Sir Michael

Sir Michael
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Attack - Knight
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Dark Ages
Illustrator(s)	Marco Morte
Card text
Each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand. Each other player reveals the top 2 cards of their deck, trashes one of them costing from to , and discards the rest. If a Knight is trashed by this, trash this.

Sir Michael is one of the ten Knight cards from Dark Ages. Like the other Knights, he is an Action–Attack–Knight that trashes other players' cards. He is also a discard attack, forcing other players to discard down to 3 cards in hand.

FAQ

Official FAQ

Full FAQ on the Knights page. The points specific to Sir Michael are reproduced below.

• Sir Michael causes players to discard before it trashes cards.

Strategy

For overall Knight strategy, refer to the Knights strategy section. Sir Michael's discard attack is fairly strong, and is most useful in the midgame when players are likely to have less junk to discard but don't yet have reliable deck control.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		Each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand. Each other player reveals the top 2 cards of his deck, trashes one of them costing from to , and discards the rest. If a Knight is trashed by this, trash this card.	Dark Ages 1st Edition	August 2012
		Each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand. Each other player reveals the top 2 cards of their deck, trashes one of them costing from to , and discards the rest. If a Knight is trashed by this, trash this.	Dark Ages 2nd Edition	September 2017

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Czech	Sir Michal			Všichni ostatní hráči odloží tolik karet z ruky, aby jim zbyly 3. Všichni ostatní hráči ukážou vrchní 2 karty svých dobíracích balíčků a zahodí na smetiště jednu kartu v ceně až . Ostatní karty odloží. Pokud je takto zahozen nějaký rytíř, zahoď na smetiště i Sira Michala.
Finnish	Sir Markus
German	Sir Michael			Jeder Mitspieler legt Handkarten ab, bis er nur noch 3 hat. Jeder Mitspieler deckt die obersten 2 Karten seines Nachziehstapels auf, entsorgt davon eine Karte, die bis kostet, und legt den Rest ab. Wird hiermit ein Ritter entsorgt, entsorge diese Karte.	(2019)
Japanese	サー ・ マイケル (pron. Sā Maikeru)			他のプレイヤーは全員、手札が3枚になるように捨て札にする。その後、他のプレイヤーは全員、山札の上から2枚を公開し、その中のコストがからのカード1枚を廃棄し、残りを捨て札にする。誰かが騎士を廃棄した場合、あなたはこれを廃棄する。

Trivia

Official card art.

Card Art

The art depicts a playtester.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, 'Art Trivia'

Secret History

See: Knight

Sir Michael is named after Donald X. Vaccarino's e-friend and playtester, and the art was intended to depict him.