Jester
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Type(s) | Action - Attack |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Cornucopia |
Illustrator(s) | Jeff Himmelman |
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Jester is an Action-Attack card from Cornucopia. When played, it makes each other player discard the top card of their deck, and either give them a copy of it, gain you a copy of it, or give out a Curse. It can thus be either a curser or a gainer, depending on your opponents' luck!
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FAQ
Official FAQ
- Each player with no cards in his deck shuffles his discard pile in order to get a card to discard. If he still has no cards, he does not discard one.
- For each player who discarded a card, if it is a Victory card, he gains a Curse, and otherwise, you choose: either that player gains a copy of the card, or you do.
- The gained copies and Curses come from the Supply and are put into the discard piles of the players who gain them.
- If a card is revealed for which there are no copies in the Supply, no one gains a copy of it.
- This Attack hits other players in turn order, which can matter when some piles are low.
- A card with multiple types, one of which is Victory (such as Nobles from Dominion: Intrigue) is a Victory card.
Other Rules clarifications
Strategy Article
There's no strategy article for Jester.
It's a middle-of-the-range attack, sort of like a combination of Smugglers and Witch or Ambassador. It can sometimes copy opponents' good cards—maybe you can make them skip their first Platinum and get to use it before them!—but can sometimes skip their bad cards. It supports Cornucopia's variety theme by not letting you choose which cards are offered to you to gain. It synergizes with top-deck inspection like Spy or Scrying Pool, but not necessarily enough to focus your strategy around.
Like Thief, it becomes significantly more powerful in 3- or 4-player, when you have a much higher chance of getting an expensive card from at least one of your opponents.
Synergies/Combos
- Spy, Scrying Pool
- More than 2 players.
Antisynergies
- Smugglers. Presumably you want to, at some point, follow your own strategy instead of duplicating ALL your opponents' cards!
- Other attacks.
Trivia
Secret History