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− | + | [[Image:Herbalist.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Herbalist]], a +Buy card.]] | |
− | +Buy | + | Playing a card that provides '''+Buy''' increases the number of cards you are allowed to buy during your [[buy phase]]. |
− | + | +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 engines, it is good strategy to wait to buy even a relatively cheap +Buy card ''until'' the engine is regularly producing lots of {{Cost|}} each turn, though, if the +Buy card doesn't itself help the engine get moving—"paying {{Cost|11}} for {{Card|Herbalist}}". | |
− | [[ | + | In a [[Big Money]] strategy, +Buy is usually less useful, since on most turns in most Big Money decks you just want to buy the most expensive card you can, and you'll rarely have a turn with enough {{Cost|}} to buy both a {{Card|Province}} and something else useful. The [[opportunity cost]] of getting a card just for its +Buy is usually too great in these decks. |
− | [[ | + | [[Alt-VP]] [[rush|rushes]] also usually benefit from +Buy, since these decks depend on gaining large numbers of relatively cheap cards, and extra buys can often be used even on {{Card|Copper}} rather than go to waste. |
− | + | [[Gainer|Gainers]] and [[remodeler|remodelers]] are sometimes referred to as "[[virtual +Buy]]", since they provide other ways to gain multiple cards per turn. Gainers and remodelers don't depend on having enough money to spend to buy additional cards as +Buy cards do, but they are usually less flexible in other ways. | |
− | + | Some cards that give +Buy have it as part of their core function, such as {{Card|Nomad Camp}}; usually the +Buy is the only reason for wanting a {{Card|Nomad Camp}}. In some cases, a card offers +Buy as a feature that synergizes with its core function: {{Card|Goons}} 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|Margrave}} is a useful card even in Big Money if you never use its +Buy, but the fact that it has +Buy compensates for the fact that its attack is not very strong and makes it easier to include in an engine. | |
− | === Terminal + | + | == Cards that give +Buy == |
− | * {{Card|Woodcutter}} | + | Cards in italics have been [[Removed cards|removed]]. |
− | * {{Card|Baron}} | + | === Terminal +{{Cost}}/[[Cost reduction]] === |
− | + | ||
− | * {{Card|Salvager}} | + | * [[Dominion]]: ''{{Card|Woodcutter}}'' |
− | * {{Card| | + | * [[Intrigue]]: {{Card|Baron}}, {{Card|Bridge}} |
− | * {{Card| | + | * [[Seaside]]: {{Card|Salvager}} |
− | + | * [[Alchemy]]: {{Card|Herbalist}} | |
− | * {{Card|Princess}} | + | * [[Prosperity]]: {{Card|Trade Route}}, {{Card|Goons}} |
− | + | * [[Cornucopia]]: {{Card|Princess}}, {{Card|Horse Traders}} | |
− | * {{Card|Nomad Camp}} | + | * [[Hinterlands]]: {{Card|Nomad Camp}}, {{Card|Spice Merchant}} |
− | + | * [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Squire}}, {{Card|Storeroom}} | |
− | * {{Card|Squire}} | + | * [[Guilds]]: {{Card|Merchant Guild}} |
− | + | * [[Adventures]]: {{Card|Peasant}}, {{Card|Messenger}}, {{Card|Bridge Troll}}, {{Card|Wine Merchant}} | |
− | * {{Card|Merchant Guild}} | + | * [[Empires]]: {{Card|Farmers' Market}} |
− | * {{Card|Peasant}} | + | * [[Nocturne]]: {{Card|Sacred Grove}} |
− | * {{Card| | + | * [[Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie]]: {{card|Animal Fair}}, {{Way|Way of the Monkey}} |
− | * {{Card| | + | |
{{Card|Black Market}} does not technically provide +Buy, but it lets you buy an additional card during the [[Action phase]]. | {{Card|Black Market}} does not technically provide +Buy, but it lets you buy an additional card during the [[Action phase]]. | ||
=== [[Terminal draw]] === | === [[Terminal draw]] === | ||
− | |||
* {{Card|Council Room}} | * {{Card|Council Room}} | ||
