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|theme = Variety | |theme = Variety | ||
|release = June 2011 | |release = June 2011 | ||
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| − | + | Cornucopia is the 5th Dominion expansion, released in June 2011. The basic theme of the set is cards that either create or reward variety in your deck and hand. It is a small expansion of 13 cards, popular for its focus on engine-friendly cards. | |
== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
| − | === | + | === Basic Supply Cards === |
| − | * | + | * Cornucopia is only an expansion, so no Basic Supply Cards are included. |
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| − | === | + | === Kingdom Cards === |
| − | + | {{Cost|2}} {{Card|Hamlet}} | |
| − | + | <br>{{Cost|3}} {{Card|Fortune Teller}}, {{Card|Menagerie}} | |
| + | <br>{{Cost|4}} {{Card|Farming Village}}, {{Card|Horse Traders}}, {{Card|Remake}}, {{Card|Tournament}}, {{Card|Young Witch}} | ||
| + | <br>{{Cost|5}} {{Card|Harvest}}, {{Card|Horn of Plenty}}, {{Card|Hunting Party}}, {{Card|Jester}} | ||
| + | <br>{{Cost|6}} {{Card|Fairgrounds}} | ||
| + | === Additional Materials === | ||
| + | {{Cost|0*}} [[Prize]]s (1 each): {{Card|Bag of Gold}}, {{Card|Diadem}}, {{Card|Followers}}, {{Card|Princess}}, {{Card|Trusty Steed}} | ||
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* “In play” - [[Action]] cards and [[Treasure]] cards played face-up to a play area are in play until they are moved somewhere else—usually until they are discarded during a [[Clean-up]] phase. Only played cards are in play; set aside cards, trashed cards, cards in the [[Supply]], and cards in hands, decks, and discard piles are not in play. Prizes that no-one has gained are not in play. [[Reaction]] abilities like {{Card|Horse Traders}}' do not put those cards into play. [[Duration]] cards (from [[Seaside|Dominion: Seaside]]), once played, remain in play until the turn they are discarded. | * “In play” - [[Action]] cards and [[Treasure]] cards played face-up to a play area are in play until they are moved somewhere else—usually until they are discarded during a [[Clean-up]] phase. Only played cards are in play; set aside cards, trashed cards, cards in the [[Supply]], and cards in hands, decks, and discard piles are not in play. Prizes that no-one has gained are not in play. [[Reaction]] abilities like {{Card|Horse Traders}}' do not put those cards into play. [[Duration]] cards (from [[Seaside|Dominion: Seaside]]), once played, remain in play until the turn they are discarded. | ||
* A player may play his Treasure cards in any order and may choose not to play some (or even all) of the Treasure cards he has in his hand. During the Buy phase, a player must play all of the Treasures he wishes to play before he buys any cards, even if he has +Buys; he cannot play more Treasures after Buying a card. | * A player may play his Treasure cards in any order and may choose not to play some (or even all) of the Treasure cards he has in his hand. During the Buy phase, a player must play all of the Treasures he wishes to play before he buys any cards, even if he has +Buys; he cannot play more Treasures after Buying a card. | ||
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* A number of cards in Cornucopia care about cards being different. "Differently named" cards are simply cards with different names (like the Prizes) - they aren't copies of the same card. "Duplicate" cards are cards that have the same name - two copies of the same card. | * A number of cards in Cornucopia care about cards being different. "Differently named" cards are simply cards with different names (like the Prizes) - they aren't copies of the same card. "Duplicate" cards are cards that have the same name - two copies of the same card. | ||
| − | == Flavor | + | == Flavor Text == |
