Editing Berserker

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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Berserker
 |cost = 5
 |type1 = Action
 |type2 = Attack
 |illustrator = Julien Delval
 |text = Gain a card costing less than this. Each other player discards down to 3 cards in hand.
 |text2 = When you gain this, if you have an Action in play, play this.
}}

'''Berserker''' is an [[Action]]-[[Attack]] card from {{Set|Hinterlands|ed=2}}. It is a [[gainer]] and a [[handsize attack]] that can be played immediately when you gain it if you already have another Action card in play. 

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* When you gain a Berserker, if you have an Action card [[in play]], you play the Berserker; this means it will go into play, and you'll gain a cheaper card and then the other players will discard down to 3 cards in hand.
* They can still use cards like {{Card|Moat}} then.
* If you gain a Berserker with no Actions in play, however, you don't play it.
=== Other Rules clarifications ===
* If you gain and play this with {{Project|Innovation}}, Berserker [[Stop-Moving rule|loses track]] of itself, so Berserker telling you to play it will fail.
* If you have no Actions in play, but gaining this causes you to put an Action in play (e.g. you react with {{Card|Sheepdog}}, or call a {{Card|Duplicate}}), that will let you play the Berserker.
* If you gain this on another player's turn (e.g. their {{Card|Barbarian}} trashes your {{Card|Border Village}}), and you have an Action in play (most likely a [[Duration]] card), you can play the Berserker and attack them during their own turn. You'll discard the Berserker from play during their Clean-up.
* If you played 5 {{Card|Highway}}s, Berserker will cost {{Cost|0}}, so it'll fail to gain a card.
* If another player would draw cards from you gaining the cheaper card (e.g. they played a {{Card|Monkey}}), Berserker will force them to discard afterwards. This is in contrast to {{Card|Skirmisher}}, which attacks the other players before they draw cards from {{Card|Monkey}}.

== Strategy ==

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || Gain a card costing less than this. Each other player discards down to 3&nbsp;cards in hand.{{divline}}When you gain this, if you have an Action in play, play this. || Hinterlands (Second Edition) || July 2022
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!German 
| Berserker || || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || Nimm eine Karte, die weniger kostet als diese. Jeder Mitspieler legt seine Handkarten bis auf&nbsp;3 ab.{{Divline}}Wenn du diese Karte nimmst: Falls du eine Aktionskarte im Spiel hast, spiele diese Karte. ||
|}

== Trivia ==
{{OfficialArt}}

The art depicts developer Dale Yu. He was previously depicted on {{Card|Navigator}}, which was [[removed]].

=== Preview ===
{{Quote|Text={{Card|Noble Brigand}} is a fixed {{Card|Thief}}, and yet still too weak. {{Card|Bandit}} turns out to be the actual fixed Thief.
<p>Berserker is another Attack that attacks right away. But the Attack is more meaningful, and it comes with more stuff.</p>
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21321.msg893885#msg893885 Hinterlands 2E Preview 3]
}}
=== Secret History ===
Donald X. posted a screenshot of some of the outtakes on Discord [https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/936246610961260594/991756626853892126].
{{Quote|Text=
We tested over 26 Berserkers. Man. I don't know the exact count because some variants we tried without me printing them out. Most could attack when gained. Some were {{Card|Knights|Knight}}-family, some {{Card|Militia}}-family. There were several issues that repeatedly came up, that wanted to be addressed: it should be played when gained, not just attack, so that {{Card|Moat|Moats}} would work against it; it should have no way to wreck an opening {{Split|5|2}}; the resources should be useful when gained, without stepping on {{Card|Nomads}}; the text should fit on the card. And I mean, ideally it should be fun and not wreck the game and all that. 26+ tries, attacks are hard, and the when-gain trigger made it harder.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21323.msg893930#msg893930 The Secret History of Hinterlands 2E]
}}
=== Further thoughts by Donald X. ===
With the new rules for playing cards, theoretically cards that are gained to your hand (like {{Card|Ghost Town}}) can be reworded to be like Berserker.
{{Quote|Text=
"To hand" is simpler in that maybe something messes the situation up, and if that means it's not in your hand that's no problem, and if it means you don't have the card to put it into play, well it used to be that that was a problem. These days however, we don't play the card if you lost it, so, aside from needing to know that, [{{Card|Ghost Town}}] would work with "play this." It does seem like I would have done that, and just lived with not being able to {{Card|Exorcist}} those cards (as usual Dominion doesn't need any particular cute combo). But, this doesn't seem like the kind of change I'd make with errata.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg894104#msg894104 Interview with Donald X.]
}}
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