Editing +Buy

[[Image:Herbalist.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Herbalist]], a +Buy card.]]

Playing a card that provides '''+Buy''' increases the number of cards you are allowed to buy during your [[buy phase]]. 

Some cards that give +Buy have it as part of their core function, such as {{Card|Herbalist}}; usually the +Buy is the only reason for wanting a {{Card|Herbalist}}. In some cases, a card offers +Buy as a feature that synergizes with its core function: {{Card|Collection}} offers you a {{VP}} reward per card you buy, and gives +Buy to make the reward go farther. Other cards have +Buy merely as an extra [[vanilla]] bonus that keeps the card competitive with other cards at the same cost: {{Card|Worker's Village}} is a [[village (card category)|village]] costing {{Cost|4}} with the +Buy as an extra bonus for the {{Cost|1}} it costs more than {{Card|Village}}.

==Strategy==
+Buy is an essential component of most [[engine]] strategies, since engines can take a long time to build; +Buy allows you to acquire engine components more rapidly, thus speeding up the construction of the engine, and once the engine is running it allows you to buy multiple [[Victory]] cards at once to make up for the slower start. An easy trap to fall into is that of "overbuilding" an engine in the absence of +Buy: there's no use in building a deck that can regularly generate {{Cost|16}} each turn if you can still only buy one {{Card|Province}} with it. In some cases, if the +Buy card is rather unwieldy like {{Card|Herbalist}}, it is good strategy to wait to buy even a relatively cheap +Buy card ''until'' you are close to generating enough {{Cost}} to benefit from the effect, although you need to avoid waiting too long as well or else you will have to waste {{Cost}} on the turn you buy that card. 

If you are lacking the deck control to generate large amounts of {{Cost}} or to assure having a +Buy card in hand when you do, a +Buy card may not be worth its [[opportunity cost]].

== Cards that give unrestricted +Buy ==
Cards in ''italics'' have been [[removed]].

=== Terminal ===

* [[Dominion]]: ''{{Card|Woodcutter}}''
* [[Intrigue]]: {{Card|Baron}}, {{Card|Bridge}}
* [[Alchemy]]: {{Card|Herbalist}}
* [[Prosperity]]: ''{{Card|Goons}}''
* [[Cornucopia]]: {{Card|Horse Traders}}
* [[Hinterlands]]: ''{{Card|Nomad Camp}}'', {{card|Nomads}}, {{card|Souk}}
* [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Squire}}, {{Card|Storeroom}}
* [[Guilds]]: {{Card|Merchant Guild}}
* [[Adventures]]: {{Card|Peasant}}, {{Card|Messenger}}, {{Card|Bridge Troll}}, {{Card|Wine Merchant}}
* [[Empires]]: {{Card|Farmers' Market}}
* [[Nocturne]]: {{Card|Sacred Grove}}, {{card|Druid}}, {{card|Skulk}}
* [[Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie]]: {{Way|Way of the Monkey}}
* [[Allies]]: {{card|Herb Gatherer}}, {{card|Town}}

=== [[Terminal draw]] ===
* {{Card|Council Room}}
* {{Card|Wharf}}
* {{Card|Margrave}}
* {{Card|Ranger}}
* {{Card|Tragic Hero}}
* {{card|Silk Merchant}}
* {{Card|Barge}}
* {{card|Marquis}}

=== [[Cantrip]] ===
* {{Card|Market}}
* {{Card|Worker's Village}}
* {{Card|Grand Market}}
* {{Card|Market Square}}
* {{Card|Snowy Village}}
* {{Card|Sanctuary}}

=== [[Treasure]]s and other [[non-terminal]] [[stop card]]s ===

* [[Dominion]]: {{Card|Festival}}
* [[Seaside]]: {{card|Astrolabe}}
* [[Prosperity]]: {{Card|Tiara}}, {{Card|Collection}}
* [[Hinterlands]]: {{card|Cauldron}}
* [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Counterfeit}}
* [[Guilds]]: {{Card|Candlestick Maker}}
* [[Empires]]: {{Card|Villa}}, {{Card|Capital}}, {{Card|Charm}}, {{Card|Fortune}}
* [[Nocturne]]: {{Card|Pouch}}
* [[Renaissance]]: {{Card|Ducat}}, {{Card|Spices}}
* [[Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie]]: {{card|Stockpile}}
* [[Plunder]]: {{card|Mining Road}}, {{card|Rope}}, {{card|Buried Treasure}}

===+Buy between other options===
* {{card|Bauble}}
* {{Card|Hamlet}}
* {{Card|Pawn}} can provide +Buy in combination with either +Action, +Card, or +{{Cost|1}}.
* {{card|Courtier}} offers +Buy as one of several choices.
* {{card|Scrap}} offers +Buy as one of several choices.

=== Other ===
* {{Event|Travelling Fair}} can transfer arbitrary amounts of {{Cost}} into +Buy
* {{Event|Seaway}} and {{card|Teacher}} can give +Buy to an Action card pile in the Supply.
* {{ally|League of Shopkeepers}} can give you +buy when you play a [[Liaison]].

