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[[Image:Supply2.png|thumb|right|500px|A diagram from the official rulebook, highlighting the Base cards in the Supply.]]
 
[[Image:Supply2.png|thumb|right|500px|A diagram from the official rulebook, highlighting the Base cards in the Supply.]]
:''For the main game see [[Dominion (Base Set)]] and for the product containing only basic cards see [[Base Cards]].''
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:''For the main game see [[Dominion (Base Set)]] and for the expansion with base cards see [[Base Cards]].''
  
'''Basic cards''' (or '''Base cards''') are those cards in the [[Supply]] (or players' starting decks) that are not [[Kingdom]] cards. {{Set|Dominion}} (published in 2008) introduced {{CardOld|Copper}}, {{CardOld|Silver}}, {{CardOld|Gold}}, {{CardOld|Estate}}, {{CardOld|Duchy}}, {{CardOld|Province}}, and {{CardOld|Curse}} as basic cards, and other [[expansions]] have added to their ranks.  
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'''Basic cards''' (or '''Base cards''') are those cards in the [[Supply]] (or players' starting decks) that are not [[Kingdom]] cards. [[Dominion (base set)|Dominion]] introduced {{Card|Copper}}, {{Card|Silver}}, {{Card|Gold}}, {{Card|Estate}}, {{Card|Duchy}}, {{Card|Province}}, and {{Card|Curse}} as basic cards, and other expansions have added to their ranks. The [[Base Cards]] expansion has new basic cards with individual illustrations.
  
Since the publication of the {{Set|Base Cards}} pack in 2012, basic Treasure, Victory and Curse cards have had new, individual illustrations.
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== Basic Treasures ==
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*'''Copper''' is a [[Treasure]] that produces {{Cost|1}} when played. Coppers cost {{Cost|0}}, meaning they are "free," although they use up a [[buy]]. Each player starts with 7 Coppers in their deck. Copper is usually not desirable in one's deck, and is usually fodder for [[trasher|trashers]] when trashers are present in the kingdom.
  
== Cards ==
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*'''Silver''' is a Treasure that produces {{Cost|2}} and costs {{Cost|3}}. It is a common [[opening]] buy. Every [[kingdom card]] that costs {{Cost|3}} competes with Silver, making the "[[Silver test]]" ("Is this card really better than Silver for my deck?") something to consider.
{| class="wikitable" style="padding: 2px;"
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! Name !! Type(s) !! Text !! Cost !! Publication(s)
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|-
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| {{Card|Copper}} || Treasure || align="center" | {{Cost|1|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|0}} || rowspan="7" | {{Set|Dominion|ed=1}}<br/>{{Set|Intrigue|ed=1}}<br/>{{Set|Big Box|Big Box I}}<br/>{{Set|Base Cards}}<br/>{{Set|Dominion|ed=2}}<br/>{{Set|Big Box II}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Silver}} || Treasure || align="center" | {{Cost|2|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|3}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Gold}} || Treasure || align="center" | {{Cost|3|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|6}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Estate}} || Victory || align="center" | {{VP|'''1'''|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|2}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Duchy}} || Victory || align="center" | {{VP|'''3'''|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|5}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Province}} || Victory || align="center" | {{VP|'''6'''|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|8}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Curse}} || Curse || align="center" | {{VP|'''-1'''|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|0}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Potion}} || Treasure || align="center" | {{Cost|P|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|4}} || {{Set|Alchemy}}<br/>{{Set|Base Cards}}<br/>{{Set|Big Box|Big Box I}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Platinum}} || Treasure || align="center" | {{Cost|5|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|9}} || rowspan="2" | {{Set|Prosperity|ed=1}}<br/>{{Set|Big Box|Big Box I}}<br/>{{Set|Base Cards}}<br/>{{Set|Prosperity|ed=2}}
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|-
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| {{Card|Colony}} || Victory || align="center" | {{VP|'''10'''|l}} || align="center" | {{Cost|11}}
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|-
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| [[Ruins]] || Action-Ruins || align="center" | ''various texts'' || align="center" | {{Cost|0}} || rowspan="2" | {{Set|Dark Ages}}
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| [[Shelter]]s || {{nowrap|Action-Shelter}}<br/>{{nowrap|[[Reaction]]-Shelter}}<br/>{{nowrap|Victory-Shelter}} || align="center" | ''various texts'' || align="center" | {{Cost|1}}
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| [[Heirloom]]s || {{nowrap|Treasure-Heirloom}}<br/>{{nowrap|Treasure-Victory-Heirloom}} || align="center" | ''various texts'' || align="center" | ''various costs'' || {{Set|Nocturne}}
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|}
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== Base Cards (product) ==
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*'''Gold''' is a Treasure that produces {{Cost|3}} and costs {{Cost|6}}. It is a valuable card for most decks, and is a very popular buy with {{Cost|6}} and {{Cost|7}} to spend, barring any other important cards in the Kingdom with that same price range.
{{Infobox Set
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|link=Basic cards
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|name = Base Cards
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|type = Base Cards
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|cards = 250
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== Basic Victory cards ==
|basiccards = 248
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*'''Estate''' is a [[Victory card]] that gives 1 {{VP}} and costs {{Cost|2}}. Each player starts with 3 Estates in their deck. Like Copper, Estates are undesirable in one's deck at the beginning of the game, but unlike Copper, they can be crucial in the [[endgame]] when every point matters. For this reason, they are often bought at the end of games, usually when one is unable to buy a Province or Duchy.
|blankcards = 1
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|othercards = 1 [[Trash pile card]]
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|release = June 2012
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*'''Duchy''' is a Victory card that gives 3 {{VP}} and costs {{Cost|5}}. Duchies are usually not bought until the endgame where one cannot afford a Province or one is observing the [[Penultimate Province Rule]].
|coverartist = [[Matthias Catrein]]
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*'''Province''' is a Victory card that gives 6 {{VP}} and costs {{Cost|8}}. The goal for most players is to buy as many Provinces as possible, since they are the most valuable victory card in every game (except in {{Card|Colony}} games).
}}
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The Base Cards were released as their own set in June 2012, including enough cards for up to four players. The set includes all of the base cards released before {{Set|Dark Ages}}, with new art for every card in the set. These cards can be added to the {{Set|Dominion|base set}} or {{Set|Intrigue|Intrigue (First Edition)|ed=1}} to play with five or six players, or used to play Dominion with an expansion that does not include base cards.
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== Curse ==
  
