Treasure Trove

Treasure Trove
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Treasure
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Adventures
Illustrator(s)	Marco Morte
Card text
Gain a Gold and a Copper.

Treasure Trove is a Treasure card from Adventures. It gives you a Gold and a Copper on each play.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• This is a Treasure worth .
• You play it in your Buy phase, like other Treasures.
• When you play it, you gain a Copper and a Gold from the Supply, putting them into your discard pile.
• If one of those piles is empty, you still gain the other card.

Strategy

Treasure Trove is typically best thought of as a Gold gainer whose usability is primarily dependent on your ability to handle the Copper that it also gains. Its effect of adding two stop cards to your deck every time you play it is very demanding in terms of deck control and draw, especially given that one of its gains is junk in most cases. Therefore, Treasure Trove is most likely to be a good option for payload if you can manage the Coppers easily, if you actively want them, or if you’re not aiming to establish deck control in any case.

In an engine context, Treasure Trove requires a confluence of factors in order to be worth the downsides, but it might be attractive if you want to add multiple Golds to your deck quickly. These might be for use as payload directly (if there is +Buy and no better alternative payload, or no other way to gain it readily), or as fodder for trash-for-benefit effects such as Bishop. In either case, it’s generally best to gain Treasure Trove only once you’ve achieved deck control and have the tools to maintain it, which typically entails removing the Coppers as quickly as you gain them. Ways to do this include Watchtower (which can trash them immediately, meaning you never need to draw them) and Monastery (whose trashing effect is boosted by Treasure Trove itself). However, Treasure Trove may be especially desirable if you can make active use of the Coppers: for example, if your only source of +Buy is Forager and gains are otherwise difficult to come by, they might make useful fodder for it.

Treasure Trove can also be a useful addition to a money strategy given you likely are not aiming to achieve deck control anyway. In this case, the increase in money density from the added Treasures is more relevant than the potential negative effect of the Coppers. Sifters such as Dungeon can be particularly useful as they can help you find your Treasure Troves and Golds more consistently.

Occasionally, because it gains two cards with a single play and takes up no terminal space, Treasure Trove can be useful with effects that reward you for gaining many cards. Guildhall is particularly notable, allowing you to quickly amass Coffers, while other effects such as Triumph or Garrison can be used to benefit in other ways. Playing Treasure Trove many times over the course of a game can additionally lead to scoring many   with effects such as Keep or Gardens.

Some effects such as Herb Gatherer may allow you to play Treasure Trove during your Action phase. This in turn allows you to gain-and-play the Treasures gained by Treasure Trove, greatly accelerating its overall impact on your payload. Storyteller is the most notable example of such an effect, as it is both non-terminal and can use the Golds for draw, while somewhat mitigating the impact of the Coppers on your deck control.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		When you play this, gain a Gold and a Copper.	Adventures	April 2015
		When you play this, gain a Gold and a Copper.	Adventures (2016 printing)	August 2017
		Gain a Gold and a Copper.	Adventures (2022 printing)

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Dutch	Verborgen schat (lit. hidden treasure)			Pak een Goud en een Koper.	(2015)
Finnish	Aarrekasa (lit. pile of treasure)
French	Pierres précieuses (lit. precious stones)			Quand vous jouez cette carte, recevez un Or et un Cuivre.
German	Schatz (lit. treasure)			Wenn du diese Karte ausspielst, nimm dir ein Gold und ein Kupfer.	(2015)
	Schatz (lit. treasure)			Nimm ein Gold und ein Kupfer.	(Nachdruck 2021)
Japanese	掘出物 (pron. horidashimono)			金貨1枚と銅貨1枚を獲得する。
Polish	Zaginiony skarb				Although Polish version is not released, this card is referred to in the Polish version of Empires rulebook
Russian	Клад (pron. klad, lit. buried treasure)

Trivia

Official card art.

Secret History

This was another case where I wanted to use a particular name. I also liked the idea of the set having three Treasures. Another Treasure Trove didn't work out. I tried one that gave you a copy of another Treasure you had in play; then tweaked that into always giving you a Gold and a Copper.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Dominion: Adventures

Relevant outtakes

Intrigue had had gain a Silver to hand, reveal the top card of your deck, if it's Silver trash this. I tried a new version here: +, Gain 2 Silvers, reveal top, if it's Silver trash this and gain a Duchy. It was the kind of thing that casual players might turn out to adore but which playtesters tend not to. In some sense it lives on as Treasure Trove.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Dominion: Adventures

Retrospective

Treasure Trove was a scary card, when the set went to print; I don't want to blow it and make money too good. That all worked out.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Dominion Discord, 2020