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'''Gaining''' a card adds it to the ones you own by moving it to your [[discard]] pile.
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'''Gaining''' a card adds it to the ones you own, usually by moving it to your [[discard]] pile.
  
 
== Official Rules ==
 
== Official Rules ==
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
Gaining a card is a specific keyword in Dominion. By default, gained cards go onto your discard pile and come from the [[Supply]]. The most common way to gain cards is by [[Buy#Buy_phase|buying]] them; they are gained after being bought. Other ways mainly include through [[gainer]] cards. Some card abilities trigger when a card is gained (e.g. {{Card|Border Village}}) or when another card is gained (e.g. {{Card|Duplicate}}).
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Gaining a card is a specific keyword in Dominion. By default, gained cards go onto your discard pile and come from the [[Supply]]. The most common way to gain cards is by [[Buy#Buy_phase|buying]] them; they are gained after being bought. Other ways mainly include through [[gainer]] cards. Some card abilities trigger when the card is gained (e.g. {{Card|Border Village}}) or when another card is gained (e.g. {{Card|Duplicate}}).
  
 
=== Ownership ===
 
=== Ownership ===
  
Gaining is not the only way to start owning a card. Buying a card, or any ability that moves a card to a location that is yours makes you own the card. You can take ownership of cards without gaining by:
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Gaining is not the only way to start owning a card. Any effect that moves a card to a location that is yours makes you own the card. You can take ownership of cards without gaining by:
 
* Being [[Pass|passed]] them (via {{Card|Masquerade}})
 
* Being [[Pass|passed]] them (via {{Card|Masquerade}})
* [[Exchange|Exchanging]] them (e.g. {{Card|Changeling}}, {{Card|Vampire}}, {{Card|Peasant}})
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* [[Exchange|Exchanging]] something for them (e.g. {{Card|Changeling}}, {{Card|Vampire}}, {{Card|Peasant}})
 
* [[Exile|Exiling]] a card you don't own (e.g. {{Card|Camel Train}})
 
* [[Exile|Exiling]] a card you don't own (e.g. {{Card|Camel Train}})
 
* [[Set aside|Setting aside]] a card you don't own (e.g. {{Event|Inheritance}})
 
* [[Set aside|Setting aside]] a card you don't own (e.g. {{Event|Inheritance}})
  
Note that abilities that trigger when a card is gained (or would be) won't trigger in these cases.
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Abilities that trigger when a card is gained (or would be) won't trigger in these cases.
  
 
=== Gain location ===
 
=== Gain location ===
  
Gaining a card does not normally let you use the card immediately. However, in some cases a gained card may be put into your hand, where it may be used like any other card in your hand. For example:
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By default, a card is gained into your discard pile. Certain cards specify other gain locations, either for themselves or other cards. For example, {{card|Develop}} and {{card|Bureaucrat}} both cause yo to gain cards and put them on top of your deck, rather than in your discard pile; {{card|Nomad Camp}} contains an instruction that when you gain Nomad Camp itself, it goes to your deck.
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If a card is gained directly into your hand, it may be used like any other card in your hand. For example:
  
 
* Any Treasure card gained by {{Card|Mine}} or {{Card|Treasurer}}
 
* Any Treasure card gained by {{Card|Mine}} or {{Card|Treasurer}}
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* {{Card|Silver}} gained by {{Card|Trading Post}} or {{Card|Rocks}}
 
* {{Card|Silver}} gained by {{Card|Trading Post}} or {{Card|Rocks}}
 
* {{Card|Gold}} or Silver gained by {{Card|Explorer}}
 
* {{Card|Gold}} or Silver gained by {{Card|Explorer}}
* Cards gained by calling {{Card|Transmogrify}}
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* Any card gained by {{Card|Artisan}}, {{Card|Cobbler}}, {{card|Transmogrify}}, {{Card|Wish}} or {{Card|Sculptor}}
* Any card gained by {{Card|Artisan}}, {{Card|Cobbler}}, {{Card|Wish}} or {{Card|Sculptor}}
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Some cards gain themselves to your hand:
 
