Editing Removed cards

Several cards that were published in the first editions of the earliest sets in Dominion were '''removed''' from those sets, and replaced by new cards, when their [[second edition]]s were released. Cards chosen for removal were chiefly those that turned out to be underpowered or rarely useful in gameplay, as well as a few overpowered cards that tended to dominate games they were in.

When the first editions of [[base|Dominion]] and [[Intrigue]] were released, not much was known about the relative strengths and weaknesses of each card - playtesting with a select group of people can only get game designers so far. Early on, Dominion was often criticized for having too many relatively useless Action cards; some people even went so far as to call Dominion a 'solved' game in which the key to victory is just buying [[Treasure]] (see also [[Silver test]]). Over the years, after the release of many expansions, Dominion became more balanced, very weak Action cards became more uncommon, and [[engine]]s got more and more opportunities to shine. Nevertheless, some of the early cards still remained notorious for being laughably weak for their cost, with especially {{Card|Scout}} and to a lesser extent {{Card|Chancellor}} and {{Card|Adventurer}} often being ridiculed for being useless.

===Other cards Donald X. considered removing===

- {{Card|Harem}}. It's called Harem. It would have left but it shows a real person.

 

- {{Card|Baron}}. It's not so fun to think the move is to open with it and then draw it with no {{Card|Estate|Estates}}.

 

 

- {{Card|Mining Village}}. It should trigger e.g. at start of buy phase, both for tracking and to save time considering it. But I couldn't just change that and call it Mining Village.