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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Fortune
 |cost = 8
 |cost2 = 8
 |set = Empires
 |type1 = Treasure
 |illustrator = Kelli Stakenas
 |text = '''+1 Buy'''<br>When you play this, double your {{Cost}} if you haven't yet this turn.
 |text2 = When you gain this, gain a Gold per Gladiator you have in play.
}}

'''Fortune''' is a [[Treasure]] card from [[Empires]]. It doubles your current amount of {{cost}} when you play it, which is a potentially extremely powerful effect—so much so that it only works once per turn, and even then its [[cost]] of {{cost|8}}{{debt|8}} makes it arguably the most expensive card in the game. It is part of a [[split pile]], with 5 copies of Fortune sitting under 5 copies of {{Card|Gladiator}}, and it rewards you with free {{Card|Gold}} if you gain it with a Gladiator in play.
== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* You only double your {{Cost}} the first time you play a Fortune in a turn; any further times only get you +1 Buy.
=== Other Rules clarifications ===
* Fortune does not take into consideration {{Cost}} that has been produced, but already spent this turn, such as via {{Card|Storyteller}}; Fortune only doubles the {{Cost}} that you currently have when you play it.
* [[Coffers]] can be used before playing Fortune, and [[Debt]] can be repaid afterwards.
* If you put your +{{Cost|1}} token (from {{Event|Training}}) on the {{Card|Gladiator}}/Fortune pile, you'll get +{{Cost|1}} from playing Fortune before you double your {{Cost}}.
* If you buy {{Event|Ball}}, gain a {{Card|Cavalry}}, and draw a Fortune, you can play Fortune while you have your -{{Cost|1}} token. The token takes effect after doubling your {{Cost}}. So if you have {{Cost|5}} and then play Fortune, you go to {{Cost|10}}, lose {{Cost|1}}, and end with {{Cost|9}}.
* If you play Fortune when you have {{Cost|0}}, you won't remove your -{{Cost|1}} token, and it will still count as doubling your {{Cost}} for the turn.
* Unlike {{Card|Fool's Gold}}, which checks if you played another {{Card|Fool's Gold}} this turn, Fortune only checks if you haven't doubled your {{Cost}} this turn. So if your 1st Fortune gets blocked by a {{Card|Highwayman}}, playing a 2nd Fortune will still double your {{Cost}}.

== Strategy ==
=== Synergies and Combos ===
* {{Card|Mandarin}}
* {{Card|Herbalist}}
* {{Card|Stonemason}} can trash a Fortune for two provinces.

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|Fortune|Fortune}} || {{CardVersionImage|FortuneDigital|Fortune from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Buy'''<br> When you play this, double your {{Cost}} if you haven't yet this turn.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">When you gain this, gain a Gold per Gladiator you have in play. || Empires || June 2016 
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! style="width:14%"|Notes
|-
!Chinese 
| 大祕寶 || || || <br>'''+1 購買'''<br>當你打出此卡，而且你這回合還沒打過大祕寶，將你現有的{{Cost|}}加倍。<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">你獲得此卡時，你出牌區每有一張劍鬥士，你就獲得一張黃金。<br>&nbsp; || 
|-
!Dutch 
| Fortuin || || || || 
|-
!Finnish 
| Palkinto (lit. ''prize'') || || || || This is the same word used to translate [[Prize]]s.
|-
!French 
| Fortune || || {{CardVersionImage|FortuneFrench2021Digital|French language Fortune 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Achat'''<br>Doublez votre {{Cost|}} si vous ne l'avez pas déjà fait ce tour-ci.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Lorsque vous recevez cette carte, recevez un Or par Gladiateur en jeu. || (2021)
|-
!German 
| Reichtum || {{CardPNGImage|Fortune_German|German language Fortune 2016 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|FortuneGerman2021Digital|German language Fortune 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1 Kauf'''<br>Wenn du diese Karte ausspielst, verdoppelt sich {{nowrap|dein {{Cost|}};}} nur 1x pro Zug möglich.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Wenn du diese Karte nimmst, nimm ein Gold pro Gladiator, den du im Spiel hast. || (2016)
|-
!German 
| Reichtum || {{CardVersionImage|FortuneGerman2021rulebook|German language Fortune 2021 by ASS}} || || '''+1 Kauf'''<br>Verdopple {{nowrap|dein {{Cost|}},}} wenn du das in diesem Zug noch nicht getan hast.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Wenn du diese Karte nimmst, nimm ein Gold pro Gladiator, den du im Spiel hast. || 2.&nbsp;Edition<br>(2021)
|-
!Japanese 
| 大金 (pron. ''taikin'',<br>lit. ''a lot of money'') || || || <br>'''+1 購入'''<br>これがこのターンに使用した最初の大金の場合、現在の所持{{Cost|}}を2倍にする。<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">これを獲得するとき、場の剣闘士1枚につき金貨1枚を獲得する。<br>&nbsp; || 
|-
!Polish 
| Fortuna || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || '''+1 zakup'''<br>Kiedy zagrywasz tę kartę, podwój {{nowrap|swoje {{Cost|}},}} jeśli jeszcze tego nie zrobiłeś w bieżącej turze.<hr style="width:66%;text-align:center;margin-left:17%;">Kiedy dodajesz tę kartę, dodaj Złoto za każdego Gladiatora, którego masz w grze. || (2017) 
|-
!Russian 
| Состояние (pron. ''sostoyaniye'') || || || || 
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:FortuneArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Preview ===
{{Quote
|Text=...Fortune. Which doubles your money, yeeha. And may come with some Golds; a reward for the players with Gladiators. If you were wondering how much doubling your money was worth, well, about {{Cost|16}}, but you don't need it all in advance. And it's not cumulative because even at ~{{Cost|16}} that was too much. It can help pay for itself, I will just point out that part.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15373.0 Empires Previews #2: Split Piles]
}}
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote|Text=Fortune started as its own pile. It was a {{Debt}} card back when they could all be bought with no {{Cost}}. The first version was {{Cost|10}}; in the end it's {{Cost|16}}, with {{Cost|8}} up front please. That's how good double your {{Cost}} is, taking into account that sometimes it helps pay for itself. And originally you could use multiple Fortunes in a turn and well doubling doublers is always trouble ([[Throne Room variant|Throning]] a {{Card|Throne Room|Throne}} isn't actually doubling a doubler, person who thinks of that; however {{Card|King's Court}} on King's Court is). There were "discard your hand" versions, but in the end it got a harsh clause to limit you to one doubling per turn. When Fortune became a split pile card, it got the when-gain ability to tie in to Gladiator.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15660.0 The Secret History of the Empires Cards]
}}
=== Relevant outtakes ===
{{Quote|Text=I tried several cards that cost a lot but let you go into {{Debt}}, that tried to look impressive and in the end were too impressive. First up, a new extra-turn card. I also had double your {{Cost}} in Fortune, and I felt like, double your {{Cost}}, with +1 Buy, was like an extra turn but way way faster to resolve.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15660.0 The Secret History of the Empires Cards]
}}
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