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− | '''Moat''' is an [[Action]] and [[Reaction]] card from the [[Base]] set. When played, it gives +2 Cards, and if it is in your hand when an [[Attack]] card is played, then you are immune to the attack | + | '''Moat''' is an [[Action]] and [[Reaction]] card from the [[Base]] set. When played, it gives +2 Cards, and if it is in your hand when an [[Attack]] card is played, then you are immune to the attack. |
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
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* If an Attack card allows the player who played it to make a decision, like {{Card|Minion}} or {{Card|Pirate Ship}}, you must decide whether to reveal Moat before the player decides what function of the Attack card to use. | * If an Attack card allows the player who played it to make a decision, like {{Card|Minion}} or {{Card|Pirate Ship}}, you must decide whether to reveal Moat before the player decides what function of the Attack card to use. | ||
− | == Strategy | + | == Strategy == |
− | + | Moat provides [[terminal draw]] of +2 Cards, which is significantly worse than the +3 Cards present on cards such as {{Card|Smithy}}. Each {{Card|Village}} and Moat pair increases your hand size by one, rather than two with Village and Smithy, meaning you need twice as many pairs for an equivalent benefit. When used in conjunction with villages that do not draw, such as {{Card|Festival}}, Moat does not increase your hand size and the combination is highly unreliable, being very vulnerable to an unfavorable order of drawing. Moat requires a very well trashed deck and plentiful access to many drawing [[village (card category)|villages]] to work well as your primary draw card. In these conditions, you can also use it as a supplement to better draw cards when those are present, as its low price can present you many opportunities to gain them. | |
− | Moat | + | Against attacks during your opponents' turns, Moat provides [[attack immunity]] only if you draw it in your starting 5 cards. As your deck increases in size, a single Moat becomes less and less consistent in its ability to defend. It is significantly weaker for this purpose than the other attack immunity cards. Some cards can help guarantee Moat appears in your starting hand every turn, giving full defense coverage with only one copy of Moat. For example, {{Card|Artisan}} allows you to put it back on top of your deck. |
− | + | Against many [[Attack|attacks]], it can be better to simply accept that you’ll be getting attacked than to add Moats to your deck for the chance they might occasionally block an attack. In the case of junking attacks such as {{Card|Witch}}, it is often more effective to focus on giving all the {{Card|Curse|Curses}} to your opponent first, instead of spending time obtaining Moats solely for defense. | |
− | Moat | + | Unique to Moat is that each time you are attacked you have the option to receive the attack by not revealing your Moat, as occasionally an attack can be beneficial to you. |
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+ | Moat's defensive capabilities improve in games with more players, as you tend to be attacked more often. Junking attacks in 4 player games can add junk to your deck very quickly and you can easily receive many copies of junk between turns, making Moat more valuable when it does appear in your starting hand. | ||
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+ | === Notable Synergies === | ||
+ | * {{Card|Black Cat}} - Moat is much better at defending against Black Cat compared to other attacks, as your opponents’ Black Cats are played during your turn, after you have had the chance to draw Moat into your hand. | ||
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== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
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! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ||
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− | | {{ | + | | {{CardLangVersionImage|o=1}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1|o=1||Moat from Goko/Making Fun}} || '''+2 Cards''' <br> When another player plays an Attack card, you may reveal this from your hand. If you do, you are unaffected by that Attack. || Dominion 1st Edition || October 2008 |
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− | | {{ | + | | {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || '''+2 Cards''' <br> When another player plays an Attack card, you may first reveal this from your hand, to be unaffected by it. || Dominion [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || October 2016 |
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===Other language versions=== | ===Other language versions=== | ||
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− | ! | + | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes |
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− | + | !Chinese | |
+ | | 護城河 (pron. ''hùchénghé'') || || || || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !Czech |
+ | | Hradní příkop || || || || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !Dutch |
+ | | Slotgracht || || || || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !Finnish |
+ | | Vallihauta || || || || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !French |
+ | | Douves || || || || | ||
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− | | {{CardVersionImage|Moat German-ASS|German language Moat}} || || | + | !German |
