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{{Infobox Card | {{Infobox Card | ||
|name = Graverobber | |name = Graverobber | ||
+ | |cost = 5 | ||
|type1 = Action | |type1 = Action | ||
|illustrator = Julien Delval | |illustrator = Julien Delval | ||
− | |text = Choose one: Gain a card from the trash costing from {{Cost|3}} to {{Cost|6}}, | + | |text = Choose one: Gain a card from the trash costing from {{Cost|3}} to {{Cost|6}}, onto your deck; or trash an Action card from your hand and gain a card costing up to {{Cost|3}} more than it. |
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− | '''Graverobber''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Dark Ages]]. It is a card built around gaining cards from the trash, and putting them on top of your deck so you can use them as soon as possible—but it also has a [[trash-for-benefit]] ability, to ensure that the trash will often have good enough things in it worth gaining. It is an ideal [[soft terminal]]; while it has to trash colliding Actions to reap a benefit from them, it can fetch them back out of the trash later. | + | '''Graverobber''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Dark Ages]]. It is a card built around [[gainer|gaining]] cards from the [[trash]], and putting them on top of your deck so you can use them as soon as possible—but it also has a [[trash-for-benefit]] ability, to ensure that the trash will often have good enough things in it worth gaining. It is an ideal [[soft terminal]]; while it has to trash colliding Actions to reap a benefit from them, it can fetch them back out of the trash later. |
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
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* You can look through the trash at any time. | * You can look through the trash at any time. | ||
* If you choose to gain a card from the trash, the other players get to see what it is, and it goes on top of your deck. | * If you choose to gain a card from the trash, the other players get to see what it is, and it goes on top of your deck. | ||
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* If there is no card in the trash costing from {{Cost|3}} to {{Cost|6}}, you will fail to gain one. | * If there is no card in the trash costing from {{Cost|3}} to {{Cost|6}}, you will fail to gain one. | ||
− | * Cards with {{Cost|P}} | + | * Cards with {{Cost|P}} (from [[Alchemy]]) or {{Debt}} (from [[Empires]]) in the cost do not cost from {{Cost|3}} to {{Cost|6}}. |
− | * If you choose to trash an Action card from your hand, the card you gain | + | * If you choose instead to trash an Action card from your hand, the card you gain is put into your discard pile. |
+ | === Other rules clarifications === | ||
+ | * If the card would be gained into your hand, such as {{card|Ghost Town}}, {{card|Night Watchman}}, or {{card|Den of Sin}}, it is gained onto your deck instead. | ||
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== Strategy Article == | == Strategy Article == | ||
See [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=6431.0 here] (Jan 2013) or [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=10404.0 here] (Feb 2014) for articles about Graverobber. | See [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=6431.0 here] (Jan 2013) or [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=10404.0 here] (Feb 2014) for articles about Graverobber. | ||
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=== Antisynergies === | === Antisynergies === | ||
+ | *Cards that are gained to your hand, such as {{Card|Ghost Town}}. | ||
+ | *Other more powerful {{Cost|5}} actions that do not lose their utility over time. | ||
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+ | == Versions == | ||
+ | ===English versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ||
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+ | | {{CardVersionImage|GraverobberOld|Graverobber}} || {{CardVersionImage|GraverobberDigitalOld|Graverobber from Goko/Making Fun}} || Choose one: Gain a card from the trash costing from {{Cost|3}} to {{Cost|6}}, putting it on top of your deck; or trash an Action card from your hand and gain a card costing up to {{Cost|3}} more than it. || Dark Ages 1st Edition || August 2012 | ||
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+ | | {{CardVersionImage|Graverobber|Graverobber}} || {{CardVersionImage|GraverobberDigital|Graverobber from Shuffle iT}} || Choose one: Gain a card from the trash costing from {{Cost|3}} to {{Cost|6}}, onto your deck; or trash an Action card from your hand and gain a card costing up to {{Cost|3}} more than it. || Dark Ages [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || September 2017 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | ===Other language versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Czech | ||
+ | | Vykradač hrobů || {{CardLangVersionImage|Czech}} || || || | ||
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+ | !Dutch | ||
+ | | Grafrover || || || || | ||
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+ | !Finnish | ||
+ | | Haudanryöstäjä || || || || | ||
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+ | !French | ||
+ | | Pilleur de tombes || || || || | ||
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+ | !German | ||
+ | | Grabräuber || {{CardVersionImage|Graverobber German-HiG|German Version by Hans im Glück}} || || Wähle eins:<br>Nimm dir eine Karte vom Müll-<br>stapel die {{Cost|3}} bis {{Cost|6}} kostet.<br>Lege diese Karte sofort auf deinen<br>Nachziehstapel<br>oder<br>Entsorge eine Aktionskarte aus dei-<br>ner Hand und nimm dir eine Karte,<br>die bis zu {{Cost|3}} mehr kostet. || | ||
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+ | !Japanese | ||
+ | | 墓暴き (pron. ''haka abaki'') || || || 次のうち1つ選ぶ:「廃棄置き場に あるコスト{{Cost|3}}から{{Cost|6}}のカード1枚を山札の上に獲得する」:「手札のアクションカード1枚を廃棄し、それよりコストが最大{{Cost|3}}高いカード1枚を獲得する」。 || | ||
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+ | !Korean | ||
+ | | 도굴꾼 (pron. ''dogulkkun'') || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Russian | ||
