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{{Infobox Card | {{Infobox Card | ||
|name = Steward | |name = Steward | ||
+ | |cost = 3 | ||
|kingdom = Yes | |kingdom = Yes | ||
|type1 = Action | |type1 = Action | ||
|illustrator = Matthias Catrein | |illustrator = Matthias Catrein | ||
− | |text = Choose one: +2 Cards; or +{{Cost|2}}; or trash 2 cards from your hand. | + | |text = Choose one: '''+2 Cards'''; or +{{Cost|2}}; or trash 2 cards from your hand. |
}} | }} | ||
− | '''Steward''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Intrigue]]. Keeping with the | + | '''Steward''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Intrigue]]. Keeping with the [[choices]] theme in Intrigue, Steward gives you a choice of whether to use it as a [[trasher]], a [[terminal Silver]], or [[terminal card draw]]. It is most often used as a fairly fast early-game trasher, especially when setting up an [[engine]], with some mid- and late-game uses. |
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
=== Official FAQ === | === Official FAQ === | ||
− | * | + | * First choose one of the three options, then do it. |
− | * | + | * If you pick "trash 2 cards from your hand" and only have one card in hand, you trash that card; if you choose that option and have 2 or more cards in hand, you have to trash 2. |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
=== Other Rules clarifications === | === Other Rules clarifications === | ||
− | You first choose which two cards to trash, then trash them both at the same time, and then choose which order to activate any when-trashed effects. | + | * You first choose which two cards to trash, then trash them both at the same time, and then choose which order to activate any when-trashed effects. |
== Strategy Article == | == Strategy Article == | ||
There is no strategy article for Steward. | There is no strategy article for Steward. | ||
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Steward is most commonly used as an early-game trasher with late-game utility; trashing two cards at once is good enough trashing to set up a reasonable engine, and it can be used as a terminal silver or weak terminal draw once there are no longer any good trashing targets. | Steward is most commonly used as an early-game trasher with late-game utility; trashing two cards at once is good enough trashing to set up a reasonable engine, and it can be used as a terminal silver or weak terminal draw once there are no longer any good trashing targets. | ||
− | A common conundrum is whether to use Steward for trashing or for +{{Cost|2}} if you draw Steward with 3-4 Coppers on your first shuffle. This is discussed [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5155 in this forum post]; the opinion of good players seems to be that trashing will usually be the right choice (since, after all, why would you have bought the Steward if you didn't want the early trashing?) but this is by no means settled for all cases. A rare exception can sometimes be made for scenarios like being able to buy {{Card|Goons}} or {{Card|Border Village}}+{{Card|Torturer}} on turns 3 or 4. | + | A common conundrum is whether to use Steward for trashing or for +{{Cost|2}} if you draw Steward with 3-4 Coppers on your first shuffle. This is discussed [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5155 in this forum post]; the opinion of good players seems to be that trashing will usually be the right choice (since, after all, why would you have bought the Steward if you didn't want the early trashing?) but this is by no means settled for all cases. A rare exception can sometimes be made for scenarios like being able to buy {{Card|Goons}} or {{Card|Border Village}}+{{Card|Torturer}} on turns 3 or 4. The case for trashing is especially strengthened when there is a good {{Cost|2}} Kingdom card option (such as {{Card|Pawn}} or {{Card|Fool's Gold}}). Since, trashing will often leave you with {{Cost|2}} buying power remaining in your hand. |
Steward can be used as a mediocre [[Big Money]] enabler, as discussed [http://dominionstrategy.com/2012/06/13/terminal-draw-big-money/ here]. Steward is optionally a terminal drawer, but because it also has a strong trashing option, it lends itself much more to setting up engines than to being played in BM. In the unlikely event that you choose to play it in BM, you’re basically only going to want to use the trash ability if you’re not hurting your buying power. You’ll tend to use the +{{Cost|2}} more early and use the +2 cards when +{{Cost|2}} seems relatively weak (e.g. it gets you to {{Cost|7}}). | Steward can be used as a mediocre [[Big Money]] enabler, as discussed [http://dominionstrategy.com/2012/06/13/terminal-draw-big-money/ here]. Steward is optionally a terminal drawer, but because it also has a strong trashing option, it lends itself much more to setting up engines than to being played in BM. In the unlikely event that you choose to play it in BM, you’re basically only going to want to use the trash ability if you’re not hurting your buying power. You’ll tend to use the +{{Cost|2}} more early and use the +2 cards when +{{Cost|2}} seems relatively weak (e.g. it gets you to {{Cost|7}}). | ||
