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  |text = Take an extra turn after this one (but not a 3rd turn in a row), during which you can't buy cards.<br>(You can still buy Events.)

'''Mission''' is an [[Event]] from [[Adventures]]. It gives the buyer an [[extra turn]] in which they can't buy cards.

 

=== Official FAQ (2021) ===

* You can only buy this once per turn. When you do, if the previous turn was not yours - if it was another player's turn before this turn - you take another turn after this turn ends.  

* You can still buy Events, and play cards, and gain cards in ways other than buying them (such as gaining a {{Card|Silver}} from {{Card|Amulet}}), and [[exchange]] [[Traveller]]s.  

Even a restricted [[extra turn]] is often a very powerful effect, making Mission a strong [[Event]]. Although buying cards is an important objective of many turns, and the restriction on Mission turns is therefore significant, there are often many other ways to make meaningful progress during a turn, including [[thinning]] your deck, [[cycling]] through a shuffle, gaining cards by other means (e.g. using [[gainer]]s), and attacking your opponents. Thus, Mission's value in a particular [[Kingdom]] hinges on the availability of such opportunities and the benefits of engaging in them. These benefits need to be weighed against the [[opportunity cost]] of buying Mission itself, since doing so eliminates another chance that you would otherwise have had to buy a card. This means that Mission is typically more viable if you have a source of [[+Buy]] which allows you to buy something alongside Mission on your non-Mission turns.

The value of an extra turn from Mission is heavily dependent on how much you can do without buying cards, as the more your turns center around these types of effects, the closer Mission is to simply providing a full extra turn and doubling your deck’s capabilities.

* The most common way to improve your deck is by adding strong cards to it without buying them. Gainers (e.g. {{Card|University}}) often fulfill this purpose, while some [[Event]]s (e.g. {{Event|Alms}} or {{Event|Summon}}) can also work. {{Card|Hermit}} is a particularly notable example, as it can gain both cheap cards (likely more {{Card|Hermit|Hermits}}) and {{Card|Madman|Madmen}}.

* Mission can be bought regularly in the endgame to amplify several [[alt-VP]] effects. This can include Events such as {{Event|Dominate}} or {{Event|Triumph}}, or cards such as {{Card|Bishop}}.

* Extra turns means more opportunities to play key cards sooner. For example, if you are able to play a thinner on both your Mission and non-Mission turns, you are thinning twice as fast as a player who does not buy Mission. In the early game, playing thinners, [[Attack]]s (especially [[Curser]]s, where winning the {{Card|Curse}} [[Glossary#S|split]] can be important), and [[Traveller]]s in this way will allow you to rapidly snowball into stronger overall turns (Mission or otherwise).

* Later in the game, Mission can double some types of payload. While this can include Attacks which stack, such as [[Knights]], the most common use case is to double your total number of gainer plays, which can both rapidly improve your deck and allow you to more easily threaten a [[three-pile ending|pileout]].

* Other opportunities Mission can provide that are typically less powerful but may still be worthwhile include the chance to accumulate resources such as [[Villager]]s or [[Coffers]] or pay back {{Debt}}.

* Occasionally, the value of Mission lies largely in the fact that it offers relatively cheap access to an extra turn, even if you can do little or nothing with that turn itself. Similar considerations might apply if you anticipate a [[dud]] for other reasons (e.g., by using deck tracking and noting that the remainder of your shuffle is mostly [[junk]]) and wish to cycle past it, or simply want a chance to set up your next turn, e.g. by playing [[Duration draw]].

When and how often to buy Mission mostly depends on which of the above options you’re using it for. If an early Mission can accelerate your deck control or advance another high-priority early-game goal, it may be worth buying over another {{Cost|4}} card. If, however, Mission’s main effect will be to amplify your payload, you’ll likely have to [[build]] up your deck first, as in the early game you likely lack both the specific type of payload you want and the [[deck control]] to reliably find it on your Mission turn. Once you have key payload options and sufficient deck control, you may then want to buy Mission consistently throughout the midgame or even the endgame, depending on how valuable and flexible the extra payload on your Mission turns is.  

===External strategy articles===

''Note: Article(s) below are by individual authors and may not represent the community's current views on cards, but may provide more in-depth information or give historical perspective. Caveat emptor.''

* [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TXUGqedl9gKFW7elR9x1d5Mb3iEBbNNwfR6LNcws6NI/edit?usp=sharing slides from 2021 coaching session]

| {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|o=1}} || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|d=g|o=1|}} || Once per turn: If the previous turn wasn't yours, take another turn after this one, in which you can't buy cards. || Adventures || April 2015

| {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|o=2}} || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|d=s|o=2}} || Once per turn: If the previous turn wasn't yours, take another turn after this one, during which you can't buy cards. || Adventures [[Second Edition#Formatting_changes|(2016 printing)]] || August 2017

| Missie || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=s}} || Eenmaal per beurt: als de vorige beurt niet de jouwe was,<br>voer dan na deze beurt nog een beurt uit, waarin je geen<br>kaarten mag kopen. || (2015)

| Mission || || {{CardVersionImage|MissionFrench2021Digital|French language Mission 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || Une fois par tour&nbsp;: si le tour précédent n'était pas le vôtre, jouez un tour supplémentaire après celui-ci pendant lequel vous ne pourrez pas acheter de carte. ||

| Mission || {{CardVersionImage|MissionGerman|German language Mission 2015 by ASS}} || || Einmal pro Zug: Wenn der vorangegangene Zug nicht deiner war, spielst du nach diesem Zug einen weiteren Zug, in welchem du keine Karten kaufen darfst. || (2015)

| 使節団 (pron. ''shisetsu-dan'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| 1ターンに1度のみ:直前のターンがあなたのものでない場合、このターンの後に、カードの購入ができない追加の1ターンを得る。 ||

| Misja || || || || <small>Although Polish version is not released, this card is referred to in the Polish version of ''[[Empires]]'' rulebook</small>

|Text=Finally we have Mission, a trickier one. You get an extra turn, but, this seems like some kind of joke, you can't buy cards on that turn. What good is it then? Well. There are things you can do. You can gain cards without buying them, such as with {{Card|Remodel|Remodels}} and {{Card|Workshop|Workshops}}. You can play [[Duration]] cards, setting them up for your next turn. You can get [[Reserve]] cards onto your mat. You can play [[Attack]]s, it can be that kind of Mission. You can [[trash]] cards; you can just be getting through your deck to get back to your good cards; you can turn that {{Card|Hero}} into a {{Card|Champion}}. And hey you can buy other Events, that's not buying a card. That may seem weird - what do we call that rectangular object then - but you didn't buy a card, you bought an Event, a thing that happened once and didn't come with a card, and so that doesn't trigger {{Card|Swamp Hag}} and it's not cheaper due to {{Card|Bridge}} and so on. Event cards give you something to buy; that thing is not a card. There will be a rulebook and it will say stuff just like this.