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− | {{ | + | {{Infobox Card |
− | + | |name = Wishing Well | |
− | + | |cost = 3 | |
− | + | |kingdom = Yes | |
− | + | |type1 = Action | |
− | + | |illustrator = Ryan Laukat | |
− | + | |text = '''+1 Card'''<br/>'''+1 Action'''<br/>Name a card, then reveal the top card of your deck. If you named it, put it into your hand. | |
}} | }} | ||
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+ | '''Wishing Well''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Intrigue]]. It is a [[cantrip]] since it always gives +1 Card/+1 action, and can be as good as a {{Card|Laboratory}} if you guess what's on top of your deck. Thus, it rewards [[deck tracking|tracking]] what's left in your deck. | ||
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
=== Official FAQ === | === Official FAQ === | ||
− | + | * First you draw a card and get +1 Action. | |
+ | * Then name a card - a name, not a type, so e.g. "{{Card|Copper}}," not "[[Treasure]]." | ||
+ | * Reveal the top card of your deck. If it has the name you named, put it into your hand, otherwise leave it on your deck. | ||
=== Other Rules clarifications === | === Other Rules clarifications === | ||
− | == Strategy | + | == Strategy == |
− | + | Wishing Well is a [[cantrip]] that lets you draw an additional card if you can correctly predict its identity. In the best case, where you can guarantee knowledge of this card, Wishing Well is equivalent to a cheaper {{Card|Laboratory}}; even if you can't guarantee a correct wish, you can often make an educated guess, meaning that some of your Wishing Wells will still act as [[non-terminal draw]]. | |
− | Wishing Well | + | Guaranteeing a draw with Wishing Well requires specific circumstances, since most effects that inspect or manipulate the top of your deck (e.g. {{Card|Watchtower}}) only leave you with information about the single top card, which will be drawn by Wishing Well’s cantrip effect. However, there are several interactions that can enable such a guarantee. A strong type of synergy involves cards which can reveal the order of multiple cards on top of your deck, such as {{Card|Cartographer}}, {{Card|Apothecary}}, and {{Card|Seer}}. {{Card|Secret Passage}} provides a weaker overall pairing, but it does allow you to reliably place a known card in the right position to name for Wishing Well. Finally, when you play Wishing Well with only two cards left in your deck, it is always possible to name the last one if you have kept close track of your deck's contents. |
− | + | If you don't know which card is next in your deck, you need to consider both the probability of each possible card and the impact that drawing that card would have on your current turn when deciding what to wish for. Diligent [[Glossary#D|deck tracking]] is very helpful in this regard. In the absence of support to help inform your wish, it's often best to simply maximize your chances of drawing any card at all; this is usually easiest to achieve when there are fewer cards remaining in your deck (meaning that it's best to play Wishing Well after your other draw cards) and there is a clear-cut most common card within those remaining cards. In the early game, this is likely to be {{Card|Copper}}, but if you are building an [[engine]] where Wishing Well is an important source of [[draw]], often the most likely card subsequently becomes Wishing Well itself. As you add [[payload]] or start [[greening]], Wishing Well tends to lose value as your deck increasingly lacks a clear majority of any particular card. If there is no clear most likely card, or that card would not be very helpful for your current turn, an alternative, higher variance approach to selecting your wish is to wish for the card you most want to find. This most commonly involves naming a specific card that you need in order to continue drawing (e.g. a [[village (card category)|village]] or draw card) or to reach a specific price point when a small amount of {{Cost}} is missing. While this approach may often fail, the difference between essentially [[cycling]] past a useless card and having a strong turn can be great enough to take the risk. | |
− | + | In a few situations, it may be desirable to intentionally wish incorrectly, e.g. to avoid a [[reshuffle]] or to leave an important card such as a village on top for your next turn. Unintentionally wishing incorrectly can also occasionally produce a useful side effect in the form of an interaction with a card like {{Card|Lookout}} or {{Card|Chariot Race}}, which can benefit from Wishing Well having revealed the top card of your deck without drawing it. | |
− | + | ===External strategy articles=== | |
+ | ''Note: Article(s) below are by individual authors and may not represent the community's current views on cards, but may provide more in-depth information or give historical perspective. Caveat emptor.'' | ||
+ | * [http://dominionstrategy.com/2010/12/07/intrigue-wishing-well/ theory's 2010 article] | ||
− | + | == Versions == | |
+ | ===English versions=== | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ||
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+ | | {{CardLangVersionImage|o=1}} || {{CardLangVersionImage||Wishing Well from Goko/Making Fun|d=1|o=1}} || '''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''<br>Name a card. Reveal the top card of your deck. If it's the named card, put it into your hand. || Intrigue || July 2009 | ||
