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| | |name = Salt the Earth | | |name = Salt the Earth |
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| | == Strategy == | | == Strategy == |
| − | Salt the Earth is a somewhat interesting [[event]], and it may not be clear when to use it, or why it costs {{Cost|4}}. It's not fast enough for [[rush (strategy)|rushes]], as it will take 10+ turns to empty out the {{Card|Province}} pile in a two player game (5-8 turns for the Provinces, plus another few turns to buy {{Card|Silver|Silvers}} if you want to get {{cost|4}} every turn). Your opponent(s) buying Provinces will, of course, help empty out the pile. It will also make you fall behind quite a bit: in a two-player game, if your opponent is playing [[Big Money]] and it takes 15 turns to run down the Provinces, Big Money would get ~15{{VP}} (12{{VP}} from two Provinces and 3{{VP}} from the {{Card|Estate|Estates}}), and you'll get ~10{{VP}} (6{{VP}} from the Provinces you trashed, plus ~4{{VP}} from Estates. So, it seems that Salt the Earth isn't great. However, every now and then, you will want to buy it.
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| − | *If {{Card|Feodum}} is in the kingdom, you can gain 3 Silvers and get 1 {{VP}} for {{Cost|4}}.
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| − | *If your opponent is going for {{Card|Castles}}, then trashing some of the key ones (eg. {{Card|King's Castle}}) can really hurt them (also even if they aren't, you can always trash the {{Card|Crumbling Castle}}).
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| − | *{{Card|Monument}} may give you enough {{VP}} [[tokens]] to allow you to rush, especially if the other player(s) are playing slower strategies.
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| − | *If you have [[+Buy]] and sufficient {{cost}}, you could, potentially trash 2+ Provinces in a turn. Because of this, players may start greening earlier and slow down, out of fear that someone might quickly end the game. You can also do this if you're ahead by a few Provinces, but your opponent is catching up to you, either because their [[engine]] is building, or because you're slowing down. However, this also applies to you: you have to be careful, in case your opponent tries this trick on you.
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| | === Synergies/Combos === | | === Synergies/Combos === |
| − | | + | *{{Card|Feodum}}: {{Cost|4}} to gain 3 {{Card|Silver|Silvers}} and 1{{VP}}. |
| − | *Victory cards that give you a benefit for trashing them | + | |
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| − | *Your opponent going for the {{Card|Castles}}
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| − | *{{Card|Monument}}
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| − | *{{Landmark|Baths}}: [https://dominionstrategy.com/2018/06/07/combo-video-salt-the-earth-baths/ this video] illustrates this combo quite well, including what to do against it
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| − | ===Antisynergies===
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| − | *Quick strategies ({{Card|Chapel}} engines, {{Card|Ill-Gotten Gains}} rushes, etc.)
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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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| − | | {{LandscapeVersionImage|Salt the Earth|Salt the Earth}} || {{LandscapeVersionImage|Salt the EarthDigital|Salt the Earth from Shuffle iT}} || style="padding:0px 20px;"| '''+1'''{{VP}}<br>Trash a Victory card from the Supply. || Empires || June 2016 | + | | {{LandscapeVersionImage|Salt the Earth|Salt the Earth}} || {{LandscapeVersionImage|Salt the EarthDigital|Salt the Earth from Shuffle iT}} || '''+1'''{{VP}}. Trash a Victory card from the Supply. || Empires || June 2016 |
| | |} | | |} |
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| | ===Other language versions=== | | ===Other language versions=== |
| | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| − | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes | + | ! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text |
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| | !Dutch | | !Dutch |
| − | | Zout der aarde (lit. ''salt of the earth'') || || || || | + | | Zout der aarde (lit. ''salt of the earth'') || || || |
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| | !Finnish | | !Finnish |
| − | | Myrkytetty maa (lit. ''poisoned ground'') || || || || | + | | Myrkytetty maa (lit. ''poisoned ground'') || || || |
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| | !French | | !French |
| − | | Épandage de sel (lit. ''spreading of salt'') || || || || | + | | Épandage de sel (lit. ''spreading of salt'') || || || |
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| | !German | | !German |
| − | | Versalztes Land<br>(lit. ''salted land'') || {{LandscapeVersionImage|Salt the EarthGerman|German language Salt the Earth 2016 by ASS}} || || '''+1 [[File:VPDE.png|15px]]-Marker'''<br>Entsorge eine Punktekarte vom Vorrat. || (2016) | + | | Versalztes Land (lit. ''salted land'') || || || |
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| − | | Versalztes Land<br>(lit. ''salted land'') || || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} ||style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1'''{{VP}}<br>Entsorge eine Punktekarte aus dem Vorrat. || 2. Edition<br>(2021)
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| | !Japanese | | !Japanese |
| − | | 大地への塩まき<br>(pron. ''daichi e no shio maki'') || || || style="padding:15px 0px;"| '''+1'''{{VP}}<br>サプライから勝利点カード1枚を廃棄する。 || | + | | 大地への塩まき (pron. ''daichi e no shio maki'') || || || +'''1'''{{VP}}。サプライから勝利点カード1枚を廃棄する。 |
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| | !Polish | | !Polish |
| − | | Solna klątwa<br>(lit. ''salt curse'') || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || '''+1{{VP}}'''<br>Wyrzuć na śmietnisko kartę Zwycięstwa z Zasobów. || (2017) | + | | Solna klątwa (lit. ''salt curse'') || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|Polish}} || || |
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| | !Russian | | !Russian |
| − | | Соление Земель (pron. ''solyeniye zyemyel''') || || || || | + | | Соление Земель (pron. ''solyeniye zyemyel''') || || || |
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| | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] | | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]] |
| | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15660.0 The Secret History of the Empires Cards] | | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=15660.0 The Secret History of the Empires Cards] |
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| − | === Why doesn't it just say "Province?" ===
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| − | {{Quote|Text="Wouldn't it be simpler" just wasn't an issue there; it's a simple Event. If we'd never trashed anything but {{Card|Province}} I might have changed it, but of course it didn't go that way. There was no pull in that direction to start with, because obv. giving you more options would make the Event less narrow.
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| − | |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
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| − | |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg871096#msg871096 Interview with Donald X.]
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| | }} | | }} |
| | {{Navbox Empires}} | | {{Navbox Empires}} |
| | {{Navbox Cards}} | | {{Navbox Cards}} |
