Rocks
| Rocks | |
|---|---|
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| Info | |
| Cost |
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| Type(s) | Treasure |
| Kingdom card? | Yes |
| Set |
Empires |
| Illustrator(s) | Matthias Catrein |
| Card text | |
 When you gain or trash this, gain a Silver; if it is your Buy phase, put the Silver on your deck, otherwise put it into your hand. | |
Rocks is a Treasure card from Empires. It's part of a split pile, with 5 copies of Rocks sitting under 5 copies of Catapult. Rocks is designed to be the optimal trashing target for Catapult: as a Treasure costing , it allows Catapult to function as both a curser and a handsize attack; and when you gain or trash it you get an extra Silver, which can also serve as ammunition for your Catapults.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- If it is another player's turn, then it is not your Buy phase, so the Silver goes to your hand.
Other Rules clarifications
- The Silver is gained directly to your deck or hand; it does not visit your discard pile.
Strategy
Alternate Versions
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German Version
Trivia
In other languages
- Dutch: Rotsblokken (lit. boulders)
- Finnish: Kivet
- German: Felsen
- Japanese: 石 (pron. ishi)
- Polish: Głazy
- Russian: Булыжники (pron. bulyzhniki, lit. cobblestones)
Preview
As it happens Rocks is a Treasure costing , and does something useful when gained or trashed; it's just the perfect thing to Catapult. And it's called Rocks! I couldn't help myself.
, and does something useful when gained or trashed; it's just the perfect thing to Catapult. And it's called Rocks! I couldn't help myself.Secret History
Rocks started out with "when gain/trash, +2 Cards, may trash 2 cards from hand." It wasn't everything I wanted and I replaced that with gaining Silver to your hand, then your choice of hand or deck top. Then to avoid confusion it took the destination choice away and based it on the phase, so you weren't all, wait if I put Silver in my hand after buying Rocks, can I play the Silver?
