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{{Infobox Card
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  |name = Courier
  |name = Courier
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  |type1 = Action
  |type1 = Action
  |illustrator = Julien Delval
  |illustrator = Julien Delval
  |text = +{{cost|1|1}}<br>Discard the top card of your deck. Look through your discard pile; you may play an Action or Treasure from it.
  |text = +{{Cost|1}}<br>Discard the top card of your deck. Look through your discard pile; you may play an Action or Treasure from it.
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=== Official FAQ ===
=== Official FAQ ===
* First discard your top card, shuffling if needed. Then look through your discard pile, and you may play an Action or Treasure from it.
* First discard your top card, shuffling if needed. Then look through your discard pile, and you may play an Action or Treasure from it.
=== Other rules clarifications ===
* You resolve any effects from discarding the top card of your deck before you look through your discard pile. So if this discards a {{Card|Tunnel}}, you can play the {{Card|Gold}} that you gained from it.
* If you have an empty discard pile after discarding the top card of your deck (e.g. you discard a {{Card|Village Green}}, play it, and that makes you shuffle), you can't play any card.


== Strategy ==
== Strategy ==
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| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || +{{cost|1|1}}<br>Discard the top card of your deck. Look through your discard pile; you may play an Action or Treasure from it. || Allies || March 2022
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || +{{Cost|1}}<br>Discard the top card of your deck. Look through your discard pile; you may play an Action or Treasure from it. || Allies || March 2022
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! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
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! German !!  !! {{CardLangVersionImage|German}} !! {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} !!  !!
| Renbode || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=1}} || +{{Coin|1}}<br>Leg de bovenste kaart van je<br>trekstapel af. Zoek door je<br>aflegstapel; je mag er 1 actie- of<br>geldkaart uit spelen. || (2022)
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| Botin || {{CardLangVersionImage|German}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || +{{Cost|1}}<br>Lege die oberste Karte deines Nachziehstapels ab. Sieh deinen Ablagestapel durch; du darfst eine Aktions- oder Geldkarte daraus spielen. ||
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|Text=Courier is the {{Card|Peddler}} version of {{Card|Mountain Village}}, and [[discard]]s a card to help itself out.
|Text=Courier is the {{Card|Peddler}} version of {{Card|Mountain Village}}, and [[discard]]s a card to help itself out.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21099.0 Allies Preview 5:More cards]}}
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21099.0 Allies Preview 5: More cards]
 
}}
=== Secret History ===
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote|Text=
Originally you discarded 3 cards, then played something from your discard pile. This was nuts. You just desperately want all of the Couriers. Kevin White demonstrated this, and I scaled it back. |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21129.msg888578#msg888578 The Secret History of Dominion: Allies]
}}
=== Name ===
{{Quote|Text=
I felt free to put "Courier" into the main set where {{Card|Harbinger}} is (and it took me until making {{Set|Allies}} to bother reprinting my Couriers as {{Card|Harbinger|Harbingers}}). There was enough anti-that sentiment that I didn't at the time, but I knew its day would come.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg888589#msg888589 Interview with Donald X.]
}}
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{{Navbox Allies}}
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Courier
Info
Cost $4
Type(s) Action
Kingdom card? Yes
Set Allies
Illustrator(s) Julien Delval
Card text
+$1
Discard the top card of your deck. Look through your discard pile; you may play an Action or Treasure from it.

Courier is an Action card from Allies. It allows you to play a Treasure or Action card from your discard pile.

FAQ

Official FAQ

  • First discard your top card, shuffling if needed. Then look through your discard pile, and you may play an Action or Treasure from it.

Other rules clarifications

  • You resolve any effects from discarding the top card of your deck before you look through your discard pile. So if this discards a Tunnel, you can play the Gold that you gained from it.
  • If you have an empty discard pile after discarding the top card of your deck (e.g. you discard a Village Green, play it, and that makes you shuffle), you can't play any card.

Strategy

External strategy articles

Versions

English versions

Print Digital Text Release Date
Courier Courier from Shuffle iT +$1
Discard the top card of your deck. Look through your discard pile; you may play an Action or Treasure from it.		 Allies March 2022

Other language versions

Language Name Print Digital Text Notes
Dutch Renbode Dutch language Courier +$1
Leg de bovenste kaart van je
trekstapel af. Zoek door je
aflegstapel; je mag er 1 actie- of
geldkaart uit spelen.		 (2022)
German Botin German language Courier German language Courier from Shuffle iT +$1
Lege die oberste Karte deines Nachziehstapels ab. Sieh deinen Ablagestapel durch; du darfst eine Aktions- oder Geldkarte daraus spielen.

Trivia

Official card art.

Preview

Courier is the Peddler version of Mountain Village, and discards a card to help itself out.
—Donald X. Vaccarino, Allies Preview 5: More cards

Secret History

Originally you discarded 3 cards, then played something from your discard pile. This was nuts. You just desperately want all of the Couriers. Kevin White demonstrated this, and I scaled it back.
—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Dominion: Allies

Name

I felt free to put "Courier" into the main set where Harbinger is (and it took me until making Allies to bother reprinting my Couriers as Harbingers). There was enough anti-that sentiment that I didn't at the time, but I knew its day would come.
—Donald X. Vaccarino, Interview with Donald X.


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