Swashbuckler
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Swashbuckler | |
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Info | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Renaissance |
Illustrator(s) | Joshua Stewart |
Card text | |
+3 Cards If your discard pile has any cards in it: +1 Coffers, then if you have at least 4 Coffers tokens, take the Treasure Chest. |
Swashbuckler is an Action card from Renaissance. It is terminal draw that gets you Coffers and, if you save up the Coffers instead of spending them, will eventually get you its corresponding Artifact, the Treasure Chest. Getting the Coffers and the Treasure Chest are contingent upon having a discard pile; for example if the draw from Swashbuckler causes you to reshuffle, you will get no additional effect from Swashbuckler. Cards that let you discard and other players playing junkers can help you get a discard pile to activate Swashbuckler.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- First you draw 3 cards, then you check to see if your discard pile has any cards in it; if drawing those cards caused you to shuffle, your discard pile would be empty.
- If your discard pile has at least one card, you get +1 Coffers, and if you then have 4 or more tokens on your Coffers, you take the Treasure Chest.
- You cannot get the Treasure Chest unless your discard pile had at least one card.
Strategy
Synergies/Combos
- Plaza. It's a Village, which helps make the terminal draw useful. It discards cards, which helps activate the extra functionality. And it can produce Coffers, which helps get the Treasure Chest if you want it.
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+3 Cards. If your discard pile has any cards in it: +1 Coffers, then if you have at least 4 Coffers tokens, take the Treasure Chest. | Renaissance | November 2018 |
Other language versions
Language | Name | Digital | Text | |
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Chinese | 劍客 (pron. jiànkè, lit. swordsman) | |||
French | Bretteuse (Note: explicitly feminine) | |||
German | Freibeuterin (lit. privateer, explicitly feminine) | |||
Japanese | 剣士 (pron. kenshi, lit. swordsman) | +3 カードを引く。 捨て札置き場にカードがある場合:+1 コイントークン、4枚以上コイントークンを所持している場合、宝箱を得る。 | ||
Russian | Головорез (pron. golovoryez) |
Trivia
Preview
Swashbuckler is trickier. All that stuff after the colon only happens if you have cards in your discard pile - which is harder than it sounds. Part of it is, you draw the three cards before checking. The Coffers tokens don't have to have come from Swashbuckler specifically, so sometimes that helps, but you still need a discard pile at least once to get the Treasure Chest.
Secret History
An early poster child for the 2-sided States gave +3 Cards and added a token to the State (or took it if you didn't have it); when one side got 3 tokens it flipped over and gave you +3 Villagers, and when the other side got 3 tokens it flipped over and got you +3 Coffers and 3 Golds. It was called Jungle Explorer, and the state was Base Camp / Ancient Ruins. When the 2-sided States died, I tried to capture at least some of the spirit of the card, and this is how I did it.