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| | |name = Wine Merchant | | |name = Wine Merchant |
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| | |type2 = Reserve | | |type2 = Reserve |
| | |illustrator = Eric J Carter | | |illustrator = Eric J Carter |
| − | |text = '''+1 Buy'''<br/>+{{Cost|4}}<br/>Put this on your Tavern mat. | + | |text = +1 Buy<br/>+{{Cost|4}}<br/>Put this on your Tavern mat. |
| | |text2 = At the end of your Buy phase, if you have at least {{Cost|2}} unspent, you may discard this from your Tavern mat. | | |text2 = At the end of your Buy phase, if you have at least {{Cost|2}} unspent, you may discard this from your Tavern mat. |
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| | === Other rules clarifications === | | === Other rules clarifications === |
| − | * Unlike other Reserve cards, you don't recover Wine Merchant from your Tavern mat by [[call]]ing it; it goes straight to your discard pile, not your play area.
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| − | * Unplayed [[Treasure]]s in your hand are not unspent {{Cost|}}; you only get {{Cost|}} for the Treasures you play.
| + | Unlike other Reserve cards, you don't recover Wine Merchant from your Tavern mat by [[call|calling]] it; it goes straight to your discard pile, not your play area. |
| − | * After discarding Wine Merchants you can use the unspent {{Cost|}} for other effects, e.g. for {{Project|Pageant}}.
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| − | * If you return from your Buy phase to your Action phase (e.g., with {{Card|Villa}} or {{Card|Cavalry}}), and you have {{Cost|2}}, you may discard Wine Merchants from your Tavern mat.
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| − | * You still get the +1 Buy and +{{Cost|4}} even if you are unable to move Wine Merchant to your tavern mat, such as when played by a {{card|Throne Room}} or [[command variant]].
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| | == Strategy == | | == Strategy == |
| − | There is no strategy article for Wine Merchant, but the card has been discussed on the [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15024.0 forum.] | + | There is no strategy article for Wine Merchant yet, as Adventures is the newest expansion, and the community is still discussing how best to use it. If you have ideas, please share them on the [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php forum!] |
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| − | Wine Merchant is a [[terminal]] [[payload]] card, that gives a lot of [[virtual money]] and +Buy, but does so at a penalty: it stays on the Tavern Mat after you play it, and you need {{Cost|2}} leftover to get it back in your deck. This means that a single Wine Merchant is just a {{Card|Woodcutter}} if you discard it from the Tavern Mat the same turn you play it. Since Woodcutter is only a {{Cost|3}} card, and a weak one at that, you will need a way to make Wine Merchant more than just that if you decide to buy it. (An exception may be if you're very desperate for +Buy, like with Woodcutter itself and other weak cards such as {{Card|Herbalist}}.)
| + | One thing to keep in mind is that there's no real need to pay the {{Cost|2}} to release your Wine Merchants until you're about to [[reshuffle]]; as long as you get them off the mat before you shuffle, you're fine. |
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| − | There are two ways around Wine Merchant's drawback. The most obvious one is to use it for spiking a higher cost; this is very useful if there are strong {{Cost|6}} or more cards you want in this kingdom. You can play the Wine Merchant, buy that {{Card|Prince}} or {{Card|Grand Market}} you really want, and use a later dud turn to get back the Wine Merchant from the Tavern Mat. This is possible, but it does give your Wine Merchants a higher chance of missing [[shuffle]]s, so you might want to keep track of when a shuffle is about to happen.
| + | == Alternate versions == |
| − | | + | <gallery> |
| − | The second and usually better way to use Wine Merchant is to use it in multiples. Wine Merchant's wording is such that you only need {{Cost|2}} leftover to discard ANY number of them from your Tavern Mat. So, assuming you want to discard them all on the same turn you play them, one Wine Merchant only gives you {{Cost|2}}, but two of them gives you {{Cost|6}}, three of them {{Cost|10}}, and so on. This is most feasible in big [[engine]]s: if you can draw your deck with multiple actions leftover, you can use those actions to play a bunch of Wine Merchants, and go double or even triple {{Card|Province}}.
