Gain

To gain a card is to add it to your deck (that is, all cards you own, rather than just your draw deck). Without specification, gained cards go into your discard pile. The most common way to gain cards is through buying them, though there are other ways, mostly through gainer cards. It is also possible to add cards to your deck without gaining them, via Masquerade or via exchanging a Traveller. Some cards have an effect when they are gained, and a few cards have an effect when another card is gained, or would be gained.
Normally the player does not get to use the card when he gains it, except:

    Silver gained by Trading Post from Intrigue
    Gold or Silver gained by Explorer from Seaside
    The correct named card from your deck gained by Mystic from Dark Ages
    Cards gained by playing Madman from Dark Ages
    Cards gained by playing Advisor from Guilds
    Cards gained by playing Journeyman from Guilds
    Chozen card gained by playing Raze from Adventures
    Card gained by playing Transmogrify from Adventures
    Card gained by playing Patrician from Empires
    Copper gained by playing Settlers from Empires
    Settlers gained by playing Bustling Village from Empires
    Silver gained by Rocks from Empires
    Card gained by playing Chariot Race from Empires
    Villa from Empires 

Official Rules

• When a player gains a card, he takes the gained card (usually from the Supply) and puts it onto his Discard pile (unless the card says to put it elsewhere).
• The player does not get to use the card when he gains it.

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