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− | |text = Trash a card from your hand. If it's an...< | + | |text = <p>Trash a card from your hand.<br>If it's an...</p>Action card, '''+2 Cards''' and '''+2 Actions'''<br>Treasure card, +{{Cost|2}}<br>Victory card, '''+2'''{{VP}} |
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− | '''Sacrifice''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Empires]]. | + | '''Sacrifice''' is an [[Action]] card from [[Empires]]. It is a [[trasher]] that gives a variable bonus depending on the [[type]] of the card it trashed. |
== FAQ == | == FAQ == | ||
=== Official FAQ === | === Official FAQ === | ||
− | * If you trash a card with multiple types, you get all relevant bonuses; for example if you trash {{Card|Crown}}, you get +2 Cards, +2 Actions, and +{{Cost|2}}. | + | * If you trash a card with multiple types, you get all relevant bonuses; for example if you trash {{Card|Crown}}, you get +2 Cards, +2 Actions, and {{nowrap|+{{Cost|2}}.}} |
* If you trash a card with no relevant types (such as {{Card|Curse}}), you get nothing. | * If you trash a card with no relevant types (such as {{Card|Curse}}), you get nothing. | ||
+ | === Other rules clarifications === | ||
+ | * Sacrificing an {{Card|Estate}} under the influence of {{event|Inheritance}} will give +2 Cards, +2 Actions, and {{nowrap|+2{{VP}}.}} | ||
== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
+ | Sacrifice is a [[trash for benefit]] card with a benefit dependent on the [[card types]] of the target. It is somewhat slow to get rid of your starting [[junk]] cards as it is a [[terminal]] [[stop card]] when used for that purpose (with the exception of {{Card|Necropolis}} in [[Shelter]]s games), and provides no benefit for trashing {{Card|Curse|Curses}}, so a faster [[trasher]] such as {{Card|Steward}} is usually preferable initially. However, Sacrifice is often worthwhile if there are no other [[thinning]] options and can be a reasonable choice in the [[opening]]. | ||
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+ | Sacrifice’s three different modes vary in strength. | ||
+ | * When trashing a [[Treasure]], Sacrifice generates {{Cost|2}}. Thus, playing a Sacrifice and trashing a {{Card|Copper}} offers the same {{Cost|2}} that drawing and playing two {{Card|Copper|Coppers}} would; this compares unfavorably to e.g. {{Card|Moneylender}}, which can help you afford expensive cards in the early game at the same time as thinning. | ||
+ | * When trashing a [[Victory]] card, Sacrifice gives you {{VP|2}}. You’ll most frequently be trashing {{Card|Estate|Estates}} in this way, and while this does rid you of a stop card, the small net increase in {{VP}} is usually not important. The primary exception to this is in extremely [[gainer|gain]] limited [[Kingdom]]s, where other ways of adding extra {{VP}} have an extremely high [[opportunity cost]]. | ||
+ | * When trashing an [[Action]] card, Sacrifice gives you +2 Cards and +2 Actions, but because you have to trash a card, this is somewhat equivalent to playing a [[one-shot]] {{Card|Village}}, as you are left with an extra Action and an unchanged net hand size. This means that not only is Sacrifice a difficult [[village (card category)|village]] to use sustainably, but you’re also reliant on [[collision|colliding]] it with Action cards you are willing to trash. [[Ruins]] are the main example of a [[junk]] Action card you’d be willing to use for this purpose, and so Sacrifice’s presence in a [[Kingdom]] makes [[Looter]]s significantly less attractive as a way to attack, particularly if there’s no other source of a [[Village (card category)|village]] effect. Sacrifice can also be useful with other Action cards that provide a beneficial on-trash effect. {{Card|Rats}} and {{Card|Fortress}} each add a card back to your hand size when trashed, so combining either of these with Sacrifice is equivalent to playing a {{Card|Lost City}} and can form the basis for a drawing engine. Even in other cases that don’t provide draw, Sacrifice is a good way to trash Action cards if you want to do so anyway, e.g. when using {{Card|Squire}} to gain an [[Attack]] card such as {{Card|Scrying Pool}}. Later in the game, you may consider trashing other Action cards using Sacrifice in order to keep drawing more cards and/or increase your [[terminal space]] if doing so will prevent a [[dud]]; this consideration may be especially relevant if your [[deck control]] has deteriorated due to [[greening]]. | ||
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+ | Sacrifice offers more benefit when trashing multi-type cards (e.g. {{Card|Island}}); gaining these cards for the sole purpose of trashing them is usually inefficient, but Sacrificing them can sometimes be useful opportunistically, especially in the endgame. | ||
