Estate
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Type(s) | Victory |
Kingdom card? | No |
Set | Base |
Illustrator(s) | Martin Hoffmann |
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Estate is a basic Victory card included in all games of Dominion.
In most games, each player starts the game with three Estates. In games using Kingdom cards from Dark Ages, these starting Estates may be replaced with Shelters. The Estate pile begins the game with 8 Estates in a 1 or 2 player game, and 12 Estates for 3 to 6 player games.
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Strategy
Your three starting Estates are the worst cards in your deck, since they are junk stop cards that only hinder any hand in which they appear, and your aim is to build a deck in which the 1 that each provides will be dwarfed by better sources of . Therefore, getting rid of them quickly, e.g. by using Chapel, is a high priority at the start of the game. It can be a nice bonus to get some benefit from doing so, such as Remodelling them into Action cards costing or less, but it’s rarely worth delaying trashing to take advantage of this. Trashing Estates tends to be a higher priority than trashing Coppers, because hands that contain more Coppers can afford more expensive cards early in the game, allowing you to improve your deck more quickly. If you can’t trash your Estates (or otherwise ensure they won’t appear in your hand, such as by Exiling them), you should consider how this affects your strategy: your engine will need more draw than it otherwise would, and sifters could be more important than usual.
There are a few situations where the decision to trash all of your Estates early in the game is less clear. A number of cards and landscapes synergise with them: for instance, Baron needs an Estate to discard; Shepherd relies on the presence of plenty of green cards in the deck; and Inheritance allows you to turn your Estates into Action cards that do something useful. Additionally, in a single-gain kingdom, it could occasionally be worth considering whether you want to keep an Estate to act as a tie-breaker. Finally, in strategies where strong deck control is not a goal (e.g. rushes or money), it might not pay off to spend precious turns on measures like buying cards that will enable you to trash your Estates.
As the least valuable Victory cards, Estates typically don’t play a role in scoring until the game is almost over. Gaining Estates in the mid-game is most likely to happen as a side-effect, e.g. of denying your opponents the Wild Hunt points or attacking them using Followers. In the end-game, however, they may become relevant for the 1 that each offers at a low price. This is especially true in rush scenarios (notably with Groom), where they are often emptied as a third pile to end the game, but similar endings can occur whenever +Buys are plentiful, such as with Grand Market. Alternatively, if all the players are building powerful engines aiming to be the first with the ability to empty three non-Victory card piles, a single Estate gained during that final turn might be all the you need to win. Gaining Estates is also somewhat likely in a Duchy dancing scenario, or when more valuable Victory cards have run out already; in a sloggy end-game with a deteriorating deck, they’re sometimes the best you can afford. Even outside these scenarios, the best end-game use for certain gainers such as Workshop may be to acquire an Estate for that extra 1 .
Notable synergies
Cards that interact with Estate
Direct Interactions
- Baron - Baron allows you the option to discard an Estate from your hand. If you do, you get +. If not, you gain an Estate.
- Followers - Playing a Followers gains you an Estate.
- Hunting Grounds - Trashing a Hunting Grounds allows you the option of gaining 3 Estates.
- Inheritance - turns Estates into an Action - Victory card that can play a non-Command card from the supply.
- Sprawling Castle - Can gain 3 Estates when gained.
- Wild Hunt - You may gain an Estate to take Wild Hunt's gathered .
- Triumph and Alliance - Gain an Estate.
- Pasture - Worth 1 per Estate you have.
- Locusts - Makes you gain a Curse if it trashes an Estate.
- Way of the Worm - Exiles an Estate.
Versions
English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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1 | Dominion 1st Edition | October 2008 | ||
never implemented | 1 | Base Cards | June 2012 | |
1 | Dominion 2nd Edition | October 2016 |
Other language versions
Trivia
Secret History