Border Village
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|Card = Border Village | |Card = Border Village | ||
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− | '''Border Village''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Hinterlands]]. Its behavior while it is in your deck is identical to {{Card|Village}}. Border Village's key property is that when you gain it, it comes with a free card costing up to {{ | + | '''Border Village''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Hinterlands]]. Its behavior while it is in your deck is identical to {{Card|Village}}. Border Village's key property is that when you gain it, it comes with a free card costing up to {{Cost|5}}. Some of the most powerful and useful cards in the game are [[terminal]] Actions costing {{Cost|5}} which benefit from being in decks with [[villages]], and the effect of buying Border Village for {{Cost|6}} is then equivalent to buying your {{Cost|5}} Action and getting a Village tossed in for only {{Cost|1}} more. This allows rapid [[engine]]-building. Since Border Village is also a card with the play effect of a {{Cost|3}} card but a price tag of {{Cost|6}}, it often makes a good target for [[trash-for-benefit]] cards, since the benefit you get by trashing it is disproportionately strong compared to the value of keeping it in your deck. |
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
=== Official FAQ === | === Official FAQ === | ||
*When you play this, you draw a card and can play two more Actions this turn. | *When you play this, you draw a card and can play two more Actions this turn. | ||
− | *When you gain this, you also gain a card from the Supply that costs less than Border Village. Normally that will be a card costing up to {{ | + | *When you gain this, you also gain a card from the Supply that costs less than Border Village. Normally that will be a card costing up to {{Cost|5}}, but if Border Village costs less than normal, such as due to {{Card|Highway}}, then the card you gain will have a lower maximum cost. |
*You only gain a card when you gain Border Village, not when you play it. | *You only gain a card when you gain Border Village, not when you play it. | ||
*You gain a card whether you gained Border Village due to buying it, or gained it some other way. | *You gain a card whether you gained Border Village due to buying it, or gained it some other way. | ||
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=== Secret History === | === Secret History === | ||
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− | |Text=From when Hinterlands was first its own set. Originally it cost {{ | + | |Text=From when Hinterlands was first its own set. Originally it cost {{Cost|5}}. I made it better by charging more. There's a trick you can't usually do. |
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=909.0 The Secret History of the Hinterlands Cards] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=909.0 The Secret History of the Hinterlands Cards] |
Revision as of 04:28, 8 November 2012
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Type | Action |
Set/Expansion | Hinterlands |
Illustrator | Kurt Miller |
+1 Card +2 Actions When you gain this, gain a card costing less than this. |
Border Village is an Action card from Hinterlands. Its behavior while it is in your deck is identical to Village. Border Village's key property is that when you gain it, it comes with a free card costing up to . Some of the most powerful and useful cards in the game are terminal Actions costing which benefit from being in decks with villages, and the effect of buying Border Village for is then equivalent to buying your Action and getting a Village tossed in for only more. This allows rapid engine-building. Since Border Village is also a card with the play effect of a card but a price tag of , it often makes a good target for trash-for-benefit cards, since the benefit you get by trashing it is disproportionately strong compared to the value of keeping it in your deck.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- When you play this, you draw a card and can play two more Actions this turn.
- When you gain this, you also gain a card from the Supply that costs less than Border Village. Normally that will be a card costing up to , but if Border Village costs less than normal, such as due to Highway, then the card you gain will have a lower maximum cost.
- You only gain a card when you gain Border Village, not when you play it.
- You gain a card whether you gained Border Village due to buying it, or gained it some other way.
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy Article
Synergies/Combos
Antisynergies
Trivia
Secret History