Haunted Mirror
| Haunted Mirror | |
|---|---|
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| Info | |
| Cost |
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| Type(s) | Treasure - Heirloom |
| Kingdom card? | No |
| Set |
Nocturne |
| Illustrator(s) | Eric J Carter |
| Card text | |
 When you trash this, you may discard an Action card, to gain a Ghost. | |
Haunted Mirror is a Treasure-Heirloom card from Nocturne, replacing one of your starting Coppers when Cemetery is in the Kingdom. It's no better than a Copper when played, but if you trash it at the right time it can get you a Ghost.
FAQ
Official FAQ
- Haunted Mirror does not give you a way to trash it, but does something if you find a way to.
Strategy
Refer to the Cemetery strategy section.
Versions
English versions
| Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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When you trash this, you may discard an Action card, to gain a Ghost from its pile. |
Nocturne | November 2017 |
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When you trash this, you may discard an Action card, to gain a Ghost. |
Nocturne (2021 printing) |
Other language versions
| Language | Name | Digital | Text | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Spookspiegel | ||||
| French | Miroir hanté |  |
Quand vous écartez cette carte, vous pouvez défausser une carte Action pour recevoir un Fantôme de sa pile. |
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| German | Zauberspiegel (lit. magic mirror) |
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Wenn du diese Karte entsorgst, darfst du eine Aktionskarte ablegen. Wenn du das tust: Nimm einen Geist vom Geist-Stapel. |
(2017) | |
| Zauberspiegel (lit. magic mirror) |
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Wenn du diese Karte entsorgst, darfst du eine Aktionskarte ablegen, um einen Geist zu nehmen. |
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| Japanese | 呪いの鏡 (pron. noroi no kagami, lit. cursed mirror) |
これを廃棄するとき、(幽霊の山から)幽霊1枚を獲得するために、アクションカード1枚を捨ててもよい。 |
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| Polish | Przeklęte lusterko |  |
Kiedy wyrzucasz tę kartę na Śmietnisko, możesz odrzucić kartę Akcji, aby dodać Zjawę. |
(2022) | |
| Russian | Призрачное Зеркало (pron. prizrachnoye zerkalo) |
Trivia
Why does it cost 0?
You can't buy Haunted Mirror. The cost for non-supply cards is chosen based on other factors. In this case I don't want you to get value from e.g. Remodel-ing it, since you can already get the Ghost.
Preview
[When Cemetery is in the Kingdom] It means everyone has a Haunted Mirror, which gives you a little sub-game to play to get a Ghost.
Secret History
For a while a card called Doomed Miner provided another way to get Ghost. The Miner would die in a cave-in, was the idea. The card itself didn't work out though. It was +
, gain 2 Silvers, reveal top, if it's Silver this turns into Ghost. Matt complained that his group didn't like how hard it was to get Ghost (then for a bit it put the Ghost into your hand). And I realized I rarely bought it. So the Doomed Miner died, and it seemed like it would be nice if some other card got you a Ghost. I tried a few things, and one problem was, there weren't very many Ghosts. You didn't get very many with Exorcist, so there weren't very many; space was limited, even with 500 cards. So the new thing had to not make very many Ghosts. And well an Heirloom was perfect, it caps out at one per player. There were a couple quick versions of it and then it locked in. And got paired with Cemetery because of the Ghost angle and wanting to be on a trasher.
, gain 2 Silvers, reveal top, if it's Silver this turns into Ghost. Matt complained that his group didn't like how hard it was to get Ghost (then for a bit it put the Ghost into your hand). And I realized I rarely bought it. So the Doomed Miner died, and it seemed like it would be nice if some other card got you a Ghost. I tried a few things, and one problem was, there weren't very many Ghosts. You didn't get very many with Exorcist, so there weren't very many; space was limited, even with 500 cards. So the new thing had to not make very many Ghosts. And well an Heirloom was perfect, it caps out at one per player. There were a couple quick versions of it and then it locked in. And got paired with Cemetery because of the Ghost angle and wanting to be on a trasher.
