Tax

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Tax
Info
Cost
Type	Event
Set	Empires
Illustrator(s)	Raina Kuptz
Event text
Add to a Supply pile. Setup: Add to each Supply pile. When a player gains a card in their Buy phase, they take the from its pile.

Tax is an Event from Empires. Simply by being in a game, it causes the first buy of any card to give . In addition, Tax can be bought to add more to a pile, functioning as a kind of pseudo-Attack.

FAQ

Unofficial FAQ (2022)

• Every Supply pile starts with , including Kingdom cards and basic cards like Silver.
• The Event itself, when bought, adds to a single pile, whether or not that pile has any on it already.
• The is taken by the next player to gain a card from that pile in their Buy phase; gaining a card when it's not their Buy phase leaves the on the pile.

Other rules clarifications

Tax got errata in 2022 to trigger when you gain a card in your Buy phase.

• This works if you gain a card by buying it, or if you gain a card in another way (such as Advance or Charm).
• If you gain a Black Market, you can play it with Innovation before taking the from its pile.
• If you gain a card during another player's Buy phase (e.g. with Messenger), you won't take the on its pile.

Deprecated official FAQ (2016)

Every Supply pile starts with , including Kingdom cards and basic cards like Silver. The Event itself, when bought, adds to a single pile, whether or not that pile has any on it already. The is taken by the next player to buy a card from that pile; gaining a card without buying it leaves the on the pile.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		Add to a Supply pile. Setup: Add to each Supply pile. When a player buys a card, they take the from its pile.	Empires	June 2016
		Add to a Supply pile. Setup: Add to each Supply pile. When a player gains a card in their Buy phase, they take the from its pile.		June 29, 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Dutch	Belasting
Finnish	Verotus (lit. taxation)
French	Taxe
German	Steuer			Lege 2 -Marker auf einen beliebigen Vorrats­stapel. Sobald ein Spieler eine Karte kauft, nimmt er alle -Marker dieses Stapels. Spielvorbereitung: Legt 1 -Marker auf jeden Vorrats­stapel.	(2016)
	Steuer			Lege auf einen Vorratsstapel. Spielvorbereitung: Legt auf jeden Vorrats­stapel. Wenn ein Spieler eine Karte kauft, nimmt er alle von deren Stapel.	2. Edition (2021)
	Steuer			Lege auf einen Vorratsstapel. Spielvorbereitung: Legt auf jeden Vorrats­stapel. Wenn ein Spieler eine Karte in seiner Kauf­phase nimmt, nimmt er alle von deren Stapel.
Japanese	徴税 (pron. chōzei, lit. tax collection)			サプライ1山の上にを追加する。 準備:すベてのサプライの山の上にを追加する。カードを購入するプレイヤーは、その山の上のをすベて得る。
Polish	Podatek			Dołóż na dowolny stos kart w Zasobach. Przygotowanie: połóż na każdym stosie w Zasobach. Kiedy gracz kupuje kartę, bierze wszystkie z jej stosu.	(2017)
Russian	Налог (pron. nalog)

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

This started as an Action that gave + and put two tokens on a pile. Then it got a Setup rule that made piles start with . It was hard squeezing everything into the set, and one trick was to turn this into an Event.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Empires Cards

Retrospective

It's kind of a dud though I enjoy the set-up, the set-up is what kept it alive.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Previews #4: Werewolf, Skulk, Cursed Village

Rewording

For Tax, I'd be punishing Action Workshops if I made it "[during your turn]"; on a card that I'm just fixing, not making from scratch, there's sure no call for that.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Interview with Donald X.