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|Text=Autumn. It seemed like the summer would never end, but that fortune teller was right. It's over. Autumn, the time of the harvest. Agriculture has advanced significantly in recent years, ever since the discovery of the maxim, "leaves of three, let it be." Autumn, a time of celebration. The peasants have spent a hard week scything hay in the fields, but tonight the festivities begin, starting with a sumptuous banquet of roast hay. Then, the annual nose-stealing competition. Then you have two jesters, one who always lies, one who always tells the truth, both hilariously. This celebration will truly have something for everyone. | |Text=Autumn. It seemed like the summer would never end, but that fortune teller was right. It's over. Autumn, the time of the harvest. Agriculture has advanced significantly in recent years, ever since the discovery of the maxim, "leaves of three, let it be." Autumn, a time of celebration. The peasants have spent a hard week scything hay in the fields, but tonight the festivities begin, starting with a sumptuous banquet of roast hay. Then, the annual nose-stealing competition. Then you have two jesters, one who always lies, one who always tells the truth, both hilariously. This celebration will truly have something for everyone. | ||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
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| − | == Impact == | + | == Impact of Cornucopia == |
| − | + | Cornocupia was the first set to introduce special cards that are not in the Supply that can be gained by use of a particular Kingdom card (in this case, the [[Prize]]s); [[Dark Ages]] would later follow up on this theme. | |
=== Engines === | === Engines === | ||
| − | + | Corncucopia is filled with cards which enable strong engine building. Some of these include: | |
| − | + | * {{Card|Hamlet}} - A cheap pseudo-village capable of providing extra buys or actions. | |
| − | * {{Card|Hamlet}} | + | * {{Card|Horn of Plenty}} - Provides an easy way to gain cards as well as the capability of producing megaturns. |
| − | * {{Card|Horn of Plenty}} | + | * {{Card|Hunting Party}} - Enables very simple Hunting Party + X engines. |
| − | * {{Card|Hunting Party}} | + | * {{Card|Menagerie}} - A centerpiece of some of the most fun engines to play, Menagerie is a [[cantrip]] which serves as a great counter to hand size reduction attacks. |
| − | * {{Card|Menagerie}} | + | * {{Card|Tournament}} - The card itself is a useful early game cantrip, and the Prizes are all quite valuable in most engines. |
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=== Randomness === | === Randomness === | ||
Though overall a well received set, Cornucopia features a "swingy" card which can cause frustration among players. | Though overall a well received set, Cornucopia features a "swingy" card which can cause frustration among players. | ||
| − | * {{Card|Tournament}} | + | * {{Card|Tournament}} - Because of the power of the Tournament prizes, the first player to win a prize is often able to build on that to win further prizes and/or the game. Even skilled play can sometimes be undone by a lucky or well timed draw. |
| − | == Theme == | + | == Cornucopia Theme == |
| − | Game designer | + | Game designer Donald X. offered some insight into some themes of the set [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=1818.msg28889#msg28889 here]. |
| − | * 5 | + | * 5 Care about variety: Menagerie, Harvest, Horn of Plenty, Hunting Party, Fairgrounds |
| − | * 4 | + | * 4 Provide variety: Remake, Tournament, Young Witch, Jester |
| − | * 4 | + | * 4 Off-theme: Hamlet, Fortune Teller, Farming Village, Horse Traders |
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| − | + | Cornucopia is the only set not to have any artwork done by Mathias Catrein. [[Alchemy]] and [[Guilds]] both have no [[kingdom]] cards illustrated by him, but Catrein did the artwork for {{Card|Potion}}, and the artwork for Guilds' box. | |
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| + | === Secret History === | ||
