Duplicate

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Duplicate
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Reserve
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Adventures
Illustrator(s)	Ryan Laukat
Card text
Put this on your Tavern mat. When you gain a card costing up to , you may call this, to gain a copy of that card.

Duplicate is an Action-Reserve from Adventures. Only putting itself on your Tavern mat when played, it can be called to gain a copy of a card you gain costing up to .

FAQ

Official FAQ

• When you play this, you put it on your Tavern mat. It stays on your mat until you call it.
• You can call it when gaining a card costing up to , and gain another copy of that card. The gained card comes from the Supply and is put into your discard pile; Duplicate cannot gain non-supply cards such as Teacher.
• Duplicate can be called during other players' turns when you gain cards; for example, another player might buy Messenger and choose to have each player gain an Estate, and you could Duplicate that Estate.
• You can call multiple Duplicates to gain multiple copies of the same card.
• Duplicate is discarded during the Clean-up of the turn you call it, whether or not it is your turn.

Other rules clarifications

• Cards with or in their cost cannot be Duplicated.
• If you have Innovation, which allows you to play a card immediately on gaining it, you could gain a Duplicate, play it immediately and put it on the Tavern mat, and then call it immediately to gain another Duplicate. This is because when the Duplicate reaches the Tavern mat, you're still within the time window of carrying out effects triggered by gaining the Duplicate.

Strategy

There is no strategy article for Duplicate, but the card has been discussed on the forum.

Duplicate is a gainer that can gain cards up to , which is pretty insane. To balance it, it's a Reserve card, which slows it down a bit and makes it miss more shuffles, and it can only gain copies of cards you were already buying or gaining some other way. Its closest relative is probably Smugglers, except Duplicate copies your own card instead of your opponent's card, and it does so at a moment you prefer, making it more flexible. It can also be compared to Talisman, which also doubles a card you buy; the differences here are that Duplicate is terminal and doesn't give you money, but it can gain more expensive cards that can also be Victory cards.

Duplicate is strong in the late game: it can suddenly force a three-pile ending against unsuspecting opponents, and it can gain a pile of Duchies to take a big lead and/or end the game. However, it is not always easy to see when you need to stack your Duplicates on the Tavern mat and when you call them to gain cards earlier on. Leaving your Duplicates on the mat too often might make you miss other key cards, but always calling Duplicates can lead to terminal collision late in the game, making you unable to perform the tricks mentioned above.

Synergies

• Champion, Teacher and Lost Arts solve the issue of Duplicate being terminal
• Cost reducers, especially Highway, make gaining Provinces and even Colonies possible
• Border Village and Haggler make gaining a lot of stuff even easier
• Watchtower, Summon and Royal Seal get Duplicate into play quickly
• Duke makes gaining Duchies extra strong

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		Put this on your Tavern mat. When you gain a card costing up to , you may call this, to gain a copy of that card.	Adventures 1st Edition	April 2015
		Put this on your Tavern mat. When you gain a card costing up to , you may call this, to gain a copy of that card.	Adventures 2nd Edition	August 2017

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Dutch	Duplicaat			Leg deze kaart op je Herbergtableau Als je een kaart pakt die ten hoogste kost, mag je deze kaart oproepen om nog een exemplaar van de gepakte kaart te pakken.	(2015)
Finnish	Kopio (lit. copy)
French	Copie (lit. copy)
German	Duplikat			Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau. Wenn du eine Karte nimmst, die bis zu kostet, darfst du diese Karte von deinem Tableau aufrufen. Wenn du das tust, nimm dir eine Karte mit gleichem Namen.	(2015)
German	Duplikat			Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau. Wenn du eine Karte nimmst, die bis zu kostet, darfst du diese Karte aufrufen, um von jener Karte eine gleiche zu nehmen.	(Nachdruck 2021)
Japanese	複製 (pron. fukusei, lit. duplication)			これをあなたの酒場マットの上に置く。 コスト以下のカードを獲得するとき、同じカード1枚を獲得するために、これを呼び出してもよい。
Polish	Duplikat				Although Polish version is not released, this card is referred to in the Polish version of Empires rulebook
Russian	Дублирование (pron. dublirovaniye, lit. duplication)

Trivia

Official card art.

Preview

Duplicate duplicates something. That name just tells the whole story. You buy a Lab; you Duplicate it, two Labs. You gain a Gold from Hero; you Duplicate it, two Golds. Whatever you are getting, you probably want more of them. Late in the game, Duplicate Duchies.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Adventures Previews #2 - Guide, Duplicate, Coin of the Realm

Secret History

Originally this cost . It didn't need to and so there it is at .

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

Donald X.'s opinion

As Mic said sometime, it's what you always wanted Smugglers to be. It smuggles from yourself, when the time is right, and you can just co-operate with yourself, and get what you wanted. You really feel how terminal it is; I remember always being conflicted, wanting Duplicate, or another Duplicate, but only being able to play so many actions. And it can miss shuffles, when you don't draw in time. But well, it gets important 's and then later Duchies. Or once in a while Provinces. It's a bargain.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Let's Discuss Adventures Cards: Duplicate