== Cards that give restricted +Buy ==

===Cards that need to trash a card===
'''Some cards need to trash a card, so they only replace cards'''
** [[Seaside]]: {{Card|Salvager}}
** [[Prosperity]]: ''{{Card|Trade Route}}''
** [[Hinterlands]]: {{Card|Spice Merchant}}
** [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Forager}}

===Limited amounts of +Buy===
'''Some cards are difficult to come by or only exist in very limited numbers:'''
** [[Cornucopia]]: {{Card|Princess}}
** [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Ruined Market}}, {{Card|Sir Martin}}
** [[Nocturne]]: {{boon|The Forest's Gift}}
** [[Renaissance]]: {{Project|Fair}}
** {{Card|Tactician}} You can generally get only one extra Buy from it and even to make use of this you need to build your deck in a specific way.

===Other restrictions===
*'''Some cards only work later during the game when one or more piles have emptied:'''
** [[Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie]]: {{card|Animal Fair}}
** {{Card|City}} (but only after 2 Supply piles are empty)

*[[Prosperity]]: ''{{Card|Contraband}}'' can prevent you from buying certain desirable cards.

*'''Some effects need you to to gain specific kinds of cards to get +Buy:'''
** [[Allies]]: {{card|Galleria}}, {{ally|Band of Nomads}}

===Giving back Buys===
* {{Card|Forum}} and {{Card|Cavalry}} give +Buy when gained. Similarly, {{Card|Villa}} can be played instantly after being gained and so gives back a Buy. 
* {{card|Galleria}} and {{ally|Band of Nomads}} can give back Buys upon buying certain cards. 
* A number of [[Event]]s do not use up a Buy because they give one back whenever bought.
** [[Adventures]]: {{Event|Borrow}}, {{Event|Save}}, {{Event|Scouting Party}}
** [[Empires]]: {{Event|Delve}}
** {{Set|Menagerie}}: {{Event|Desperation}}, {{Event|Gamble}}, {{Event|Pursue}}, {{Event|Toil}}

===Related===
Cards that do not give +Buy per se but enable you to gain more cards through Buys in some other way are referred to as [[Virtual +Buy]].

==Gallery==
===Terminal===
 
{{CardImage|Baron}}{{CardImage|Bridge}}{{CardImage|Bridge Troll}}{{CardImage|Druid}}{{CardImage|Farmers' Market}}{{CardImage|Herbalist}}{{CardImage|Herb Gatherer}}{{CardImage|Horse Traders}}{{CardImage|Merchant Guild}}{{CardImage|Messenger}}{{CardImage|Nomads}}{{CardImage|Peasant}}{{CardImage|Sacred Grove}}{{CardImage|Skulk}}{{CardImage|Souk}}{{CardImage|Squire}}{{CardImage|Storeroom}}{{CardImage|Town}}{{CardImage|Wine Merchant}}{{LandscapeImage|Way of the Monkey}}

=== Terminal draw ===
{{CardImage|Barge}}{{CardImage|Council Room}}{{CardImage|Margrave}}{{CardImage|Marquis}}{{CardImage|Ranger}}{{CardImage|Silk Merchant}}{{CardImage|Tragic Hero}}{{CardImage|Wharf}}

=== Cantrip ===
{{CardImage|Grand Market}}{{CardImage|Market}}{{CardImage|Market Square}}{{CardImage|Sanctuary}}{{CardImage|Snowy Village}}{{CardImage|Worker's Village}}

=== Treasures and other non-terminal stop cards ===
{{CardImage|Astrolabe}}{{CardImage|Buried Treasure}}{{CardImage|Candlestick Maker}}{{CardImage|Capital}}{{CardImage|Cauldron}}{{CardImage|Charm}}{{CardImage|Collection}}{{CardImage|Counterfeit}}{{CardImage|Ducat}}{{CardImage|Festival}}{{CardImage|Fortune}}{{CardImage|Pouch}}{{CardImage|Spices}}{{CardImage|Stockpile}}{{CardImage|Tiara}}{{CardImage|Villa}}

===+Buy between other options===
{{CardImage|Bauble}}{{CardImage|Courtier}}{{CardImage|Hamlet}}{{CardImage|Pawn}}{{CardImage|Scrap}}

=== Other unrestricted +Buy ===
{{CardImage|Teacher}}{{LandscapeImage|League of Shopkeepers}}{{LandscapeImage|Seaway}}{{LandscapeImage|Travelling Fair}}

===Cards that need to trash a card===
{{CardImage|Forager}}{{CardImage|Salvager}}{{CardImage|Spice Merchant}}

===Limited amounts of +Buy===
{{CardImage|Ruined Market}}{{CardImage|Princess}}{{CardImage|Sir Martin}}{{CardImage|Tactician}}{{LandscapeImage|Fair}}{{LandscapeImage|The Forest's Gift}}

===Other restrictions===
{{CardImage|Animal Fair}}{{CardImage|City}}{{CardImage|Galleria}}{{LandscapeImage|Band of Nomads}}

===Giving back Buys===
{{CardImage|Cavalry}}{{CardImage|Forum}}{{CardImage|Galleria}}{{LandscapeImage|Band of Nomads}}{{LandscapeImage|Borrow}}{{LandscapeImage|Delve}}{{LandscapeImage|Desperation}}{{LandscapeImage|Gamble}}{{LandscapeImage|Pursue}}{{LandscapeImage|Save}}{{LandscapeImage|Scouting Party}}{{LandscapeImage|Toil}}


===Removed cards===
{{CardImage|Contraband}}{{CardImage|Goons}}{{CardImage|Nomad Camp}}{{CardImage|Trade Route}}{{CardImage|Woodcutter}}

{{Navbox card categories}}

[[Category:Buy/Money]]
[[Category:Vanilla bonuses]]