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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Cavalry
 |cost = 4
 |set = Menagerie
 |type1 = Action
 |illustrator = Claus Stephan
 |text = Gain 2 Horses.
 |text2 = When you gain this, '''+2 Cards''', '''+1 Buy''', and if it's your Buy phase return to your Action phase.
}}

'''Cavalry''' is an [[Action]] card from {{Set|Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie}}. When played, it gains {{Card|Horse|Horses}}; when gained during your [[Buy phase]], it returns you to your [[Action phase]], similarly to {{Card|Villa}}.

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* When you gain Cavalry in your [[Buy phase]], you get +2 Cards, +1 Buy, and return to your [[Action phase]].
* When you gain Cavalry in a different phase or during another player's turn, you get +2 Cards and +1 Buy.
* +1 Buy is not useful if it is not your turn.
* This ability of Cavalry is not playing the Cavalry, and does not put Cavalry into play.
* Returning to your Action phase does not cause "start of turn" abilities to repeat; however when your Buy phase happens again after that, "start of your Buy phase" abilities can repeat.
* Returning to your Action phase does not give you any +Actions; you have left however many you already had left.
=== Other rules clarifications ===
* If you gain this onto your deck (with e.g. {{Event|Demand}}), you will draw the Cavalry itself.
* If other on-gain effects are trying to move a gained Cavalry (e.g. {{card|Changeling}}, or {{project|Innovation}}), you may perform the other on-gain effects before or after Cavalry's effect.
** However, if you gain this to your discard pile and then [[reshuffle]] while drawing the +2 Cards, the Cavalry [[stop-moving rule|can no longer be moved]] by other on-gain effects. The same is true if you gain it to your deck and then draw it. 
* Gaining a Cavalry during your Buy phase counts as ending it (for cards like {{Card|Wine Merchant}} and {{Project|Pageant}}). If you take multiple Buy phases, those cards will trigger multiple times.
* Cavalry only returns you to your Action phase if gained in your Buy phase. If you gain it at [[Night]] (with e.g. {{Card|Devil's Workshop}}) or Clean-up (with e.g. {{Card|Improve}}), you'll still draw 2 cards, although this usually won't be useful.

== Strategy ==
=== Synergies/Combos ===
* {{Card|Swashbuckler}}. With {{Artifact|Treasure Chest}} already on your side, each Cavalry you buy gives you an extra Action phase, so an extra Gold.
* When used with a [[Gainer]], Cavalry can provide the +Buy for the kingdom.
* When used with {{Project|Innovation}}, the first horse gained can be played immediately, continuing your turn.
* [[Cost reduction]] (e.g. 4 {{card|highway|highways}}) can allow you to buy the whole Cavalry pile for {{cost|0}}, which can be useful for triggering a [[three-pile ending]] or for taking advantage of the on-gain +2 cards in a game-ending [[megaturn]].
* {{Way|Way of the Horse}} allows you to frequently use Cavalry’s on-gain effect without the downsides of filling your deck with too many [[terminal|terminals]] or emptying the pile.
* With both {{Way|Way of the Horse}} and [[cost reduction]] to {{cost|0}}, this can be bought infinitely, allowing infinite points with {{card|Collection}} or {{card|Goons}}.

== Versions ==
=== English versions ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|Cavalry|Cavalry}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || Gain 2 Horses.{{divline}}When you gain this, '''+2&nbsp;Cards''', '''+1&nbsp;Buy''', and if it's your Buy phase return to your Action phase. || Menagerie || March 2020
|}

=== Other language versions ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
! Dutch
| Cavalerie || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=s}} || Pak 2 Paarden.{{Divline}}Als je deze kaart pakt,<br>'''+2 Kaarten''', '''+1 Aanschaf''' en<br>als het jouw aanschaffase is,<br>ge terug naar je actiefase. || (2020)
|-
!German
| Kavallerie || [[File:Cavalry.German.png|100px|German language Cavalry 2020 by ASS]] || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} ||Nimm 2 Pferde.{{divline}}Wenn du diese Karte nimmst:<br>'''+2&nbsp;Karten''', '''+1&nbsp;Kauf''', und wenn es deine Kaufphase ist, kehre in deine Aktionsphase zurück. || (2020)
|-
!Japanese
| 騎兵隊 (pron. ''kihētai'') || || || ||
|-
|}

== Trivia ==
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=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=Sometimes I try to make a new version of a favorite card. This is the new {{Card|Villa}}. {{Card|Villa}} saves you when what you needed was more Actions; this saves you when what you needed was more cards. It didn't change, though there was some noise about, should you get +1 Buy if you gain it in your [[Action phase]], since that's easy to forget. Good luck remembering that. For years I wanted to make a when-gain that drew you cards, and tried some that died; all it took was returning you to your Action phase so you could play them.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=20260.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Menagerie]
}}
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