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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 | + | * 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. |
+ | * Unplayed [[Treasure]]s in your hand are not unspent {{Cost|}}; you only get {{Cost|}} for the Treasures you play. | ||
+ | * After discarding Wine Merchants you can use the unspent {{Cost|}} for other effects, e.g. for {{Project|Pageant}}. | ||
+ | * If you return from your Buy phase to your Action phase (with {{Card|Villa}} or {{Card|Cavalry}}), you do not get to discard your Wine Merchants. | ||
== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
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* Expensive and/or hard-to-get cards: {{Card|Prince}}, {{Card|Grand Market}}, {{Card|King's Court}} | * Expensive and/or hard-to-get cards: {{Card|Prince}}, {{Card|Grand Market}}, {{Card|King's Court}} | ||
* {{Landmark|Basilica}}, as you get {{VP|2}} for having {{cost|2}} left after your Buy phase if you buy a card | * {{Landmark|Basilica}}, as you get {{VP|2}} for having {{cost|2}} left after your Buy phase if you buy a card | ||
+ | * {{Project|Pageant}}, as you can get the coffer and discard Wine Merchant with only 2 remaining | ||
+ | * {{Event|Inheritance}} lets {{Card|Estate}}s get the +{{cost|4}} and +buy without going to the reserve mat | ||
+ | * {{Card|Overlord}} gets the +{{cost|4}} and +buy without going to the reserve mat | ||
=== Antisynergies === | === Antisynergies === | ||
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===English versions=== | ===English versions=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
− | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | + | ! 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'''. +{{Cost|4}}. Put this on your Tavern mat.<br>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 | + | | {{CardVersionImage|Wine MerchantOld|Wine Merchant}} || {{CardVersionImage|Wine MerchantDigitalOld|Wine Merchant from Goko/Making Fun}} || '''+1 Buy'''. +{{Cost|4}}. Put this on your Tavern mat.<br>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}} || '''+1 Buy'''. +{{Cost|4}}. Put this on your Tavern mat.<br>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 | + | | {{CardVersionImage|Wine Merchant|Wine Merchant}} || {{CardVersionImage|Wine MerchantDigital|Wine Merchant from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Buy'''. +{{Cost|4}}. Put this on your Tavern mat.<br>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 "+{{Cost|4}}" before "'''+1 Buy'''". |
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===Other language versions=== | ===Other language versions=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
− | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text | + | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes |
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!Dutch | !Dutch | ||
− | | Wijnhandelaar || || || | + | | Wijnhandelaar || || || || |
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!Finnish | !Finnish | ||
− | | Viinikauppias || || || | + | | Viinikauppias || || || || Misprint: card type is printed as Treasure, not Action. |
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!French | !French | ||
− | | Marchand de vin || || || | + | | Marchand de vin || || || || |
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!German | !German | ||
− | | Weinhändler || || || '''+1 Kauf<br>+{{Cost|4}}'''<br>Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau.<br>Wenn du am Ende deiner Kaufphase mindestens {{Cost|2}} nicht ausgegeben hast, darfst du diese Karte von deinem Tableau ablegen. | + | | Weinhändler ||{{CardLangVersionImage|German}}|| || '''+1 Kauf<br>+{{Cost|4}}'''<br>Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau.<br>Wenn du am Ende deiner Kaufphase mindestens {{Cost|2}} nicht ausgegeben hast, darfst du diese Karte von deinem Tableau ablegen. || |
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!Japanese | !Japanese | ||
− | | ワイン商 (pron. ''wain-shō'') || || || '''+1 購入'''。 +{{Cost|4}}。 これをあなたの酒場マットの上に置く。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。 | + | | ワイン商 (pron. ''wain-shō'') || || || '''+1 購入'''。 +{{Cost|4}}。 これをあなたの酒場マットの上に置く。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 | !Polish | ||
− | | Sprzedawca wina | + | | Sprzedawca wina || || || || Although Polish version is not released, this card is referred to in the Polish version of ''[[Empires]]'' rulebook |
|- | |- | ||
!Russian | !Russian | ||
− | | Винный Торговец (pron. ''vinny torgovyets'') || || || | + | | Винный Торговец (pron. ''vinny torgovyets'') || || || || |
|} | |} | ||
== 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}}". | ||
=== 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}}. |
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Wine Merchant | |
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Type(s) | Action - Reserve |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Adventures |
Illustrator(s) | Eric J Carter |
Card text | |
+1 Buy + Put this on your Tavern mat. At the end of your Buy phase, if you have at least unspent, you may discard this from your Tavern mat. |
Wine Merchant is an Action-Reserve card from Adventures. It is a +Buy card that gives quite a bit of ; as a penalty for this, it sits on your Tavern mat after playing it until you end a turn with unspent.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- When you play this, you get +1 Buy and +, and put it on your Tavern mat.