+ | | Расхититель Могил (pron. ''raskhitityel' mogil'') || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Spanish | ||
+ | | Ladrón de Tumbas || || || || | ||
+ | |} | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
[[Image:GraverobberArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | [[Image:GraverobberArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | ||
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=== Preview === | === Preview === | ||
{{Quote|Text=Graverobber is the way to get things from the trash that you always knew I’d make eventually. What you didn’t know is that it would look like that. If you’re gonna take things from the trash, you have to make sure there are good things to get. Graverobber does this by rewarding you for trashing expensive actions – just the kind of thing you’ll want back later. And when you do take a card from the trash, it puts it on your deck, so you’ll draw it before the game is over. Of course if someone else has Graverobbers, maybe they’ll get that card first. It’s a competitive business in these troubled times. | {{Quote|Text=Graverobber is the way to get things from the trash that you always knew I’d make eventually. What you didn’t know is that it would look like that. If you’re gonna take things from the trash, you have to make sure there are good things to get. Graverobber does this by rewarding you for trashing expensive actions – just the kind of thing you’ll want back later. And when you do take a card from the trash, it puts it on your deck, so you’ll draw it before the game is over. Of course if someone else has Graverobbers, maybe they’ll get that card first. It’s a competitive business in these troubled times. | ||
| Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | | Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
− | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3820.0 Dark Ages | + | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3820.0 Dark Ages Preview #1: Graverobber, Poor House, Sage] |
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=== Secret History === | === Secret History === |
Revision as of 16:54, 4 August 2020
Graverobber | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Dark Ages |
Illustrator(s) | Julien Delval |
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Choose one: Gain a card from the trash costing from to , onto your deck; or trash an Action card from your hand and gain a card costing up to more than it. |
Graverobber is an Action card from Dark Ages. It is a card built around gaining cards from the trash, and putting them on top of your deck so you can use them as soon as possible—but it also has a trash-for-benefit ability, to ensure that the trash will often have good enough things in it worth gaining. It is an ideal soft terminal; while it has to trash colliding Actions to reap a benefit from them, it can fetch them back out of the trash later.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- You choose either option, then do as much of it as you can; you can choose an option even if you will not be able to do it.
- You can look through the trash at any time.
- If you choose to gain a card from the trash, the other players get to see what it is, and it goes on top of your deck.
- If there is no card in the trash costing from to , you will fail to gain one.
- Cards with Alchemy) or (from Empires) in the cost do not cost from to . (from
- If you choose instead to trash an Action card from your hand, the card you gain is put into your discard pile.
Other rules clarifications
- If the card would be gained into your hand, such as Ghost Town, Night Watchman, or Den of Sin, it is gained onto your deck instead.
Strategy Article
See here (Jan 2013) or here (Feb 2014) for articles about Graverobber.
Graverobber's trash for benefit ability is like a more limited Expand, but it's also cheaper. The best use case for it is trashing Action cards to gain Provinces, or picking Action cards out of the trash. And Graverobber itself is a Action, so that strategy is always possible with Graverobber around. However, by itself, Graverobber with Big Money isn't very good, and needs a variety of support—villages to play both your Graverobbers and your other actions, Smithies to draw them faster, and so on. A full engine.
Synergies/Combos
- Treasury: If you use Graverobber to gain Provinces (by trashing Treasuries), you can keep putting Treasuries back on top of your deck since you never need to buy Victory cards.
- Pillage: If you use Graverobber to get back the Pillage you just played (and trashed), that lets you keep playing Pillages every turn without needing to spend and a Buy on them.
- Witch, Mountebank, Soothsayer and Cultist are all Actions that lose most of their utility once the Curse or Ruins pile runs out, allowing Graverobber an easy path to Province.
- Golem: Hitting a Graverobber with a Golem allows you to trash or recover a card, allowing quick access to Provinces. If all your actions are Golems and Graverobbers and you have at least two Graverobbers, a hand with a Golem and only one Graverobber guarantees a Province.
- Knights: Allows you to recover cards you have been forced to trash or other players cards you have trashed.
- Action cards with on-trash effects
Antisynergies
- Cards that are gained to your hand, such as Ghost Town.
- Other more powerful actions that do not lose their utility over time.
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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Choose one: Gain a card from the trash costing from to , putting it on top of your deck; or trash an Action card from your hand and gain a card costing up to more than it. | Dark Ages 1st Edition | August 2012 | ||
Choose one: Gain a card from the trash costing from to , onto your deck; or trash an Action card from your hand and gain a card costing up to more than it. | Dark Ages 2nd Edition | September 2017 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Preview
Secret History