Patron
Patron | |
---|---|
Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Renaissance |
Illustrator(s) | Claus Stephan |
Card text | |
+1 Villager + When something causes you to reveal this (using the word "reveal"), +1 Coffers. |
Patron is an Action-Reaction card from Renaissance. When played, it is a disappearing silver that gives +1 Villager. When revealed, it gives +1 Coffers.
Contents |
Cards that can reveal Patron
For a full list of cards that use the word "Reveal" (including cards which can't reveal Patron), see List of cards which instruct the players to "reveal".
Cards that say "Reveal cards from your deck until":
- Scrying Pool, Golem, Loan, Venture, Farming Village, Sage, Hunting Party (also reveals your hand), Rebuild, Journeyman, Ghost
Cards that say "Reveal your hand":
- Shanty Town, Menagerie, Hunting Party, Crossroads, Poor House, City Quarter, Royal Blacksmith, Grand Castle
Cards that say "Reveal the top n cards of your deck":
- 5 cards: Envoy
- 4 cards: Patrol, Apothecary, Harvest
- 3 cards: Wandering Minstrel, Doctor, Advisor, Seer
- 2 cards: Oracle, Border Guard (reveals 3 with Lantern)
- 1 card: Wishing Well, Vagrant, Ironmonger, Mystic, Herald, Magpie, Patrician, Chariot Race, Will-o'-Wisp, Piazza
Cards that say "Reveal a card from your hand":
Cards that can reveal an opponent's Patron:
- Bureaucrat, Bandit, Cutpurse, Pirate Ship, Noble Brigand, Rabble, Fortune Teller, Young Witch (if Patron is the Bane), Pillage, Rogue, Knights, Taxman, Giant, Raider, Villain
Cards that reveal Patron in some other way:
Hexes that can reveal Patron:
FAQ
Official FAQ
- Anything that causes you to reveal a Patron, and specifically uses the word "reveal," causes you to get +1 Coffers.
- For example if you play a Border Guard and reveal two Patrons, you will get +2 Coffers.
- Other players seeing a card, without the word "reveal" being used, is not enough; for example if another player plays a Villain and you discard a Patron, you do not get +1 Coffers.
Other rules clarifications
- Once Patron is revealed, getting +1 Coffers is not optional.
- If you play Black Market and Patron is one of the 3 cards revealed from the Black Market deck, you get +1 Coffers
Strategy
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
+1 Villager, +. When something causes you to reveal this (using the word "reveal"), +1 Coffers. |
Renaissance | November 2018 |
Other language versions
Language | Name | Digital | Text | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese | 贊助人 (pron. zànzhùrén, lit. sponsor) | |||
French | Mécène | |||
German | Gönner | |||
Japanese | 後ろ盾 (pron. ushirodate) | +1 村人トークン。 +。 これが公開されるとき、+1 コイントークン。 | ||
Russian | Покровитель (pron. pokrovityel') |
Trivia
Patron is the only card to use quotation marks in its English text, and along with Capitalism the only card-shaped thing to care about the text on cards. It is also the only Reaction whose trigger is being revealed.
Secret History