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| Sjamaan || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=1}} || '''+1 Actie'''<br>+{{Cost|1}}<br>Je mag een kaart uit je hand vernietigen.{{divline}}Aan het begin van je beurt in een spel met deze kaart:<br>pak een kaart die ten hoogste {{Cost|6}} kost uit de stapel "Vernietigde kaarten". || (2023) | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:47, 2 January 2024
Shaman | |
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Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Plunder |
Illustrator(s) | Marcel-André Casasola Merkle |
Card text | |
+1 Action + You may trash a card from your hand. In games using this, at the start of your turn, gain a card from the trash costing up to . |
Shaman is an Action card from Plunder. It is a trasher, but its mere presence in a game also means players are constantly gaining from the Trash. So in a game with Shaman, trashers (including Shaman) in effect become delayed-action junking attacks. Meanwhile, trash-for-benefit effects such as remodelers get more risky, since if you trash a good card for a strong benefit, your opponents might just gain the card you trashed on their next turn!
FAQ
Official FAQ
- In games using Shaman, for the whole game, at the start of each of your turns (including extra turns), you gain a card from the trash costing up to . This is mandatory.
- If there's no such card, you don't gain one.
- This applies even on your first turn (relevant with Necromancer, from Nocturne).
- It applies even if no-one ever gets a Shaman.
- The gained card goes into your discard pile. It's a card you gained, and can trigger things that care about that; for example gaining an Estate would trigger Cage's ability.
Other rules clarifications
- You can order the gaining with other start-of-turn abilities. So if there are 0 cards in the trash, you can:
Strategy
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+1 Action + You may trash a card from your hand. In games using this, at the start of your turn, gain a card from the trash costing up to . |
Plunder | December 2022 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Preview
Cost limit
When asked why the cards Shaman gains from the trash have a maximum cost of Donald X. answered:
,If you trash a good card to Shaman, your opponent (or, the one to your left) can get it; we always enjoyed that. It's no accident.
It's possible it could have been allowed to [gain] trash[ed] Provinces; since I didn't test that, I don't know. But it sounds bad.Secret History
For strumphf's 2022 advent calendar, Donald X. went in-depth on the development of Shaman.
Donald X.'s opinion
Should this be a Treasure?