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+ | | {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || '''+1 Card<br>+1 Action'''<br>Name a card, then reveal the top card of your deck. If you named it, put it into your hand. || Intrigue [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || October 2016 | ||
+ | |} | ||
− | + | ===Other language versions=== | |
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
+ | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Chinese | ||
+ | | 許願井 (pron. ''xǔyuànjǐng'') || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Czech | ||
+ | | Studna přání || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Dutch | ||
+ | | Wensput || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || || '''+1 Kaart<br>+1 Actie'''<br>Noem een kaart. Toon de bovenste kaart van je trekstapel. Als het de genoemde kaart is: neem de kaart in je hand. || Eerste editie<br>(2009) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Finnish | ||
+ | | Toivomuskaivo || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !French | ||
+ | | Puits aux souhaits || || || || | ||
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+ | !German | ||
+ | | Wunschbrunnen || {{CardVersionImage|Wishing WellGerman2021rulebook|German language Wishing Well 2021 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|Wishing WellGerman2021Digital|German language Wishing Well 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Karte<br>+1 Aktion'''<br>Nenne eine Karte, dann decke die oberste Karte deines Nachziehstapels auf. Ist es die genannte, nimm sie auf deine Hand. || 2. Edition<br>(2021) | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Hungarian | ||
+ | | Kívánságok kútja || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Italian | ||
+ | | Pozzo dei Desideri || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Japanese | ||
+ | | 願いの井戸<br>(pron. ''negai no ido'') || || || '''+1 カードを引く'''<br>'''+1 アクション'''<br>カード1枚を指定し、山札の一番上のカードを公開する。公開したカードを指定していた場合、手札に加える。|| | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Korean | ||
+ | | 소원의 우물 (pron. ''sowon-ui umul'') || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Norwegian | ||
+ | | Ønskebrønn || || || || | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !Polish | ||
+ | | Studnia życzeń || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || '''+1 karta<br>+1 akcja'''<br>Podaj nazwę karty. Odkryj wierzchnią kartę swojej talii. Jeśli wskazałeś właściwą kartę, weź ją na rękę. || (2016) | ||
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+ | !Russian | ||
+ | | Колодец Желаний<br>(pron. ''kolodyets zhyelaniy'') || || {{CardLangVersionImage|Russian|d=1}} || '''+1 Карта<br>+1 Действие'''<br>Назовите карту и раскройте верхнюю карту вашей колоды. Если вы раскрыли названную карту, то положите её в руку. || | ||
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+ | !rowspan=2|Spanish | ||
+ | | Pozo de los Deseos || {{CardLangVersionImage|Spanish|o=1}} || || '''+1 Carta<br>+1 Acción'''<br>Nombra una carta.<br>Revela la carta superior de tu mazo. Si se trata de la carta nombrada, ponla en tu mano. || First Edition<br>(2009) | ||
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+ | | Pozo de los Deseos || {{CardLangVersionImage|Spanish}} || || '''+1 Carta<br>+1 Acción'''<br>Nombra una carta y, seguidamente, revela la carta superior de tu mazo. Si se trata de la carta nombrada, ponla en tu mano. || Second Edition<br>(2016) | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
+ | [[Image:Wishing_WellArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]] | ||
=== Secret History === | === Secret History === | ||
− | + | {{Quote|Text=Taken from the original 3rd set. I don't remember why I moved this here, but I do like it here.|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |
− | + | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=116.0 The Secret History of the Intrigue Cards]}} | |
+ | === Further comments from Donald X. === | ||
+ | {{Quote|Text= She's a well wisher and she wishes you well. The big trick is to wish for what you want, instead of always your most common card. I mean sometimes you should just wish for your most common card, but, not always. I get it a fair amount, but I guess we're nearing the middle, and the top will be crazy cards. A lot of the obvious combos don't actually work, so eventually I made {{Card|Mystic}}, where they did work, and then finally {{Card|Secret Passage}}, which actually works with it. | ||
+ | | Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
+ | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=18150.msg741757#msg741757 $3 Cost Card Rankings Bottom Half] | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Navbox Intrigue}} | ||
{{Navbox Cards}} | {{Navbox Cards}} | ||
+ | [[category:non-terminals]] | ||
+ | [[category:cantrip]] | ||
+ | [[category:draw]] | ||
+ | [[category:variable draw]] |
Latest revision as of 11:50, 25 December 2023
Wishing Well | |
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Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Intrigue |
Illustrator(s) | Ryan Laukat |
Card text | |
+1 Card +1 Action Name a card, then reveal the top card of your deck. If you named it, put it into your hand. |
Wishing Well is an Action card from Intrigue. It is a cantrip since it always gives +1 Card/+1 action, and can be as good as a Laboratory if you guess what's on top of your deck. Thus, it rewards tracking what's left in your deck.