| + | File:WineMerchantDigital.jpg|Digital version for [[Dominion Online]] |
| − | | + | </gallery> |
| − | === Synergies ===
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| − | * Big engines with lots of [[village]]s
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| − | * Expensive and/or hard-to-get cards: {{Card|Prince}}, {{Card|Grand Market}}, {{Card|King's Court}}
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| − | * {{Landmark|Basilica}}, as you get {{VP|2}} for having {{cost|2}} left after your Buy phase if you buy a card
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| − | * {{Project|Pageant}}, as you can get the coffer and discard Wine Merchant with only 2 remaining
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| − | * {{Event|Inheritance}} (requires [[cost reduction]]) lets {{Card|Estate}}s get the +{{cost|4}} and +buy without going to the reserve mat
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| − | * {{Card|Overlord}} gets the +{{cost|4}} and +buy without going to the reserve mat
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| − | === Antisynergies ===
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| − | * Stronger terminal payload: {{Card|Goons}}, {{Card|Bridge Troll}}, {{Card|Merchant Guild}}
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| − | == Versions ==
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| − | ===English versions===
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| − | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date !! Notes
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| − | | {{CardVersionImage|Wine MerchantOld|Wine Merchant}} || {{CardVersionImage|Wine MerchantDigitalOld|Wine Merchant from Goko/Making Fun}} || '''+1 Buy'''<br>+{{Cost|4}}<br>Put this on your Tavern mat.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">At the end of your Buy phase, if you have at least {{Cost|2}} unspent, you may discard this from your Tavern mat. || Adventures 1st Edition || April 2015 ||
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| − | | {{CardVersionImage|Wine Merchant|Wine Merchant}} || {{CardVersionImage|Wine MerchantDigital|Wine Merchant from Shuffle iT}} || +{{Cost|4}}<br>'''+1 Buy'''<br>Put this on your Tavern mat.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">At the end of your Buy phase, if you have at least {{Cost|2}} unspent, you may discard this from your Tavern mat. || Adventures [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || August 2017 || Print version mistakenly ordered "{{nowrap|+{{Cost|4}}}}" before "'''+1 Buy'''".
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| − | ===Other language versions===
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| − | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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| − | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
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| − | !Dutch
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| − | | Wijnhandelaar || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=s}} || '''+1 Aanschaf'''<br>+{{Coin|4}}<br>Leg deze kaart op je Herbergtableau.{{Divline}}Heb je aan het einde van je<br>aanschaffase ten minste {{Coin|2}} niet<br>besteed, dan mag je deze kaart vanaf<br>je herbergtableau afleggen. || (2015)
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| − | !Finnish
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| − | | Viinikauppias || || || || Misprint: card type is printed as Treasure, not Action.
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| − | !French
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| − | | Marchand de vin || || || ||
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| − | !German
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| − | | Weinhändler || {{CardVersionImage|Wine MerchantGerman|German language Wine Merchant 2015 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|Wine MerchantGerman2021Digital|German language Wine Merchant 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Kauf'''<br>+{{Cost|4}}<br>Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Wenn du am Ende deiner Kaufphase mindestens {{Cost|2}} nicht ausgegeben hast, darfst du diese Karte von deinem Tableau ablegen. || (2015)
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| − | | Weinhändler || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| +{{Cost|4}}<br>'''+1 Kauf'''<br>Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Am Ende deiner Kaufphase, wenn du mindestens {{Cost|2}} nicht ausgegeben hast, darfst du diese Karte von deinem Wirtshaustableau ablegen. || (Nachdruck 2021)
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| − | !Japanese
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| − | | ワイン商<br>(pron. ''wain-shō'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1 購入'''<br>+{{Cost|4}}<br>これをあなたの酒場マットの上に置く。<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">あなたの購入フェイズの終了時、{{Cost|2}}以上未使用である場合、これを酒場マットから捨て札にしてもよい。 ||
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| − | !Polish
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| − | | Sprzedawca wina || || || || <small>Although Polish version is not released, this card is referred to in the Polish version of ''[[Empires]]'' rulebook</small>
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| − | !Russian
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| − | | Винный Торговец (pron. ''vinny torgovyets'') || || || ||
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| | == Trivia == | | == Trivia == |
| | [[Image:WineMerchantArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | | [[Image:WineMerchantArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] |
| − | In the [[second edition]] reprint, the card's "+1 Buy" was mistakenly placed beneath its "+{{Cost|4}}". | + | === In other languages === |
| | + | * Dutch: Wijnhandelaar |
| | + | * French: Marchand de vin |
| | + | * German: Weinhändler |
| | + | * Japanese: ワイン商 (pron. ''wain-shō'') |
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| | === Secret History === | | === Secret History === |
| | {{Quote|Text=Originally it didn't give +1 Buy. I tried letting you get it back for having any unspent money, but upped it to needing {{Cost|2}}. | | {{Quote|Text=Originally it didn't give +1 Buy. I tried letting you get it back for having any unspent money, but upped it to needing {{Cost|2}}. |
