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− | |illustrator = Alayna | + | |illustrator = Alayna Danner |
− | |text = +1 Card<br>+1 Action | + | |text = '''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''<br>This turn, when you gain a Victory card, '''+1'''{{VP}}. |
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− | '''Groundskeeper''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Empires]]. | + | '''Groundskeeper''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Empires]]. It's a [[cantrip]] that gains {{VP}} [[Victory token|tokens]] when you gain a [[Victory]] card. |
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
− | === | + | === Unofficial FAQ (2022) === |
− | * This can trigger multiple times in a turn, for cards gained different ways. | + | * This can trigger multiple times in a turn, for cards gained different ways. For example you could play Groundskeeper, then play {{Card|Engineer}} gaining an {{Card|Estate}} and taking {{nowrap|1{{VP}},}} then in your Buy phase buy a {{Card|Duchy}} taking another {{nowrap|+1{{VP}}.}} |
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* Multiple Groundskeepers are cumulative. | * Multiple Groundskeepers are cumulative. | ||
− | * If you {{Card|Crown}} a Groundskeeper, there is still just one Groundskeeper in play, so you only get +1{{VP}} per Victory card gained. | + | |
+ | === Other rules clarifications === | ||
+ | * In 2022, Groundskeeper got errata that changed it from a "while this is in play" ability to a "this turn" ability. This means that now if you use {{Card|Crown}} to play a Groundskeeper twice, then each Victory card you gain that turn will come with 2{{VP}}. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" | ||
+ | | <h3> Deprecated official FAQ (2021)</h3> | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |<ul> | ||
+ | <li> This can trigger multiple times in a turn, for cards gained different ways. | ||
+ | <li> For example you could play Groundskeeper, then play {{Card|Engineer}} gaining an {{Card|Estate}} and taking {{nowrap|1{{VP}},}} then in your Buy phase buy a {{Card|Duchy}} taking another {{nowrap|+1{{VP}}.}} | ||
+ | <li> Multiple Groundskeepers are cumulative. | ||
+ | <li> If you {{Card|Crown}} a Groundskeeper, there is still just one Groundskeeper in play, so you only get {{nowrap|+1{{VP}}}} per Victory card gained. | ||
+ | </ul> | ||
+ | |} | ||
== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
+ | Groundskeeper is an expensive but potentially powerful [[cantrip]] which provides a strong source of [[alt-VP]]. Groundskeeper can help you accumulate large amounts of {{VP}} when you can both establish [[deck control]] and make use of sources of +Buy or [[gainer]]s, with the aim of gaining multiple [[Victory]] cards at once with multiple Groundskeepers in play. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In [[Kingdom]]s that offer the deck control and additional gains necessary for Groundskeeper to be effective, games often follow a three phase pattern. First, you [[build]] your deck so that you will be able to play all of your Groundskeepers consistently, likely by [[thinning]] your starting cards and/or building an [[engine]]. Second, you add as many Groundskeepers as possible, usually in the late midgame. This is because unlike most other forms of [[payload]], adding a Groundskeeper earlier does not help you build. Additionally, because Groundskeeper is a cantrip, you can increase the amount of {{VP}} you can score on your [[greening]] turns later in the endgame without compromising your deck control now. Third, you start greening while reaping the benefits of all the Groundskeepers you’ve acquired up until that point. In Kingdoms with fast strategies available, you may not have time for this, and should consider gaining fewer Groundskeepers or none at all. When not using the {{VP}} gaining effect Groundskeeper is just an expensive cantrip that does nothing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are several broad and sometimes overlapping methods of scoring {{VP}} with Groundskeeper: | ||
+ | * buying {{Card|Province|Provinces}} that are worth more {{VP}} than usual. | ||
+ | * ending the game with a [[megaturn]]. | ||
+ | * gradually adding Victory cards to an extent that the engine can handle. | ||
+ | * buying many cheap Victory cards and trashing them. | ||
+ | Gaining {{Card|Province|Provinces}} typically scores much less {{VP}} than buying or gaining multiple cheap Victory cards with plenty of Groundskeepers in play, so it is usually better to focus on the latter when possible. An example megaturn strategy could mean causing an [[three-pile ending|ending on piles]] that includes emptying the {{Card|Estate|Estates}}; gaining these on the last turn means they don’t harm your engine. Finally, some alt-VP cards synergize well with Groundskeeper: for example, {{Card|Mill}} and {{Card|Nobles}} can be added to your deck, building and scoring at the same time, while {{Card|Island}} and {{Card|Distant Lands}} can also be added to an engine and quickly removed again. On the other hand, gaining Victory cards to score {{VP}} with Groundskeeper and then trashing them (e.g. with {{Card|Watchtower}}) or exiling them (e.g., with {{Card|Sanctuary}}) can maintain engine reliability without losing the {{VP}}. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Groundskeeper synergizes exceptionally well with sources of +Buy and gainers, as you will want to gain both multiple copies of Groundskeeper itself and (later) multiple green cards at once in order to take advantage of all your Groundskeepers in play. {{Card|Altar}} is a good example of a gainer that works well with Groundskeeper, as it can gain both Groundskeeper and {{Card|Duchy}}, while also helping you achieve deck control and build in the early game. | ||
+ | |||
