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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Guardian
 |cost = 2
 |set = Nocturne
 |type1 = Night
 |type2 = Duration
 |illustrator = Martin Hoffmann
 |text = At the start of your next turn, +{{Cost|1}}.<br> Until then, when another player plays an Attack card, it doesn't affect you. 
 |text2 = This is gained to your hand (instead of your discard pile).
}}

'''Guardian''' is a [[Night]]-[[Duration]] card from [[Nocturne]].  It's a delayed {{Card|Copper}}, doing nothing when it's played, but giving +{{Cost|1}} at the start of your next turn, and protecting you from all [[Attack]]s in the meantime, like {{Card|Lighthouse}}.  It's also conveniently gained to your hand, so it can be played immediately.
== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* Since Night is after the Buy phase, normally you can play this the turn you buy it. 
* When you play Guardian, you are unaffected by Attack cards other players play between then and your next turn (even if you want one to affect you). 
* Guardian does not prevent you from using [[Reaction]]s when other players play Attacks.
=== Other rules clarifications ===
* If you gain this onto your deck (with e.g. {{Card|Armory}}), you didn't gain it to your discard pile, so Guardian's ability doesn't trigger and it stays on your deck.
* This protects you for the rest of the turn when you play it. So if after playing a Guardian, you gain a {{Card|Duchy}} with Vampire, this will protect you from another player's {{Card|Black Cat}}.
* This offers no protection during your next turn. This means that on the turn after you play a Guardian, you can still get attacked by another player's {{Card|Black Cat}}.

== Strategy ==

Probably an excellent investment in games full of attack cards. Do be mindful that having a hand full of 5 Guardians will probably only benifit you on your next turn.

== Versions ==
=== English versions ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|GuardianOld|Guardian}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1|o=1}} || Until your next turn, when another player plays an Attack card, it doesn't affect you. At the start of your next turn, {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}.}}{{Divline}}This is gained to your hand (instead of your discard pile). || Nocturne || November 2017
|-
|  || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1||Guardian from Temple Gates Games}} || At the start of your next turn, {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}.}} Until then, when another player plays an Attack card, it doesn't affect you. {{Divline}}This is gained to your hand (instead of your discard pile). || || [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21326.0 June&nbsp;29&#44;&nbsp;2022]
|}

=== Other language versions ===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!Chinese
| 守衛<br>(pron. ''shǒuwèi'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| 直到你的下回合開始以前，其他玩家的攻擊卡都不會影響到你，在你下個回合開始的時候{{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}。}}{{Divline}}獲得此卡時直接將此卡放入你手中，而不是棄牌堆。 || 
|-
!Dutch
| Beschermer || || || || 
|-
!French
| Gardienne || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| Jusqu'à votre prochain tour, quand un adversaire joue une carte Attaque, vous n'en subissez pas les effets. Au début de votre prochain tour, {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}.}}{{Divline}}Cette carte est reçue en main (et non dans la défausse). || 
|-
!rowspan=2|German
| Wächterin<br>(Note: explicitly feminine) || {{CardVersionImage|GuardianGerman|German language Guardian 2017 by ASS}} || || Bis zu deinem nächsten Zug: Wenn ein anderer Spieler eine Angriffskarte ausspielt, betrifft sie dich nicht. Zu Beginn deines nächsten Zuges: {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}.}}{{Divline}}Diese Karte wird auf die Hand genommen (anstatt auf den Ablagestapel). || (2017)
|-
| Wächterin<br>(Note: explicitly feminine) || || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || Zu Beginn deines nächsten Zuges: {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}.}}<br> Bis dahin: Wenn ein Mitspieler eine Angriffskarte spielt, betrifft jene dich nicht.{{Divline}}Diese Karte wird auf die Hand genommen (anstatt auf den Ablagestapel). || 
|-
!Japanese
| 守護者<br>(pron. ''shugosha'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| あなたの次のターンの開始時まで、他のプレイヤーがアタックカードを使用するとき、その影響を受けない。あなたの次のターンの開始時に、{{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}。}}{{Divline}}このカードは、捨て札置き場ではなく、手札に獲得する。 || 
|-
!Polish
| Obrońca || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || Do twojej następnej tury, ilekroć inny gracz zagra kartę Ataku, nie ma ona na ciebie wpływu. Na początku twojej następnej tury: +{{Cost|1}}.{{divline}}Tę kartę dodaje się na rękę (a nie na stos kart odrzuconych).||
|-
!Russian
| Страж (pron. ''strazh'') || || || || 
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:GuardianArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=Early on the set had a [[Village (card category)|village]] that went into your next hand. [[Ghost Town#Secret History|I just told you about that]]. It was great so I thought I should try a second card like that, and the obvious concept was a {{Card|Moat}}. At first it was a pure [[Reaction]] that was set aside for your next hand when you got it, and came with a {{Card|Gold}}; then the Gold idea went on {{Card|Skulk}}, and Guardian changed to be a Night card that gave you a [[Boon]] next turn, and went to your hand when gained. The Boon was too slow (since playing Guardian doesn't use up an [[Action]]), so now it just gives you +{{Cost|1}}.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=17955.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Nocturne]
}}
=== Retrospective ===
{{Quote
|Text={{Card|Lighthouse}} I think is too strong for a {{Card|Moat}}. It's just too easy to absorb into your deck. Guardian is hoping to be weaker than that (and was hoping not to resemble {{Card|Lighthouse}} as much, but what can you do).
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/373960155169161227/388977020094251011 Dominion Discord, 2017]
}}
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