Editing Scavenger

{{Infobox Card
 |name = Scavenger
 |cost = 4
 |type1 = Action
 |illustrator = Franz Vohwinkel
 |text = +{{Cost|2}}<br>You may put your deck into your discard pile. Look through your discard pile and put one card from it onto your deck.
}}

'''Scavenger''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Dark Ages]]. It is a [[terminal silver]] and a [[deck discarder]], like {{Card|Chancellor}}. However, unlike Chancellor, it lets you fish out the best card from your discard pile and make it your new deck.

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* Putting your deck into your discard pile is optional, but putting a card from your discard pile on top of your deck is not; you do it unless there are no cards in your discard pile. 
* Putting your deck into your discard pile will not trigger {{Card|Tunnel}} (from Hinterlands).

=== Other Rules clarifications ===

== Strategy ==
Scavenger is a weak [[terminal silver]] with a deck-discarding effect that is situationally useful. Like many terminal silvers, Scavenger is often a mediocre use of [[terminal space]]. In [[money strategies]], Scavenger is most impactful in weak [[Kingdom]]s where you are unable to get full [[deck control]] and instead can use Scavenger to bypass bad shuffles and find your best cards reliably. In [[engine]]s, Scavenger can be useful in Kingdoms that do not have cheap, open-able [[deck control]] but do offer excess [[terminal space]] and powerful deck control later (e.g. a {{Cost|5}} trasher such as {{Card|Sentry}}), in which case Scavenger can quickly [[cycling|cycle]] through your early shuffles and topdeck powerful cards. Deciding when to discard your deck is best informed by [[deck tracking|keeping track]] of where your good cards are and how much junk is left in any given shuffle.

Scavenger’s effect is most relevant in the [[opening]]. If you play it on turn 3 it can help you afford a strong {{Cost|5}} card such as {{Card|Recruiter}}, discards your deck so that you [[cycle]] to that new card faster, and allows you to possibly play that {{Cost|5}} on turn 4. Similarly, if you bought a good card on turn 3 and play your Scavenger on turn 4, you can discard your deck and [[topdeck]] that good card.

===External strategy articles===
''Note: Article(s) below are by individual authors and may not represent the community's current views on cards, but may provide more in-depth information or give historical perspective. Caveat emptor.''
* [http://dominionstrategy.com/2012/10/08/dark-ages-scavenger/ sffc's 2012 article]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBk9cdl9uaQ An interesting Scavenger + Secret Passage engine]

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|ScavengerOld|Scavenger}} || {{CardVersionImage|ScavengerDigitalOld|Scavenger from Goko/Making Fun}} || +{{Cost|2}}<br>You may put your deck into your discard pile. Look through your discard pile and put one card from it on top of your deck. || Dark Ages 1st Edition || August 2012
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|Scavenger|Scavenger}} || {{CardVersionImage|ScavengerDigital|Scavenger from Shuffle iT}} || +{{Cost|2}}<br>You may put your deck into your discard pile. Look through your discard pile and put one card from it onto your deck. || Dark Ages [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || September 2017
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!Czech
| Metař (lit. ''street cleaner'') || {{CardLangVersionImage|Czech}} || || ||
|-
!Dutch
| Scharrelaar || || || ||
|-
!Finnish
| Haaskalintu (lit. ''vulture'') || || || ||
|-
!French
| Pilleur (lit. ''looter'') || || || ||
|-
!German
| Lumpensammler (lit. ''rag collector'') || {{CardVersionImage|ScavangerGerman2019rulebook|German language Scavenger 2019 by ASS}} || || +{{Cost|2}}<br>Du darfst deinen Nachziehstapel auf<br>deinen Ablagestapel legen. Sieh deinen<br>Ablagestapel durch und lege eine Karte<br>daraus auf deinen Nachziehstapel. || (2019)<hr>''one or more other<br>versions listed [//wiki.dominionstrategy.com/index.php/%C3%9Cbersetzungsfehler_(German_translation_errors)#H33 here]''
|-
!Japanese
| ゴミあさり (pron. ''gomi asari'') || || || +{{Cost|2}}。 山札を捨て札置き場に置いてもよい。捨て札置き場のカードをすべて見て、その中の1枚を山札の上に置く。 ||
|-
!Korean
| 쓰레기 뒤지는 사람 (pron. ''sseulegi dwijineun salam'', lit. ''scouring garbage man'') || || || ||
|-
!Russian
| Мусорщик (pron. ''musorshshik'') || || || ||
|-
!Spanish
| Carroñero || || || ||
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:ScavengerArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=At one point I thought I might push doing stuff with the discard pile as a subtheme. I didn't really, although a few cards care about it. Scavenger lets you pick a card from your discard pile to draw. To make sure there is something, it lets you put your deck there first. Originally you had to put your deck into your discard pile; Wei-Hwa Huang argued for making it optional, to get rid of certain cases where you were sad to do it. And as a result you can set up multiple cards with it, if you play multiple Scavengers and only flip the first time.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=4318.0 The Secret History of the Dark Ages Cards]
}}
=== Relevant outtakes ===
{{Quote
|Text=
There was a flipped version of {{Card|Margrave}} - +2 Cards, each other player discards down to 2, then draws a card. Oh man. So painful. A version that was around for a while cost {{Cost|4}} and gave you 2 {{Card|Silver}}s if it was trashed. Another version cost {{Cost|5}} but came with a {{Card|Spoils}}.

After that attack died, I tried, they discard down to 3, you look through your discard pile and either get a card from it into your hand or draw 2 cards. It needed the +2 Cards option in case your discard pile was empty. Well I decided Scavenger was okay, but you don't need to see too many of these getting back {{Card|Platinum}}s.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=4318.0 The Secret History of the Dark Ages Cards]
}}
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