Search

Search
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Duration
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Plunder
Illustrator(s)	Claus Stephan
Card text
+ The next time a Supply pile empties, trash this and gain a Loot.

Search is an Action-Duration card from Plunder. It is a one-shot terminal silver that acts as a delayed Loot gainer. It waits in play until a pile in the Supply is emptied; once that happens, you get a Loot card—and so does anybody else who's played a Search.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• If you Throne Room a Search, Throne Room will stay out with Search until a pile empties, and then you'll trash Search once but gain two Loots (and discard Throne Room that turn).

Other rules clarifications

• See the Additional rules section for Duration cards in Dominion: Plunder regarding things happening "the next time".
• If multiple players have played a Search when a Supply pile empties, players trash their Searches and gain Loots in turn order.
• It doesn't matter if the Supply pile had already been emptied on a previous turn. So if you empty a pile, return copies to the Supply (with e.g. Swap), and empty it again, Search can trigger off that pile again.
• If a non-supply pile (like Loot or Horse) is emptied, that won't trigger Search.
• If gaining a card empties a Supply pile, you'll order Search with other when-gain effects. If trashing a card empties a Supply pile (e.g. Lurker), you'll order Search with other when-trash effects.
• If you Invest in the last card of a Supply pile, other players who also Invested in that card can order between the +2 Cards from Invest and trashing their Searches.
• If you play this with Band of Misfits, it will stay in play until a Supply pile empties. When one does, you trash nothing and gain a Loot.
• If emptying a Supply pile causes you to play this (e.g. you gain the last Gondola which lets you play a Search), that won't trigger the Search (it triggers off the next Supply pile that's emptied).
• Ending the game by emptying the third Supply pile, Provinces, or Colonies does trigger Search; you gain the Loot before the game ends. Usually this won't make a difference, but trashing Search and gaining Loot can affect your score due to abilities such as Fairgrounds, Tomb, and Keep, and there are a few abilities that might allow you to play the gained Loot before the end of your final turn and use it to buy some additional  .

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+ The next time a Supply pile empties, trash this and gain a Loot.	Plunder	December 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Dutch	Zoektocht			+ De volgende keer dat een voorraadstapel leegraakt, vernietig je deze "Zoektocht"en pak je een Buit.	(2023)
German	Suche			+ Das nächste Mal, wenn ein Vorrats­stapel leer wird, entsorge diese Karte und nimm eine Kostbarkeit.	(2023)
Polish	Poszukiwania			+ Kiedy następnym razem wyczerpie się stos w Zasobach, wyrzuć tę kartę na Śmietnisko i dodaj Łup.	(2023)

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

The first version cost and gave +2 Cards and +2 Actions; too generous. It didn't even trash itself. I changed it to the published version for , then later on dropped it to .

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