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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Berserker
 |cost = 5
 |type1 = Action
 |type2 = Attack
 |illustrator = Julien Delval
 |text = Gain a card costing less than this. Each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand.
 |text2 = When you gain this, if you have an Action in play, play this.
}}

'''Berserker''' is an [[Action]]-[[Attack]] card from {{Set|Hinterlands|ed=2}}. It is a [[gainer]] and a [[handsize attack]] that can be played immediately when you gain it if you already have another Action card in play. 

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* When you gain a Berserker, if you have an Action card [[in play]], you play the Berserker; this means it will go into play, and you'll gain a cheaper card and then the other players will discard down to 3 cards in hand.
* They can still use cards like {{Card|Moat}} then.
* If you gain a Berserker with no Actions in play, however, you don't play it.
=== Other Rules clarifications ===
* If you gain and play this with {{Project|Innovation}}, Berserker [[Stop-Moving rule|loses track]] of itself, so Berserker telling you to play it will fail.
* If you have no Actions in play, but gaining this causes you to put an Action in play (e.g. you react with {{Card|Sheepdog}}, or call a {{Card|Duplicate}}), that will let you play the Berserker.
* If you gain this on another player's turn (e.g. their {{Card|Barbarian}} trashes your {{Card|Border Village}}), and you have an Action in play (most likely a [[Duration]] card), you can play the Berserker and attack them during their own turn. You'll discard the Berserker from play during their Clean-up.
* If you played 5 {{Card|Highway}}s, Berserker will cost {{Cost|0}}, so it'll fail to gain a card.
* If another player would draw cards from you gaining the cheaper card (e.g. they played a {{Card|Monkey}}), Berserker will force them to discard afterwards. This is in contrast to {{Card|Skirmisher}}, which attacks the other players before they draw cards from {{Card|Monkey}}.
* If you have an Action in play, playing the Berserker is mandatory.
** However, if you gain a Berserker to your hand (e.g. with {{Card|Artisan}}), the Berserker will be played from your hand, meaning it may get stopped by {{Card|Voyage}} or {{Card|Warlord}}.

== Strategy ==

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || Gain a card costing less than this. Each other player discards down to 3&nbsp;cards in hand.{{divline}}When you gain this, if you have an Action in play, play this. || Hinterlands (Second Edition) || July 2022
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!German 
| Berserker || || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || Nimm eine Karte, die weniger kostet als diese. Jeder Mitspieler legt seine Handkarten bis auf&nbsp;3 ab.{{Divline}}Wenn du diese Karte nimmst: Falls du eine Aktionskarte im Spiel hast, spiele diese Karte. ||
|}

== Trivia ==
{{OfficialArt}}

The art depicts developer Dale Yu. He was previously depicted on {{Card|Navigator}}, which was [[removed]].

=== Preview ===
{{Quote|Text={{Card|Noble Brigand}} is a fixed {{Card|Thief}}, and yet still too weak. {{Card|Bandit}} turns out to be the actual fixed Thief.
<p>Berserker is another Attack that attacks right away. But the Attack is more meaningful, and it comes with more stuff.</p>
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21321.msg893885#msg893885 Hinterlands 2E Preview 3]
}}
=== Secret History ===
Donald X. posted a screenshot of some of the outtakes on Discord [https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/936246610961260594/991756626853892126].
{{Quote|Text=
We tested over 26 Berserkers. Man. I don't know the exact count because some variants we tried without me printing them out. Most could attack when gained. Some were {{Card|Knights|Knight}}-family, some {{Card|Militia}}-family. There were several issues that repeatedly came up, that wanted to be addressed: it should be played when gained, not just attack, so that {{Card|Moat|Moats}} would work against it; it should have no way to wreck an opening {{Split|5|2}}; the resources should be useful when gained, without stepping on {{Card|Nomads}}; the text should fit on the card. And I mean, ideally it should be fun and not wreck the game and all that. 26+ tries, attacks are hard, and the when-gain trigger made it harder.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21323.msg893930#msg893930 The Secret History of Hinterlands 2E]
}}
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