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== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
===English versions=== | ===English versions=== | ||
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! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date | ||
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− | | {{CardVersionImage| | + | | {{CardVersionImage|SacrificeOld|Sacrifice}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=s}} || style="text-align:left; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;"| <p> Trash a card from your hand.<br>      If it's an… </p>Action card, '''+2 Cards''', '''+2 Actions'''<br>Treasure card,    {{nowrap|+{{Cost|2}}}}<br>Victory card,    {{nowrap|'''+2'''{{VP}}}} || Empires || June 2016 |
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+ | | {{CardLangVersionImage}} || || style="text-align:left; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px;"| <p> Trash a card from your hand.<br>      If it's an… </p>Action card, '''+2 Cards''' and '''+2 Actions'''<br>Treasure card,    {{nowrap|+{{Cost|2}}}}<br>Victory card,    {{nowrap|'''+2'''{{VP}}}} || Empires ([http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=20551.0 2021 printing]) || | ||
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===Other language versions=== | ===Other language versions=== | ||
− | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | + | {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible autocollapse" style="text-align:center;" |
− | ! Print !! Digital !! | + | ! Language !! style="width:11em"|Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes |
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+ | !Dutch | ||
+ | | Offer || || || || | ||
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+ | !Finnish | ||
+ | | Uhraus || || || || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !French |
+ | | Sacrifice || || {{CardVersionImage|SacrificeFrench2021Digital|French language Sacrifice 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || style="text-align:left; padding-left:20px;"|Écartez une carte de votre main.<br>   Si c'est une carte…<br>Action, '''+2 Cartes''',''' +2 Actions'''<br> Trésor,    {{nowrap|+{{Cost|2}}}}<br>Victoire,    {{nowrap|'''+2'''{{VP}}}} || | ||
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− | | || || | + | !rowspan=2|German |
+ | | Opfer || {{CardPNGImage|Sacrifice_German|German language Sacrifice 2016 by ASS}} || {{CardVersionImage|SacrificeGerman2021Digital|German language Sacrifice 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || style="text-align:left; padding-left:20px;"| Entsorge eine Handkarte. Ist es eine… <br>Aktionskarte: '''+2 Karten''' und<br>       '''+2 Aktionen'''<br>Geldkarte:  {{nowrap|+{{Cost|2}}}}<br>Punktekarte: {{nowrap|+2 [[File:VPDE.png|15px]]-Marker}} || (2016) | ||
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− | | {{ | + | | Opfer || {{CardVersionImage|SacrificeGerman2021rulebook|German language Sacrifice 2021 by ASS}} || || style="padding-right:30px;"| Entsorge eine deiner Handkarten.<br>Ist es eine…<br>Aktionskarte: '''+2 Karten'''<br>{{nowrap|und '''+2 Aktionen'''}}<br>Geldkarte: {{nowrap|+{{Cost|2}}}}<br>Punktekarte: {{nowrap|'''+2'''{{VP}}}} || 2. Edition<br>(2021) |
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− | + | !Japanese | |
+ | | 生贄<br>(pron. ''ikenie'') || || || style="text-align:left; padding:15px 0px; padding-left:20px;"| 手札1枚を廃棄する。<br>そのカードが…<br>アクションカードの場合、'''+2 カードを引く'''、'''+2 アクション'''<br>財宝カードの場合、{{nowrap|+{{Cost|2}}}}<br>勝利点カードの場合、{{nowrap|+'''2'''{{VP}}}}<br>(複数該当する場合、順に実行する)。 || | ||
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− | + | !Polish | |
+ | | Ofiara<hr>Note: refers to the ''victim'' of sacrifice, rather than the act itself || {{CardLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || style="text-align:left; padding-left:20px;"| Wyrzuć na śmietnisko kartę z ręki.<br>     Jeśli jest to…<br>karta Akcji: '''+2 karty''',''' +2 akcje'''<br>karta Skarbu: {{nowrap|+{{Cost|2}}}}<br>karta Zwycięstwa: {{nowrap|'''+2'''{{VP}}}} || (2017) | ||
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− | + | !Russian | |
+ | | Жертвоприношение<br>(pron. ''zhyertvoprinoshyeniye'') || || || || | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:02, 16 March 2024
Sacrifice | |
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Type(s) | Action |
Kingdom card? | Yes |
Set | Empires |
Illustrator(s) | Joshua Stewart |
Card text | |
Trash a card from your hand. Treasure card, + Victory card, +2 |
Sacrifice is an Action card from Empires. It is a trasher that gives a variable bonus depending on the type of the card it trashed.
