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== Strategy ==
 
== Strategy ==
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Scholar is a powerful card on most boards, although it can occasionally be weak in the absence of any synergies. When it is played as the only action on a turn, it is like an expensive {{Card|Smithy}} that adds additional deck cycling. However, unlike Smithy, it also completely counters handsize attacks.
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Scholar/{{Card|Villa}} is gamebreaking. That is all.
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Scholar truly shines, however, when other non-terminal actions can be played beforehand, ideally ones offering +{{Cost}} and possibly +Buy. Scholar thus synergizes with most non-terminal [[virtual coin]], or terminal virtual coin in the presence of [[villages]]. Particularly strong synergies are {{Card|Festival}}, {{Card|Fishing Village}}, {{Card|Villa}}, {{Card|Town}}, {{Card|Merchant Camp}}, {{Card|Capital City}}, and {{Card|Harbor Village}}, with Villa possibly being the best combo. In the presence of villages, any sort of virtual coin or +Buy, if needed, makes a good addition. Good trashing makes these combinations even stronger, creating a strong engine. Because of the strong cycling and draw, these engines are highly resilient to greening.
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Cards that benefit from being discarded also strengthen Scholar, particularly {{Card|Trail}}, {{Card|Village Green}}, or {{Card|Weaver}}.
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Because it functions more like an expensive Smithy, scholar is usually weaker in a [[big money]] strategy, but it can sometimes be worthhile in these strategies, especially if it is the best counter to an attack and there are no ways to build a viable engine. {{Card|Tunnel}} can also synergize with scholar in a money strategy, quickly packing your deck with gold.
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== Versions ==
 
== Versions ==
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!Chinese
 
!Chinese
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| 學者 (pron. ''xuézhě'') || || || ||
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| 學者 (pron. ''xuézhě'') || || || ||  
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!Dutch
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| Geleerde|| {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || || Leg je hand af.<br>'''+7 Kaarten'''. ||
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!French
 
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| Érudite<br>(Note: explicitly feminine) || || {{CardVersionImage|ScholarFrench2022Digital|French language Scholar 2022 from Shuffle iT}} || Défaussez votre main.<br>'''+7 Cartes'''. ||
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| Érudite<br>(Note: explicitly feminine) || || {{CardVersionImage|ScholarFrench2022Digital|French language Scholar 2022 from Shuffle iT}} || Défaussez votre main.<br>'''+7 Cartes'''. ||  
 
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| 学者<br>(pron. ''gakusha'') || || || 手札を捨てる。<br>'''+7 カードを引く'''。 ||
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| 学者<br>(pron. ''gakusha'') || || || 手札を捨てる。<br>'''+7 カードを引く'''。 ||  
 
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| Учёный (pron. ''uchyonyy'') || || || ||
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| Учёный (pron. ''uchyonyy'') || || || ||  
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| Erudita || {{CardLangVersionImage|Spanish}} || || Descarta tu mano.<br>'''+7 Cartas'''. ||
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[[Image:ScholarArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
 
[[Image:ScholarArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
 
Scholar is the only card to give an unconditional +7 Cards.
 
Scholar is the only card to give an unconditional +7 Cards.
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Scholar's inspiration is almost certainly a reference to Professor Oak from the first set of Pokémon Trading Cards; Professor Oak requires the player to discard their hand in order to draw seven cards, and was a dominant trainer (or "action") card in every metagame where it was allowed.
 
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=== Preview ===
 
=== Preview ===
 
{{Quote|Text=Scholar makes the cards go round. It's a poster child for simplicity; this set goes the extra mile to be simpler than the previous few.
 
{{Quote|Text=Scholar makes the cards go round. It's a poster child for simplicity; this set goes the extra mile to be simpler than the previous few.

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