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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Cursed Village
 |cost = 5
 |set = Nocturne
 |type1 = Action
 |type2 = Doom
 |illustrator = Joshua Stewart
 |text = '''+2 Actions'''<br>Draw until you have 6 cards in hand.
 |text2 = When you gain this, receive a Hex.
}}

'''Cursed Village''' is an [[Action]]-[[Doom]] card from [[Nocturne]].  It's a [[Village (card category)|village]] and a [[draw-to-X]] card.  This combination of effects is powerful enough that, as a penalty, you are forced to [[Hex]] yourself when you gain one.

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* If you already have six or more cards in hand, you do not draw any cards. 
* When you gain Cursed Village, you receive a Hex; since that will often be in your Buy phase, some of the Hexes may not do anything to you.
=== Other rules clarifications ===
== Strategy ==
Cursed Village is a very strong [[engine]] card, being both a reliable [[Village_(card_category)|village]] and a powerful [[draw]] card. It is a Draw-to-X card, like {{Card|Library}} and {{Card|Watchtower}}, and so it works with many of the same cards including [[disappearing money]], [[discard for benefit]] and [[sifter]]s, but it is easier to utilize effectively because it doesn't require any further village support. Although it might seem that your handsize will increase by too much to make Cursed Village worthwhile, in many cases alternating Cursed Village and terminal non-drawing cards works well enough already, making Cursed Village at least as strong as {{Card|Lost City}}. Do not make the mistake of thinking you need more draw; in the presence of other draw cards, Cursed Village quickly deteriorates into a {{Card|Necropolis}}. You could say that Cursed Village is a very jealous draw card, intolerant of any other draw in the deck.

Cursed Village has a clear drawback; it Hexes you upon gain. Some of the hexes are fairly inconsequential - the handsize hexes, {{Hex|Haunting}}, {{Hex|Fear}} and {{Hex|Poverty}}, tend to do nothing when it's your buy phase. Others, however, can be painful. The worst one to get is probably {{Hex|Locusts}}, especially when you're drawing your deck, as that immediately kills your Cursed Village. It might be worth it to track where Locusts is in the Hex deck.

If your opponent has Cursed Villages, do not employ [[handsize attack]]s; they will actively help your opponent to activate their Cursed Villages.

=== Synergies === 
* {{Card|Artificer}} is absolutely insane; other [[discard for benefit]] cards are great as well, especially {{Card|Horse Traders}} which provides the Money/Buy to the Actions/Cards of Cursed Village
* Strong [[terminal]]s
* Strong [[trashing]]
* [[Sifter]]s such as {{Card|Cellar}}
* {{Card|Fool}}. Discarding for a [[Boon]] at the start of your turn means at least +3 Cards, +2 Actions.
* {{Card|Black Market}} since you can play all your money.
* {{Card|Camel Train}} allows you [[Exile]] (which is not [[gain|gaining]]!) copies of Cursed Village before you gain one "honestly", thereby Hexing yourself only once for the whole lot. Just be sure to actually gain a Cursed Village before they run out!
* {{Card|Staff}} allows you to draw back to six from a mostly empty hand after playing all your treasures, then continue playing any new treasures you drew

=== Antisynergies ===
* {{Card|Faithful Hound}}
* All other draw cards, but especially [[duration draw]] cards such as {{Card|Wharf}}
* {{Card|Swindler}} can also Hex you whenever it hits a {{Cost|5}}

== Versions ==
=== English versions ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+2 Actions'''<br>Draw until you have 6&nbsp;cards in hand.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">When you gain this, receive a Hex. || Nocturne || November 2017
|}

=== Other language versions ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!Dutch
| Vervloekt dorp || || || ||
|-
!French
| Village maudit || || || ||
|-
!German
| Verfluchtes Dorf ||{{CardLangVersionImage|German}}|| {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} ||style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+2 Aktionen'''<br>Ziehe, bis du 6&nbsp;Karten auf der Hand hast.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Wenn du diese Karte nimmst, empfange eine Plage. ||
|-
!Japanese
| 呪われた村<br>(pron. ''norowareta mura'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+2 アクション'''<br> 手札が6枚になるようにカードを引く。<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">これを獲得するとき、呪詛を1つ受ける。 ||
|-
!Polish
| Przeklęta wioska || || || || <small>Although Polish version is not released,<br>this name is referred to in Polish Dominion 2E rulebook.</small>
|-
!Russian
| Проклятая Деревня<br>(pron. ''proklyataya dyeryevnya'') || || || ||
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:Cursed VillageArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Preview ===
{{Quote|Text=Cursed Village Hexes you when you gain it. Maybe you will get lucky there and just have to discard some cards or something. But probably it will hurt; that's the way it goes when your village is cursed. Once you have it it's a Village with "draw to 6" instead of +1 Card; that's pretty spiffy, but it has some quirks to learn about the hard way.
 | Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=17785.0 Nocturne Previews #4: Werewolf, Skulk, Cursed Village]
}}
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=For a while there was another {{Card|Library}}+Village thing that seemed okay. I guess it wasn't quite there. When I wanted to try a card that hexed you when you got it, I thought of this Library+Village thing, and liked it better than the other one. There was the question of, is it okay that discard Hexes miss or mostly miss. We tried Cursed Village setting aside the Hex for your next hand, but it was too easy to forget; people are better at remembering things they actually want to happen. It could have been that Hexes had categories so that Cursed Village always hit one that mattered, but there's no space for that on the little diagonal bar, it would have to be in the text box or something. In the end I decided it was okay if the Hex missed sometimes; it makes the card a little less scary to buy.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=17955.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Nocturne]
}}
=== Relevant outtakes ===
{{Quote
|Text=The card that left for Cursed Village was draw up to 7, may discard 2 for +2 Actions. It was fine? Cursed Village was just similar and better.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=17955.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Nocturne]
}}
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