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'''Overlord''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Empires]]. | '''Overlord''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Empires]]. | ||
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
+ | === Official FAQ === | ||
+ | * When you play this, you pick an Action card from the Supply that costs up to {{Cost|5}}, and treat this card as if it were the card you chose. | ||
+ | * Normally this will just mean that you follow the instructions on the card you picked. | ||
+ | * For example, with {{Card|Village}} in the Supply, you could play Overlord as Village and get +1 Card +2 Actions. | ||
+ | * Overlord also gets the chosen card's [[cost]], name, and [[type]]s, until it leaves play. | ||
+ | * If you play Overlord as a card that moves itself somewhere, such as to the [[trash]] or the Supply, Overlord will do that; for example Overlord played as {{Card|Encampment}} will be set aside and return to the Overlord pile at the start of Clean-up. | ||
+ | * If you play Overlord as a [[Duration]] card, or as a {{Card|Throne Room}} on a Duration card, Overlord will stay in play the same way the Duration card or Throne Room would. | ||
+ | * If you play an Overlord multiple times such as via a Throne Room, you will only pick what to play it as the first time; the other times it will be the same thing. | ||
+ | * Once in play, Overlord is the thing it copied, rather than an Overlord; for example {{Landmark|Colonnade}} will produce {{VP}} if you buy a copy of that card, but not if you buy an Overlord. | ||
+ | * Overlord can only be played as a visible card in the Supply, and the top card of a pile; it cannot be played as a card from an empty pile, or as a card that has not been uncovered from a split pile, or as a card from a split pile that has been bought out, or as a non-Supply card (like {{Card|Mercenary}} from [[Dark Ages|Dominion: Dark Ages]]). | ||
+ | * Overlord cannot be played as {{Card|Crown}} during a Buy phase, since Overlord itself is not a [[Treasure]] and so cannot be played in Buy phases. | ||
+ | === Other Rules clarifications === | ||
+ | * See {{Card|Band of Misfits}} for further information about interactions; Overlord plays almost identically to it. | ||
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== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == |
Revision as of 22:08, 6 June 2016
Overlord | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Empires |
Illustrator(s) | Elisa Cella |
Card text | |
Play this as if it were an Action card in the Supply costing up to . This is that card until it leaves play. |
Overlord is an Action card from Empires.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- When you play this, you pick an Action card from the Supply that costs up to , and treat this card as if it were the card you chose.
- Normally this will just mean that you follow the instructions on the card you picked.
- For example, with Village in the Supply, you could play Overlord as Village and get +1 Card +2 Actions.
- Overlord also gets the chosen card's cost, name, and types, until it leaves play.
- If you play Overlord as a card that moves itself somewhere, such as to the trash or the Supply, Overlord will do that; for example Overlord played as Encampment will be set aside and return to the Overlord pile at the start of Clean-up.
- If you play Overlord as a Duration card, or as a Throne Room on a Duration card, Overlord will stay in play the same way the Duration card or Throne Room would.
- If you play an Overlord multiple times such as via a Throne Room, you will only pick what to play it as the first time; the other times it will be the same thing.
- Once in play, Overlord is the thing it copied, rather than an Overlord; for example Colonnade will produce if you buy a copy of that card, but not if you buy an Overlord.
- Overlord can only be played as a visible card in the Supply, and the top card of a pile; it cannot be played as a card from an empty pile, or as a card that has not been uncovered from a split pile, or as a card from a split pile that has been bought out, or as a non-Supply card (like Mercenary from Dominion: Dark Ages).
- Overlord cannot be played as Crown during a Buy phase, since Overlord itself is not a Treasure and so cannot be played in Buy phases.
Other Rules clarifications
- See Band of Misfits for further information about interactions; Overlord plays almost identically to it.