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''' | '''Sorcerer''' is an [[Action]]-[[Attack]]-[[Wizard]] card from [[Allies]]. It is a [[cantrip]] [[curser]], but it only succeeds in handing out {{Card|Curse|Curses}} if your opponents can't guess what the top card of their deck is. This means that playing one Sorcerer will give your opponents protection against additional Sorcerers the same turn, unless you can tamper with their deck in some way in between. | ||
It is part of a [[split pile]] that it shares with the other Wizards: {{card|Student}}, {{card|Conjurer}}, and {{card|Lich}}. | It is part of a [[split pile]] that it shares with the other Wizards: {{card|Student}}, {{card|Conjurer}}, and {{card|Lich}}. | ||
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* So if you play Sorcerer twice in a turn, they will probably know the card for the 2nd play. | * So if you play Sorcerer twice in a turn, they will probably know the card for the 2nd play. | ||
=== Other Rules clarifications === | === Other Rules clarifications === | ||
* If a player has no cards in their deck or discard pile, they do not gain a {{Card|Curse}}. | |||
== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
===External strategy articles=== | ===External strategy articles=== | ||
== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
===English versions=== | ===English versions=== | ||
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| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || '''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''<br>Each other player names a card, then reveals the top card of their deck. If wrong, they gain a Curse. || Allies || March 2022 | |||
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===Other language versions=== | ===Other language versions=== | ||
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! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes | |||
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! Dutch | |||
| Heksenmeester || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=1}} || '''+1 Kaart<br>+1 Actie'''<br>Iedere andere speler noemt een<br>kaart en toont dan de bovenste<br>kaart van zijn trekstapel. Is dat niet<br>de genoemde kaart, dan pakt hij<br>een Vloek. || (2022) | |||
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| Hexenmeister ({{nowrap|lit. ''witches master''}}) || {{CardLangVersionImage|German}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || '''+1 Karte<br>+1 Aktion'''<br>Jeder Mitspieler nennt eine Karte und deckt dann die oberste Karte seines Nachziehstapels auf. Ist es nicht die genannte, nimmt er einen Fluch. || | |||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
{{OfficialArt}} | |||
=== Preview === | === Preview === | ||
{{Quote | {{Quote | ||
|Text=Sorcerer meanwhile is the counterpart to {{Card|Sorceress}}; it makes them play the guessing game instead of you. | |Text=Sorcerer meanwhile is the counterpart to {{Card|Sorceress}}; it makes them play the guessing game instead of you. | ||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21095.0 Allies Preview 4:Recursion]}} | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21095.0 Allies Preview 4:Recursion] | ||
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=== Secret History === | === Secret History === | ||
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|Text= Sorcerer went back and forth on being cumulative or not (via having them discard the card). In the end, not cumulative. | |||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21129.msg888578#msg888578 The Secret History of Dominion: Allies] | |||
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=== Wording === | === Wording === | ||
After people asked if Sorcerer gives out a {{Card|Curse}} if another player has no card to reveal, Donald X. chimed in with this. | After people asked if Sorcerer gives out a {{Card|Curse}} if another player has no card to reveal, Donald X. chimed in with this. | ||
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{{Navbox Allies}} | {{Navbox Allies}} | ||
{{Navbox Cards}} | {{Navbox Cards}} | ||
[[Category:Non-terminals]] | |||
[[Category:Handsize neutral]] | |||
[[Category:Cantrip]] | |||
[[Category:Opponent interaction]] | |||
[[Category:Offense]] | |||
[[Category:Attack]] | |||
[[Category:Junker]] | |||
[[Category:Cursers]] | |||
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| Type(s) | Action - Attack - Wizard |
| Kingdom card? | Yes |
| Set |
Allies |
| Illustrator(s) | Harald Lieske |
| Card text | |
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+1 Card +1 Action Each other player names a card, then reveals the top card of their deck. If wrong, they gain a Curse. | |
Sorcerer is an Action-Attack-Wizard card from Allies. It is a cantrip curser, but it only succeeds in handing out Curses if your opponents can't guess what the top card of their deck is. This means that playing one Sorcerer will give your opponents protection against additional Sorcerers the same turn, unless you can tamper with their deck in some way in between.
It is part of a split pile that it shares with the other Wizards: Student, Conjurer, and Lich.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- Each other player names a card, and reveals the top card of their deck.
- If it doesn't have that name, they gain a Curse.
- Whether or not it does, they return the card to the top of their deck.
- So if you play Sorcerer twice in a turn, they will probably know the card for the 2nd play.
Other Rules clarifications
- If a player has no cards in their deck or discard pile, they do not gain a Curse.
Strategy
External strategy articles
Versions
English versions
| Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 |
+1 Card +1 Action Each other player names a card, then reveals the top card of their deck. If wrong, they gain a Curse. |
Allies | March 2022 |
Other language versions
| Language | Name | Digital | Text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Heksenmeester |  |
+1 Kaart +1 Actie Iedere andere speler noemt een kaart en toont dan de bovenste kaart van zijn trekstapel. Is dat niet de genoemde kaart, dan pakt hij een Vloek. |
(2022) | |
| German | Hexenmeister (lit. witches master) |  |
 |
+1 Karte +1 Aktion Jeder Mitspieler nennt eine Karte und deckt dann die oberste Karte seines Nachziehstapels auf. Ist es nicht die genannte, nimmt er einen Fluch. |
Trivia
Preview
Sorcerer meanwhile is the counterpart to Sorceress; it makes them play the guessing game instead of you.
Secret History
Sorcerer went back and forth on being cumulative or not (via having them discard the card). In the end, not cumulative.
Wording
After people asked if Sorcerer gives out a Curse if another player has no card to reveal, Donald X. chimed in with this.
How people will interpret "wrong" there certainly matters more to me than, man, anything else. I don't care which way it goes, and the card doesn't clarify it, and the FAQ just mildly implies that no card will mean a Curse.
Sorcerer wanted to read well and be understood and it was, hooray, well done. The cards can't be little computer programs; that solves all complaints about unreal situations, at the expense of making the game unplayable. You get to decide, how much do you want friendly understandable wordings vs. ones that are clear in obscure situations. The move is to err on the side of friendly, and live with slightly different abilities sometimes to get both things at once.
Matching Sorceress is compelling. Again the key thing is what human players will think in a game irl, if it ever comes up. Sorceress suggests that they don't get a Curse. It would be "If it's not the named card," and "no card" cannot be compared. For the moment, no Curse.
