Crystal Ball
| Crystal Ball | |
|---|---|
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| Info | |
| Cost |
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| Type(s) | Treasure |
| Kingdom card? | Yes |
| Set |
Prosperity |
| Illustrator(s) | Marco Morte |
| Card text | |
 Look at the top card of your deck. You may trash it, discard it, or, if it's an Action or Treasure, play it. | |
Crystal Ball is a Treasure card from the second edition of Prosperity. It allows you to trash, play, discard, or put back the top card of your deck.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- If you don't choose to do any of those things, you leave the card on your deck.
- If this plays an Action during your Buy phase that gives you +Actions, that doesn't let you play more Action cards in your Buy phase; if it draws Treasure cards, you can still play them.
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy
Versions
English versions
| Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 |
Look at the top card of your deck. You may trash it, discard it, or, if it's an Action or Treasure, play it. |
Prosperity (Second Edition) | June 2022 |
Other language versions
| Language | Name | Digital | Text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| German | Kristallkugel |  |
Sieh dir die oberste Karte deines Nachziehstapels an. Du darfst jene entsorgen, ablegen oder, falls es eine Aktions- oder Geldkarte ist, spielen. |
Trivia
Preview
Venture is more or less a fixed Adventurer. And it's still weak. Casual players must get some fun out of it sometimes, but I could make a better one.
Crystal Ball is like Venture, but it's like Loan too, and also it can trash the Estates that Loan can't, and play the Actions that Venture can't.
Secret History
It's the combination Loan-Venture you never knew you needed. It started life as an Allies card, with no trashing. I dropped it, then was looking for new Treasures for Prosperity, and added the trashing to spice it up. Finally it got the discarding option for an extra nudge.
