Sorcerer
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| Sorcerer | |
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| Info | |
| Cost |
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| Type(s) | Action - Attack - Wizard |
| Kingdom card? | Yes |
| Set |
Allies |
| Illustrator(s) | Harald Lieske |
| Card text | |
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+1 Card +1 Action Each other player names a card, then reveals the top card of their deck. If wrong, they gain a Curse. | |
Sorcerer is an Action-Attack-Wizard card from Allies. It is a cantrip curser, but it only succeeds in handing out Curses if your opponents can't guess what the top card of their deck is. This means that playing one Sorcerer will give your opponents protection against additional Sorcerers the same turn, unless you can tamper with their deck in some way in between.
It is part of a split pile that it shares with the other Wizards: Student, Conjurer, and Lich.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- Each other player names a card, and reveals the top card of their deck.
- If it doesn't have that name, they gain a Curse.
- Whether or not it does, they return the card to the top of their deck.
- So if you play Sorcerer twice in a turn, they will probably know the card for the 2nd play.
Other Rules clarifications
- If a player has no cards in their deck or discard pile, they do not gain a Curse.
Strategy
External strategy articles
Versions
English versions
| Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+1 Card +1 Action Each other player names a card, then reveals the top card of their deck. If wrong, they gain a Curse. |
Allies | March 2022 |
Other language versions
| Language | Name | Digital | Text | Notes | |
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| Dutch | Heksenmeester |  |
+1 Kaart +1 Actie Iedere andere speler noemt een kaart en toont dan de bovenste kaart van zijn trekstapel. Is dat niet de genoemde kaart, dan pakt hij een Vloek. |
(2022) | |
| German | Hexenmeister (lit. witches master) |  |
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+1 Karte +1 Aktion Jeder Mitspieler nennt eine Karte und deckt dann die oberste Karte seines Nachziehstapels auf. Ist es nicht die genannte, nimmt er einen Fluch. |
Trivia
Preview
Secret History
Wording
After people asked if Sorcerer gives out a Curse if another player has no card to reveal, Donald X. chimed in with this.
Sorcerer wanted to read well and be understood and it was, hooray, well done. The cards can't be little computer programs; that solves all complaints about unreal situations, at the expense of making the game unplayable. You get to decide, how much do you want friendly understandable wordings vs. ones that are clear in obscure situations. The move is to err on the side of friendly, and live with slightly different abilities sometimes to get both things at once.
Matching Sorceress is compelling. Again the key thing is what human players will think in a game irl, if it ever comes up. Sorceress suggests that they don't get a Curse. It would be "If it's not the named card," and "no card" cannot be compared. For the moment, no Curse.
