Dominion: Alchemy — Rules Manual

There are strange things going on in your basement laboratories. They keep
calling up for more barrels of quicksilver, or bits of your hair. It's all in the name
of progress. They're looking for a way to turn lead into gold, or at least into
something better than lead. That lead had just been too good of a bargain to pass
up; you didn't think where you would put all the lead or what you will do with
the lead. Well that will all be sorted out. They're also looking for a universal
solvent. If they manage that one, you will take whatever they use to hold it in and
build a castle out of it. A castle that can't be dissolved! Now that's progress.
This is the 3rd addition to Dominion. It adds 12 new Kingdom cards to
Dominion, plus a new resource: Potions.
Dominion: Alchemy is an expansion, and can't be played by itself; to play with it,
you need Dominion, or a standalone expansion to Dominion (Dominion:
Intrigue). Those provide the Basic cards you need to play (Treasure, Victory, and
Curse cards), as well as the full rules for setup and gameplay. Dominion: Alchemy
can also be combined with any other Dominion expansions you have.
We hope you enjoy this expanding world of Dominion!
Donald X. Vaccarino
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After you choose 10 Kingdom cards for the Supply, if any of them have in the cost, add the
Potion pile to the Supply. Also add the Potion pile if you are using the promotional card Black
Market, and the Black Market deck includes at least one card with in the cost. If you don't
have any cards with in the cost in the Supply or in the Black Market deck, do not use the
Potion pile in this game.
When you have a Potion pile, put all 16 Potions in it, no matter how many players there are.
In games using this pile, if the pile becomes empty, that will count towards the game ending
condition, like any other Supply pile.
You can play Dominion using any number of Kingdom cards from Alchemy, but we especially
recommend playing with 3 - 5 Alchemy cards at once.
Alchemy includes 12 randomizer cards (one for each Kingdom card in Alchemy). You will need
the Treasure cards, Victory cards, Curse cards, and Trash card from either Dominion or a
standalone expansion like Dominion: Intrigue to play with this expansion. As with previous
Dominion games, players must choose 10 sets of Kingdom cards for each game. If players
choose the random approach for choosing sets, they may shuffle the randomizer cards from
this expansion with those of any other Dominion games they choose to play with or take a
few from each set of randomizer cards.
150 cards
122 Kingdom cards, 10 each of:
and 12 of:
Apothecary
Action
Illustration: Ryan Laukat © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+1 Card
+1 Action
Reveal the top 4 cards of your deck.
Put the revealed Coppers and
Potions into your hand. Put the other
cards back on top of your deck
in any order.
Alchemist
Action
Illustration: Simon Jannerland © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+2 Cards
+1 Action
When you discard this from play, if
you have a Potion in play, you may
put this on top of your deck.
Golem
Action
Illustration: Franz Vohwinkel © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Reveal cards from your deck until
revealing 2 Action cards other than
Golems.
Discard the other cards, then play the
Action cards in either order.
Familiar
Action
Illustration: Alex Drummond © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+1 Card
+1 Action
Each other player gains a Curse.
3
Philosopher’s Stone
Treasure
Illustration: Jacob Corn © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+1 Buy
+1
When you play this, count your
deck and discard pile.
Worth 1 per 5 cards total
between them (rounded down).
Herbalist
Action
Illustration: Harald Lieske © 2010 Rio Grande Games
When you discard this from play, you
may put one of your Treasures
from play on top of your deck.
University
Action
Illustration: Marcel-Andre Casasola-Merkle © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+2 Actions
You may gain an Action card costing
up to 5.
Transmute
Action
Illustration: Claus Stephan © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Trash a card from your hand.
If it is an...
Action card, gain a Duchy
Treasure card, gain a Transmute
Victory card, gain a Gold
Scrying Pool
Action
Illustration: Klemens Franz © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+1 Action
Each player (including you) reveals the top
card of his deck and either discards it or puts
it back, your choice. Then reveal cards from
the top of your deck until revealing one that
isn’t an Action.
Put all of your revealed cards into your
hand.
2
Possession
Action
Illustration: Kieron O’Gorman © 2010 Rio Grande Games
The player to your O H It takes an extra
turn after this one, in which you can see
all cards he can and make all decisions
for him.
Any cards he would gain on that turn,
you gain instead; any cards of his that
are trashed are set aside and returned to
his discard pile at end of turn.
Apprentice
Action
Illustration: Martin Hoffmann © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+1 Action
Trash a card from your hand.
+1 Card per it costs.
+2 Cards if it has in its cost.
Vineyard
Victory
Illustration: Julien Delval © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Worth 1 VP for every 3 Action cards
in your deck (rounded down).
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16 Basic cards, all Potion: card back for Kingdom and Basic cards
12 Randomizer cards (back): (one for each Kingdom card)
Potion is a new Basic Treasure card. It costs 5, and when played produces 2 rather than 2 coins. 2 has no equivalent in coins. To buy a card with 5 in the cost, a player needs 5.
Buying cards using 5 works just like buying cards with coins. If a player has 5, he could buy a card costing 5, or a card costing 10, and so on. If he has 5 and an extra Buy, he could buy a card costing 5 and a card costing 5, or a card costing 5 and a card costing 5, and so on. He could not buy two cards costing 5, because he has only one 5. He needs 5 per card he wants to buy that has 5 in the cost.
Some cards refer to how much a card costs. Generally, adding 5 to a cost gives a a player a higher cost: 10 is more than 5. More specifically:
References to cards costing “up to” some cost only include 5 if 5 is in the given cost. If 5 is in the cost, a player can drop the 5 and it is still "up to," but a player cannot add 5 if it is not there.
If a card only costs 0 (Vineyard, Transmute), the number of coins in that card's cost is 0.
University
Action
Illustration:Marcel-Andre Casasola-Merkle © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+2 Actions
You may gain an Action card costing up to 5.
name (University?)
card ability
card type
(action-white)
cost (2 coins, potion)
card format:
Potion
Treasure
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Example: when a player uses University to gain an action card costing up to $3, the player may not gain a card with $4 in the cost. A card costing $4 does not cost $3 or less. It is just like Buying a card - if a player just has $3, he cannot buy a card with $4 in the cost. However if a player uses Remodel to trash a card costing $4, he could gain a card costing $5 or a card costing $6, as those are both "up to" $6.
Adding coins to a cost doesn't affect being in the cost or not. If $1 was in the cost, it still is; if it wasn't, it still isn't. Same with subtracting coins from a cost.
Example: Remodel allows a player to gain a card costing up to $2 more than the trashed card. Trashing a card that costs $3 would not let the player gain a card costing $6 using Remodel. However, a player could use Remodel to trash a card costing $4 to gain a card costing $6. A player could also trash a card costing $5 to gain a card costing $6 (with no $1). Bridge makes cards cost less this turn. This lowers the cost of a card costing $5 to $4. It does nothing to the cost of a card costing just $3.
References to cards costing some number of coins “or more” include cards with $1 or without $1 in the cost.
Example: since Saboteur trashes a card costing at least $5, it could trash a card with $5 in the cost. A card costing $5 costs at least $5. A card costing $6 also costs $5 or more. A card costing $4 does not cost " $5 or more" because it does not have at least $5 in the cost.
References to a cost range in coins does not include cards with $1 in the cost.
Example: a card that refers to cards costing "from $2 to $4" would mean cards costing exactly $2, $3, or $4. No cards published so far use this phrasing, but if one does in a later expansion, the range will not include cards with $1 in the cost.
Cards which convert a cost into a number do not do anything with $1.
Example: Salvager trashes a card, and produces an amount of coins equal to the cost of the card. If a player trashes a card costing $4, he will just get $4.
Cards which check if two costs are the same include if it is there.
Example: Swindler trashes a card, and has the player who lost it gain a card with the same cost. If a player trashes a card costing $4 with Swindler, that player will gain a card costing exactly $4.
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“In play” -- Action cards and Treasure cards played face-up to a play area are in play until they are moved somewhere else—usually until they are discarded during a Clean-up phase. Only played cards are in play; set aside cards, trashed cards, cards in the Supply, and cards in hands, decks, and discard piles are not in play. Reaction abilities like Moat’s do not put those cards into play.
Alchemy includes a Treasure card with rules: Philosopher’s Stone. Philosopher’s Stone is in the Supply if it is selected as one of the 10 Kingdom cards for the game; it is not part of the Basic Supply. It is just like a normal Treasure, but has special abilities. Philosopher’s Stone is played during the Buy phase like a normal Treasure. It can be stolen by a Thief and so on.
During the Buy phase, all Treasures are played before a player buys any cards, even if he has +Buys. A player may not play Treasures after Buying a card. This is important for Philosopher's Stone.
When a player discards cards from play, he may discard them in any order. This normally does not matter, but is important for Alchemist and Herbalist.
Players can play Dominion with any set of 10 Kingdom cards, but these sets are intended to highlight some interesting card interactions and game strategies.

