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{{Infobox Card | {{Infobox Card | ||
|name = Wandering Minstrel | |name = Wandering Minstrel | ||
+ | |cost = 4 | ||
|type1 = Action | |type1 = Action | ||
|illustrator = Guillaume Ducos | |illustrator = Guillaume Ducos | ||
− | |text = +1 Card | + | |text = '''+1 Card<br>+2 Actions'''<br>Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Put the Action cards back in any order and discard the rest. |
}} | }} | ||
− | '''Wandering Minstrel''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Dark Ages]]. It one of the [[ | + | '''Wandering Minstrel''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Dark Ages]]. It's one of the few [[villages]] that doesn't have anything like "Village" in the name. It's also got some filtering ability to make sure your engine keeps drawing Actions. |
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
=== Official FAQ === | === Official FAQ === | ||
− | * First | + | * First draw a card, then reveal the top 3 cards of your deck, shuffling your discard pile if there are not enough cards in your deck. \ |
− | * Put the revealed | + | * If there still are not enough after shuffling, just reveal what you can. |
− | + | * Put the revealed Action cards on top of your deck in any order, and discard the other cards. | |
* If you didn't reveal any Action cards, no cards will be put on top. | * If you didn't reveal any Action cards, no cards will be put on top. | ||
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=== Other Rules clarifications === | === Other Rules clarifications === | ||
== Strategy Article == | == Strategy Article == | ||
− | There | + | There is no strategy article yet for Wandering Minstrel. Feel free to add your thoughts! |
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+ | It seems like a reasonably straightforward [[Village (Card type)|village]] to use. It discards all your non-actions, finding you your other actions to keep your [[engine]] running. Sure, it discards {{Card|Gold|Golds}} and {{Card|Platinum|Platinums}} and other fancy [[Treasure|Treasures]], but that's probably okay - if it helps you find more [[villages]] and [[smithies]], you'll draw them anyway. It's best when you're aiming to draw your whole deck and really don't mind discarding even your top-notch Treasures. | ||
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+ | On a {{Cost|3}}/{{Cost|4}} opening, you probably shouldn't buy it right away before your first reshuffle or until you have some good actions you actually want to play with it or other engine components, such as card draw, which you need to play the actions you left on top of your deck, anyway. Otherwise, the chances that it discards your early coppers instead of the estates are a little too high to be worth it. If you draw WM and 2 or 3 or more estates on turn 3 and play the WM, there's only a small chance you draw the other action you might have bought in the opening (which will be a {{Cost|3}} at best), but you'll likely discard 2 or 3 coppers and thereby reduce your next turn's buying power significantly. If you choose not to play it, you pretty much wasted a turn by reducing your buying power during this turn by at least {{Cost|1}}. | ||
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+ | So don't buy Wandering Minstrel too early. This should be recommended with most villages, but this one is especially trimmed to set up engines which, as is well-known, takes some time, and it might really hurt your early buying power. And of course it has no business in [[Big Money]] decks. For the former purpose, however, it excels over vanilla villages (including {{Card|Border Village}}, {{Card|Fortress}}) by far. | ||
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+ | It is particularly important to manage your reshuffles when using Wandering Minstrels. Once you've drawn all your actions and discarded all your treasures, green cards, and curses make sure not to cause a reshuffle mid-turn unless you can draw everything that's left. Otherwise you may be hit with one or more turns with no actions at all as you wade through all the non-actions that your Minstrels threw out. | ||
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=== Synergies/Combos === | === Synergies/Combos === | ||
− | * [[engine]] | + | * {{Card|Minion}}, as Wandering Minstrel will get past your non-Actions to Minions faster |
+ | * [[engine|engines]] which aim to draw your whole deck | ||
+ | |||
=== Antisynergies === | === Antisynergies === | ||
− | * lack of a need for [[ | + | * lack of a need for [[villages]], such as in [[Big Money]]. |
+ | * [[Ruins]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Versions == | ||
+ | ===English versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | {{CardVersionImage|Wandering MinstrelOld|Wandering Minstrel}} || {{CardVersionImage|Wandering MinstrelDigitalOld|Wandering Minstrel from Goko/Making Fun}} || '''+1 Card'''. '''+2 Actions'''. Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Put the Actions back on top in any order and discard the rest. || Dark Ages 1st Edition || August 2012 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | {{CardVersionImage|Wandering Minstrel|Wandering Minstrel}} || {{CardVersionImage|Wandering MinstrelDigital|Wandering Minstrel from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Card'''. '''+2 Actions'''. Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Put the Action cards back in any order and discard the rest. || Dark Ages [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || September 2017 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | ===Other language versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Czech | ||