| + | {{Quote|Text=Alchemy was originally a large set, which when I made it meant it was 20 cards. I didn't count Potion. When Dominion itself was finalized, it stole whatever cards it wanted from future sets, including Gardens and Library and Festival from Alchemy. And some cards got stolen for other sets too, as I worked on them, turning former 20-card sets into 25-card sets and getting rid of dud cards. Whatever; Alchemy was last, I would get around to fixing it up eventually. It still had the Potions stuff, and I penciled in a "hand" theme for what the rest of the set would do. Cards that involved your hand. This fit with some cards that had been pushed back to be fixed up and some other homeless cards that I liked. | ||
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| + | Around the time Prosperity was wrapping up and Seaside was getting printed, it turned out the publishers wanted small sets, could I make one please, and also, could it come out next (pushing Prosperity back). The way to get something fastest was to have it already done. Alchemy was ideal, as it had a hunk of the right size to break off of it, and it was in tatters anyway from me never getting around to working on it. I took the Potions stuff and tweaked it into a small expansion. So now there was a list of existing cards, plus untested ideas, waiting to turn into a hand-themed small set for a year after Alchemy. | ||
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When I got around to working on Cornucopia, I went with the hand theme, adding more cards that fit it, polishing up what I had, and adding cards that didn't fit it too, because what, they can't all be on-theme. And we started playtesting it. | When I got around to working on Cornucopia, I went with the hand theme, adding more cards that fit it, polishing up what I had, and adding cards that didn't fit it too, because what, they can't all be on-theme. And we started playtesting it. | ||
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It turned out that the "hand" theme was invisible. It made the cards play well together, but no-one recognized that it was the theme of the set. It was just not distinct enough. | It turned out that the "hand" theme was invisible. It made the cards play well together, but no-one recognized that it was the theme of the set. It was just not distinct enough. | ||
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| − | The set at the time had | + | The set at the time had Fairgrounds and Menagerie in it, and people would incorrectly guess that that was the theme, and that there just wasn't much of it. "Variety" sounded like a good theme, so I ran with it. Some of the hand stuff that wasn't also variety-related left, and I added more variety stuff. This theme was recognizable and worked out and well there it is. |
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| − | In the end the set has only two cards that are mutated versions of cards originally in the large | + | In the end the set has only two cards that are mutated versions of cards originally in the large Alchemy set - Jester and Diadem. Some of the other cards started in other sets, and some are original to Cornucopia. |
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| − | Those publishers that wanted small expansions presumably wanted them so that people who didn't want to pay the same for an expansion as for the main game could get them. And if such people exist then they don't have the large expansions. Well | + | Those publishers that wanted small expansions presumably wanted them so that people who didn't want to pay the same for an expansion as for the main game could get them. And if such people exist then they don't have the large expansions. Well Alchemy is not ideal as the only expansion you have. I mean it's just so exotic. I felt like these publishers would have preferred something less exotic. Alchemy was all they could have in the time frame it was wanted, but I had plenty of time here, so this expansion tries to be more reasonable as an expansion for someone who doesn't have many expansions. |
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|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=120.0 The Secret History of the Cornucopia cards] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=120.0 The Secret History of the Cornucopia cards] | ||
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| − | == Recommended | + | == Recommended Sets of 10 == |
