When you gain a card costing or more, you may spend a Favor, for +1 Card, or +1 Action, or +1 Buy.
Band of Nomads is an Ally from Allies. It allows you to spend a Favor for a small bonus when you gain a card costing or more; this can be used, for example, to make a gainernon-terminal or give yourself an extra +Buy when you need one.
What matters is how much the card costs when you gain it, not how much it normally costs. This only works once per gain; you can spend a Favor, and then get your choice of +1 Card, +1 Action, or +1 Buy.
Other rules clarifications
The card has to cost or more when you gain it; if it changes cost afterwards, that doesn't matter. For example, if you gain a Fisherman when it costs , and it goes into your discard pile, you can't spend a Favor for Band of Nomads, even though by that time the Fisherman now costs .
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When you gain a card costing or more, you may spend a Favor, for +1 Card, or +1 Action, or +1 Buy.
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March 2022
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Nomadenstamm
Wenn du eine Karte nimmst, die oder mehr kostet, darfst du 1 Gefallen einlösen für +1 Karte oder +1 Aktion oder +1 Kauf.
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Band of Nomads gives you a choice, though it doesn't work with Elder. It can be exciting with gainers, and when there aren't any, well it can still make +Buys for you.