Temple

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Temple
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action - Gathering
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Empires
Illustrator(s)	Harald Lieske
Card text
+1  Trash from 1 to 3 differently named cards from your hand. Add 1  to the Temple pile. When you gain this, take the   from the Temple pile.

Temple is an Action-Gathering card from Empires. It is a trasher that gains and Gathers   tokens when played; the Gathered   is taken when a player gains a Temple.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• You get +1 , trash 1, 2, or 3 cards with different names from your hand (for example a Copper and an Estate, but not two Coppers), then add 1  (from the supply) to the Temple pile.
• Gaining a Temple (whether buying it or otherwise) gives you all the   that has accumulated on the pile.
• The pile gets   even if it is empty; this only matters if there is a way to return a Temple to the pile (like Ambassador from Dominion: Seaside) or a way to gain one from the trash (like Graverobber from Dominion: Dark Ages).

Strategy

Temple's closest cousin is Bishop. both give victory points, both give trashing, and both have some small thing that makes them unique. the two main things that make temple different from bishop is that temple provides a fixed number of victory points. This is always worse than bishop. the second difference is is that it is quicker in trashing. that is most of the time why you buy it. it might not be as quick as chapel as it on average only trashes 2 cards., but it gives points while doing so. that likely is not going to matter during the early game, but in the endgame, you'll be glad you trashed with temple. Since temple is typically a slow trasher, you generally want to add a second one. Sometimes during the greening, there might be so much vp tokens on the temple pile that it may be worth more than a province. that makes it crucial to get it before your opponent does, which brings us to our last point: anticipating when to buy temple purely for it's when gain effect. you might want to do this during the midgame, as you can always trash it together with a copper and estate, but there is significant opportunity cost when doing so. Usually, the correct move is to buy it just before the greening for it's when gain effect (you get it's points and then trash estates while maintaining the same number of points). finally, special notes go to the ruins and shelters which are diverse junk, which means temple will trash more.

conclusion

if you are looking just for trashing, better options are usually available, but the vp chips make it a worthwhile investment.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+1  Trash from 1 to 3 differently named cards from your hand. Add 1  to the Temple Supply pile. When you gain this, take the   from the Temple Supply pile.	Empires	June 2016
		+1  Trash from 1 to 3 differently named cards from your hand. Add 1  to the Temple pile. When you gain this, take the   from the Temple pile.		June 29, 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Dutch	Tempel
Finnish	Temppeli
French	Temple
German	Tempel			+ -Marker Entsorge 1 bis 3 Handkarten mit unterschiedlichem Namen. Lege 1 -Marker auf den Tempel-Vorratsstapel. Wenn du diese Karte nimmst, nimm auch alle -Marker vom Tempel-Vorratsstapel.	(2016)
	Tempel			+1  Entsorge 1 bis 3 deiner Handkarten mit unterschiedlichen Namen. Lege 1  auf den Tempel-Vorratsstapel. Wenn du diese Karte nimmst, nimm alle   vom Tempel-Vorratsstapel.	2. Edition (2021)
Japanese	神殿 (pron. shinden)			+1  手札から1枚以上3枚以下の異なるカードを廃棄する。神殿の山の上に1 を追加する。 これを獲得するとき、神殿の山の上の をすべて得る。
Polish	Świątynia			+1  Wyrzuć z ręki na śmietnisko od 1 do 3 kart o różnych nazwach. Dołóż 1  na stos Świątyni. Kiedy dodajesz tę kartę, weź wszystkie   leżące na stosie Świątyni.	(2017)
Russian	Храм (pron. khram)

Trivia

Official card art.

Preview

Temple is more exotic. The basic function of the card both gives you   and puts   on the pile - sitting right there on the Temples. And then someone buying a Temple takes that  . So playing Temple is a   now for you, and a   later for someone, could be you or someone else. Temple has this weird word "Gathering" on the bottom, I should say something there. Well uh. It groups together a few cards that put   on their piles, and lets another card refer to them (in a "let's not mess this up" way). So that's that.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Empires Previews #3: VP Tokens

Secret History

At first it didn't have the when-gain ability (or put   on the pile, don't be silly). When I thought of having   tokens on piles, I added that part, and it all worked out.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Empires Cards

Why differently named cards?

It was just a way to try to make Temple a little new, when the premise was just "some kind of trasher that gives +1 ." And that seemed fine but then I thought of the when-gain and put it there.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Interview with Donald X.