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.
• If gaining a card empties a Supply pile, you'll order Search with other when-gain effects, and if trashing a card empties a Supply pile (e.g. Lurker), you'll order Search with other when-trash effects.
• 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 Search and play it with Innovation), 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
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