Woodcutter
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Woodcutter | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
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Illustrator(s) | Matthias Catrein |
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+1 Buy + |
Woodcutter is an Action card from the first edition of the Base set. It is a terminal silver, meaning it provides + but no +Action. It provides +Buy, which allows you to buy more than one card per turn.
It was removed from the second edition of Dominion.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- During your Buy phase, you add Treasure cards played, and you may buy an additional card from the Supply. to the total value of the
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy
Woodcutter is a weak source of +Buy. It has a small effect for the cost of using up an Action to play it, and is typically only gained when no other source of +Buy is present.
External strategy articles
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Versions
English versions
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Dominion 1st Edition | October 2008 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Secret History
At some point I wanted another +Buy card in the main set. I tried several things that were Woodcutter plus a small bonus, and the small bonuses kept being too wonky. Finally I went with the plain Woodcutter. Then I swapped it out for a more interesting +Buy card, but Valerie or Dale didn't like that one, so eventually we swapped Woodcutter back in. It's contributing to keeping complexity down in the main set.
Retrospective
The big thing is to add more replayability. There are six vanilla cards and probably five would have been fine; the obvious one to replace is Woodcutter. Woodcutter is a fine card for the main set but the other vanilla cards are all better. That means all of the +buy cards would cost
but I can live with that.Second Edition Removal
Woodcutter is fine, it's totally fine. It's just, the main set had six vanilla cards, and did it need six? Cards that do things are more interesting. I felt like five would be enough. The card to take out wanted to be one of the +Buy cards, since I thought having three of those was better than having four (even if all three cost , which is what happened). Market is way more beloved so Woodcutter was the card to cut.
As a vanilla card it sure doesn't feel like it's something missing. There are other +Messenger again.
+1 Buy cards e.g.