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== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
+ | The Villagers that Lackeys provides are very powerful. Like {{Card|Silk Merchant}}, it is a strong opening card. Drawing Lackeys on turn 3 or turn 4 guarantees that your other opening buy doesn't miss the reshuffle, and the Villagers guarantees that you can play it. The power of Lackeys is mostly on the Villagers, not the +2 Cards. Trashers to remove excess Lackeys (optimally [[Trash for benefit]]), or ways to make Lackeys non-terminal (like {{Event|Lost Arts}} or certain [[Way]]s), can make it better to buy Lackeys more aggressively. | ||
== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
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! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ||
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− | | {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || '''+2 Cards''' | + | | {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+2 Cards'''<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">When you gain this, '''+2 Villagers'''. || Renaissance || November 2018 |
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− | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text | + | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes |
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!Chinese | !Chinese | ||
− | | | + | | 奴才 (pron. ''núcái'') || || || || |
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+ | !Dutch | ||
+ | | Kamerbedienden || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || || '''+2 Kaarten'''{{Divline}}Als je deze kaart pakt, '''+2 Dorpsbewoners.''' || | ||
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!French | !French | ||
− | | | + | | Laquais || || {{CardVersionImage|LackeysFrench2022Digital|French language Lackeys 2022 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+2 Cartes'''{{Divline}}Quand vous recevez cette carte, '''+2 Villageois'''. || |
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!German | !German | ||
− | | | + | | Diener<br>(lit. ''servants'') || {{CardVersionImage|LackeysGerman|German language Lackeys 2019 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|LackeysGerman2022Digital|German language Lackeys 2022 from Shuffle iT}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+2 Karten'''{{Divline}}Wenn du diese Karte nimmst: '''+2 Dorfbewohner'''. || (2019) |
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!Japanese | !Japanese | ||
− | | | + | | 追従者<br>(pron. ''tsuijūsha'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+2 カードを引く'''{{Divline}}これを獲得するとき、'''+2 村人トークン'''。 || |
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+ | !Polish | ||
+ | | Służba || || || || <small>Although Polish version is not released,<br>this name is referred to in Polish Dominion 2E rulebook.</small> | ||
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!Russian | !Russian | ||
− | | | + | | Лакей (pron. ''lakyey'') || || || || |
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+ | !Spanish | ||
+ | | Lacayos || {{CardLangVersionImage|Spanish}} || || '''+2 Cartas'''{{Divline}}Cuando ganas esta carta, '''+2 Aldeanos.''' || | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
[[Image:LackeysArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | [[Image:LackeysArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | ||
+ | === Secret History === | ||
+ | {{Quote | ||
+ | |Text=Originally it was +2 Cards, turn over your thing that gets you +1 Action half the time. It went straight from that to the final version. | ||
+ | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
+ | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=19203.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Renaissance] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | === Why does it cost 2? === | ||
+ | {{Quote | ||
+ | |Text= Lackeys is clearly not strictly better/worse than [{{Card|Experiment}}] though, so that's not an issue. It felt like a {{Cost|2}}, given {{Card|Moat}} and {{Card|Faithful Hound}}; it worked fine at {{Cost|2}}, people did not quit in disgust at {{Cost|5}}/{{Cost|2}} Lackeys openings or some such. It seemed fine to buy them up with +Buys. | ||
+ | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
+ | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=19490.msg787007#msg787007 Re: Let's Discuss Renaissance Cards: Lackeys] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | In 2022, after players compared {{Card|Sea Chart}} with Lackeys, Donald X. said this: | ||
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+ | |Text= | ||
+ | In context I was just fighting a classic poor line of reasoning. {{Card|Sea Chart}} was being complained about, and compared to Lackeys. But, as a wise man once said, "No amount of having blown it on Lackeys makes it good to blow it on {{Card|Sea Chart}}, that's how I see it." Comparing something to an overpowered card doesn't tell you how balanced it is. I mean unless it's even more powerful. It's great to be weaker than Lackeys; that's the goal in fact. | ||
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+ | I don't think I have any deep insights into Lackeys. Villagers were stronger than they looked. Coffers were too but we caught that. I mean maybe I blew it there somewhere but we did know that Coffers were stronger than they looked. But you know. I haven't done the post-release work on Lackeys to know what it would look like with more time spent on the set. I don't know that charging more is the fix. For casual players it seems fine; experts empty them and I mean it sure looks like I could have done better. | ||
+ | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
+ | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg899651#msg899651 Interview with Donald X.] | ||
+ | }} | ||
{{Navbox Renaissance}} | {{Navbox Renaissance}} | ||
{{Navbox Cards}} | {{Navbox Cards}} |
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Lackeys | |
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Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Renaissance |
Illustrator(s) | Grant Hansen |
Card text | |
+2 Cards When you gain this, +2 Villagers. |
Lackeys is an Action card from Renaissance. It is terminal draw that comes with 2 Villagers.
Contents |
[edit] FAQ
[edit] Official FAQ
- Playing this gives +2 Cards; gaining it gives +2 Villagers.
[edit] Strategy
The Villagers that Lackeys provides are very powerful. Like Silk Merchant, it is a strong opening card. Drawing Lackeys on turn 3 or turn 4 guarantees that your other opening buy doesn't miss the reshuffle, and the Villagers guarantees that you can play it. The power of Lackeys is mostly on the Villagers, not the +2 Cards. Trashers to remove excess Lackeys (optimally Trash for benefit), or ways to make Lackeys non-terminal (like Lost Arts or certain Ways), can make it better to buy Lackeys more aggressively.
[edit] Versions
[edit] English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+2 Cards When you gain this, +2 Villagers. |
Renaissance | November 2018 |
[edit] Other language versions
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Secret History
Originally it was +2 Cards, turn over your thing that gets you +1 Action half the time. It went straight from that to the final version.
[edit] Why does it cost 2?
Lackeys is clearly not strictly better/worse than [Experiment] though, so that's not an issue. It felt like a , given Moat and Faithful Hound; it worked fine at , people did not quit in disgust at / Lackeys openings or some such. It seemed fine to buy them up with +Buys.
In 2022, after players compared Sea Chart with Lackeys, Donald X. said this:
In context I was just fighting a classic poor line of reasoning. Sea Chart was being complained about, and compared to Lackeys. But, as a wise man once said, "No amount of having blown it on Lackeys makes it good to blow it on Sea Chart, that's how I see it." Comparing something to an overpowered card doesn't tell you how balanced it is. I mean unless it's even more powerful. It's great to be weaker than Lackeys; that's the goal in fact.