Cardinal

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Cardinal
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Attack
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Menagerie
Illustrator(s)	Claus Stephan
Card text
+ Each other player reveals the top 2 cards of their deck, Exiles one costing from to , and discards the rest.

Cardinal is an Action-Attack card from Menagerie. It is a terminal silver that Exiles other players' cards. It resembles a Knight that Exiles instead of trashing.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• If an attacked player reveals two cards each costing from to , that player chooses which card they Exile.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+ Each other player reveals the top 2 cards of their deck, Exiles one costing from to , and discards the rest.	Menagerie	March 2020

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
French	Cardinal			+ Tous vos adversaires dévoilent les deux premières cartes de leur pioche, en exilent une coûtant entre et , et défaussent le reste.
German	Kardinal			+ Jeder Mitspieler deckt die obersten 2 Karten seines Nachziehstapels auf, verbannt eine davon, die bis kostet, und legt den Rest ab.	(2020)
Japanese	枢機卿 (pron. sūkikyō)

Trivia

Official card art.

Preview

This eats cards like a Knight, but you can get them all back, at least until the pile runs out. It's annoying, then more annoying, then you are hoping it hits your Duchies for you.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Menagerie Bonus Previews

Secret history

A card that started in Renaissance. It was an obvious thing to try with the Exile mat, and mirrored Old Witch's temporary Cursing. That version dug for a card to exile; this one just looked at the top 2, and then dropped down to costing .

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Dominion: Menagerie