Duchess
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Duchess | |
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Cost | 2 |
Type | [[Action]] |
Set/Expansion | Hinterlands |
Illustrator | Alayna Lemmer |
+$2. Each player (including you) looks at the top card of his deck, and discards it or puts it back. In games using this, when you gain a Duchy, you may gain a Duchess. |
Contents |
FAQ
Official FAQ
Copy & Paste Official FAQ here, please.
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy Article
Synergies/Combos
Antisynergies
Trivia
Card Art
The art is related to the art for Duke.
Secret History
Free with any regularly priced Duchy! There was a card that gave you +1 Buy when you bought it, because, why not try that. You could buy out the pile if you lowered the cost enough. Some people thought this was hilarious but some people hated it, and it wasn't hilarious enough to justify being hated. Then I thought, well, what about a card that you can just take? "In games using this, at the start of your buy phase, you may gain a copy of this." But you don't want to have to make that decision every turn. So I went with, a card that was just free with a particular other card, one that was always out of course, and picked Duchy.
It had to be a cheap terminal action, to not get taken automatically. I had been wanting to get a friendly Spy into the set, because I wanted to add that small amount of additional interaction. So, +$2, friendly Spy. As a terminal Action costing $2, it's no hot ticket, but it's an interesting option on turn one with $2, and then when you buy a Duchy, well hey, have I got a deal for you.