=== Cornucopia & [[Dominion (base set)|Dominion]] === | === Cornucopia & [[Dominion (base set)|Dominion]] === | ||
| − | {{Kingdom | + | {{Kingdom|Harvest|Horn of Plenty|Hunting Party|Menagerie|Tournament|Cellar|Festival|Militia|Moneylender|Smithy|imgwidth = 150|title = Bounty of the Hunt}} |
| − | {{Kingdom | + | {{Kingdom|Fortune Teller|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Jester|Remake|Adventurer|Bureaucrat|Laboratory|Spy|Throne Room|imgwidth = 150|title = Bad Omens}} |
| − | {{Kingdom | + | {{Kingdom|Fairgrounds|Farming Village|Horse Traders|Jester|Young Witch|Feast|Laboratory|Market|Remodel|Workshop|bane = Chancellor|imgwidth = 150|title = The Jester's Workshop}} |
=== Cornucopia & [[Intrigue]] === | === Cornucopia & [[Intrigue]] === | ||
| − | {{Kingdom|Farming Village|Harvest|Horse Traders|Hunting Party|Jester|Minion|Nobles|Pawn|Steward|Swindler | + | {{Kingdom|Farming Village|Harvest|Horse Traders|Hunting Party|Jester|Minion|Nobles|Pawn|Steward|Swindler|title = Last Laughs}} |
| − | {{Kingdom|Fairgrounds|Horn of Plenty|Remake|Tournament|Young Witch| | + | {{Kingdom|Fairgrounds|Horn of Plenty|Remake|Tournament|Young Witch|Coppersmith|Courtyard|Great Hall|Mining Village|Tribute|bane = Wishing Well|imgwidth = 150|title = The Spice of Life}} |
| − | {{Kingdom|Fortune Teller|Hamlet|Hunting Party|Remake|Tournament|Conspirator|Duke|Harem|Pawn | + | {{Kingdom|Fortune Teller|Hamlet|Hunting Party|Remake|Tournament|Conspirator|Duke|Great Hall|Harem|Pawn|title = Small Victories}} |
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=== Cornucopia & [[Hinterlands]] === | === Cornucopia & [[Hinterlands]] === | ||
| − | {{Kingdom|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Horse Traders|Jester|Tournament|Fool's Gold| | + | {{Kingdom|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Horse Traders|Jester|Tournament|Fool's Gold|Mandarin|Noble Brigand|Trader|Tunnel|title = Blue Harvest}} |
| + | {{Kingdom|Fairgrounds|Farming Village|Hunting Party|Jester|Menagerie|Border Village|Embassy|Fool's Gold|Nomad Camp|Oasis|title = Traveling Circus}} | ||
=== Cornucopia & [[Dark Ages]] === | === Cornucopia & [[Dark Ages]] === | ||
| − | {{Kingdom|Band of Misfits|Cultist|Fortress|Hermit|Junk Dealer|Knights|Fairgrounds|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Menagerie | + | {{Kingdom|Band of Misfits|Cultist|Fortress|Hermit|Junk Dealer|Knights|Fairgrounds|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Menagerie|title = Dark Carnival}} |
| − | {{Kingdom|Bandit Camp|Counterfeit|Death Cart|Marauder|Pillage|Sage|Harvest|Hunting Party|Remake|Tournament | + | {{Kingdom|Bandit Camp|Counterfeit|Death Cart|Marauder|Pillage|Sage|Harvest|Hunting Party|Remake|Tournament|title = To the Victor}} |
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=== Cornucopia & [[Adventures]] === | === Cornucopia & [[Adventures]] === | ||
| − | {{Kingdom|Artificer|Miser|Page|Ranger|Relic|Fairgrounds|Farming Village|Horse Traders|Jester|Menagerie|event1 = Travelling Fair|imgwidth = 150|title = The Hero's Return | + | {{Kingdom|Artificer|Miser|Page|Ranger|Relic|Fairgrounds|Farming Village|Horse Traders|Jester|Menagerie|event1 = Travelling Fair|imgwidth = 150|title = The Hero's Return}} |
{{Kingdom|Peasant|Storyteller|Swamp Hag|Transmogrify|Wine Merchant|Fortune Teller|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Tournament|Young Witch|bane = Guide|event1 = Ferry|event2 = Seaway|imgwidth = 150|title = Seacraft and Witchcraft}} | {{Kingdom|Peasant|Storyteller|Swamp Hag|Transmogrify|Wine Merchant|Fortune Teller|Hamlet|Horn of Plenty|Tournament|Young Witch|bane = Guide|event1 = Ferry|event2 = Seaway|imgwidth = 150|title = Seacraft and Witchcraft}} | ||
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| − | + | === DominionStrategy.com === | |
| − | + | * [http://dominionstrategy.com/2011/04/21/cornucopia-spoilers-from-the-gathering-initial-thoughts/ Spoilers and Initial Thoughts] | |
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{{Navbox Cornucopia}} | {{Navbox Cornucopia}} | ||
{{Navbox expansions}} | {{Navbox expansions}} | ||