Contents |
[edit] FAQ
[edit] Official FAQ
- First you draw a card and get +1 Action.
- Then name a card - a name, not a type, so e.g. "Copper," not "Treasure."
- Reveal the top card of your deck. If it has the name you named, put it into your hand, otherwise leave it on your deck.
[edit] Other Rules clarifications
[edit] Strategy
Wishing Well is a cantrip that lets you draw an additional card if you can correctly predict its identity. In the best case, where you can guarantee knowledge of this card, Wishing Well is equivalent to a cheaper Laboratory; even if you can't guarantee a correct wish, you can often make an educated guess, meaning that some of your Wishing Wells will still act as non-terminal draw.
Guaranteeing a draw with Wishing Well requires specific circumstances, since most effects that inspect or manipulate the top of your deck (e.g. Watchtower) only leave you with information about the single top card, which will be drawn by Wishing Well’s cantrip effect. However, there are several interactions that can enable such a guarantee. A strong type of synergy involves cards which can reveal the order of multiple cards on top of your deck, such as Cartographer, Apothecary, and Seer. Secret Passage provides a weaker overall pairing, but it does allow you to reliably place a known card in the right position to name for Wishing Well. Finally, when you play Wishing Well with only two cards left in your deck, it is always possible to name the last one if you have kept close track of your deck's contents.
If you don't know which card is next in your deck, you need to consider both the probability of each possible card and the impact that drawing that card would have on your current turn when deciding what to wish for. Diligent deck tracking is very helpful in this regard. In the absence of support to help inform your wish, it's often best to simply maximize your chances of drawing any card at all; this is usually easiest to achieve when there are fewer cards remaining in your deck (meaning that it's best to play Wishing Well after your other draw cards) and there is a clear-cut most common card within those remaining cards. In the early game, this is likely to be Copper, but if you are building an engine where Wishing Well is an important source of draw, often the most likely card subsequently becomes Wishing Well itself. As you add payload or start greening, Wishing Well tends to lose value as your deck increasingly lacks a clear majority of any particular card. If there is no clear most likely card, or that card would not be very helpful for your current turn, an alternative, higher variance approach to selecting your wish is to wish for the card you most want to find. This most commonly involves naming a specific card that you need in order to continue drawing (e.g. a village or draw card) or to reach a specific price point when a small amount of is missing. While this approach may often fail, the difference between essentially cycling past a useless card and having a strong turn can be great enough to take the risk.
In a few situations, it may be desirable to intentionally wish incorrectly, e.g. to avoid a reshuffle or to leave an important card such as a village on top for your next turn. Unintentionally wishing incorrectly can also occasionally produce a useful side effect in the form of an interaction with a card like Lookout or Chariot Race, which can benefit from Wishing Well having revealed the top card of your deck without drawing it.
[edit] External strategy articles
Note: Article(s) below are by individual authors and may not represent the community's current views on cards, but may provide more in-depth information or give historical perspective. Caveat emptor.
[edit] Versions
[edit] English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+1 Card +1 Action Name a card. Reveal the top card of your deck. If it's the named card, put it into your hand. |
Intrigue | July 2009 | ||
+1 Card +1 Action Name a card, then reveal the top card of your deck. If you named it, put it into your hand. |
Intrigue 2nd Edition | October 2016 |
[edit] Other language versions
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Secret History
[edit] Further comments from Donald X.