Trashing attack
A Trashing attack is an attack card which trashes other players' cards, typically from the top of their deck. Most of these attack have certain constraints on what cards they are able to trash.
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List of Cards
Hexes listed function as the relevant Attack when revealed by an Attack-Doom card.
Cards in italics have been removed.
Trash and replace with other cards
- Intrigue: Saboteur -- Find and trash a card costing
or more. Replacement at least 
cheaper, victim's choice.
- Intrigue: Swindler -- Replacement of same cost, attacker's choice.
- Nocturne: Locusts -- Replacement cheaper and of same type, victim's choice unless a Copper or Estate was trashed (in this case replaced with Curse).
- Allies: Barbarian -- Replacement cheaper and of same type, victim's choice but only if trashed card cost or more (otherwise replaced with Curse).
Trash card in certain price range
- Between and
- Between and
Trash Treasures
Related
Exile attacks have some similarities to trashing attacks in that they remove cards from your opponent's deck, but unlike real trashing, the Exiled card can be gotten back, and still count for determining 
.
- Menagerie: Cardinal and Gatekeeper
Trivia
These cards have a complicated history due to major balance issues. The most obvious trashing attack is "Each other player trashes the top card of their deck." However, this has three problems which have been pointed out by Donald X. Vaccarino:
- First, it can often be weak by trashing weak cards.
- Alternatively, it can be very random, trashing good cards for some, but bad cards for others.
- Finally, it can cause a strange game where no one can get anywhere because they only have 5 cards and anything they buy gets trashed.