* {{Card|Wharf}} | * {{Card|Wharf}} | ||
* {{Card|Margrave}} | * {{Card|Margrave}} | ||
* {{Card|Ranger}} | * {{Card|Ranger}} | ||
+ | * {{Card|Tragic Hero}} | ||
+ | * {{card|Silk Merchant}} | ||
+ | * {{Card|Barge}} | ||
=== [[Cantrip]] === | === [[Cantrip]] === | ||
* {{Card|Market}} | * {{Card|Market}} | ||
* {{Card|Worker's Village}} | * {{Card|Worker's Village}} | ||
− | * | + | * {{Card|City}} (but only after 2 Supply piles are empty) |
* {{Card|Grand Market}} | * {{Card|Grand Market}} | ||
* {{Card|Hamlet}} | * {{Card|Hamlet}} | ||
* {{Card|Market Square}} | * {{Card|Market Square}} | ||
+ | * {{Card|Snowy Village}} | ||
+ | * {{Card|Sanctuary}} | ||
=== [[Treasure]]s and [[disappearing money]] === | === [[Treasure]]s and [[disappearing money]] === | ||
− | * {{Card|Festival}} | + | |
− | * {{Card|Contraband}} | + | * [[Dominion]]: {{Card|Festival}} |
− | * {{Card|Forager}} | + | * [[Prosperity]]: {{Card|Contraband}} |
− | + | * [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Forager}}, {{Card|Counterfeit}} | |
− | * {{Card|Candlestick Maker}} | + | * [[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}} | ||
=== Other === | === Other === | ||
− | * {{Card|Pawn}} can provide + | + | * {{Card|Pawn}} can provide +Buy in combination with either +Action, +Card, or +{{Cost|1}}. |
− | * {{Card|Tactician}} gives + | + | * {{card|Courtier}} offers +Buy as one of several choices. |
+ | * {{Card|Tactician}} gives +Buy on the next turn only. | ||
* {{Card|Ruined Market}} provides ''only'' +Buy; it's occasionally claimed that this is the one [[Ruins]] card you might ''intentionally'' gain in order to build an engine. | * {{Card|Ruined Market}} provides ''only'' +Buy; it's occasionally claimed that this is the one [[Ruins]] card you might ''intentionally'' gain in order to build an engine. | ||
* {{Card|Sir Martin}} has +2 buys as his vanilla bonus in addition to the [[Knight]] attack. | * {{Card|Sir Martin}} has +2 buys as his vanilla bonus in addition to the [[Knight]] attack. | ||
− | + | * {{Event|Travelling Fair}} is a sort of "+Buy [[Village (card category)|Village]]", turning 1 Buy into 2, while also letting you [[Top decker|topdeck]] cards you gain. | |
− | * {{Event|Travelling Fair}} is a sort of "+Buy [[Village (card category)]]", turning 1 Buy into 2, while also letting you [[Top decker| | + | * {{Event|Seaway}} and {{card|Teacher}} can give +Buy to an Action card pile in the Supply. |
− | * {{Event|Seaway}} | + | * {{Card|Forum}} gives +Buy when bought. |
+ | * {{card|Druid}} provides +Buy plus a choice of one of three [[Boon]]s. | ||
+ | * {{card|Skulk}} provides +Buy and a [[Hex]]ing attack. | ||
+ | * {{boon|The Forest's Gift}} provides +Buy and +{{cost|1}} as a Boon. | ||
+ | * {{Project|Fair}} provides +1 Buy every turn | ||
+ | * {{card|Scrap}} offers +Buy as one of several choices. | ||
== Synergies == | == Synergies == | ||
* [[Engine]] strategies in general | * [[Engine]] strategies in general | ||
* [[Alt-VP]] rushes and deck-bloating strategies such as {{Card|Gardens}}, {{Card|Silk Road}}, {{Card|Vineyard}}, and {{Card|Philosopher's Stone}} | * [[Alt-VP]] rushes and deck-bloating strategies such as {{Card|Gardens}}, {{Card|Silk Road}}, {{Card|Vineyard}}, and {{Card|Philosopher's Stone}} | ||
− | * {{Card|Highway}} and {{Card|Quarry}} | + | * Non-terminal cost reducers (e.g., {{Card|Highway}} and {{Card|Quarry}}) |
* {{Card|Goons}} | * {{Card|Goons}} | ||
* {{Card|Peddler}} | * {{Card|Peddler}} | ||
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{{Navbox card categories}} | {{Navbox card categories}} | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Buy/Money]] |
+ | [[Category:Vanilla bonuses]] |
Revision as of 04:53, 2 July 2020
Playing a card that provides +Buy increases the number of cards you are allowed to buy during your buy phase.
