Editing Lackeys

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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Lackeys
 |cost = 2
 |set = Renaissance
 |type1 = Action
 |illustrator = Grant Hansen
 |text = '''+2 Cards'''
 |text2 = When you gain this, '''+2 Villagers'''.
}}

'''Lackeys''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Renaissance]]. It is [[terminal draw]] that comes with 2 [[Villager]]s.

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* Playing this gives +2 Cards; gaining it gives +2 Villagers.

== Strategy ==
The Villagers that Lackeys provides are very powerful. Like {{Card|Silk Merchant}}, it is a strong opening card. Drawing Lackeys on turn 3 or turn 4 guarantees that your other opening buy doesn't miss the reshuffle, and the Villagers guarantees that you can play it. The power of Lackeys is mostly on the Villagers, not the +2 Cards. Trashers to remove excess Lackeys, or ways to make Lackeys non-terminal (like {{Event|Lost Arts}} or certain [[Way]]s), can make it better to buy Lackeys more aggressively.

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+2 Cards'''<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">When you gain this, '''+2&nbsp;Villagers'''. || Renaissance || November 2018 
|}

===Other language versions===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!Chinese
| 奴才 (pron. ''núcái'') || || || ||
|-
!Dutch
| Kamerbedienden || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || || '''+2 Kaarten'''{{Divline}}Als je deze kaart pakt, '''+2 Dorpsbewoners.''' ||
|-
!French
| Laquais || || {{CardVersionImage|LackeysFrench2022Digital|French language Lackeys 2022 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+2 Cartes'''{{Divline}}Quand vous recevez cette carte, '''+2&nbsp;Villageois'''. ||
|-
!German
| Diener<br>(lit. ''servants'') || {{CardVersionImage|LackeysGerman|German language Lackeys 2019 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|LackeysGerman2022Digital|German language Lackeys 2022 from Shuffle iT}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+2 Karten'''{{Divline}}Wenn du diese Karte nimmst: '''+2&nbsp;Dorfbewohner'''. || (2019)
|-
!Japanese
| 追従者<br>(pron. ''tsuijūsha'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+2 カードを引く'''{{Divline}}これを獲得するとき、'''+2 村人トークン'''。 ||
|-
!Polish
| Służba || || || || <small>Although Polish version is not released,<br>this name is referred to in Polish Dominion 2E rulebook.</small>
|-
!Russian
| Лакей (pron. ''lakyey'') || || || ||
|-
!Spanish
| Lacayos || {{CardLangVersionImage|Spanish}} || || '''+2 Cartas'''{{Divline}}Cuando ganas esta carta, '''+2 Aldeanos.''' ||
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:LackeysArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=Originally it was +2 Cards, turn over your thing that gets you +1 Action half the time. It went straight from that to the final version.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=19203.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Renaissance]
}}
=== Why does it cost 2? ===
{{Quote
|Text= Lackeys is clearly not strictly better/worse than [{{Card|Experiment}}] though, so that's not an issue. It felt like a {{Cost|2}}, given {{Card|Moat}} and {{Card|Faithful Hound}}; it worked fine at {{Cost|2}}, people did not quit in disgust at {{Cost|5}}/{{Cost|2}} Lackeys openings or some such. It seemed fine to buy them up with +Buys.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=19490.msg787007#msg787007 Re: Let's Discuss Renaissance Cards: Lackeys]
}}
In 2022, after players compared {{Card|Sea Chart}} with Lackeys, Donald X. said this:
{{Quote
|Text= 
In context I was just fighting a classic poor line of reasoning. {{Card|Sea Chart}} was being complained about, and compared to Lackeys. But, as a wise man once said, "No amount of having blown it on Lackeys makes it good to blow it on {{Card|Sea Chart}}, that's how I see it." Comparing something to an overpowered card doesn't tell you how balanced it is. I mean unless it's even more powerful. It's great to be weaker than Lackeys; that's the goal in fact.


I don't think I have any deep insights into Lackeys. Villagers were stronger than they looked. Coffers were too but we caught that. I mean maybe I blew it there somewhere but we did know that Coffers were stronger than they looked. But you know. I haven't done the post-release work on Lackeys to know what it would look like with more time spent on the set. I don't know that charging more is the fix. For casual players it seems fine; experts empty them and I mean it sure looks like I could have done better.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg899651#msg899651 Interview with Donald X.]
}}
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