Editing Supply

[[Image:Supply.jpg|thumb|right|500px|The Supply for a particular game of Dominion.]]

The '''Supply''' consists of all the cards a player is able to buy in a game. These include the [[Kingdom]] cards, the [[basic cards|basic]] [[Treasure]] and [[Victory]] cards, {{Card|Curse|Curses}}, and [[Ruins]] if they are available. Some cards, such as [[Reward]]s, {{Card|Spoils}}, [[Loot]]s, {{Card|Horse}}, {{Card|Madman}}, and {{Card|Mercenary}} are not in the Supply, but are able to be gained or otherwise acquired through the effects of specific other cards.

== Overview ==
A normal game of Dominion has a Supply consisting of {{Card|Estate|Estates}}, {{Card|Duchy|Duchies}}, {{Card|Province|Provinces}}, {{Card|Copper}}, {{Card|Silver}}, {{Card|Gold}}, {{Card|Curse|Curses}}, and 10 piles of Kingdom cards (which are usually, but not always, [[Action|Actions]]).  Some expansions add to the Supply:
* [[Alchemy]] adds {{Card|Potion|Potions}} when {{Cost|P}}-costing cards are in the Kingdom.
* [[Prosperity]] can add {{Card|Colony|Colonies}} and {{Card|Platinum}}.
* {{Card|Young Witch}}, from [[Cornucopia]], adds an 11th Kingdom card as its Bane.
* [[Looter|Looters]], from [[Dark Ages]], add [[Ruins]] when they are present.

Ordinarily each pile in the Supply consists of several copies of the same card. The four exceptions to this are Ruins, {{Card|Knights}}, {{Card|Castles}}, and [[Split pile]] cards, which are each Supply piles containing two or more differently named cards; in these cases, only the top card of the pile is visible to players and available to be bought or gained. For this reason, although the entirety of any Supply pile is physically part of the Supply, only the top card of any pile is considered to be "in the Supply". For instance, when {{Card|Band of Misfits}} requires you to choose a "card in the Supply", you may not choose a card in the Ruins or Knights pile other than the one on top.

When a pile is empty, it is no longer considered to be part of the Supply.  Should it cease to be empty, such as through {{way|Way of the Horse}}, it would once again be part of the Supply.  A player can always check how many cards are left in any Supply pile, as well as any non-Supply pile.
If three or more piles in the Supply are empty at the end of a turn, the game ends.

When you choose a card to buy or gain, unless otherwise instructed, you must choose a card in the Supply.

== Cards that reference the Supply ==
[[Image:City.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[City]], a card that references the Supply.]]
=== Cards that trash from the Supply ===
* {{Card|Lurker}}
* {{Card|Gladiator}}
* {{Event|Salt the Earth}}

===Cards that [[Exile]] from the Supply===
* {{card|Camel Train}}
* {{card|Coven}}
* {{event|Transport}}
* {{event|Invest}}
* {{event|Enclave}}
* {{way|Way of the Camel}}
* {{way|Way of the Worm}}

===Cards that return cards to the Supply===
* {{card|Ambassador}}
Several [[#Cards referencing a pile which may be in the Supply|other cards listed below]] are capable of returning cards to Supply piles, without referencing the Supply in their text.

===Cards that [[rotate]] Supply piles===
* {{card|Town Crier}}
* {{card|Battle Plan}}
* {{card|Herb Gatherer}}
* {{card|Old Map}}
* {{card|Student}}
* {{card|Tent}}

===Cards that play a card in the Supply===
* {{Card|Band of Misfits}}
* {{Card|Overlord}}
* {{Card|Captain}}

=== Cards that care about empty Supply piles ===
* {{Card|Poacher}}
* {{Card|City}}
* {{Card|Paddock}}
* {{Card|Animal Fair}}
* {{Card|Carpenter}}
* {{Card|Territory}}
* {{Card|Search}}
* {{Landmark|Tower}}

=== Cards that pick a pile in the Supply ===
* {{card|Embargo}}
* {{Card|Young Witch}}
* {{Card|Teacher}}
* {{Event|Ferry}}
* {{Event|Plan}}
* {{Event|Seaway}}
* {{Event|Lost Arts}}
* {{Event|Training}}
* {{Event|Inheritance}}
* {{Event|Pathfinding}}
* {{Landmark|Obelisk}}
* {{Ally|Family of Inventors}}
* [[Trait]]s

=== Cards that interact with multiple Supply piles at setup ===
* {{Card|Trade Route}}
* {{Event|Tax}}
* {{Landmark|Aqueduct}}
* {{Landmark|Defiled Shrine}}
=== [[Gathering]] cards ===
* {{Card|Farmers' Market}}
* {{Card|Temple}}
* {{Card|Wild Hunt}}

=== Cards referencing a pile which may be in the Supply ===
Although not referencing the word “Supply” those cards can interact with Supply piles.
* {{Way|Way of the Butterfly}}
* {{Way|Way of the Horse}}
* {{Card|Swap}}

