Bandit

Bandit
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Attack
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Base
Illustrator(s)	Julien Delval
Card text
Gain a Gold. Each other player reveals the top 2 cards of their deck, trashes a revealed Treasure other than Copper, and discards the rest.

Bandit is an Action–Attack card from the second edition of the base set. It is a trashing attack that targets your opponent's Treasure cards and gives you free Gold.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• First you gain a Gold from the Supply, putting it into your discard pile.
• Then each other player, in turn order, reveals their top 2 cards, trashes one they choose that is a Treasure other than Copper (e.g. Silver or Gold), and discards the other revealed cards.
• A player who did not reveal a Treasure card other than Copper simply discards both cards.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date	Notes
		Gain a Gold. Each other player reveals the top 2 cards of their deck, trashes a revealed Treasure other than Copper, and discards the rest.	Dominion 2nd Edition	October 2016	This card replaces Thief.

Other language versions

Print	Language	Name	Text	Release	Date
	German	Banditin (Note: explicitly feminine)
	Japanese	山賊 (pron. sanzoku)
	Russian	Бандит (pron. bandit)

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

This of course replaces Thief. You gain a Gold so that it's always doing something useful. It doesn't trash Coppers, so it both doesn't have that huge penalty, and can't threaten new players with eating all of their Treasures.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Dominion 2nd Editions