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{{Infobox Card
 |name = Gladiator
 |cost = 3
 |set = Empires
 |type1 = Action
 |illustrator = Kelli Stakenas
 |text = +{{Cost|2}}<br>Reveal a card from your hand. The player to your left may reveal a copy from their hand. If they don't, +{{Cost|1}} and trash a Gladiator from the Supply.
}}

'''Gladiator''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Empires]].  It's a [[terminal silver]] that becomes a terminal gold if you can choose a card in your hand that your opponent can't match. It is a [[split pile]] card, with five copies of Gladiator sitting on top of five copies of {{Card|Fortune}}; Gladiator can also trash other copies of Gladiator from the supply to help you get to Fortune faster.
== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* If there are no Gladiators in the Supply, you cannot trash one, but that does not stop you from getting the +{{Cost|1}}. 
* If you have no cards in hand, the player to your left cannot reveal a copy of the card you revealed, so you will get the +{{Cost|1}} and trash a Gladiator.
=== Other rules clarifications ===
* You can't trash a Gladiator from the Supply if it's not the top card of the pile (e.g. due to rotating the pile with {{Card|Battle Plan}}) or if the pile isn't in the Supply (e.g. it was chosen by {{Card|Ferryman}}).

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
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| {{CardLangVersionImage|o=1}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=s}} || style="padding: 0px 10px;"| +{{Cost|2}}<br> Reveal a card from your hand. The player to your left may reveal a copy from their hand.<br>If they do not, {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}}} and trash a Gladiator from the Supply. || Empires || June 2016 
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} ||  || style="padding: 0px 10px;"| +{{Cost|2}}<br> Reveal a card from your hand. The player to your left may reveal a copy from their hand.<br>If they don't, {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}}} and trash a Gladiator from the Supply. || Empires (2021 printing) ||  
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!Dutch 
| Gladiator || || || || 
|-
!Finnish 
| Gladiaattori || || || || 
|-
!French 
| Gladiateur || || {{CardVersionImage|GladiatorFrench2021Digital|French language Gladiator 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || +{{Cost|2}}<br>Dévoilez une carte de votre main.<br>Le joueur à votre gauche peut en dévoiler un exemplaire de sa main. S'il ne le fait pas, {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}}} et écartez un Gladiateur de la réserve. || 
|-
!German 
| Gladiator || {{CardVersionImage|GladiatorGerman2021rulebook|German language Gladiator 2021 by ASS}} || || +{{Cost|2}}<br>Decke eine deiner Handkarten auf.<br>Dein linker Mitspieler darf eine gleiche Karte aus seiner Hand aufdecken. Wenn er das nicht tut, {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}}} und entsorge einen Gladiator vom Vorrat. || 2.&nbsp;Edition<br>(2021)
|-
!Japanese 
| 剣闘士 (pron. ''ken tōshi'') || || || +{{Cost|2}}<br>手札1枚を公開する。左隣のプレイヤーは同じカードを公開してもよい。 公開しなかった場合、あなたは{{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}、}}サプライの剣闘士1枚を廃棄する。 || 
|-
!Polish 
| Gladiator || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || +{{Cost|2}}<br>Odkryj kartę z ręki.<br>Gracz po twojej lewej stronie może odkryć z ręki kopię tej samej karty. Jeśli tego nie zrobi, {{nowrap|+{{Cost|1}}}} i wyrzuć na śmietnisko Gladiatora z Zasobów. || (2017)
|-
!Russian 
| Гладиатор (pron. ''gladiator'') || || || || 
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:GladiatorArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Preview ===
{{Quote
|Text=Gladiator has a cute interaction with the player to your left. If you manage to show a card they don't have, you get +{{Cost|1}}, hooray, but you also eat a Gladiator from the pile. That way you are likely to eventually uncover Fortune.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15373.0 Empires Previews #2: Split Piles]
}}
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote|Text=Some split piles were having trouble getting to the 2nd card often enough. For Fortune I made a card that specifically eats its half-pile. A single Gladiator purchase can do the trick. The card was inspired by {{Card|Chariot Race}}, trying to be another way to do that kind of thing, since we liked Chariot Race.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15660.0 The Secret History of the Empires Cards]
}}
=== Donald X.'s thoughts on Gladiator being weak ===
{{Quote|Text= This low placement says something about how much people would like a straight +{{Cost|3}} terminal. Gladiator doesn't just do that, obv. turn 3 there's a good chance it's just +{{Cost|2}}, and that turn matters a lot. But you know, it hits a fair amount. Someone has to get one to dig out the {{Card|Fortune}}s, but everyone can get them once they're uncovered, and some games no-one wants to be the one.
 | Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=18150.msg741757#msg741757 $3 Cost Card Rankings Bottom Half]
}}
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