Editing War Chest

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{{Infobox Card
 |name = War Chest
 |cost = 5
 |type1 = Treasure
 |type2 = 
 |illustrator = Lynell Ingram
 |text = The player to your left names a card. Gain a card costing up to {{Cost|5}} that hasn't been named for War Chest this turn.
}}

{{Card|War Chest}} is a [[Treasure]] card from the second edition of [[Prosperity]]. It is a [[gainer]] that allows your opponent to block you from gaining a specific card. 

It replaces {{card|Contraband}}, a similar [[removed]] card from the first edition of Prosperity

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* The first War Chest you play in a turn can't gain whatever card they name; the second can't gain the card they name, or the card they previously named, and so on.
* The gained card comes from the [[Supply]] and is put into your discard pile.
* You can still gain the named cards other ways, just not via War Chests.
* They do not have to name a card in the Supply; however War Chest gains a card from the Supply, and puts it into your discard pile.
=== Other Rules clarifications ===

== Strategy ==
Multiple War Chests in one hand get worse rapidly, and therefore a third War Chest is almost always a mistake and even a second copy is weak. Therefore, War Chest is generally only strong in Kingdoms with two or more other 5-cost cards. Additionally, those 5-cost options should not be [[terminal draw]] or other cards which anti-synergize with themselves.

A War Chest will, at worst, gain a [[Silver]], and in the late game will likely gain a 5 of your choice from the kingdom as your opponent will ban [[Duchy]]. However, this is quite weak for the price.

The usual ''best'' case for War Chest is a kingdom with either multiple engine cards that synergize and self-synergize, or a mix of strong [[terminal actions]] and strong [[Treasures]], some at 5 and some at 4. In this case, the pieces banned by your neighbor can be purchased normally.

However, this situation tends to present other opening moves which are competitive, so War Chest tends to be powerful only on boards where something else is even ''more'' powerful, making it always stack up poorly against its competition.

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardLangVersionImage}} || {{CardLangVersionImage|d=1}} || The player to your left names a card. Gain a card costing up to {{Cost|5}} that hasn't been named for War Chest this turn. || Prosperity (Second Edition) || June 2022
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
!German 
| Waffenkiste || || {{CardLangVersionImage|German|d=1}} || Dein linker Mitspieler nennt eine Karte. Nimm eine Karte, die bis zu {{Cost|5}} kostet und die in diesem Zug noch nicht für eine Waffenkiste genannt wurde. ||
|}

== Trivia ==
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=== Preview ===
{{Quote|Text=<p>{{Card|Contraband}} was a cool idea, but you basically never want it. You want to [[buy]] the cards you want, especially when it's oh {{Card|Province|Provinces}}. And being a {{Card|Gold}} for {{Cost|5}} doesn't make up the difference.</p><p>War Chest fixes that by being a big {{Card|Workshop}}; there just have to be two things you'd be happy to [[gain]] with it.</p>
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21253.msg892115#msg892115 Prosperity 2E Preview 1]
}}
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote|Text=The new {{Card|Contraband}}. It gains a {{Cost|5}}; probably that will be good, even though they can block what you most wanted. I tried a smaller one first.
 |Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=21263.0 The Secret History of Prosperity 2E]
}}

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