Ratcatcher
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| Ratcatcher | |
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| Cost |
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| Type(s) | Action - Reserve |
| Kingdom card? | Yes |
| Set |
Adventures |
| Illustrator(s) | Eric J Carter |
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+1 Card +1 Action Put this on your Tavern mat. At the start of your turn, you may call this to trash a card from your hand. | |
Ratcatcher is an Action-Reserve card from Adventures. It is a cantrip on play, and a trasher whenever you need one at the start of your turn.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- When you play this, you get +1 Card and +1 Action, and put it on your Tavern mat. It stays on your mat until you call it at the start of one of your turns.
- If multiple things can happen at the start of your turn, you can do them in any order.
- When you call Ratcatcher, you move it from the mat into play, and you trash a card from your hand.
- Ratcatcher is discarded that turn with your other cards in play.
Strategy
There is no strategy article for Ratcatcher, but it has been discussed on the forum.
Ratcatcher is a nice card, both in effect and thematically. It's an optional cantrip trasher, meaning it won't hurt your deck and it will get rid of the stuff that does. It does so slowly but surely, and if you ever have leftover, buying a Ratcatcher is never a bad idea, especially if you're playing an engine.
As a Reserve card, Ratcatcher has similar strengths and weaknesses to other Reserve and Duration cards. On the negative side, it is slow, since you can't actually trash something with it the turn you play it, and it tends to miss a lot of shuffles. On the positive side, Ratcatcher is very flexible; you can leave it on your Tavern Mat until you draw the worst card in your deck, so you don't have to use it on Copper before you're out of Estates or Shelters. For the same reason, Ratcatchers are strong against junking attacks.
Synergies
- Opponents' junking attacks, especially Torturer. Torturer gains a Curse to your hand instead of your discard pile, so this may be used to trash it.
- Other forms of trashing. If Ratcatcher is the only trasher, it may be too slow for most engines.
Versions
English versions
| Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+1 Card +1 Action Put this on your Tavern mat. At the start of your turn, you may call this to trash a card from your hand. |
Adventures 1st Edition | April 2015 |
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+1 Card +1 Action Put this on your Tavern mat. At the start of your turn, you may call this to trash a card from your hand. |
Adventures 2nd Edition | August 2017 |
Other language versions
| Language | Name | Digital | Text | Notes | |
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| Dutch | Rattenvanger | +1 Kaart +1 Actie Leg deze kaart op je Herbergtableau Aan het begin van je beurt mag je deze kaart oproepen om 1 kaart uit je hand te vernietigen. |
(2015) | ||
| Finnish | Rotanmetsästäjä | ||||
| French | Chasseur de rats | ||||
| German | Rattenfänger |  |
+1 Karte +1 Aktion Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau. Zu Beginn deines Zuges darfst du diese Karte von deinem Tableau aufrufen. Wenn du das tust, musst du eine Handkarte entsorgen. |
(2015) | |
| German | Rattenfänger |  |
+1 Karte +1 Aktion Lege diese Karte auf dein Wirtshaustableau. Zu Beginn deines Zuges darfst du diese Karte aufrufen, um eine deiner Handkarten zu entsorgen. |
(Nachdruck 2021) | |
| Japanese | 鼠捕り (pron: nezumitori) |
+1 カードを引く +1 アクション これをあなたの酒場マットの上に置く。 あなたのターンの開始時に、手札1枚を廃棄するために、これを呼び出してもよい。 |
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| Russian | Крысолов (pron. krysolov) |
Trivia
Secret History