+ | If Groundskeepers are important, the pile can easily run out and winning the split may be important: in a long game, if you have the most Groundskeepers you will slowly but consistently outscore your opponents. Some Exile effects (e.g., {{Card|Camel Train}}, {{Event|Invest}}, and {{Event|Transport}}) can be used to acquire Groundskeepers cheaply and add them to your deck later, when their scoring effect is about to become relevant, by buying or gaining a single one. It is important that you monitor the Groundskeeper pile in this case to make sure it does not run out before you can discard your copies from Exile. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some effects seem to be synergistic with Groundskeepers at first glance but offer no special benefit: [[Exile|Exiling]] cards from the Supply is not gaining them, so {{Event|Enclave}} and {{Way|Way of the Worm}} provide no extra {{VP}} with Groundskeeper. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Versions == | ||
+ | ===English versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | {{CardLangVersionImage|o=1}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=s|o=1}} || style="padding: 0px 10px;"|'''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''{{Divline}}While this is in play, when you gain a Victory card, {{nowrap|'''+1'''{{VP}}.}} || Empires || June 2016 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=t|o=2}} || style="padding: 0px 10px;"|'''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''{{Divline}}While you have this in play, when you gain a Victory card, {{nowrap|'''+1'''{{VP}}.}} || Empires [[2020 Errata#Cosmetical_changes|(2021 printing)]] || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=t}} || style="padding: 0px 10px;"|'''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''<br>This turn, when you gain a Victory card, {{nowrap|'''+1'''{{VP}}.}} || [[2022_Errata#anchor_GetRidWhile|Replacing "while this is in play"]] || [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21326.0 June 29, 2022] | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Other language versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Dutch | ||
+ | | Kasteelhovenier<br>(lit. ''castle gardener'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1 Kaart<br>+1 Actie'''{{Divline}}Zolang deze kaart in het spel is: als je een overwinningskaart pakt, {{nowrap|'''+1'''{{VP}}.}} || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Finnish | ||
+ | | Puutarhuri (lit. ''gardener'') || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !French | ||
+ | | Jardinière (lit. ''gardener'', explicitly feminine) || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !rowspan=3|German | ||
+ | | Gärtnerin<br>(lit. ''gardener'', explicitly feminine) || {{CardPNGImage|Groundskeeper_German|German language Groundskeeper 2016 by ASS}} || || '''+1 Karte<br>+1 Aktion'''{{Divline}}Falls diese Karte im Spiel ist, wenn du eine Punktekarte nimmst: {{nowrap|+1 [[File:VPDE.png|15px]]-Marker}} || (2016) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Gärtnerin<br>(lit. ''gardener'', explicitly feminine) || {{CardVersionImage|GroundskeeperGerman2021rulebook|German language Groundskeeper 2021 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|GroundskeeperGerman2021Digital|German language Groundskeeper 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Karte<br>+1 Aktion'''{{Divline}}Ist diese Karte im Spiel, wenn du eine Punktekarte nimmst, {{nowrap|'''+1'''{{VP}}.}} || 2. Edition<br>(2021) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Gärtnerin<br>(lit. ''gardener'', explicitly feminine) || || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || '''+1 Karte<br>+1 Aktion'''<br>Wenn du in diesem Zug eine Punktekarte nimmst, {{nowrap|'''+1'''{{VP}}.}} || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Japanese | ||
+ | | 庭師<br>(pron. ''niwashi'', lit. ''gardener'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1 カードを引く'''<br>'''+1 アクション'''{{Divline}}これが場にある間、勝利点カード1枚を獲得するとき、{{nowrap|'''+1'''{{VP}}。}} || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Polish | ||
+ | | Ogrodnik<br>(lit. ''gardener'') || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || '''+1 karta<br>+1 akcja'''{{Divline}}Kiedy ta karta znajduje się w grze, {{nowrap|'''+1'''{{VP}}}} za każdym razem, gdy dodajesz kartę Zwycięstwa. || (2017) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Russian | ||
+ | | Садовник (pron. ''sadovnik'', lit. ''gardener'') || || || || | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
[[Image:GroundskeeperArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | [[Image:GroundskeeperArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | ||
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=== Preview === | === Preview === | ||
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=== Secret History === | === Secret History === | ||
+ | For strumphf's 2022 advent calendar, Donald X. [https://youtu.be/1bjVjH_DEME?t=12 went in-depth on the development] of Groundskeeper. | ||
+ | {{Quote|Text=First this cost {{Cost|2}} and let you pay {{Cost|1}} extra when buying a card to get +1{{VP}}. It was nuts. It shifted to only working on Victory cards and then to costing {{Cost|5}} up front and none later. | ||
+ | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
+ | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15660.0 The Secret History of the Empires Cards] | ||
+ | }} | ||
{{Navbox Empires}} | {{Navbox Empires}} | ||
{{Navbox Cards}} | {{Navbox Cards}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Non-terminals]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Cantrip]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Handsize neutral]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Alt VP]] |
Latest revision as of 14:22, 15 March 2024
Groundskeeper | |
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Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Empires |
Illustrator(s) | Alayna Danner |
Card text | |
+1 Card +1 Action This turn, when you gain a Victory card, +1 . |
Groundskeeper is an Action card from Empires. It's a cantrip that gains tokens when you gain a Victory card.
