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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Broker
 |cost = 4
 |set = Allies
 |type1 = Action
 |type2 = Liaison
 |illustrator = Claus Stephan
 |text = Trash a card from your hand and choose one:<br>'''+1 Card''' per {{Cost|1}} it costs;<br>or '''+1 Action''' per {{Cost|1}} it costs; <br>or +{{Cost|1}} per {{Cost|1}} it costs; <br>or '''+1 Favor''' per {{Cost|1}} it costs.
}}

'''Broker''' is an [[Action]]-[[Liaison]] card from [[Allies]]. It is a [[trash-for-benefit]] card, similar to {{Card|Apprentice}} and {{Card|Salvager}}, which gives you a choice of [[terminal draw]], terminal {{Cost}}, a [[village (card category)|village]] effect, or [[Favor]]s in exchange for the card you trash. 

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* For example, if you trash an {{Card|Estate}}, which costs {{Cost|2}}, you could choose to get +2 Cards, or +2 Actions, or +{{Cost|2}}, or +2 Favors.
* If you trash a card with {{Debt}} or {{Cost|P}} in the cost (from other expansions), you get nothing for those symbols.

== Strategy ==
Broker is a flexible card that can play many different roles, but it is often not worth the buy. As a deck thinner, it is slow, since it costs {{Cost|4}} and can only trash one card at once.

Of the four benefits, usually the +Cards one is the most powerful. +Actions tend to be cheaper than +Cards or +{{Cost}} on most boards, and once you have improved your deck, each card drawn is going to give you dramatically more than {{Cost|1}} or +1 Action. An exception is early game, especially if you end up buying some card other than {{Card|Silver}} along with Broker on a {{Cost|4}}/{{Cost|3}} split, as then trashing an {{Card|Estate}} for coin can be stronger than drawing cards. Whether or not the +Favors is a good choice depends on what [[ally]] is present and whether or not it synergizes with your overall strategy.

The main benefit of the choice is not in raw strength but flexibility. Even if you primarily plan on playing terminal actions with no [[villages]], the ability to trash a card for +Action can make it worthwhile to pack in more actions than you otherwise would. Alternatively, in a deck-drawing engine, it can decrease the chance of the engine sputtering. The ability to take {{Cost}} can allow you to reach {{Cost|8}} and purchase a {{Card|Province}} on a turn where you otherwise could not, and it can also allow you to build an engine with less treasure, if you are reliably able to gain expensive cards to feed to the Broker(s).

Even if you're able to get a good supply of high-value cards to feed to Broker, it is not usually efficient. For example if you play it and trash a card costing {{Cost|4}} (typically the most expensive card able to be easily gained), at best you are using two cards to draw four, which is weak.

Broker often synergizes with other trashers, especially those good at trashing {{Card|Copper}}. It is weak for trashing {{Card|Copper}}, slow and offering no benefit, and the starting coppers hugely diminish its power. Other major synergies include [[gainers]], and {{Card|Trail}}. Trail makes Broker much stronger as it can be trashed an endless number of times, and it yields an extra +1 Card +1 Action when trashed, effectively boosting Broker's power while also making it non-terminal. So it can effectively turn Broker into a card that costs {{Cost|4}} and yields +4 Cards, with some added flexibility of taking coin, actions, or favors when it is useful. In this situation, Broker is cheap and fast.

A [[handsize attack]] can weaken Broker somewhat. A [[junker|junk attack]] also usually cripples it, as it gets no benefit from trashing {{Card|Curse|Curses}}, and is slow and unreliable to this end.
===External strategy articles===
== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| Trash a card from your hand and choose one:<br>'''+1 Card''' per {{Cost|1}} it costs;<br>or '''+1 Action''' per {{Cost|1}} it costs; <br>or +{{Cost|1}} per {{Cost|1}} it costs; <br>or '''+1 Favor''' per {{Cost|1}} it costs. || Allies || March 2022
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
! Dutch
| Zaakwaarnemer || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=1}} || Vernietig een kaart uit je hand en<br>kies 1 optie:<br>'''+1 Kaart''' per {{Coin|1}} dat deze kost;<br>of '''+1 Actie''' per {{Coin|1}} dat deze kost;<br>of +{{Coin|1}} per {{Coin|1}} dat deze kost<br>of '''+1 Dienst''' per {{Coin|1}} dat deze kost. || (2022)
|-
! German
| Mittelsmann || {{CardLangVersionImage|German}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| Entsorge eine deiner Handkarten und wähle eins:<br> '''+1 Karte''' pro {{Cost|1}}, das sie kostet,<br> oder '''+1 Aktion''' pro {{Cost|1}}, das sie kostet,<br> oder +{{Cost|1}} pro {{Cost|1}}, das sie kostet,<br> oder '''+1 Gefallen''' pro {{Cost|1}}, das sie kostet. || 
|}

== Trivia ==
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=== Preview ===
{{Quote
|Text=And then Broker is the combination {{Card|Apprentice}} / {{Card|Salvager}} / other things that you never knew you wanted. It can make a lot of [[Favor]]s at once when you want that.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21082.0 Allies Preview 1:Allies]}}
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=An old idea, finally realized with help from Favors. It seemed like it could get a wording that just explained the "once per {{cost|1}} the trashed card costs" bit once and then listed the bonuses, "+1&nbsp;Action; +1&nbsp;Card; {{nowrap|+{{cost|1}};}} +1&nbsp;Favor." But after confusing people, in the end it got a fully spelled out list of options.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21129.0 The Secret History of the Dominion: Allies]
}}

The initial “old idea” is described in detail in the [[Raze#Further_thoughts_by_Donald_X.|Raze Trivia]].

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