+ | | Burggraben || {{CardVersionImage|Moat German-ASS|German language Moat}} || || '''+2 Karten''' <br> Wenn ein Mitspieler eine Angriffskarte ausspielt, darfst du zuerst diese Karte aus der Hand aufdecken. Du bist dann von ihr nicht betroffen. || HiG translation error : "Then the attack has no effect for you." <br> ASS (1. Edition) translation error : "With it the attack has no effect for you." | ||
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− | | {{ | + | !Greek |
+ | | Τάφρος (pron. ''tafros'') || {{CardLangVersionImage|Greek}} || || '''+2 Kάρτες''' <br> Όταν κάποιος άλλος παίχτης παίξει μία κάρτα Επίθεσης, μπορείτε να δείξετε αυτή την κάρτα αν την έχετε στο χέρι σας. Αν το κάνετε, δεν σας επηρεάζει η Επίθεση. || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !Hungarian |
+ | | Várárok || || || || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !Italian |
+ | | Fossato || || || || | ||
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− | + | !Japanese | |
+ | | 堀 (pron. ''hori'') || || {{CardLangVersionImage|Japanese|d=1}} || '''+2 カードを引く'''。<br>他のプレイヤーがアタックカードを便用するとき、 その解決前に、 手札からこれを公開してもよい。公開した場合、 そのアタックカードの影響を受けない。|| | ||
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− | + | !Korean | |
+ | | 해자 (pron. ''haeja'') || || || || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !Norwegian |
+ | | Vollgrav || || || || | ||
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− | | || | + | !Polish |
+ | | Fosa || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || '''+2 karty''' <br>Kiedy inny gracz zagrywa kartę ataku, możesz odkryć tę kartę z ręki. Jeśli to zrobisz, to atak cię ominie. || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !Romanian |
+ | | Șanț || || || || | ||
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− | + | !Russian | |
+ | | Ров (pron. ''rov'') || || {{CardLangVersionImage|Russian|d=1}} || '''+2 Карты'''.<br>Когда другой игрок играет карту Атаки, вы можете раскрыть эту карту из руки, тогда Атака вас не затронет. || | ||
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+ | | Foso || || || || | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
[[Image:MoatArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | [[Image:MoatArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:MoatOldArt.jpg|thumb|right|287px|First edition card art.]] | ||
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+ | === Card Art === | ||
+ | Moat is the only card to have its art changed with the release of the [[second edition]]s, albeit subtly (one [[Event]], {{Event|Pathfinding}} also had its artwork adjusted). | ||
+ | {{Quote | ||
+ | |Text= The artwork for Moat is different - just tinted blue - because [[Matthias Catrein|the artist]] is also the layout guy and I guess this was something he regretted, not having the art match the frame. | ||
+ | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
+ | |Source=[https://boardgamegeek.com/article/23765120#23765120 Dominion and Intrigue second editions] | ||
+ | }} | ||
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=== Secret History === | === Secret History === | ||
{{Quote|Text=The very first Moat just stopped one attack and was discarded. That was pretty weak, so I gradually improved it. Also I felt like it was important that you be able to do something with Moat even if no attacks were on the table, for people who wanted to just deal out 10 random cards and play with them. When Valerie got her copy, the card either drew 2 cards or was discarded to stop an attack, but during the time between then and when development started, I changed it so you just revealed it to stop attacks - you could stop multiple attacks with it, and then still play it to draw cards on your turn. For a while Valerie or Dale thought this might be too good, and we tested a version you had to discard, but eventually the stronger version won out. |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | {{Quote|Text=The very first Moat just stopped one attack and was discarded. That was pretty weak, so I gradually improved it. Also I felt like it was important that you be able to do something with Moat even if no attacks were on the table, for people who wanted to just deal out 10 random cards and play with them. When Valerie got her copy, the card either drew 2 cards or was discarded to stop an attack, but during the time between then and when development started, I changed it so you just revealed it to stop attacks - you could stop multiple attacks with it, and then still play it to draw cards on your turn. For a while Valerie or Dale thought this might be too good, and we tested a version you had to discard, but eventually the stronger version won out. |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] |
Revision as of 03:19, 21 March 2021
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Type(s) | Action - Reaction |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Base |
Illustrator(s) | Matthias Catrein |
Card text | |
+2 Cards When another player plays an Attack card, you may first reveal this from your hand, to be unaffected by it. |
Moat is an Action and Reaction card from the Base set. When played, it gives +2 Cards, and if it is in your hand when an Attack card is played, then you are immune to the attack.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- An Attack card says "Attack" on the bottom line; in this set, Bandit, Bureaucrat, Militia, and Witch are Attacks.
