Caravan

Caravan
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Duration
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Seaside
Illustrator(s)	Marcel-André Casasola-Merkle
Card text
+1 Card +1 Action At the start of your next turn, +1 Card.

Caravan is an Action-Duration card from Seaside. On the turn it is played, Caravan is just a cantrip, giving +1 Card/+1 Action; however, since it gives +1 Card at the start of the next turn, playing Caravan this turn is equivalent to playing a Laboratory on the next turn!

FAQ

Official FAQ

• Draw a card at the start of your next turn (not before);
• Caravan itself is discarded during the Clean-up phase of that subsequent turn.

Strategy Article

See here for a strategy article about Caravan.

Caravan is one of the cheapest cards that can be used to reach large handsizes. It can be thought of as a next-turn Laboratory. As a cantrip, it is readily spammable, allowing you to buy as many as possible. It is a card that benefits most decks and almost never hurts your deck. The fact that Caravan's draw is delayed by a turn makes it slightly weaker, but a larger downside is that, because it stays in play an additional turn, it is more likely than Laboratory to miss reshuffles. This can make it markedly weaker than Laboratory in certain situations.

Its low cost, however, makes it much easier to obtain, both by purchases, and through gaining cards. It is one of the more attractive cards to gain with Talisman, Workshop, or Ironworks, and its presence on the board makes these gainers more valuable.

Synergies/Combos

• Vault

Antisynergies

• Cards that draw up to a specific hand size, i.e. Library, Watchtower, Jack of all Trades.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+1 Card. +1 Action. At the start of your next turn, +1 Card.	Seaside 1st Edition	October 2009
		+1 Card. +1 Action. At the start of your next turn, +1 Card.	Seaside 2nd Edition	physical version unreleased

Other language versions

Print	Digital	Language	Name	Text
		Chinese	商隊 (pron. shāngduì)
		Czech	Karavana
		Dutch	Karavaan
		Finnish	Karavaani
		French	Caravane
		German	Karawane
		Italian	Carovana
		Japanese	隊商 (pron. taishō)
		Korean	대상 (pron. daesang)
		Polish	Karawana
		Russian	Караван (pron. karavan)
		Spanish	Caravana

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

A card from pre-development but after Jay had picked up the game. For a long time you actually set a card aside when playing it, and then drew that card next turn. That way was a little more flavorful, but the published version is slightly simpler.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Seaside Cards