Exploration
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Exploration | |
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Type | Project |
Set | Renaissance |
Illustrator(s) | Marcel-André Casasola Merkle |
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At the end of your Buy phase, if you didn't gain any cards during it, +1 Coffers and +1 Villager. |
Exploration is a Project from Renaissance. It rewards you with +1 Coffers and +1 Villager for ending your Buy phase without gaining any cards during it.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
Other rules clarifications
Exploration got errata in 2022 to check if no cards were gained by you in your Buy phase.
- This cares if you bought a card in your Buy phase, and if you gained cards in other ways in your Buy phase (such as a Gold gained with Treasure Chest); it does not care if you bought an Event (from Adventures or Empires) or Project.
- If you take multiple Buy phases (with Villa or Cavalry), Exploration will check each of them to see if any cards were gained in it.
Deprecated official FAQ (2021) |
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Deprecated rules clarifications (2019 2021) |
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Strategy
Overview
Exploration is most useful on turns when you would not buy cards anyway, such as:
- When buying Events or other Projects
- Turns when you trash most of your hand, such as with Chapel or Steward, and cannot afford anything
- The turn you play Tactician
- Devil's Workshop gains better cards when buys are skipped.
- Turns that dud
- After an opponent played one or more Swamp Hags
- Paying off Debt
Sometimes it can be worth sacrificing your buys to save up Coffers tokens to spike an important early purchase, such as Inheritance, or to save the Villager for the following turn to prevent a collision. Exploration can also be a nice addition to a big money strategy.
Synergies/Combos
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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At the end of your Buy phase, if you didn't buy any cards, +1 Coffers and +1 Villager. | Renaissance | November 2018 | ||
At the end of your Buy phase, if you didn't buy any cards during it, +1 Coffers and +1 Villager. | Renaissance (2021 printing) | |||
At the end of your Buy phase, if you didn't buy any cards during it, +1 Coffers and +1 Villager. | June 29, 2022 |
Other language versions
Trivia
The card from the 2018 printing credits the illustration to Eric J. Carter, though it is actually by Marcel-André Casasola Merkle.
Secret History
Relevant outtakes
- If <= 3 cards in play at start of Clean-up, +3 Cards in next hand. I liked it until it turned out to be strong with just money.
- At end of Buy phase, if spent <= , +1 Coffers. I guess, helped contribute to Exploration happening? Exploration and City Gate were the last two.