River Shrine

River Shrine
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Omen
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Rising Sun
Illustrator(s)	Claus Stephan
Card text
+1 Trash up to 2 cards from your hand. At the start of Clean-up, if you didn't gain any cards in your Buy phase this turn, gain a card costing up to .

River Shrine is an Action–Omen card from Rising Sun. It is a trasher that also allows you to gain cheap cards in Clean-up if you didn't gain any in your Buy phase, making up for the fact that trashing from your hand can prevent you from having enough to buy what you want. As an Omen, it also brings Prophecies closer to taking effect.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• It doesn't matter if you gained cards in your Action phase, only if you did in your Buy phase.
• If you play multiple River Shrines, they can all gain a card, provided you don't gain a card in your Buy phase.
• Trashing cards with this is optional; you can gain a card even if you didn't trash any cards.
• If you have multiple Buy phases, such as via Cavalry, River Shrine only gains you a card if you didn't gain a card in any of those Buy phases.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+1 Trash up to 2 cards from your hand. At the start of Clean-up, if you didn't gain any cards in your Buy phase this turn, gain a card costing up to .	Rising Sun	August 2024

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
German	Flussschrein			+1 Entsorge bis zu 2 deiner Hand- karten. Zu Beginn der Aufräum- phase: Wenn du in diesem Zug in deiner Kaufphase keine Karte genommen hast, nimm eine Karte, die bis zu kostet.

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

Initially it gave you +2 Cards if you trashed differently named cards. It was strong, while not really adding anything to most games. Then I shifted it to what it is, to tie in with being in debt, and that worked out great. At first you had to not gain any cards that turn, but I went with the friendlier, no cards gained in that Buy phase.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Rising Sun Cards