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When {{Card|Chapel}} is on the board, Chapel is significantly faster at setting up an engine. Although Steward does retain more late-game utility and has greater flexibility, it is still weaker in most circumstances. {{Card|Remake}} is also somewhat similar as an early-game trasher; which is a better buy depends heavily on what upgrade options are available for Remake. Unlike Chapel or Remake, Steward works very well with {{Card|Throne Room}} and {{Card|King's Court}}, which enable the card to be used for a combination of draw, coin, and trashing, as need be. | When {{Card|Chapel}} is on the board, Chapel is significantly faster at setting up an engine. Although Steward does retain more late-game utility and has greater flexibility, it is still weaker in most circumstances. {{Card|Remake}} is also somewhat similar as an early-game trasher; which is a better buy depends heavily on what upgrade options are available for Remake. Unlike Chapel or Remake, Steward works very well with {{Card|Throne Room}} and {{Card|King's Court}}, which enable the card to be used for a combination of draw, coin, and trashing, as need be. | ||
=== Synergies/Combos === | === Synergies/Combos === | ||
− | * [[Engine]] | + | * [[Engine|Engines]] which need trashing. |
=== Antisynergies === | === Antisynergies === | ||
* Other early-game trashers like {{Card|Chapel}} or {{Card|Remake}}. | * Other early-game trashers like {{Card|Chapel}} or {{Card|Remake}}. | ||
− | * [[Big Money]] games with no [[looter]] | + | * [[Big Money]] games with no [[looter|looters]] or [[curser|cursers]]. |
+ | |||
+ | == Versions == | ||
+ | ===English versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | {{CardVersionImage|StewardOld|Steward}} || {{CardVersionImage|StewardDigitalOld|Steward from Goko/Making Fun}} || Choose one: +2 Cards; or +{{Cost|2}}; or trash 2 cards from your hand. || Intrigue 1st Edition || July 2009 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | {{CardVersionImage|Steward|Steward}} || {{CardVersionImage|StewardDigital|Steward from Shuffle iT}} || Choose one: '''+2 Cards'''; or +{{Cost|2}}; or trash 2 cards from your hand. || Intrigue [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || October 2016 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Other language versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Chinese | ||
+ | | 男侍 (pron. ''nánshì'', lit. ''manservant'') || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Czech | ||
+ | | Správce (lit. ''administrator'') || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Dutch | ||
+ | | Lakei (lit. ''lackey'') || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Finnish | ||
+ | | Käskynhaltija (lit. ''governor'') || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !French | ||
+ | | Intendant || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !German | ||
+ | | Verwalter || {{CardVersionImage|StewardGerman|German language Steward}} || || Wähle eins:<br>+'''2 Karten'''<br>oder<br>+{{Cost|2}}<br>oder<br>entsorge <br><u>''(HiG :)''</u> genau 2 Karten aus deiner Hand.<br><u>''(ASS :)''</u> 2 Handkarten. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Hungarian | ||
+ | | Intéző (lit. ''manager'') || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Italian | ||
+ | | Maggiordomo || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Japanese | ||
+ | | 執事 (pron. ''shitsuji'') || || || 次のうち1つを選ぶ:「'''+2 カードを引く'''」:「+{{Cost|2}}」:「手札2枚を廃棄する」。 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Korean | ||
+ | | 집사 (pron. ''jibsa'') || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Norwegian | ||
+ | | Kammerherre (lit. ''chamberlain'') || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Polish | ||
+ | | Zarządca || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Russian | ||
+ | | Управляющий (pron. ''upravlyayushshiy'', lit. ''manager'') || || {{CardLangVersionImage|Russian|d=1}} || Выберите одно из трёх: '''+2 Карты'''; или +{{Cost|2}}; или выкиньте 2 карты из руки. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Spanish | ||
+ | | Mayordomo || || || | ||
+ | |} | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
+ | [[Image:StewardArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | ||
=== Secret History === | === Secret History === | ||
{{Quote|Text=The first version of this gave you a choice between +2 Actions/Buys/Cards/{{Cost|}}. It wasn't interesting enough, so I traded in the Actions and Buys for trashing two cards. | {{Quote|Text=The first version of this gave you a choice between +2 Actions/Buys/Cards/{{Cost|}}. It wasn't interesting enough, so I traded in the Actions and Buys for trashing two cards. | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | I changed a few card names late in the process, to synch things up better with the Intrigue theme, and confuse the playtesters. This card had been named Butler. As it happens, a medieval butler was a wine guy. A steward was the guy who ran your castle. Anyway when the art came in for Steward, it showed a guy with some serving dishes. Like a steward on an airplane. Also Pawn came in showing someone being forced to sign something. As you can see, we got replacement art. As of Seaside we are providing notes on what the card names mean for the artists. These aren't always just your everyday words here.