Sailor
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Sailor | |
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Type(s) | Action - Duration |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Seaside |
Illustrator(s) | Julien Delval |
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+1 Action Once this turn, when you gain a Duration card, you may play it. At the start of your next turn, + and you may trash a card from your hand. |
Sailor is an Action-Duration card from the second edition of Seaside. It is a delayed trasher that can also accelerate your playing of newly gained Duration cards.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- If you gain a Duration card the turn you play Sailor, playing it is optional.
- This is cumulative; if you play two Sailors, you can play up to two gained Duration cards. However two Sailors cannot play the same gained Duration card twice.
- Sailor applies to cards gained due to being bought, or gained other ways, such as with Workshop.
- If you gain a Duration card in your Buy phase, Sailor can play it, even though it's your Buy phase. If such a card gives you +Actions, that doesn't let you play more Action cards in your Buy phase; if it draws Treasure cards, you can only play them if you haven't bought any cards yet.
- The ability to play Duration cards only happens the turn you play Sailor; on your next turn, you just get + and may trash a card from your hand.
Other Rules clarifications
- The Duration doesn't need to be an Action, meaning that you can play Night-Durations when you gain them (like Cobbler).
- If you exchange a Hero for a Champion, you aren't gaining it, so you can't play it.
- If you gain a Garrison and play it, you'll immediately add a token to Garrison.
- This can play a gained Duration even if it was gained to somewhere other than your discard pile (such as a Guardian, or a card gained with Blockade), or if another card is trying to move it at the same time (such as Gatekeeper). But if the gained card has already gotten moved (e.g. by another Sailor), then this can't play it.
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Trivia
Preview
Ambassador! It's such a classic old Dominion card. At first it just looks silly; later you find out it's a powerhouse. It's not necessarily a problem in 2-player, though you get a sub-game of trashing down with Ambassadors before you get to the main game after that. But in multiplayer, it can just shut you out. As with Ghost Ship, you don't get to see your deck.
Sailor is unrelated, other than also covering trashing. It's a Duration card that ties into Duration cards, by letting them leap into play. And if there aren't any other ones on the board, well it can work with another Sailor.
Sailor is unrelated, other than also covering trashing. It's a Duration card that ties into Duration cards, by letting them leap into play. And if there aren't any other ones on the board, well it can work with another Sailor.
Secret History
I tried several variations on "Innovation as a card" and then hit on this thing that ties it to Durations. There's always at least Sailor to work with it, and then other cards are sometimes exciting there. It's a bit on the complex side for Seaside, but well, there it is.