Some cards gain themselves to your hand:
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=== Gaining from ===
 
=== Gaining from ===
By default gained cards come from the Supply. You can't gain a card from somewhere else, such as a [[Supply#Non-Supply|non-Supply]] pile, unless explicitly instructed. Other abilities allow you to gain cards from other locations, such as the [[trash]]. For example:
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By default gained cards come from the Supply. You can't gain a card from somewhere else, such as the [[trash]] or a [[Supply#Non-Supply|non-Supply]] pile, unless explicitly instructed either to gain a card from that location, or to gain a card by name whose home pile isn't in the Supply. For example:
  
 
Gain from trash:
 
Gain from trash:
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=== Who gains ===
 
=== Who gains ===
  
Some cards cause others to gain a card instead of the person playing the card:
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Some cards cause others to gain a card instead of the person playing or otherwise activating the card:
  
* All the [[Curser#Primary_cursers|primary Cursers]]
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* All the [[Cursers]]
* All the [[Curser#Secondary_cursers|secondary Cursers]]
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* Those that [[Trashing_attack|trash with replacement]]: the cards ''{{Card|Saboteur}}'', {{Card|Swindler}}, and the [[Hex]] {{Hex|Locusts}} when other players receive it.
 
* Those that [[Trashing_attack|trash with replacement]]: the cards ''{{Card|Saboteur}}'', {{Card|Swindler}}, and the [[Hex]] {{Hex|Locusts}} when other players receive it.
 
* {{Card|Noble Brigand}}
 
* {{Card|Noble Brigand}}

Revision as of 17:25, 31 March 2021

Gaining a card adds it to the ones you own, usually by moving it to your discard pile.

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Official Rules

"Gain a card" – Take a card from the Supply and put it into your discard pile.

  • Sometimes a card will let you gain a card from a place other than the Supply, but by default gained cards come from the Supply.
  • Sometimes a card will let you gain a card to a location other than your discard pile, but by default all gained cards are put into your discard pile.
  • You do not play a card when you gain it; it just goes to your discard pile.

Other rules clarifications

  • If a card lets you gain a card to a location other than your discard pile, the gained card is put into that location no matter where it would normally go when gained. For example, ArtisanArtisan.jpg lets you gain a Nomad CampNomad Camp.jpg to your hand, even though Nomad Camp is usually gained onto your deck.

Description

Gaining a card is a specific keyword in Dominion. By default, gained cards go onto your discard pile and come from the Supply. The most common way to gain cards is by buying them; they are gained after being bought. Other ways mainly include through gainer cards. Some card abilities trigger when the card is gained (e.g. Border VillageBorder Village.jpg) or when another card is gained (e.g. DuplicateDuplicate.jpg).

Ownership

Gaining is not the only way to start owning a card. Any effect that moves a card to a location that is yours makes you own the card. You can take ownership of cards without gaining by:

Abilities that trigger when a card is gained (or would be) won't trigger in these cases.

Gain location

By default, a card is gained into your discard pile. Certain cards specify other gain locations, either for themselves or other cards. For example, DevelopDevelop.jpg and BureaucratBureaucrat.jpg both cause yo to gain cards and put them on top of your deck, rather than in your discard pile; Nomad CampNomad Camp.jpg contains an instruction that when you gain Nomad Camp itself, it goes to your deck.

If a card is gained directly into your hand, it may be used like any other card in your hand. For example:

Some cards gain themselves to your hand:

Gaining from

By default gained cards come from the Supply. You can't gain a card from somewhere else, such as the trash or a non-Supply pile, unless explicitly instructed either to gain a card from that location, or to gain a card by name whose home pile isn't in the Supply. For example:

Gain from trash:

Gain from non-Supply pile:

Who gains

Some cards cause others to gain a card instead of the person playing or otherwise activating the card:



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