Hermit
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Hermit
Hermit | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Dark Ages |
Illustrator(s) | Claus Stefan |
Card text | |
Look through your discard pile. You may trash a card that is not a Treasure, from your discard pile or your hand. Gain a card costing up to . When you discard this from play, if you didn't buy any cards this turn, trash this and gain a Madman (from the Madman pile). |
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- When you play this, look through your discard pile, and then you may choose to trash a card that is not a Treasure, from either your hand or your discard pile.
- You do not have to trash a card and cannot trash Treasures.
- A card with multiple types, one of which is Treasure (such as Harem from Intrigue), is a Treasure.
- After trashing or not, you gain a card costing up to .
- The card you gain comes from the Supply and is put into your discard pile.
- Gaining a card is mandatory if it is possible. Then, when you discard Hermit from play--normally, in Clean-up, after playing it in your Action phase--if you did not buy any cards this turn, you trash Hermit and gain a Madman.
- The Madman comes from the Madman pile, which is not in the Supply, and is put into your discard pile.
- It does not matter whether or not you gained cards other ways, only whether or not you bought a card.
- If there are no Madman cards left, you do not gain one.
- If Hermit is not discarded from play during Clean-up--for example, if you put it on your deck with Scheme (from Hinterlands)--then the ability that trashes it will not trigger.
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Secret History
I quickly tried four variations on the top before settling on what it has. The premise was to let you trash cards that weren't in your hand; it had to also hit them in your hand so you didn't curse your luck on drawing those opening Estates / Shelters too often. Some of the versions trashed cards from the supply, a mechanic I'd first tried on a Seaside outtake, but it hadn't worked then and didn't work this time. And originally it trashed cards from your deck, but your discard pile gives you a similar selection faster