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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Astrolabe
 |cost = 3
 |type1 = Treasure
 |type2 = Duration
 |illustrator = Grant Hansen
 |text = Now and at the start of your next turn:<br>{{Cost|1|l}}<br>'''+1 Buy'''
}}

{{Card|Astrolabe}} is a [[Treasure]]-[[Duration]] card from the second edition of [[Seaside]]. It provides +{{cost|1}} and [[+Buy]] on two consecutive turns. 

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* This gives you +1 Buy and +{{Cost|1}} on the turn you play it, and +1 Buy and +{{Cost|1}} on your next turn too.

=== Other Rules clarifications ===

== Strategy ==
Astrolabe is a powerful and versatile card, and buying at least one of them is beneficial in a wide range of circumstances. It is at the same price point as {{Card|Silver}} and offers the same total buying power, but spread over two turns, and it contributes buying power on the second turn without requiring a card to be played. On top of this, it gives +1 Buy on both turns. It is thus a reliable and powerful source of +Buy, and where +Buy is beneficial, it is much more valuable than a Silver. Furthermore, because it is not an action, there is no risk of drawing it dead, so it can be added to decks without +Actions cards, such as in a Terminal Draw Big Money strategy, to offer +Buy that is usually not available in these decks.

In an engine, it is often more desireable than terminal actions providing +Buy. By staying in play two turns but only taking up a space in the hand on one turn, it slightly reduces the chance that the engine will fail to start.

{{Card|Pendant}} makes Astrolabe particularly valuable, as Astrolabe being in play increases the value of Pendant, and the presence of Pendant in a deck with other Alt-treasure often reaches high values that benefit from +Buy.
== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| Now and at the start of your next turn:<br>{{Cost|1|l}}<br>'''+1 Buy''' || Seaside (Second Edition) || June 2022
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!Dutch
| Sextant (lit. ''Sextant'') || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || || Nu en aan het begin van je volgende beurt:<br>{{Cost|1|l}}<br>'''+1 Aanschaf''' || Hijs de Zeilen (2de Editie) 999 Games (2022)<hr>Bad translation, since in Plunder an actual Sextant is introduced.
|-
!French 
| Astrolabe || || || Maintenant et au début de votre prochain tour:<br>{{Cost|1|l}}<br>'''+1 Achat''' || 
|-
!German 
| Astrolabium || || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || style="padding:15px 20px;"| Jetzt und zu Beginn deines nächsten Zuges:<br>{{Cost|1|l}}<br>'''+1 Kauf''' || 
|-
!Polish
| Astrolabium || || || Teraz i na początku twojej następnej tury:<br>{{Cost|1|l}}<br>'''+1 zakup''' || 
|}

== Trivia ==
{{OfficialArt}}
The art depicts an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillary_sphere armillary sphere].
=== Preview ===
{{Quote|Text=Astrolabe is a Treasure - Duration! And not something like {{Card|Contract}} that manages to avoid any issues if you trash it from play. What can it mean? Well, when the time comes to reprint the sets with {{Event|Bonfire}} etc., those cards will get errata so that they don't mess up with Durations. And then so much for trashing Astrolabe in a confusing way. So anyway, Astrolabe itself is just a vanilla Duration card, but it's a Treasure and well just look at it. So pretty.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21219.msg891440#msg891440 Seaside 2E Preview 1]
}}
=== Secret History ===
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