== Non-Supply ==
[[Image:Madman.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Madman]], a card not in the Supply.]]
Anything that is not from a Basic card pile or a Kingdom card pile is not considered to be part of the Supply.
=== Cards not in the Supply ===
There are many cards available in Dominion that can never actually be bought; these are usually marked with an asterisked cost, and an italicized parenthetical at the bottom of their card text explaining that they are not in the Supply. The asterisk in their cost has no effect on gameplay other than to signify this; all effects that care about costs affect non-Supply cards normally. (An asterisk may be also be used in a [[Kingdom]] card's cost to represent that it is an unusual cost, such as with {{Card|Peddler}}.) Non-Supply cards must be gained (or otherwise acquired) via other cards that ''are'' available in the Supply, [[Event]]s or [[Trait]], namely:

* {{Card|Joust}} instructs you to gain a [[Reward]] from the Reward pile; the similar [[removed]] card {{card|Tournament}} does the same with [[Prize]]s.
* {{Card|Bandit Camp}}, {{Card|Marauder}}, and {{Card|Pillage}} instruct you to gain a {{Card|Spoils}} from the Spoils pile.
* {{Card|Hermit}} instructs you to gain a {{Card|Madman}} from the Madman pile.
* {{Card|Urchin}} instructs you to gain a {{Card|Mercenary}} from the Mercenary pile.
* {{Card|Page}} and {{Card|Peasant}} each [[exchange]] into a number of increasingly more powerful cards.
* {{Card|Vampire}} [[exchange]]s for a {{Card|Bat}} from the Bat pile.
* {{Card|Leprechaun}} and {{Card|Magic Lamp}} instruct you to gain a {{Card|Wish}} (or three Wishes, in the case of Magic Lamp) from the Wish pile.
* {{Card|Haunted Mirror}} instructs you to gain a {{Card|Ghost}} from the Ghost pile.
* {{Card|Devil's Workshop}} and {{Card|Tormentor}} instruct you to gain an {{Card|Imp}} from the Imp pile.
* {{Card|The Swamp's Gift}} instructs you to gain a {{Card|Will-o'-Wisp}} from the Will-o'-Wisp pile.
* {{Card|Exorcist}} instructs you to gain any [[Spirit]] (one of {{Card|Will-o'-Wisp}}, {{Card|Imp}}, or {{Card|Ghost}}) from its appropriate pile.
* {{Card|Horse}} cards can be gained with:
** [[Card]]s : {{Card|Cavalry}}, {{Card|Groom}}, {{Card|Hostelry}}, {{Card|Livery}}, {{Card|Paddock}}, {{Card|Scrap}}, {{Card|Sleigh}}, {{Card|Supplies}}
** [[Event]]s : {{Event|Bargain}}, {{Event|Demand}}, {{Event|Ride}}, {{Event|Stampede}}
* [[Loot]] cards can be gained with:
** [[Card]]s : {{Card|Jewelled Egg}}, {{card|Search}}, {{card|Cutthroat}}, {{card|Pickaxe}}, {{card|Wealthy Village}}, {{card|Sack of Loot}}
** [[Event]]s : {{Event|Peril}}, {{Event|Foray}}, {{Event|Looting}}, {{Event|Invasion}}, {{Event|Prosper}}
** [[Trait]] : {{Trait|Cursed}}


Additionally, while [[Shelter]]s, [[Heirloom]]s, [[Zombie]]s, and cards from the {{Card|Black Market}} deck do not have an asterisked cost, and do not have card text distinguishing them as such, they are not part of the Supply as they do not come from a pile. Similarly, {{card|Ferryman}} adds a Kingdom card pile outside the Supply for a given game.

=== [[Trash]] pile ===
The trash is not part of the Supply.  While the cards in it can come originally from the Supply, you cannot normally buy or gain from the trash.  There are a few cards that allow you to gain from it, however:
* {{Card|Lurker}}, {{Card|Graverobber}}, {{Card|Rogue}}, {{Card|Treasurer}}, {{Card|Lich}} and {{Card|Shaman}} enable you to gain a card of your choice from the trash (subject to certain restrictions).
* {{Card|Thief}} and {{Card|Noble Brigand}} instruct you to gain specific cards which were just trashed.

=== Miscellaneous ===
* {{Card|Black Market}} tells you to buy from the Black Market deck, which is constructed from Kingdom cards not available in the current game's Supply.
* "[[Card-shaped thing]]s" other than actual cards never become part of a player's deck, and are not considered part of the Supply:
** [[Event]]s and [[Project]]s can be bought during a player's normal Buy phase, but given that they cannot, by their nature, be gained, are not truly part of the Supply.
** [[Landmark]]s, though represented by cards on the table along with the Supply, are really just new rules that apply for that particular game.
** [[Boon]]s and [[Hex]]es gives their effects once before usually returned to their respective shuffle cycle.
** [[State]]s and [[Artifact]]s are markers for mostly temporary effects. 
** [[Way]]s provide a replacement for any Action's abilities.
** [[Ally|Allies]] provide ways to use Favor tokens in games in which they are available.
** [[Trait]]s are special effects that modify default behavior of a Kingdom pile they are attached to.

==Trivia==
===Donald X.'s remarks on non-Supply card costs===
{{Quote
|Text= My philosophy changed there, originally I thought "make them {{Cost|0*}} so it's clear you must not be able to buy them," now I think "make them a cost that makes sense, so that they interact better with cards that care about costs." Except sometimes there might still be a reason for an exception, e.g. the [[Spirit]] Costs are all based on what {{Card|Exorcist}} wants. But, that isn't a reason I errata cards.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg826741#msg826741 Interview with Donald X.]
}}

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