illustrator(s)	Harald Lieske
Event text
Gain a non-Victory card costing up to . Each other player gains a Horse.

Bargain is an Event from Menagerie. It gains a card costing up to for only , but with the penalty of giving each other player a Horse.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• The other players gain their Horses in turn order.
• They cannot decline to gain one.

Strategy

Bargain, like Banquet and Desperation, can be very useful to gain crucial cards such as Recruiter or Mountebank in the opening. There is often a significant advantage to playing these cards on turn 3 or 4, since trashing and junking have much more of an impact early on when players have smaller decks.

Handing out Horses to your opponents effectively lets them draw a card on a future turn. This is a very powerful effect, especially when Bargaining on your first two turns. However, the drawback is often worth it at this time, even though it helps your opponent’s odds of playing their opening purchases sooner and of hitting important price points -- early cards are so strong.

This trade-off can play more to your advantage when you Bargain immediately after your opponent has shuffled their deck. For example, as second player, buying Bargain on turn 2 lets you see your card one shuffle before the first player sees their Horse.

Bargaining becomes less attractive after the opening, since the relative impact of getting a card into your deck is usually smaller. It is still a way to gain discount cards, though. If the kingdom lacks desirable cards for , Bargain can help you build more quickly by making more use of turns on which you only generate , at the expense of giving your opponents a Horse. If an opponent is already drawing their deck, the Horse becomes less useful to them.

Finally, Bargain provides extra flexibility when trying to end the game on a pile-out, since it makes cards cost less with no effective downside.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		Gain a non-Victory card costing up to . Each other player gains a Horse.	Menagerie	March 2020

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
German	Gutes Geschäft			Nimm eine Nicht-Punktekarte,die bis zu kostet. Jeder Mitspieler nimmt ein Pferd.
Japanese	特価品 (pron. tokkahin)

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

A late Event, stayed just like this. I guess ahead of it I tried another that gained 's; that one only worked if there was an empty pile.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Dominion: Menagerie