Basic cards

A diagram from the official rulebook, highlighting the Base cards in the Supply.

For the main game see Dominion (Base Set) and for the product containing only basic cards see Base Cards.

Basic cards (or Base cards) are those cards in the Supply (or players' starting decks) that are not Kingdom cards. Dominion (published in 2008) introduced Copper, Silver, Gold, Estate, Duchy, Province, and Curse as basic cards, and other expansions have added to their ranks.

Since the publication of the Base Cards pack in 2012, basic Treasure, Victory and Curse cards have had new, individual illustrations.

Cards

Name	Type(s)	Text	Cost	Publication(s)
Copper	Treasure			Dominion (First Edition) Intrigue (First Edition) Big Box I Base Cards Dominion (Second Edition) Big Box II
Silver	Treasure
Gold	Treasure
Estate	Victory	1
Duchy	Victory	3
Province	Victory	6
Curse	Curse	-1
Potion	Treasure			Alchemy Base Cards Big Box I
Platinum	Treasure			Prosperity (First Edition) Big Box I Base Cards Prosperity (Second Edition)
Colony	Victory	10
Ruins	Action-Ruins	various texts		Dark Ages
Shelters	Action-Shelter Reaction-Shelter Victory-Shelter	various texts		Dark Ages
Heirlooms	Treasure-Heirloom Treasure-Victory-Heirloom	various texts	various costs	Nocturne

Base Cards (product)

Base Cards

Info
Type	Base Cards
Icon
Cards	250
Basic	248
Blank Card(s)	1
Other Card(s)	1 Trash pile card
Release	June 2012
Cover artist	Matthias Catrein

The Base Cards were released as their own set in June 2012, including enough cards for up to four players. The set includes all of the base cards released before Dark Ages, with new art for every card in the set. These cards can be added to the base set or Intrigue (First Edition) to play with five or six players, or used to play Dominion with an expansion that does not include base cards.

While the set includes Potion, Alchemy is required for Potion to have a use; and it is recommended to only use Platinum/Colony when playing with Prosperity.

In 2018, the Base Cards were reprinted with the updated formatting used in the Second Edition Base set. This reprint also gave the standalone Base Cards their own unique icon.

Gallery

Original basic cards

Other basic supply piles

Ruins

Shelters

Heirlooms

v . t . e Dominion Card Categories
Attacks	Attack immunity • Curser • Deck inspection attack • Deck order attack • Handsize attack • Junking attack • Trashing attack • Turn-worsening attack
Buy/Money	+Buy • Cost-reducer • Disappearing money • Overpay • Peddler variant • Terminal silver • Virtual coin • Virtual +Buy
Cycling	Deck discarder • Deck inspector • Digging • Discard for benefit • Sifter
Terminality	Cantrip • Non-terminal • Non-terminal draw • Soft terminal • Terminal • Terminal draw • Throne Room variant • Village • Conditional non-terminal
Other	Alt-VP • Basic cards • Duration draw • Command variant • Gainer • Luck-based • Non-Attack interaction • One-shot • Remodeler • Split pile • Top decker • Trasher • Vanilla • Extra turn

v . t . e Dominion Products
Sets	Dominion • Intrigue • Seaside • Alchemy • Prosperity • Cornucopia & Guilds • Hinterlands • Dark Ages • Adventures • Empires • Nocturne • Renaissance • Menagerie • Allies • Plunder • Rising Sun • Promo
Collections	Big Box • Special Edition (German) • Alchemy & Cornucopia (Japanese, German, Dutch)
Accessories	Base Cards • Update Packs • Play Mat • Base Cards Mat • Collectors Case • Dominion Chest
Retired Products	Cornucopia • Guilds

Basic cards

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Base Cards (product)

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