Contents |
[edit] FAQ
[edit] Official FAQ
- If you trash a card with multiple types, you get all relevant bonuses; for example if you trash Crown, you get +2 Cards, +2 Actions, and +.
- If you trash a card with no relevant types (such as Curse), you get nothing.
[edit] Other rules clarifications
- Sacrificing an Estate under the influence of Inheritance will give +2 Cards, +2 Actions, and +2 .
[edit] Strategy
Sacrifice is a trash for benefit card with a benefit dependent on the card types of the target. It is somewhat slow to get rid of your starting junk cards as it is a terminal stop card when used for that purpose (with the exception of Necropolis in Shelters games), and provides no benefit for trashing Curses, so a faster trasher such as Steward is usually preferable initially. However, Sacrifice is often worthwhile if there are no other thinning options and can be a reasonable choice in the opening.
Sacrifice’s three different modes vary in strength.
- When trashing a Treasure, Sacrifice generates . Thus, playing a Sacrifice and trashing a Copper offers the same that drawing and playing two Coppers would; this compares unfavorably to e.g. Moneylender, which can help you afford expensive cards in the early game at the same time as thinning.
- When trashing a Victory card, Sacrifice gives you 2 . You’ll most frequently be trashing Estates in this way, and while this does rid you of a stop card, the small net increase in is usually not important. The primary exception to this is in extremely gain limited Kingdoms, where other ways of adding extra have an extremely high opportunity cost.
- When trashing an Action card, Sacrifice gives you +2 Cards and +2 Actions, but because you have to trash a card, this is somewhat equivalent to playing a one-shot Village, as you are left with an extra Action and an unchanged net hand size. This means that not only is Sacrifice a difficult village to use sustainably, but you’re also reliant on colliding it with Action cards you are willing to trash. Ruins are the main example of a junk Action card you’d be willing to use for this purpose, and so Sacrifice’s presence in a Kingdom makes Looters significantly less attractive as a way to attack, particularly if there’s no other source of a village effect. Sacrifice can also be useful with other Action cards that provide a beneficial on-trash effect. Rats and Fortress each add a card back to your hand size when trashed, so combining either of these with Sacrifice is equivalent to playing a Lost City and can form the basis for a drawing engine. Even in other cases that don’t provide draw, Sacrifice is a good way to trash Action cards if you want to do so anyway, e.g. when using Squire to gain an Attack card such as Scrying Pool. Later in the game, you may consider trashing other Action cards using Sacrifice in order to keep drawing more cards and/or increase your terminal space if doing so will prevent a dud; this consideration may be especially relevant if your deck control has deteriorated due to greening.
Sacrifice offers more benefit when trashing multi-type cards (e.g. Island); gaining these cards for the sole purpose of trashing them is usually inefficient, but Sacrificing them can sometimes be useful opportunistically, especially in the endgame.
[edit] Versions
[edit] English versions
Digital | Text | Release | Date | |
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Trash a card from your hand. Treasure card, + Victory card, +2 |
Empires | June 2016 | ||
Trash a card from your hand. Treasure card, + Victory card, +2 |
Empires (2021 printing) |
[edit] Other language versions
[edit] Trivia
[edit] Secret History