Experiment
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Experiment | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Renaissance |
Illustrator(s) | Jason Slavin |
Card text | |
+2 Cards +1 Action Return this to the Supply. When you gain this, gain another Experiment (that doesn't come with another). |
Experiment is an Action card from Renaissance. It is a one-shot Laboratory that comes with another copy of itself.
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- When you play this, you get +2 Cards and +1 Action, and return it to its Supply pile.
- When you gain it, you gain another one; this applies whether you gain it via buying it or some other way.
- If you gain one to a place other than your discard pile, the 2nd copy goes to your discard pile.
- For example if you use Sculptor to gain Experiment, you get one in your hand, and one in your discard pile.
- If you play Band of Misfits (from Dark Ages) or Overlord (from Empires) as Experiment, you will return the card to its own pile, not to the Experiment pile.
- If Experiment somehow is not in play (for example if played from the trash via Necromancer, from Nocturne), it fails to return to its pile.
Strategy
Synergies/Combos
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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+2 Cards. +1 Action. Return this to the Supply. When you gain this, gain another Experiment (that doesn't come with another). |
Renaissance | November 2018 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Preview
Experiment is a one-shot Lab, but you get two of them.
Secret History
We tried several versions of this. After a bit as a Smithy (based on another card that died), it switched to a Lab, because that way there's usually no tracking (it uses an Action but gives +1 Action, so when it vanishes your play area still tells you the whole story, yes unless you Throne it or something). For a bit they both went to the same place - e.g. if you used Sculptor to gain Experiment, both Experiments went to your hand. That was too confusing for how often it came up. There was a version that was two different cards, the first gained you a copy of the second (the second being non-supply); there was a version that was three one-shot Labs instead of two; there was one that was like Border Village, it got you a cheaper card instead of another Experiment. In the end it's two one-shot Labs, which it was early on, but with a better wording.