- When another player plays an Attack card, you may reveal a Moat from your hand, before the Attack does anything, to be unaffected by the Attack - you do not reveal cards to Bandit, or put a Victory card on your deck for Bureaucrat, or discard for Militia, or gain a Curse for Witch.
- Moat stays in your hand, and can still be played on your next turn.
- Moat does not stop anything an Attack does to other players, or for the player who played it; it just protects you personally.
- Moat can also be played on your turn for +2 Cards.
- If multiple Attacks are played on a turn or in a round of turns, you may reveal Moat for as many of them as you want.
Other Rules clarifications
- Using a Moat to block an Attack does not give you +2 cards at the time; you only get the +2 cards when you play the Moat during the Action phase of your own turn.
- The ONLY thing that determines whether a card is an Attack card is whether it says "Attack" on the bottom. Not all cards which can hurt you are Attack cards, and not all Attack cards will hurt you.
- You can only reveal Moat when an Attack card is played, not when it is bought or gained, even if it affects you at that time.
- If an Attack card allows the player who played it to make a decision, like Minion or Pirate Ship, you must decide whether to reveal Moat before the player decides what function of the Attack card to use.
Strategy
Moat provides terminal draw of +2 Cards, which is significantly worse than the +3 Cards present on cards such as Smithy. Each Village and Moat pair increases your hand size by one, rather than two with Village and Smithy, meaning you need twice as many pairs for an equivalent benefit. When used in conjunction with villages that do not draw, such as Festival, Moat does not increase your hand size and the combination is highly unreliable, being very vulnerable to an unfavorable order of drawing. Moat requires a very well trashed deck and plentiful access to many drawing villages to work well as your primary draw card. In these conditions, you can also use it as a supplement to better draw cards when those are present, as its low price can present you many opportunities to gain them.
Against attacks during your opponents' turns, Moat provides attack immunity only if you draw it in your starting 5 cards. As your deck increases in size, a single Moat becomes less and less consistent in its ability to defend. It is significantly weaker for this purpose than the other attack immunity cards. Some cards can help guarantee Moat appears in your starting hand every turn, giving full defense coverage with only one copy of Moat. For example, Artisan allows you to put it back on top of your deck.
Against many attacks, it can be better to simply accept that you’ll be getting attacked than to add Moats to your deck for the chance they might occasionally block an attack. In the case of junking attacks such as Witch, it is often more effective to focus on giving all the Curses to your opponent first, instead of spending time obtaining Moats solely for defense.
Unique to Moat is that each time you are attacked you have the option to receive the attack by not revealing your Moat, as occasionally an attack can be beneficial to you.
Moat's defensive capabilities improve in games with more players, as you tend to be attacked more often. Junking attacks in 4 player games can add junk to your deck very quickly and you can easily receive many copies of junk between turns, making Moat more valuable when it does appear in your starting hand.
Notable Synergies
- Black Cat - Moat is much better at defending against Black Cat compared to other attacks, as your opponents’ Black Cats are played during your turn, after you have had the chance to draw Moat into your hand.
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+2 Cards When another player plays an Attack card, you may reveal this from your hand. If you do, you are unaffected by that Attack. |
Dominion 1st Edition | October 2008 | ||
+2 Cards When another player plays an Attack card, you may first reveal this from your hand, to be unaffected by it. |
Dominion 2nd Edition | October 2016 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Card Art
Moat is the only card to have its art changed with the release of the second editions, albeit subtly (one Event, Pathfinding also had its artwork adjusted).
Secret History