Cabin Boy

Cabin Boy
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Duration
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Plunder
Illustrator(s)	Julien Delval
Card text
+1 Card +1 Action At the start of your next turn, choose one: +; or trash this to gain a Duration card.

Cabin Boy is an Action-Duration card from Plunder. It can act as a delayed source of cantrip money, or it can trash itself to gain you another Duration card.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• You can trash a Cabin Boy to gain another Cabin Boy.

Strategy

• In games using Shaman, you can trash a Cabin Boy to gain another Duration, then resolve Shaman to gain the trashed Cabin Boy, while avoiding gaining junk from the trash.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+1 Card +1 Action At the start of your next turn, choose one: +; or trash this to gain a Duration card.	Plunder	December 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
German	Schiffsjunge			+1 Karte +1 Aktion Zu Beginn deines nächsten Zuges wähle eins: + oder entsorge diese Karte, um eine Dauerkarte zu nehmen.

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

There were several other cards trying out to be Cabin Boys, that turned into other things or died. This one started out costing $3 and giving you a choice next turn of +1 Buy, +$1, or upgrading. I turned the first two options into a +$2 option to make it good enough; then it was too good and so costs $4.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Plunder