Taskmaster

Taskmaster
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Duration
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Plunder
Illustrator(s)	Claus Stephan
Card text
+1 Action, +, and if you gain a card costing exactly this turn, then at the start of your next turn, repeat this ability.

Taskmaster is an Action-Duration card from Plunder. It will give you an extra Action next turn if you gain a card costing this turn, and it will remain in play giving you extra Actions for as many turns as you keep gaining 's.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• Taskmaster can end up making +1 Action and + turn after turn, as long as you keep gaining at least one card costing .
• It only matters what the card cost when you gained it, not what it costs at other times.
• Taskmaster does not count cards gained before playing it.

Other rules clarifications

• Repeating Taskmaster's ability doesn't count as playing it again, which means you can't use a Way, and it won't count for Conspirator).
• At the start of your turn, you can first repeat this ability, then gain a Duchy with Importer, and that will let the Taskmaster repeat itself on your next turn.
• This checks the cost that a card had at the moment you gained it. So if you gain a Destrier that costs , that won't count for Taskmaster (even though its own gain means it now costs ). But if you gain a Destrier that costs (meaning it now costs ), that lets Taskmaster repeat itself.
• If gaining a -cost card causes you to play a Taskmaster (e.g. you play Haggler and buy a card, and then gain a Taskmaster with Haggler's ability and play the Taskmaster with Innovation), that will let the Taskmaster repeat itself on your next turn.
• If you haven't gained a -cost card this turn, Taskmaster can be trashed with Improve. But if you gain a -cost card afterwards (with a 2nd Improve), the Taskmaster will still repeat itself on your next turn (and potentially for multiple turns); you will have to remember this. [1]

Strategy

Synergies and Combos

• Wharf

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+1 Action, +, and if you gain a card costing exactly this turn, then at the start of your next turn, repeat this ability.	Plunder	December 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
German	Vorarbeiter			+1 Aktion, + und, wenn du in diesem Zug eine Karte nimmst, die genau kostet, wiederhole diese Fähigkeit zu Beginn deines nächsten Zuges.

Trivia

Official card art.

Preview

Taskmaster is a tricky village. It can be there for you turn after turn, if you keep working on those 's.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, * Plunder Previews #5: More Stuff *

Secret History

The first version made +, and then +1 Action each turn until you gained an Action. After that I jumped to the final card. The wording got tweaked repeatedly to try to be clear and avoid bad interactions, but it stayed basically the same.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Plunder

Wording

A lot of work went into that wording, trying to find something that handled all the cases that needed handling. "Play this again" was tried and failed; consider Throning it.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, * Plunder Previews #5: More Stuff *