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[[Image:Sentry.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Sentry]], a deck inspector card.]]
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A '''deck inspector''' is a type of card that lets you reveal or look at one or more cards at the top of your deck. Deck inspectors that are also [[Attack|Attacks]], like {{Card|Spy}}, tend to look at fewer cards than those that aren't, like {{Card|Scout}}.  These cards can allow you to discard or trash undesired cards, draw a particular type of card into your hand, or simply rearrange their order.   
 
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A '''deck inspector''' is a card that lets you reveal or look at one or more cards at the top of your deck. These cards can allow you to discard or trash undesired cards, draw a particular type of card into your hand, or simply rearrange their order.   
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In order to be a deck inspector, it has to:
 
In order to be a deck inspector, it has to:
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* Reveal/look at a specified number of cards
 
* Reveal/look at a specified number of cards
  
Deck inspectors are contrasted with [[digging]] cards, which look through your deck for a specific card or card type, discarding the other cards.  Some deck inspectors are also [[sifter|sifters]].
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For counterexample, {{Card|Adventurer}}, while it reveals cards and draws certain ones into your hand, discards the rest, and will reveal an unspecified number of cards.
 
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[[Attack]] cards that look at the top of an ''opponent's'' deck are considered [[Deck inspection attack|Deck inspection attacks]].
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Deck inspectors do not interact with the [[Adventures tokens#-1 card token|-1 Card token]]; the token is put back on your deck once the card is done inspecting, if the card did not draw any cards first.
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== Strategy ==
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For strategic advice, refer to the individual cards, for example the [[Sentry#Strategy|Sentry strategy section]] or the [[Cartographer#Strategy|Cartographer strategy section]].  
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== Examples ==
 
== Examples ==
Cards in ''italics'' have been [[removed]].
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* {{Card|Spy}} - the archetypal Attack deck inspector
 
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* {{Card|Scout}} - the archetypal non-Attack deck inspector
* [[Base]]: ''{{Card|Spy}}'', {{card|Sentry}}
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* {{Card|Pearl Diver}} - notably inspects the bottom of your deck instead of the top
* [[Intrigue]]: {{Card|Wishing Well}}, ''{{Card|Scout}}'', {{card|Patrol}}
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* {{Card|Lookout}}
* [[Seaside]]: ''{{Card|Pearl Diver}}'', {{Card|Lookout}}, ''{{Card|Navigator}}''
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* {{Card|Navigator}}
* [[Alchemy]]: {{Card|Apothecary}}, {{Card|Scrying Pool}}
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* {{Card|Apothecary}}
* [[Prosperity]]: {{card|Crystal Ball}}
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* {{Card|Scrying Pool}} - only the Attack portion is deck inspection - the rest of the card falls under [[non-terminal draw]]
* [[Hinterlands]]: ''{{Card|Duchess}}'', ''{{Card|Oracle}}'', {{Card|Jack of all Trades}}, {{Card|Cartographer}}
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* {{Card|Duchess}}
* [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Survivors}}, {{Card|Vagrant}}, {{Card|Ironmonger}}, {{Card|Wandering Minstrel}}, {{Card|Mystic}}
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* {{Card|Oracle}}
* [[Guilds]]: {{Card|Doctor}}
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* {{Card|Jack of all Trades}} - one of this card's many roles
* [[Adventures]]: {{Card|Magpie}}, {{Event|Scouting Party}}
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* {{Card|Cartographer}}
* [[Nocturne]]: {{Card|Night Watchman}}, {{Card|Zombie Spy}}, {{Boon|The Sun's Gift}}
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* {{Card|Survivors}}
* [[Renaissance]]: {{Card|Seer}}
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* {{Card|Ironmonger}}
* {{Set|Menagerie}}: {{Event|Pursue}}
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* {{Card|Wandering Minstrel}}
* [[Allies]]: {{card|Sentinel}}, {{card|Hunter}}
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* {{Card|Doctor}}
 
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==Gallery==
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{{CardImage|Apothecary}}{{CardImage|Cartographer}}{{CardImage|Doctor}}{{CardImage|Hunter}}{{CardImage|Ironmonger}}{{CardImage|Jack of all Trades}}{{CardImage|Lookout}}{{CardImage|Magpie}}{{CardImage|Mystic}}{{CardImage|Night Watchman}}{{CardImage|Patrol}}{{CardImage|Scrying Pool}}{{CardImage|Seer}}{{CardImage|Sentinel}}{{CardImage|Sentry}}{{CardImage|Survivors}}{{CardImage|Vagrant}}{{CardImage|Wandering Minstrel}}{{CardImage|Wishing Well}}{{CardImage|Zombie Spy}}{{LandscapeImage|Pursue}}{{LandscapeImage|Scouting Party}}{{LandscapeImage|The Sun's Gift}}
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===Removed===
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{{CardImage|Duchess}}{{CardImage|Navigator}}{{CardImage|Pearl Diver}}{{CardImage|Oracle}}{{CardImage|Scout}}{{CardImage|Spy}}
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===Deck inspection attacks===
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For a gallery of deck inspection attacks, see [[Deck inspection attack#Gallery|here]].
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[[Category:Cycling]]
 

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