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− | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text | + | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes |
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!Chinese | !Chinese | ||
− | | 使魔 (pron. ''shǐ mó'', lit. ''magic messenger'') || || || | + | | 使魔 (pron. ''shǐ mó'',<br>lit. ''magic messenger'') || || || || |
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!Czech | !Czech | ||
− | | Alchymistův poskok (lit. ''alchemist's underling'') || || || | + | | Alchymistův poskok<br>(lit. ''alchemist's underling'') || || || || |
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!Dutch | !Dutch | ||
− | | Oude bekende (lit. ''old friend'') || || || | + | | Oude bekende (lit. ''old friend'') || || || || |
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!Finnish | !Finnish | ||
− | | Apuolento || || || | + | | Apuolento || || || || |
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!French | !French | ||
− | | Familier || || || | + | | Familier || || || || |
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!German | !German | ||
− | | Vertrauter (lit. ''confidant'') || {{CardVersionImage| | + | | Vertrauter (lit. ''confidant'') || {{CardVersionImage|FamiliarGerman2019rulebook|German language Familiar 2019 by ASS}} || || '''+1 Karte<br>+1 Aktion'''<br>Jeder Mitspieler nimmt einen Fluch. || (2019) |
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!Italian | !Italian | ||
− | | Famiglio || || || | + | | Famiglio || || || || |
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!Japanese | !Japanese | ||
− | | 使い魔 (pron. ''tsukaima'') || || || '''+1 カードを引く''' | + | | 使い魔 (pron. ''tsukaima'') || || || '''+1 カードを引く'''<br>'''+1 アクション'''<br>他のプレイヤーは全員、呪い1枚を獲得する。|| |
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!Russian | !Russian | ||
− | | Фамильяр (pron. ''famil'yar'') || || {{CardLangVersionImage|DigitalRussian}} || '''+1 Карта | + | | Фамильяр (pron. ''famil'yar'') || || {{CardLangVersionImage|DigitalRussian}} || '''+1 Карта<br>+1 Действие'''<br> Каждый другой игрок получает Проклятие. || |
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!Spanish | !Spanish | ||
− | | Familiar || || || | + | | Familiar || || || || |
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Familiar | |
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Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action - Attack |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Alchemy |
Illustrator(s) | Alex Drummond |
Card text | |
+1 Card +1 Action Each other player gains a Curse. |
Familiar is an Action-Attack from Alchemy. It is a cantrip curser—i.e., it gives opponents Curses and gives you +1 Card and +1 Action. It is the only non-terminal curser or junking attack, and therefore can be very strong; however, its cost makes it harder to gain than most other cursers. It can be a very frustrating card, since its cost makes it likely for a player to be unable to afford it far longer than their opponent if they draw their Potion at the wrong time!
Contents |
FAQ
Official FAQ
- You draw a card, get +1 Action, and each other player gains a Curse.
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy Article
There isn't a Familiar strategy article. It was mentioned in both the five worst potion cards and the five best potion cards by theory.
Familiar is a very powerful attack, since it is a cantrip and therefore does not become a dead card once the Curses have been depleted, and once you have a few in your deck you can hand out Curses with it very rapidly. However, its cost makes it slow to acquire multiple copies of and extremely swingy: there is a roughly one in four chance that one player will be unable to get a Familiar on turns 3 and 4 and the other player will, much higher than the chance of missing out on a Witch or Mountebank.
Unlike Witch and Mountebank, having a Familiar does not itself improve your per-turn buying power (and having a Potion can harm buying power in the absence of other desirable -cost cards), so Familiar strategies can actually lose to super-fast Big Money strategies like BM+Wharf, or engines which ramp up fast enough to be able to trash the curses as they come in. Familiar is especially weak against Masquerade-Big Money, as it is a fast strategy which is able to return the gained Curses to the Familiar player.
Synergies/Combos
- Other -cost cards
- Squire and a weak trashing card (eg. Watchtower) will let you get Familiar without buying a Potion
Antisynergies
- Chapel trashes too fast for Familiar, which starts at a disadvantage because of the useless Potion
- Masquerade, which is able to return the gained Curses
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+1 Card +1 Action Each other player gains a Curse. |
Alchemy 1st Edition | May 2010 | ||
+1 Card +1 Action Each other player gains a Curse. |
Alchemy 2nd Edition | December 2018 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Preview
Secret History
Retrospective