Courtier

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Courtier
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Intrigue
Illustrator(s)	Claus Stephan
Card text
Reveal a card from your hand. For each type it has (Action, Attack, etc.), choose one: +1 Action; or +1 Buy; or +; or gain a Gold. The choices must be different.

Courtier is an Action card from the second edition of Intrigue. It offers you choices for a variety of effects; and if you have a card in hand with multiple types, you can get more bonuses.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• First reveal a card from your hand, then count the types.
• The types are the words on the bottom line – including Action, Attack, Curse, Reaction, Treasure, and Victory (with more in expansions).
• Then choose one different thing per type the card had; if you revealed a card with two types, you pick two things.
• For example you could reveal a Copper and choose "gain a Gold," or reveal a Mill and choose "+1 Action" and "+."
• If you gain a Gold, put the Gold into your discard pile.

Other Rules clarifications

• If you play Courtier twice, you may reveal either the same card or a different card the second time, and choose the same bonuses or different ones.
• Revealing a card with four types (such as Werewolf or Dame Josephine) gives you all 4 bonuses.
• Capitalism and Inheritance can change the number of types a card has, and Courtier takes than into account when counting types.
• If you reveal a card with 5 types (such as a Stronghold affected by Capitalism), you get the 4 bonuses and nothing extra.
• If you use Elder on Courtier, you get one extra choice, not one extra choice per type. So if you reveal a card with 2 types, you get 3 choices from Courtier.
• If you can't reveal a card (because you have no cards in hand), you get no bonus. This is true even if you play this with Elder.

Strategy

Synergies/Combos

• Cards with many types, such as Dame Josephine or Werewolf.
• Watchtower since Courtier could be use as a non-terminal stop card while you have a Watchtower in your hand.
• Capitalism adds additional treasure type to some cards. Further, Courtiers themselves can then be played without consuming actions.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		Reveal a card from your hand. For each type it has (Action, Attack, etc.), choose one: +1 Action; or +1 Buy; or +; or gain a Gold. The choices must be different.	Intrigue 2nd Edition	October 2016

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Dutch	Makelaar
French	Courtisan
German	Höflinge (lit. courtiers)			Decke eine deiner Handkarten auf. Für jeden Kartentyp (Aktion, Angriff…), den sie hat, wähle eine andere Option: +1 Aktion oder +1 Kauf oder + oder nimm ein Gold.	2. Edition (2021) one or more other versions listed here
Japanese	廷臣 (pron. teishin)			手札1枚を公開する。それが持つ種類 (アクション、アタック等)1つにつき、次のうち1つを選ぶ (異なるものを選ぶ): 「+1 アクション」:「+1 購入」:「+」:「金貨1枚を獲得する」
Russian	Придворный (pron. pridvorny)			Раскройте карту из руки. Для каждого присущего ей типа (Действие, Атака, и т. д.) выберите одно из четырёх: +1 Действие; или +1 Покупка; или +; или получите Золото. Выборы не должны повторяться.

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

I wanted yet another card that was good with Nobles / Harem / Mill. Counting types was a way to trigger off of those cards, but would also work with Attacks, Reactions, Durations, and other things. In a few cases you can get to three, and one card takes you to four (Dame Josephine). To stop it from going crazy when it gets to three, there are two strong options and two weaker ones. All four get used though.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Dominion 2nd Editions