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Reaction is a card type. Reaction cards have blue frames.

A Reaction card has abilities that may be triggered at times when the card is not visible to all players—usually when it is in its owner's hand (though there is one that is triggered when it is in its owner's discard pile). The card has text permitting its owner to reveal it in response to whatever event triggers it, and instructing them to execute certain effects if they do. If a player has multiple Reaction cards that react to the same event, they may reveal any or all of them, in any order.

Cards with special effects that are triggered at times when the card's identity is known to all players, such as "when you gain this", "when you trash this", or "while this is in play", are not thereby considered Reactions.

Some Reaction cards' abilities instruct a player to discard them, trash them, or set them aside when they are revealed for their Reaction effects. In the absence of such instructions, after being revealed, the card returns to wherever it was revealed from before the rest of its abilities are resolved. For instance, if one player plays an Attack card and another reveals a MoatMoat.jpg as a Reaction, the Moat returns to the second player's hand and may be revealed again against future Attacks, and may be played (as an Action) on their next turn. In such cases, it is even permissible to reveal the same Reaction multiple times in response to the same event; however, Reaction abilities are balanced in such a way that doing so rarely has any additional effect.

No card to date has Reaction as its only type. The majority of Reaction cards are Actions, but there is also one Treasure–Reaction, one Victory–Reaction, and one Reaction–Shelter. A card's Reaction abilities are distinct from whatever abilities it might have as a member of another type. Revealing a Reaction card for its Reaction abilities does not constitute "playing" the card or put it "in play", and does not activate the effects that it would have (if any) if you did play it. (For instance, revealing a Moat in response to an Attack does not grant you +2 cards.) Similarly, playing an Action–Reaction or Treasure–Reaction does not activate its Reaction effects.

Many Reaction cards may be revealed in response to an opponent playing an Attack card, and offer some type of defense against some or all Attack cards. Several Reactions that react to events other than Attacks may also offer some protection from Attacks; for instance, Watchtower'sWatchtower.jpg Reaction ability protects a player against junking attacks, and its Action ability protects a player against handsize attacks. Since the first Reaction card that many players encounter is Moat, it is a common misconception among new players that all Reactions are revealed in response to Attacks being played, or even that all Reactions offer Moat-like cancellation of Attack effects. However, not all Reactions offer any protection against or interaction with Attacks at all (e.g., Fool's GoldFool's Gold.jpg), and not all cards that protect a player against attacks are Reactions (e.g., LighthouseLighthouse.jpg).

It is permissible to reveal a Reaction from one's hand in response to an event even if the Reaction was not yet in hand when the triggering event took place, provided that the ability that puts the Reaction in hand was also triggered by the same event that triggered the Reaction. (For instance, if an opponent plays an Attack, you may reveal a Secret ChamberSecret Chamber.jpg and draw a Moat and a BeggarBeggar.jpg; if the Moat and Beggar are still in hand after the Secret Chamber is resolved, you may reveal the Moat and Beggar in reaction to the same Attack that triggered the Secret Chamber.)

List of Reaction Cards

Not all Dominion expansions contain Reaction cards, but the majority of them contain at least one.

$1 HovelHovel.jpg
$2 BeggarBeggar.jpg, Fool's GoldFool's Gold.jpg, MoatMoat.jpg, Secret ChamberSecret Chamber.jpg
$3 Market SquareMarket Square.jpg, TunnelTunnel.jpg, WatchtowerWatchtower.jpg
$4 Horse TradersHorse Traders.jpg, TraderTrader.jpg


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