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| | |name = Ranger | | |name = Ranger |
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| | |type1 = Action | | |type1 = Action |
| | |illustrator = Claus Stefan | | |illustrator = Claus Stefan |
| − | |text = '''+1 Buy'''<br/>Turn your Journey token over (it starts face up). Then if it's face up, '''+5 Cards'''. | + | |text = +1 Buy<br/>Turn your Journey token over (it starts face up). If it's face up, +5 Cards. |
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| | == Strategy == | | == Strategy == |
| − | There is no strategy article for Ranger, but the card has been discussed on the [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=14956.0 forum.] | + | There is no strategy article for Ranger yet, as Adventures is the newest expansion, and the community is still discussing how best to use it. If you have ideas, please share them on the [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php forum!] |
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| − | Ranger is a cheap-ish [[terminal draw]] card, that plays a similar role to {{Card|Smithy}} and {{Card|Envoy}}. It draws fewer cards on average than Smithy - in two plays, it draws 5 cards for a net handsize increase of 3, whereas Smithy draws 6 cards for a handsize increase of 4. However, it does have +buy to compensate for this; the extra buy comes in handy both in [[Big Money]] and [[engine]] strategies.
| + | == Trivia == |
| | + | === In other languages === |
| | + | * Dutch: Woudloper (lit. ''bushranger'') |
| | + | * German: Wildhüter (lit. ''gamekeeper'') |
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| − | The difficulties of using Ranger are mostly about the careful calibration of when you want it to fire. The first time you use Ranger, it is pretty much useless, but the second time it offers explosive draw. As soon as your engine starts firing, it is advised to make sure the first play of Ranger is the one that draws five cards, even at the cost of losing [[terminal]] space the turn before. For example, you draw your deck with [[Village]]s and Rangers and maybe some other draw card, and then you play one more Ranger to ensure that your token is face down, so the next time you play a Ranger you'll get +5 cards.
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| − | === Synergies ===
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| − | * {{Event|Pilgrimage}}. Draw your deck with some other draw card, use Ranger to flip the Journey token, buy Pilgrimage to gain three awesome action cards.
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| − | * {{Card|Throne Room}}, {{Card|King's Court}}, and {{Card|Royal Carriage}} can ensure drawing.
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| − | * Expensive cards in general, since Ranger can cause swingy turns
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| − | === Antisynergies ===
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| − | * {{Card|Giant}} doesn't synergize with Ranger in the way Pilgrimage does, but just makes calibrating the Journey token more difficult
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| − | * Something that offers more reliable draw and +Buy, like {{Card|Margrave}}
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| − | == Versions ==
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| − | ===English versions===
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| − | | {{CardVersionImage|RangerOld|Ranger}} || {{CardVersionImage|RangerDigitalOld|Ranger from Goko/Making Fun}} || '''+1 Buy'''<br>Turn your Journey token over (it starts face up). If it's face up, +5 Cards. || Adventures 1st Edition || April 2015
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| − | | {{CardVersionImage|Ranger|Ranger}} || {{CardVersionImage|RangerDigital|Ranger from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Buy'''<br>Turn your Journey token over (it starts face up). Then if it's face up, '''+5 Cards'''. || Adventures [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || August 2017
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| − | ===Other language versions===
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| − | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
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| − | !Dutch
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| − | | Woudloper (lit. ''bushranger'') || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=s}} || '''+1 Aanschaf'''<br>Draai je reisfische om (het start<br>open). Ligt het nu open:<br>'''+ 5 Kaarten'''. || (2015)
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| − | | Forestier (lit. ''forester'') || || || ||
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| − | !German
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| − | | Wildhüter<br>(lit. ''gamekeeper'') || {{CardVersionImage|RangerGerman|German language Ranger 2015 by ASS}} || || '''+1 Kauf'''<br>Drehe deinen Reise-Marker um.<br>Liegt die Vorderseite oben:<br>'''+5 Karten''' || (2015)
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| − | | Wildhüter<br>(lit. ''gamekeeper'') || || {{CardVersionImage|RangerGerman2021Digital|German language Ranger 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Kauf'''<br>Drehe deinen Reise-Marker um (er beginnt mit der Vorderseite nach oben). Liegt dann die Vorderseite oben: '''+5 Karten'''. || (Nachdruck 2021)
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| − | | 山守<br>(pron. ''yamamori'', lit. ''mountain guardian'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1 購入'''<br>旅人トークンを裏返す(開始時は表向き)。そして表向きになった場合、'''+5 カードを引く'''。 ||
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| − | | Лесничий<br>(pron. '' lyesnichiy'') || || || ||
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| − | == Trivia ==
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| − | [[Image:RangerArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
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| | === Secret History === | | === Secret History === |
| | {{Quote|Text=One of the simple things to do with a token was just to use it to make something work at a different speed. With the easiest speed being half speed. Originally this only gave +1 Buy when you got the token face up, but it got the +Buy full time to be slightly simpler, and costs {{Cost|4}} instead of the original {{Cost|3}} because now it doesn't compare poorly to {{Card|Smithy}}. | | {{Quote|Text=One of the simple things to do with a token was just to use it to make something work at a different speed. With the easiest speed being half speed. Originally this only gave +1 Buy when you got the token face up, but it got the +Buy full time to be slightly simpler, and costs {{Cost|4}} instead of the original {{Cost|3}} because now it doesn't compare poorly to {{Card|Smithy}}. |