|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | + | I changed a few card names late in the process, to synch things up better with the Intrigue theme, and confuse the playtesters. This card had been named Butler. As it happens, a medieval butler was a wine guy. A steward was the guy who ran your castle. Anyway when the art came in for Steward, it showed a guy with some serving dishes. Like a steward on an airplane. Also {{Card|Pawn}} came in showing someone being forced to sign something. As you can see, we got replacement art. As of Seaside we are providing notes on what the card names mean for the artists. These aren't always just your everyday words here.|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] |
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=116.0 The Secret History of the Intrigue Cards]}} | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=116.0 The Secret History of the Intrigue Cards]}} | ||
{{Navbox Intrigue}} | {{Navbox Intrigue}} | ||
{{Navbox Cards}} | {{Navbox Cards}} |
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Steward | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Intrigue |
Illustrator(s) | Matthias Catrein |
Card text | |
Choose one: +2 Cards; or +; or trash 2 cards from your hand. |
Steward is an Action card from Intrigue. Keeping with the choices theme in Intrigue, Steward gives you a choice of whether to use it as a trasher, a terminal Silver, or terminal card draw. It is most often used as a fairly fast early-game trasher, especially when setting up an engine, with some mid- and late-game uses.
Contents |
FAQ
Official FAQ
- First choose one of the three options, then do it.
- If you pick "trash 2 cards from your hand" and only have one card in hand, you trash that card; if you choose that option and have 2 or more cards in hand, you have to trash 2.
Other Rules clarifications
- You first choose which two cards to trash, then trash them both at the same time, and then choose which order to activate any when-trashed effects.
Strategy Article
There is no strategy article for Steward.
Steward is a generally strong and flexible card, and is one of the better enablers of engine strategies; it was ranked #3 on the January 2011 Five Best Cards list, but did not make it onto the end-of-year list.
Steward is most commonly used as an early-game trasher with late-game utility; trashing two cards at once is good enough trashing to set up a reasonable engine, and it can be used as a terminal silver or weak terminal draw once there are no longer any good trashing targets.
A common conundrum is whether to use Steward for trashing or for + if you draw Steward with 3-4 Coppers on your first shuffle. This is discussed in this forum post; the opinion of good players seems to be that trashing will usually be the right choice (since, after all, why would you have bought the Steward if you didn't want the early trashing?) but this is by no means settled for all cases. A rare exception can sometimes be made for scenarios like being able to buy Goons or Border Village+Torturer on turns 3 or 4. The case for trashing is especially strengthened when there is a good Kingdom card option (such as Pawn or Fool's Gold). Since, trashing will often leave you with buying power remaining in your hand.
Steward can be used as a mediocre Big Money enabler, as discussed here. Steward is optionally a terminal drawer, but because it also has a strong trashing option, it lends itself much more to setting up engines than to being played in BM. In the unlikely event that you choose to play it in BM, you’re basically only going to want to use the trash ability if you’re not hurting your buying power. You’ll tend to use the + more early and use the +2 cards when + seems relatively weak (e.g. it gets you to ).
Comparisons with other early-game trashers
Steward has a similar effect to other early-game trashers, and is often compared to them. Usually you will only want to buy one such card.
When Chapel is on the board, Chapel is significantly faster at setting up an engine. Although Steward does retain more late-game utility and has greater flexibility, it is still weaker in most circumstances. Remake is also somewhat similar as an early-game trasher; which is a better buy depends heavily on what upgrade options are available for Remake. Unlike Chapel or Remake, Steward works very well with Throne Room and King's Court, which enable the card to be used for a combination of draw, coin, and trashing, as need be.
Synergies/Combos
- Engines which need trashing.
Antisynergies
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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Choose one: +2 Cards; or +; or trash 2 cards from your hand. | Intrigue 1st Edition | July 2009 | ||
Choose one: +2 Cards; or +; or trash 2 cards from your hand. | Intrigue 2nd Edition | October 2016 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Secret History