While the set includes {{Card|Potion}}, {{Set|Alchemy}} is required for Potion to have a use; and it is recommended to only use {{Card|Platinum}}/{{Card|Colony}} when playing with {{Set|Prosperity}}.
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*'''Curse''' is a card that gives –1 {{VP}} and costs {{Cost|0}}. Players rarely intentionally add a Curse to their own decks, but there are some [[curser|Kingdom cards that can cause other players to gain Curses]] as an [[Attack]] or penalty. However, Curse is always in the Supply, even in games that do not include such Kingdom cards.
  
In 2018, the Base Cards were reprinted with the updated formatting used in the [[Second Edition]] [[Base]] set. This reprint also gave the standalone Base Cards their own unique icon.
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== Special basic cards ==
  
=== Contents ===
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A few expansions provide additional basic cards.
==== Base Cards ====
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* {{Cost|0}}: Copper, Curse
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* {{Cost|2}}: Estate
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* {{Cost|3}}: Silver
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* {{Cost|4}}: Potion
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* {{Cost|5}}: Duchy
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* {{Cost|6}}: Gold
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* {{Cost|8}}: Province
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* {{Cost|9}}: Platinum
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* {{Cost|11}}: Colony
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==== Additional materials ====
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* [[Alchemy]] includes '''{{Card|Potion}}''', a Treasure card that produces {{Cost|P}} when played and costs {{Cost|4}}. It is added to the supply in games using Kingdom cards with {{Cost|P}} in their cost.
* {{BaseCard|Trash|Trash card}}
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* [[Prosperity]] includes '''{{Card|Platinum}}''', a Treasure card that produces {{Cost|5}} and costs {{Cost|9}}, and '''{{Card|Colony}}''', a Victory card that gives 10 {{VP}} and costs {{Cost|11}}. These may be included in the Supply in games using Kingdom cards from Prosperity.
 
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* [[Dark Ages]] includes '''[[Ruins]]''', a collection of weak [[Action]] cards costing {{Cost|0}}, which, like Curses, are distributed by some Kingdom cards (called [[Looter|Looters]]) as an Attack or penalty. Ruins are added to the Supply in games using Looters. Dark Ages also includes '''[[Shelter|Shelters]]''', cards costing {{Cost|1}} which can replace Estates in players' starting decks and never appear in the Supply; these may be used in games including Kingdom cards from Dark Ages.
==Gallery==
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===Original basic cards===
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{{CardImage|Copper}}{{CardImage|Silver}}{{CardImage|Gold}}{{CardImage|Estate}}{{CardImage|Duchy}}{{CardImage|Province}}{{CardImage|Curse}}
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===Other basic supply piles===
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{{CardImage|Platinum}}{{CardImage|Colony}}{{CardImage|Potion}}
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===Ruins===
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{{CardImage|Ruined Village}}{{CardImage|Ruined Library}}{{CardImage|Abandoned Mine}}{{CardImage|Survivors}}{{CardImage|Ruined Market}}
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===Shelters===
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{{CardImage|Necropolis}}{{CardImage|Overgrown Estate}}{{CardImage|Hovel}}
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===Heirlooms===
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{{CardImage|Haunted Mirror}}{{CardImage|Magic Lamp}}{{CardImage|Pouch}}{{CardImage|Goat}}{{CardImage|Pasture}}{{CardImage|Lucky Coin}}{{CardImage|Cursed Gold}}
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