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|Text=The art depicts playtester Wei-Hwa Huang. He won a tournament at the Gathering of Friends where being depicted was the prize. | |Text=The art depicts playtester Wei-Hwa Huang. He won a tournament at the Gathering of Friends where being depicted was the prize. | ||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5130.msg128558#msg128558 'Art Trivia', 2012] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5130.msg128558#msg128558 'Art Trivia', November 2012] | ||
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=== Secret History === | === Secret History === | ||
{{Quote|Text=Borrowed from a later expansion to replace Haven. Nothing changed during testing but the name. |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | {{Quote|Text=Borrowed from a later expansion to replace Haven. Nothing changed during testing but the name. |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=117.0 The Secret History of the Seaside Cards, 2011] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=117.0 The Secret History of the Seaside Cards, June 2011] | ||
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=== Why don't more cards interact with your bottom card? === | === Why don't more cards interact with your bottom card? === | ||
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{{Card|Stash}} originally went on top rather than letting you choose, and at the same time there was a {{VP}} card that went on the bottom. I also had a version of Pearl Diver that had you look at the top and choose to put it on the bottom or not. | {{Card|Stash}} originally went on top rather than letting you choose, and at the same time there was a {{VP}} card that went on the bottom. I also had a version of Pearl Diver that had you look at the top and choose to put it on the bottom or not. | ||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg375869#msg375869 Interview with Donald X., 2014] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg375869#msg375869 Interview with Donald X., May 2014] | ||
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There's probably room there for another card, but I had Pearl Diver, and it's no star, so it's not like I was looking to do something especially similar. |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | There's probably room there for another card, but I had Pearl Diver, and it's no star, so it's not like I was looking to do something especially similar. |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg375992#msg375992 Interview with Donald X., 2014] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg375992#msg375992 Interview with Donald X., May 2014] | ||
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=== Retrospective === | === Retrospective === | ||
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|Text=Pearl Diver is not prized, but it looks reasonable to me, and as I have said many times, if I made all cards better by making them maximally complex, the game would have no players. | |Text=Pearl Diver is not prized, but it looks reasonable to me, and as I have said many times, if I made all cards better by making them maximally complex, the game would have no players. | ||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3179.msg56362#msg56362 What Donald X. Might Do With a Dominion Time Machine, 2012] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=3179.msg56362#msg56362 What Donald X. Might Do With a Dominion Time Machine, June 2012] | ||
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|Text= [Pearl Diver and {{Card|Navigator}}] would be ones I'd replace, except, I couldn't, just as I couldn't rename {{Card|Harem}}; they depict real people. Why not offer those real people new better art on their new card, you ask? That sounds good to me, and I thought it would get Harem renamed, but it didn't. | |Text= [Pearl Diver and {{Card|Navigator}}] would be ones I'd replace, except, I couldn't, just as I couldn't rename {{Card|Harem}}; they depict real people. Why not offer those real people new better art on their new card, you ask? That sounds good to me, and I thought it would get Harem renamed, but it didn't. | ||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16263.msg640483#msg640483 Dominion and Intrigue second editions, 2016] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=16263.msg640483#msg640483 Dominion and Intrigue second editions, September 2016] | ||
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|Text=Pearl Diver is inoffensive but also very low value. You want it when a cantrip that does nothing is useful. | |Text=Pearl Diver is inoffensive but also very low value. You want it when a cantrip that does nothing is useful. | ||
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | ||
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21226.msg891540#msg891540 Seaside 2E Previews 2, 2022] | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21226.msg891540#msg891540 Seaside 2E Previews 2, May 2022] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:41, 22 September 2024
Pearl Diver | |
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Info | |
Cost | |
Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Seaside |
Illustrator(s) | Maura Kalusky |
Card text | |
+1 Card +1 Action Look at the bottom card of your deck. You may put it on top. |
Pearl Diver is an Action card from Seaside. It is a cantrip, and thus it rarely hurts to have it in your deck, but its ability to move cards from the bottom of your deck to the top rarely helps very much either.
It was removed from the second edition of Seaside and replaced with Sea Chart which is a stronger cantrip because it can sometimes act as non-terminal draw.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- First draw a card and get +1 Action; then look at the bottom card of your deck, shuffling first if needed.
- If you choose to put the bottom card on top of your deck, be sure not to look at the card above it.
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy
Before it was removed, Pearl Diver was a cheap but weak cantrip. While it does not usually hurt your deck, it doesn’t provide much value either so you will mostly gain it when you cannot buy more expensive cards and there are no alternatives available.
Pearl Diver is most commonly useful for various purposes where cheap cantrips are generally applicable:
- As a means to increase the density of Action cards in your deck without affecting your deck control. This is useful when scoring with effects such as Vineyard, or for drawing with effects such as Piazza or Scrying Pool.
- As cheap targets for on-buy effects such as those of Goons and Merchant Guild, or to facilitate a three-pile ending.
- As a cheap non-terminal target for Throne Room variants and Adventures tokens (such as from Pathfinding).
- As a cheap way to access powerful Ways such as Way of the Horse.
The option to inspect and topdeck the bottom card of your deck is generally low impact, as even at its best it will never offer an improvement over simply having better shuffle luck. Pearl Diver may occasionally allow you to make sure an important card does not miss the shuffle, but in the early stages of the game where this is important, Pearl Diver has some opportunity cost and the most likely outcome is that you’ll simply look at a junk card. Pearl Diver is an option on a / opening split because it nearly guarantees that the other card bought in the opening does not miss the reshuffle. However, given the low impact of the bottomdeck inspection, many other cheap cantrips (e.g., Hamlet) are overall preferable for the use cases outlined above because they offer a better additional effect.
External strategy articles
Note: Article(s) below are by individual authors and may not represent the community's current views on cards, but may provide more in-depth information or give historical perspective. Caveat emptor.
Versions
English versions
Other language versions
Most languages translate this card using the title of the Bizet opera, The Pearl Fishers.
Trivia
Card Art
Secret History
Why don't more cards interact with your bottom card?
Retrospective
Second Edition Removal