Soothsayer
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* Finnish: Manaaja (lit. ''exorcist'') | * Finnish: Manaaja (lit. ''exorcist'') | ||
* French: Devin | * French: Devin | ||
− | * German: Wahrsager | + | * German: Wahrsager <sup>1st run</sup> / Wahrsagerin <sup>2nd run</sup> |
** Note: though the card art depicts a woman, the feminine ''Wahrsagerin'' was already used for {{Card|Fortune Teller}} | ** Note: though the card art depicts a woman, the feminine ''Wahrsagerin'' was already used for {{Card|Fortune Teller}} | ||
* Japanese: 預言者 (pron. ''yogen-sha'', lit. ''prophet'') | * Japanese: 預言者 (pron. ''yogen-sha'', lit. ''prophet'') |
Revision as of 11:18, 16 April 2016
Soothsayer | |
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Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action - Attack |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Guilds |
Illustrator(s) | Alayna Lemmer |
Card text | |
Gain a Gold. Each other player gains a Curse. Each player who did draws a card. |
Soothsayer is an Action–Attack card from Guilds. It is a curser whose attack is mitigated by increasing the handsize of anyone who receives a Curse.
Contents |
FAQ
Official FAQ
- The Gold and Curses come from the Supply and go into discard piles. If there is no Gold left, you do not gain one. If there are not enough Curses left to go around, deal them out in turn order, starting with the player to your left.
- Each player who gained a Curse draws a card. This is not optional.
- A player who did not gain a Curse, whether due to the Curses running out or due to some other reason, does not draw a card.
- A player who uses Watchtower (from Dominion: Prosperity) to trash the Curse did gain a Curse and so draws a card; a player who uses Trader (from Dominion: Hinterlands) to gain a Silver instead did not gain a Curse and so does not draw a card.
Strategy Article
See here for a discussion about Soothsayer.
Synergies
- Venture
- Big Money
- Remodel, Salvager, Expand, or other trash for benefit cards that really like Gold.
Antisynergies
- Opponent's Trashers
- Opponent's Warehouses or other handsize-dependent sifters
Alternate versions
Digital version for Dominion Online
Trivia
It is notable in being the only Curser card that does not reflect the theme of its expansion.
In other languages
- Dutch: Helderziende
- Finnish: Manaaja (lit. exorcist)
- French: Devin
- German: Wahrsager 1st run / Wahrsagerin 2nd run
- Note: though the card art depicts a woman, the feminine Wahrsagerin was already used for Fortune Teller
- Japanese: 預言者 (pron. yogen-sha, lit. prophet)
- Korean: 예언자 (pron. yeeonja, lit. prophet)
Secret History
I had tried "gain a Gold, they gain a Curse" in Alchemy, but it was a poor fit for a card with potion in the cost. I tried it out again here with the Council Room penalty. It worked fine, but some people complained about how bad the card got when the Curses ran out. Wei-Hwa suggested having it not give them a card unless they got a Curse, and there you have it.
Retrospective
I'd drop the "who did" on Soothsayer. "Gain a Gold. Each other player gains a Curse and draws a card." The "who did" is there because there were complaints about the card going dead eventually. The apparently tiny amount of simplicity to be gained is worth way more to me than getting rid of the feeling that eventually you will want to stop playing Soothsayer.