Contents |
[edit] FAQ
[edit] Unofficial FAQ (2022)
- This can trigger multiple times in a turn, for cards gained different ways. For example you could play Groundskeeper, then play Engineer gaining an Estate and taking 1 , then in your Buy phase buy a Duchy taking another +1 .
- Multiple Groundskeepers are cumulative.
[edit] Other rules clarifications
- In 2022, Groundskeeper got errata that changed it from a "while this is in play" ability to a "this turn" ability. This means that now if you use Crown to play a Groundskeeper twice, then each Victory card you gain that turn will come with 2 .
Deprecated official FAQ (2021) |
|
[edit] Strategy
Groundskeeper is an expensive but potentially powerful cantrip which provides a strong source of alt-VP. Groundskeeper can help you accumulate large amounts of when you can both establish deck control and make use of sources of +Buy or gainers, with the aim of gaining multiple Victory cards at once with multiple Groundskeepers in play.
In Kingdoms that offer the deck control and additional gains necessary for Groundskeeper to be effective, games often follow a three phase pattern. First, you build your deck so that you will be able to play all of your Groundskeepers consistently, likely by thinning your starting cards and/or building an engine. Second, you add as many Groundskeepers as possible, usually in the late midgame. This is because unlike most other forms of payload, adding a Groundskeeper earlier does not help you build. Additionally, because Groundskeeper is a cantrip, you can increase the amount of you can score on your greening turns later in the endgame without compromising your deck control now. Third, you start greening while reaping the benefits of all the Groundskeepers you’ve acquired up until that point. In Kingdoms with fast strategies available, you may not have time for this, and should consider gaining fewer Groundskeepers or none at all. When not using the gaining effect Groundskeeper is just an expensive cantrip that does nothing.
There are several broad and sometimes overlapping methods of scoring with Groundskeeper:
- buying Provinces that are worth more than usual.
- ending the game with a megaturn.
- gradually adding Victory cards to an extent that the engine can handle.
- buying many cheap Victory cards and trashing them.
Gaining Provinces typically scores much less than buying or gaining multiple cheap Victory cards with plenty of Groundskeepers in play, so it is usually better to focus on the latter when possible. An example megaturn strategy could mean causing an ending on piles that includes emptying the Estates; gaining these on the last turn means they don’t harm your engine. Finally, some alt-VP cards synergize well with Groundskeeper: for example, Mill and Nobles can be added to your deck, building and scoring at the same time, while Island and Distant Lands can also be added to an engine and quickly removed again. On the other hand, gaining Victory cards to score with Groundskeeper and then trashing them (e.g. with Watchtower) or exiling them (e.g., with Sanctuary) can maintain engine reliability without losing the .
Groundskeeper synergizes exceptionally well with sources of +Buy and gainers, as you will want to gain both multiple copies of Groundskeeper itself and (later) multiple green cards at once in order to take advantage of all your Groundskeepers in play. Altar is a good example of a gainer that works well with Groundskeeper, as it can gain both Groundskeeper and Duchy, while also helping you achieve deck control and build in the early game.
If Groundskeepers are important, the pile can easily run out and winning the split may be important: in a long game, if you have the most Groundskeepers you will slowly but consistently outscore your opponents. Some Exile effects (e.g., Camel Train, Invest, and Transport) can be used to acquire Groundskeepers cheaply and add them to your deck later, when their scoring effect is about to become relevant, by buying or gaining a single one. It is important that you monitor the Groundskeeper pile in this case to make sure it does not run out before you can discard your copies from Exile.
Some effects seem to be synergistic with Groundskeepers at first glance but offer no special benefit: Exiling cards from the Supply is not gaining them, so Enclave and Way of the Worm provide no extra with Groundskeeper.
[edit] Versions
[edit] English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
+1 Card +1 Action While this is in play, when you gain a Victory card, +1 . |
Empires | June 2016 | ||
+1 Card +1 Action While you have this in play, when you gain a Victory card, +1 . |
Empires (2021 printing) | |||
+1 Card +1 Action This turn, when you gain a Victory card, +1 . |
Replacing "while this is in play" | June 29, 2022 |
[edit] Other language versions
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Preview
[edit] Secret History
For strumphf's 2022 advent calendar, Donald X. went in-depth on the development of Groundskeeper.