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Overlord | |
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Type(s) | Action - Command |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Empires |
Illustrator(s) | Elisa Cella |
Card text | |
Play a non-Command Action card from the Supply costing up to , leaving it there. |
Overlord is an Action-Command card from Empires. It copies the effects of another Action in the Supply that you choose, and is a Debt card.
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FAQ
Unofficial FAQ for Current Version
- When you play this, you pick a non-Command Action card from the Supply that costs up to , and play it.
- The Action card stays in the Supply; it does not move to the play area and if an effect tries to move it, such as Encampment returning to the Supply, it will fail to move it.
- Normally this will just mean that you follow the instructions on the card you picked.
- For example, with Village in the Supply, you could have the Overlord play the Village and get +1 Card and +2 Actions.
- If you have an Overlord play a Duration card, or 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 pick what to play with it each time; the choices can be different.
- Overlord can only play a visible card in the Supply, and the top card of a pile; it cannot play a card from an empty pile, or a card that has not been uncovered from a split pile, or a card from a split pile that has been bought out, or a non-Supply card (like Mercenary from Dominion: Dark Ages).
- Overlord cannot play a Crown during a Buy phase, since normally Overlord itself is not a Treasure and so cannot normally be played in Buy phases.
Other Rules clarifications
- Overlord is an Emulator, so see the tracking rules there for interactions with Durations.
- Overlord plays similarly to Band of Misfits, so see the other rules clarifications there.
FAQ for Prior Version
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
- Overlord plays similarly to Band of Misfits, so see the other rules clarifications there.
- If you play Overlord as Band of Misfits, you will play it as an Action costing less than what Overlord costs, which will normally be when played as Band of Misfits. However, it is possible to play Overlord as Band of Misfits without putting Overlord into play, and so it reverts to being Overlord which costs Necromancer and play an Overlord from the trash as a Band of Misfits, you will play it as an Action in the Supply costing less than , such as Engineer or Ruined Village. ; for example if you play
Strategy
Antisynergies
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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Play this as if it were an Action card in the Supply costing up to . This is that card until it leaves play. | Empires | June 2016 | ||
Play an Action card from the Supply costing up to , leaving it there. | Dominion 2019 Errata and Rules Tweaks | September 24, 2019 | ||
Play a non-Command Action card from the Supply costing up to , leaving it there. | October 10, 2019 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Secret History
Around when I found the good forms of Royal Blacksmith and City Quarter, I thought of trying a bigger Band of Misfits with . It was preceded by related cards - Trash a non-Treasure, gain an Action for up to and play it; then +1 Action, gain an Action for up to / and play it. Gaining the card is so much simpler but just madly rushes the game end. Overlord costs but doesn't obviously lock itself out from being worthwhile turn one; somehow it all works out here.