+ | | Bard (lit. ''bard'') || {{CardLangVersionImage|Czech}} || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Dutch | ||
+ | | Reizende Minstreel || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Finnish | ||
+ | | Trubaduuri (lit. ''troubadour'') || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !French | ||
+ | | Ménestrel errant || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !German | ||
+ | | Barde (lit. ''bard'') ||{{CardLangVersionImage|German}}|| || '''+1 Karte<br>+2 Aktionen'''<br>Decke die obersten 3 Karten von<br>deinem Nachziehstapel auf. Lege<br>aufgedeckte Aktionskarten in belie-<br>biger Reihenfolge zurück auf den<br>Nachziehstapel. Lege die übrigen<br>aufgedeckten Karten ab. || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Japanese | ||
+ | | 吟遊詩人 (pron. ''gin'yūshijin'', lit. ''troubadour'') || || || '''+1 カードを引く'''。 '''+2 アクション'''。 山札の上から3枚を公開する。その中のアクションカードを好きな順番で山札の上に戻し、残りを捨て札にする。 || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Korean | ||
+ | | 방랑 시인 (pron. ''banglang siin'', lit. ''vagabond poet'') || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Russian | ||
+ | | Странствующий Бард (pron. ''stranstvuyushshiy bard'', literally ''wandering bard'') || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Spanish | ||
+ | | Juglar (lit. ''minstrel'') || || || || | ||
+ | |} | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
+ | [[Image:Wandering_MinstrelArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | ||
=== Secret History === | === Secret History === | ||
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Wandering Minstrel | |
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Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Dark Ages |
Illustrator(s) | Guillaume Ducos |
Card text | |
+1 Card +2 Actions Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Put the Action cards back in any order and discard the rest. |
Wandering Minstrel is an Action card from Dark Ages. It's one of the few villages that doesn't have anything like "Village" in the name. It's also got some filtering ability to make sure your engine keeps drawing Actions.
Contents |
FAQ
Official FAQ
- First draw a card, then reveal the top 3 cards of your deck, shuffling your discard pile if there are not enough cards in your deck. \
- If there still are not enough after shuffling, just reveal what you can.
- Put the revealed Action cards on top of your deck in any order, and discard the other cards.
- If you didn't reveal any Action cards, no cards will be put on top.
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy Article
There is no strategy article yet for Wandering Minstrel. Feel free to add your thoughts!
It seems like a reasonably straightforward village to use. It discards all your non-actions, finding you your other actions to keep your engine running. Sure, it discards Golds and Platinums and other fancy Treasures, but that's probably okay - if it helps you find more villages and smithies, you'll draw them anyway. It's best when you're aiming to draw your whole deck and really don't mind discarding even your top-notch Treasures.
On a / opening, you probably shouldn't buy it right away before your first reshuffle or until you have some good actions you actually want to play with it or other engine components, such as card draw, which you need to play the actions you left on top of your deck, anyway. Otherwise, the chances that it discards your early coppers instead of the estates are a little too high to be worth it. If you draw WM and 2 or 3 or more estates on turn 3 and play the WM, there's only a small chance you draw the other action you might have bought in the opening (which will be a at best), but you'll likely discard 2 or 3 coppers and thereby reduce your next turn's buying power significantly. If you choose not to play it, you pretty much wasted a turn by reducing your buying power during this turn by at least .
So don't buy Wandering Minstrel too early. This should be recommended with most villages, but this one is especially trimmed to set up engines which, as is well-known, takes some time, and it might really hurt your early buying power. And of course it has no business in Big Money decks. For the former purpose, however, it excels over vanilla villages (including Border Village, Fortress) by far.
It is particularly important to manage your reshuffles when using Wandering Minstrels. Once you've drawn all your actions and discarded all your treasures, green cards, and curses make sure not to cause a reshuffle mid-turn unless you can draw everything that's left. Otherwise you may be hit with one or more turns with no actions at all as you wade through all the non-actions that your Minstrels threw out.
Synergies/Combos
- Minion, as Wandering Minstrel will get past your non-Actions to Minions faster
- engines which aim to draw your whole deck
Antisynergies
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
---|---|---|---|---|
+1 Card. +2 Actions. Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Put the Actions back on top in any order and discard the rest. | Dark Ages 1st Edition | August 2012 | ||
+1 Card. +2 Actions. Reveal the top 3 cards of your deck. Put the Action cards back in any order and discard the rest. | Dark Ages 2nd Edition | September 2017 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Secret History