Siren

Siren
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Duration - Attack
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Plunder
Illustrator(s)	Marcel-André Casasola Merkle
Card text
Each other player gains a Curse. At the start of your next turn, draw until you have 8 cards in hand. When you gain this, trash it unless you trash an Action from your hand.

Siren is an Action-Duration-Attack card from Plunder. It is an inexpensive curser and source of duration draw; its low cost is offset by the fact that you ordinarily have to trash an Action card to keep it once you've gained it. Occasionally, loopholes involving the stop-moving rule can allow you to get around that requirement.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• When you gain a Siren, it's immediately trashed unless you trash an Action card from your hand.
• However if you manage to move the Siren from where it was gained (whether it was gained to your discard pile or somewhere else) before resolving this ability - for example putting it on top of your deck with Insignia - then it will fail to be trashed (though you can still trash an Action card if you want).

Other rules clarifications

• If you have an Action in hand, you can decline to trash it, just to trash the Siren. This can be useful for triggering when-trash effects (such as Sewers or Market Square).
• Some effects (e.g., Rush) can move a gained Siren; the Siren loses track of itself, and it can't trash itself. However, some effects (e.g., Spell Scroll) aren't able to move a gained Siren in time; the Siren trashes itself, and then the Spell Scroll can't play it.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		Each other player gains a Curse. At the start of your next turn, draw until you have 8 cards in hand. When you gain this, trash it unless you trash an Action from your hand.	Plunder	December 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
German	Sirene

Trivia

Official card art.

Preview

Siren is just some new Duration card. It's a little hard to get; someone has to get lured to their doom. There are some subtle combos for getting around that penalty; see if you can find them.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, * Plunder Previews #2: Durations & Traits *