- It stays on your mat until the end of one of your Buy phases in which you have or more that you didn't spend. At that point you can discard Wine Merchant from your mat.
- If you have multiple Wine Merchants on your mat, you don't need per Wine Merchant, just total.
Other rules clarifications
- Unlike other Reserve cards, you don't recover Wine Merchant from your Tavern mat by calling it; it goes straight to your discard pile, not your play area.
- Unplayed Treasures in your hand are not unspent ; you only get for the Treasures you play.
- After discarding Wine Merchants you can use the unspent for other effects, e.g. for Pageant.
- If you return from your Buy phase to your Action phase (with Villa or Cavalry), you do not get to discard your Wine Merchants.
Strategy
There is no strategy article for Wine Merchant, but the card has been discussed on the forum.
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 leftover to get it back in your deck. This means that a single Wine Merchant is just a Woodcutter if you discard it from the Tavern Mat the same turn you play it. Since Woodcutter is only a 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 Herbalist.)
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 or more cards you want in this kingdom. You can play the Wine Merchant, buy that Prince or 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 shuffles, so you might want to keep track of when a shuffle is about to happen.
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 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 , but two of them gives you , three of them , and so on. This is most feasible in big engines: 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 Province.
Synergies
- Big engines with lots of villages
- Expensive and/or hard-to-get cards: Prince, Grand Market, King's Court
- Basilica, as you get 2 for having left after your Buy phase if you buy a card
- Pageant, as you can get the coffer and discard Wine Merchant with only 2 remaining
- Inheritance lets Estates get the + and +buy without going to the reserve mat
- Overlord gets the + and +buy without going to the reserve mat
Antisynergies
- Stronger terminal payload: Goons, Bridge Troll, Merchant Guild
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | Notes | |
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+1 Buy. +. Put this on your Tavern mat. At the end of your Buy phase, if you have at least unspent, you may discard this from your Tavern mat. |
Adventures 1st Edition | April 2015 | |||
+1 Buy. +. Put this on your Tavern mat. At the end of your Buy phase, if you have at least unspent, you may discard this from your Tavern mat. |
Adventures 2nd Edition | August 2017 | Print version mistakenly ordered "+" before "+1 Buy". |
Other language versions
Language | Name | Digital | Text | Notes | |
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Dutch | Wijnhandelaar | ||||
Finnish | Viinikauppias | Misprint: card type is printed as Treasure, not Action. | |||
French | Marchand de vin | ||||
German | Weinhändler | +1 Kauf + Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau. Wenn du am Ende deiner Kaufphase mindestens nicht ausgegeben hast, darfst du diese Karte von deinem Tableau ablegen. |
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Japanese | ワイン商 (pron. wain-shō) | +1 購入。 +。 これをあなたの酒場マットの上に置く。あなたの購入フェイズの終了時、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。 | |||
Polish | Sprzedawca wina | Although Polish version is not released, this card is referred to in the Polish version of Empires rulebook | |||
Russian | Винный Торговец (pron. vinny torgovyets) |
Trivia
In the second edition reprint, the card's "+1 Buy" was mistakenly placed beneath its "+".
Secret History