Taskmaster
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| Taskmaster | |
|---|---|
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| Info | |
| Cost |
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| Type(s) | Action - Duration |
| Kingdom card? | Yes |
| Set |
Plunder |
| Illustrator(s) | Claus Stephan |
| Card text | |
+1 Action, + , and if you gain a card costing exactly  this turn, then at the start of your next turn, repeat this ability. | |
Taskmaster is an Action-Duration card from Plunder. It will give you an extra Action next turn if you gain a card costing this turn, and it will remain in play giving you extra Actions for as many turns as you keep gaining 's.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- Taskmaster can end up making +1 Action and + turn after turn, as long as you keep gaining at least one card costing .
- It only matters what the card cost when you gained it, not what it costs at other times.
- Taskmaster does not count cards gained before playing it.
Other rules clarifications
- Repeating Taskmaster's ability doesn't count as playing it again (which means you can't use a Way to make Taskmaster do something other than its usual ability at this point, and it won't count for Conspirator).
- At the start of your turn, you can first repeat this ability, then gain a Duchy with Importer, and that will let the Taskmaster repeat itself on your next turn.
- This checks the cost that a card had at the moment you gained it. So if you gain a Destrier that costs
, that won't count for Taskmaster (even though its own gain means it now costs ). But if you gain a Destrier that costs (meaning it now costs 
), that lets Taskmaster repeat itself. - If gaining a -cost card causes you to play a Taskmaster (e.g. you play Haggler and buy a card, and then gain a Taskmaster with Haggler's ability and play the Taskmaster with Innovation), that will let the Taskmaster repeat itself on your next turn.
- If you haven't gained a -cost card this turn, Taskmaster can be trashed with Improve. But if you gain a -cost card afterwards (with a 2nd Improve), the Taskmaster will still repeat itself on your next turn (and potentially for multiple turns); you will have to remember this. [1]
Strategy
Synergies and Combos
Versions
English versions
| Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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+1 Action, +, and if you gain a card costing exactly this turn, then at the start of your next turn, repeat this ability. |
Plunder | December 2022 |
Other language versions
| Language | Name | Digital | Text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Opziener |  |
+1 Actie, + en als je deze beurt een kaart pakt die precies kost, herhaal je deze eigenschap aan het begin van je volgende beurt. |
(2023) | |
| German | Vorarbeiter |  |
 |
+1 Aktion, + und, wenn du in diesem Zug eine Karte nimmst, die genau kostet, wiederhole diese Fähigkeit zu Beginn deines nächsten Zuges. |
(2023) |
| Polish | Nadzorca |  |
+1 akcja, +, i jeśli w tej turze dodasz kartę kosztującą dokładnie , na początku swojej następnej tury rozpatrz ten efekt ponownie. |
(2023) |
Trivia
Preview
Taskmaster is a tricky village. It can be there for you turn after turn, if you keep working on those 's.
's.Secret History
The first version made +
, and then +1 Action each turn until you gained an Action. After that I jumped to the final card. The wording got tweaked repeatedly to try to be clear and avoid bad interactions, but it stayed basically the same.
, and then +1 Action each turn until you gained an Action. After that I jumped to the final card. The wording got tweaked repeatedly to try to be clear and avoid bad interactions, but it stayed basically the same.Wording
A lot of work went into that wording, trying to find something that handled all the cases that needed handling. "Play this again" was tried and failed; consider Throning it.
