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It is also unique in its interaction with {{Card|Remake}}, {{Card|Upgrade}}, and {{Card|Develop}}: when Poor House is around, those turn into pretty bad trashers, since they can no longer trash Coppers or {{Card|Curse|Curses}} without giving you Poor Houses—not what you usually want (unless {{Card|Vineyard|Vineyards}} are also available)! | It is also unique in its interaction with {{Card|Remake}}, {{Card|Upgrade}}, and {{Card|Develop}}: when Poor House is around, those turn into pretty bad trashers, since they can no longer trash Coppers or {{Card|Curse|Curses}} without giving you Poor Houses—not what you usually want (unless {{Card|Vineyard|Vineyards}} are also available)! | ||
− | ===Discarding=== | + | === Discarding === |
Discarding and sifters can enable you to buy (and cash in on) Poor Houses earlier than you normally would, or get by without as strong trashing or even without trashing at all. Poor House works especially well with {{Card|Hamlet}}; Hamlet can discard unwanted treasures while providing +Action and +Buy, allowing one to play or buy additional Poor Houses or Hamlets. {{Card|Warehouse}} is slightly less useful, and {{Card|Oasis}} yet weaker, but still helpful. {{Card|Cellar}} does not work quite as well as it discards before drawing, but can be useful for mostly-thinned decks with a few stray Coppers left, or to sift through to find other cards. | Discarding and sifters can enable you to buy (and cash in on) Poor Houses earlier than you normally would, or get by without as strong trashing or even without trashing at all. Poor House works especially well with {{Card|Hamlet}}; Hamlet can discard unwanted treasures while providing +Action and +Buy, allowing one to play or buy additional Poor Houses or Hamlets. {{Card|Warehouse}} is slightly less useful, and {{Card|Oasis}} yet weaker, but still helpful. {{Card|Cellar}} does not work quite as well as it discards before drawing, but can be useful for mostly-thinned decks with a few stray Coppers left, or to sift through to find other cards. | ||
Revision as of 15:53, 12 February 2013
Poor House | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Dark Ages |
Illustrator(s) | Jessica Cox |
Card text | |
+ Reveal your hand. - per Treasure card in your hand, to a minimum of . |
Poor House is an Action card from Dark Ages. To date, it is the only Kingdom card with a cost of and the only that can subtract from your total. It provides you with minus the number of Treasures in your hand: great when you can get rid of treasures, not so great otherwise!
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- First you get +.
- Then you reveal your hand, and lose per Treasure card in it.
- You can lose more than this way, but the amount of you have available to spend can never go below .
- Cards with two types, one of which is Treasure (such as Harem from Intrigue) are Treasure cards.
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy Article
Since Dark Ages is fairly new and has not been available on isotropic, many Dark Ages cards and interactions remain unexplored; this attempt at an article is quite incomplete. If you have better ideas, please share them on the forums!
Poor House has one very obvious use—as a terminal + in a deck where you have trashed all your Treasures, or are able to discard them. This makes it a top-notch buy in games with heavy trashing such as Chapel. Without treasure in hand, a village and two Poor Houses can buy a Province, as good as three Golds.
Poor House's interaction with Ambassador is complex. If you safely open with two Ambassadors and rid your deck of most Coppers, Poor House can restart your buying power quickly. However, this strategy can be mitigated by an opponent who pursues a similar strategy and sends you Copper aggressively.
Poor House is obviously terrible in Big Money or in engine games with weak trashing.
It is also unique in its interaction with Remake, Upgrade, and Develop: when Poor House is around, those turn into pretty bad trashers, since they can no longer trash Coppers or Curses without giving you Poor Houses—not what you usually want (unless Vineyards are also available)!
Discarding
Discarding and sifters can enable you to buy (and cash in on) Poor Houses earlier than you normally would, or get by without as strong trashing or even without trashing at all. Poor House works especially well with Hamlet; Hamlet can discard unwanted treasures while providing +Action and +Buy, allowing one to play or buy additional Poor Houses or Hamlets. Warehouse is slightly less useful, and Oasis yet weaker, but still helpful. Cellar does not work quite as well as it discards before drawing, but can be useful for mostly-thinned decks with a few stray Coppers left, or to sift through to find other cards.
Vault, Secret Chamber, Storeroom, and Horse Traders can also be used to drop treasure (for benefit) and activate Poor House, but these cards are terminal and require abundant +Actions to be used together with Poor House.
Synergies/Combos
- Heavy trashing, such as Chapel or Steward
- Ambassador, depending on your opponent's strategies
- Vineyard, sort of, since it's a super-cheap action card to pick up with any spare +Buy
- Wandering Minstrel, discard your treasures and play multiple Poor Houses in one turn
- Cards allowing voluntary discard, especially Hamlet but also Warehouse, Oasis, or others
Antisynergies
Trivia
Secret History