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− | {{Quote|Text= There should not be stuff happening between-turns (except for determining whose turn is next, which {{Card|Outpost}} etc. can safely mess with). Why is there? Because of the interaction between Donate and {{Card|Possession}} (it's not that you trash all their stuff, which doesn't matter since {{Card|Possession}} gives it back; it's that you empty their hand). The correct thing there was to give up on that; that game is still awful, there was no fixing it. | + | {{Quote|Text= There should not be stuff happening between-turns (except for determining whose turn is next, which {{Card|Outpost}} etc. can safely mess with). Why is there? Because of the interaction between Donate and {{Card|Possession}} (it's not that you trash all their stuff, which doesn't matter since {{Card|Possession}} gives it back; it's that you empty their hand). The correct thing there was to give up on that; that game is still awful, there was no fixing it. [...] |
Will I ever fix Donate and {{Landmark|Mountain Pass}} to not be between turns? Man, maybe. I don't need to make that decision today. | Will I ever fix Donate and {{Landmark|Mountain Pass}} to not be between turns? Man, maybe. I don't need to make that decision today. |
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Type | Event |
Set | Empires |
Illustrator(s) | Martin Hoffmann |
Event text | |
After this turn, put all cards from your deck and discard pile into your hand, trash any number, shuffle your hand into your deck, then draw 5 cards. |
Donate is an Event from Empires. It is a trasher with a Debt cost. It is perhaps the strongest trasher in the game, able to trash any number of cards from the buyer's entire deck.
Contents |
FAQ
Official FAQ
- Effects that happen due to trashing cards (such as Rocks') will happen before you shuffle.
- This happens between turns, and so Possession (from Dominion: Alchemy) will no longer be doing anything.
Other rules clarifications
- The game ends at the end of a turn; it cannot end between turns.
- If the game ends the same turn you buy Donate, then the game is over and Donate's effect will not happen after that turn.
- If sufficient piles to end the game are emptied during Donate's effect (such as by trashing Hunting Grounds or Catacombs), the next player takes their turn and then you check if the game still ends.
- Cards played between turns (for example by trashing a Hunting Grounds to gain a Duchy and play Sheepdog) are discarded during the next Clean-up that happens.
- If you activate an ability that grants you an extra turn, such as playing Outpost, on the same turn you buy Donate, the Donate effect happens before the extra turn.
- If you gain the first Province on the same turn you buy Donate, you can choose the order of the effects of Donate and Mountain Pass.
- Remember that you draw your normal hand during Clean-up before this. This means that if you drew fewer cards than normal during Clean-up (due to Outpost or your -1 Card token), or drew more cards than normal (due to Flag or Expedition), Donate will reset it to 5 cards afterwards.
- If cards end up in your discard pile while Donating (e.g. you discard a Market Square and gain a Gold), they do not get shuffled into your deck (although they may get drawn anyways with Donate itself).
- If you trash a Fortress with Donate, it goes into the trash, then back into your hand, and then gets shuffled into your deck.
Strategy
Donate works well with a wide variety of decks. Engines can use it to clear out the chaff after building up some, and combo decks can use it to guarantee that their pieces line up properly. It can also have uses in certain Big Money decks, particularly with cheap sources of Treasures, such as Delve and Market Square.
Strategy articles about Donate: Donate + Money is a fast baseline (https://dominionstrategy.com/2018/11/15/donate-money/), https://dominionstrategy.com/2017/10/19/6-turn-win-featuring-donate-procession-and-develop/ for an example of a very fast Donate game, and https://dominionstrategy.com/2017/10/18/dominion-round-table-donate/ for a discussion about it by some very smart guys.
Synergies and Combos
Antisynergies
- Mandatory reserve effects like Archive, which exclude cards from your Donate.
- Gardens and Philosopher's Stone, but not narrower card-counters like Vineyard.
- Fountain
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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After this turn, put all cards from your deck and discard pile into your hand, trash any number, shuffle your hand into your deck, then draw 5 cards. | Empires | June 2016 |
Other language versions
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