Virtual coin

Revision as of 14:34, 9 May 2016

Poor House, a virtual coin card.

Virtual coin, also called virtual money, refers to an Action card which provides buying power.

Non-terminal virtual-coin Actions are often classified as either cantrip money or disappearing money based on whether they provide +Cards or not. Terminal virtual-coin Actions almost never provide +Cards.

Poor House - Poor House provides good buying power in decks without treasure, and Poor House itself is a form of virtual coin.
Tactician - Tactician benefits from virtual coin played on the turn where Tactician is played; this strategy requires +Actions. First play the cards providing virtual coin, and play Tactician as the last action, discarding the hand, before making a purchase. The Double Tactician strategy usually relies heavily on this.
Counter to Pirate Ship - Virtual coin decks counter pirate ship effectively, as there are fewer or no targets for Pirate Ship.
Minion
Scrying Pool
King's Court

There are a tremendous number of cards that offer virtual coin.

v . t . e Dominion Card Categories
Attacks	Attack immunity • Curser • Deck inspection attack • Deck order attack • Handsize attack • Junking attack • Trashing attack • Turn-worsening attack
Buy/Money	+Buy • Cost-reducer • Disappearing money • Overpay • Peddler variant • Terminal silver • Virtual coin • Virtual +Buy
Cycling	Deck discarder • Deck inspector • Digging • Discard for benefit • Sifter
Terminality	Cantrip • Non-terminal • Non-terminal draw • Soft terminal • Terminal • Terminal draw • Throne Room variant • Village • Conditional non-terminal
Other	Alt-VP • Basic cards • Duration draw • Command variant • Gainer • Luck-based • Non-Attack interaction • One-shot • Remodeler • Split pile • Top decker • Trasher • Vanilla • Extra turn

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