+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 each turn if you can still only buy one Province with it. In some engines, it is good strategy to wait to buy even a relatively cheap +Buy card until the engine is regularly producing lots of each turn, though, if the +Buy card doesn't itself help the engine get moving—"paying for Herbalist".
In a Big Money strategy, +Buy is usually less useful, since on most turns in most Big Money decks you just want to buy the most expensive card you can, and you'll rarely have a turn with enough to buy both a Province and something else useful. The opportunity cost of getting a card just for its +Buy is usually too great in these decks.
Alt-VP rushes also usually benefit from +Buy, since these decks depend on gaining large numbers of relatively cheap cards, and extra buys can often be used even on Copper rather than go to waste.
Gainers and remodelers are sometimes referred to as "virtual +Buy", since they provide other ways to gain multiple cards per turn. Gainers and remodelers don't depend on having enough money to spend to buy additional cards as +Buy cards do, but they are usually less flexible in other ways.
Some cards that give +Buy have it as part of their core function, such as Nomad Camp; usually the +Buy is the only reason for wanting a Nomad Camp. In some cases, a card offers +Buy as a feature that synergizes with its core function: Goons offers you a + 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: Margrave is a useful card even in Big Money if you never use its +Buy, but the fact that it has +Buy compensates for the fact that its attack is not very strong and makes it easier to include in an engine.
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Cards that give +Buy
Cards in italics have been removed.
Terminal +/Cost reduction
- Dominion: Woodcutter
- Intrigue: Baron, Bridge
- Seaside: Salvager
- Alchemy: Herbalist
- Prosperity: Trade Route, Goons
- Cornucopia: Princess, Horse Traders
- Hinterlands: Nomad Camp, Spice Merchant
- Dark Ages: Squire, Storeroom
- Guilds: Merchant Guild
- Adventures: Peasant, Messenger, Bridge Troll, Wine Merchant
- Empires: Farmers' Market
- Nocturne: Sacred Grove
- Menagerie: Animal Fair, Way of the Monkey
Black Market does not technically provide +Buy, but it lets you buy an additional card during the Action phase.
Terminal draw
Cantrip
- Market
- Worker's Village
- City (but only after 2 Supply piles are empty)
- Grand Market
- Hamlet
- Market Square
- Snowy Village
- Sanctuary
Treasures and disappearing money
- Dominion: Festival
- Prosperity: Contraband
- Dark Ages: Forager, Counterfeit
- Guilds: Candlestick Maker
- Empires: Villa, Capital, Charm, Fortune
- Nocturne: Pouch
- Renaissance: Ducat, Spices
- Menagerie: Stockpile
Other
- Pawn can provide +Buy in combination with either +Action, +Card, or +.
- Courtier offers +Buy as one of several choices.
- Tactician gives +Buy on the next turn only.
- Ruined Market provides only +Buy; it's occasionally claimed that this is the one Ruins card you might intentionally gain in order to build an engine.
- Sir Martin has +2 buys as his vanilla bonus in addition to the Knight attack.
- Travelling Fair is a sort of "+Buy Village", turning 1 Buy into 2, while also letting you topdeck cards you gain.
- Seaway and Teacher can give +Buy to an Action card pile in the Supply.
- Forum gives +Buy when bought.
- Druid provides +Buy plus a choice of one of three Boons.
- Skulk provides +Buy and a Hexing attack.
- The Forest's Gift provides +Buy and + as a Boon.
- Fair provides +1 Buy every turn
- Scrap offers +Buy as one of several choices.
Synergies
- Engine strategies in general
- Alt-VP rushes and deck-bloating strategies such as Gardens, Silk Road, Vineyard, and Philosopher's Stone
- Non-terminal cost reducers (e.g., Highway and Quarry)
- Goons
- Peddler
- Potion