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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Swashbuckler
 |cost = 5
 |set = Renaissance
 |type1 = Action
 |illustrator = Joshua Stewart
 |text = '''+3 Cards'''<br>If your discard pile has any cards in it:<br>'''+1 Coffers''', then if you have at least 4&nbsp;Coffers tokens, take the Treasure Chest.
}}

'''Swashbuckler''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Renaissance]]. It is [[terminal draw]] that gets you [[Coffers]] and, if you save up the Coffers instead of spending them, will eventually get you its corresponding [[Artifact]], the {{Artifact|Treasure Chest}}. Getting the Coffers and the Treasure Chest are contingent upon having a discard pile; for example if the draw from Swashbuckler causes you to [[reshuffle]], you will get no additional effect from Swashbuckler. Cards that let you discard and other players playing junkers can help you get a discard pile to activate Swashbuckler.

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* First you draw 3 cards, then you check to see if your discard pile has any cards in it; if drawing those cards caused you to [[reshuffle|shuffle]], your discard pile would be empty. 
* If your discard pile has at least one card, you get +1 Coffers, and if you then have 4 or more tokens on your Coffers, you take the {{Artifact|Treasure Chest}}. 
* You cannot get the {{Artifact|Treasure Chest}} unless your discard pile had at least one card.
=== Other rules clarifications ===
* Normally, if drawing the 3 cards would cause you to shuffle, you won't get a Coffers from this. But if you leave cards in your discard pile when shuffling (with {{Ally|Order of Masons}}), you'll get a Coffers from this.
* You may spend Coffers at any time during your turn, including when getting +3 Cards from Swashbuckler. This may be useful if you want +1 Coffers, but you don't want the {{Artifact|Treasure Chest}}.
* If you take the {{Artifact|Treasure Chest}} at the start of your Buy phase (e.g. by playing a Swashbuckler with {{Ally|Market Towns}}, you'll immediately gain the {{Card|Gold}}.

== Strategy ==
=== Synergies/Combos ===
* {{Card|Plaza}}.  It's a Village, which helps make the terminal draw useful.  It discards cards, which helps activate the extra functionality.  And it can produce Coffers, which helps get the Treasure Chest if you want it.
* {{Card|Inn}}. In addition to being a village that discards, its on-gain effect can move cards from the discard into your deck, which helps prevent the depletion that (after Swashbuckler draws 3 cards) triggers a [[reshuffle]], losing the discard pile entirely. Similarly, {{Card|Herald}} is a non-terminal discarder whose on-gain effect (with [[overpay]]ment) restocks your deck from your discard, and {{Event|Annex}} is especially good for deck replenishment.
* {{Card|Cavalry}} and {{Card|Villa}}. More Buy phases means more Golds from {{Card|Treasure Chest}}. Similarly, cards that give extra turns like {{Card|Voyage}}.
* Opponent’s [[Junking_attack|junking attacks]] or [[Discard_attack|discard attacks]] add cards to an otherwise empty discard pile.
* {{Card|Bandit Camp}}. Similar to {{Card|Plaza}} in that it is a village which places a card in the discard pile. It doesn't give coffers but makes the draw able to run an engine while adding payload to the deck.

=== Antisynergies ===
Swashbuckler is a prime [[Big_money#Terminal_draw_Big_Money|Terminal draw Big Money]] card: a {{Card|Smithy}} with the added possibility of coffers and an even more tantalizing prospect -- money doesn't get bigger than a guaranteed Gold every turn. However, its relationship with other conventional aspects of the Big Money strategy is finnicky. Drawing too many cards with non-Swashbucklers can eat up the discard pile (by reshuffling) before Swashbuckler has the chance to observe it. For similar reasons, it also doesn't work well with the [[Engine]] approach, especially deck-thinning.

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|Swashbuckler|Swashbuckler}} || {{CardVersionImage|SwashbucklerDigital|Swashbuckler from Shuffle iT}} || '''+3 Cards'''<br>If your discard pile has any cards in it:<br>'''+1&nbsp;Coffers''', then if you have at least 4&nbsp;Coffers tokens, take the Treasure Chest. || Renaissance || November 2018 
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!Chinese
| 劍客 (pron. ''jiànkè'', lit. ''swordsman'') || || || || 
|-
!French
| Bretteuse<br>(Note: explicitly feminine) || || {{CardVersionImage|SwashbucklerFrench2022Digital|French language Swashbuckler 2022 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+3 Cartes'''<br>Si votre défausse n'est pas vide :<br>'''+1 Coffres''', puis si vous avez au moins 4&nbsp;jetons sur vos Coffres, prenez le Coffre au trésor. || 
|-
!German
| Freibeuterin<br>(lit. ''privateer'', explicitly feminine) || {{CardVersionImage|SwashbucklerGerman|German language Swashbuckler 2019 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|SwashbucklerGerman2022Digital|German language Swashbuckler 2022 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+3 Karten'''<br>Wenn dein Ablagestapel nicht leer ist:<br>'''+1 Taler''' und wenn du dann mindestens 4&nbsp;Taler hast, erhalte die Schatzkiste. || (2019)
|-
!Japanese
| 剣士<br>(pron. ''kenshi'', lit. ''swordsman'') || || || '''+3 カードを引く'''<br>捨て札置き場にカードがある場合:'''+1 コイントークン'''、4枚以上コイントークンを所持している場合、宝箱を得る。 || 
|-
!Polish
| Awanturniczka<br>(explicitly feminine)|| || || || <small>Although Polish version is not released,<br>this name is referred to in Polish Dominion 2E rulebook.</small>
|-
!Russian
| Головорез (pron. ''golovoryez'') || || || || 
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:SwashbucklerArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Preview ===
{{Quote|Text=Swashbuckler is trickier. All that stuff after the colon only happens if you have cards in your discard pile - which is harder than it sounds. Part of it is, you draw the three cards before checking. The [[Coffers]] [[Coin token|tokens]] don't have to have come from Swashbuckler specifically, so sometimes that helps, but you still need a discard pile at least once to get the {{Artifact|Treasure Chest}}.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=19024.0 Renaissance Previews #4: Flag Bearer, Swashbuckler, Treasurer]
}}
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=An early poster child for the 2-sided [[State]]s gave +3 Cards and added a token to the State (or took it if you didn't have it); when one side got 3 tokens it flipped over and gave you +3 Villagers, and when the other side got 3 tokens it flipped over and got you +3 Coffers and 3 Golds. It was called '''Jungle Explorer''', and the state was Base Camp / Ancient Ruins. When the 2-sided States died, I tried to capture at least some of the spirit of the card, and this is how I did it.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=19203.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Renaissance]
}}
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