Alchemy & Dominion:
Laboratory, Thief, and Throne Room
Potion Mixers: Alchemist, Apothecary, Golem, Herbalist, Transmute, Cellar, Chancellor, Festival, Militia, and Smithy
Chemistry Lesson: Alchemist, Golem, Philosopher's Stone, University, Bureaucrat, Market, Moat, Remodel, Witch, and Woodcutter

Alchemy & Intrigue:
Minion, Pawn, and Steward
Secret Research: Familiar, Herbalist, Philosopher's Stone, University, Bridge, Masquerade, Minion, Nobles, Shanty Town, and Torturer
Pools, Tools, and Fools: Apothecary, Apprentice, Golem, Scrying Pool, Baron, Coppersmith, Ironworks, Nobles, Trading Post, and Wishing Well

Game Developers: Dale Yu and Valerie Putman
Thank you, playtesters: Kelly Bailey, Bill Barksdale, Alex Bishop, Dan Brees, Josephine Burns, Max Crowe, Ray Dennis, Wei-Hwa Huang, Tom Lehmann, Destry Miller, Anthony Rubbo, Molly Sherwin, Sir Shufflesalot, Paul Sottosanti, Chris West, Jeff Wolfe, the 6am Gamers, the Cincygamers, and the Columbus Area Boardgaming Society.
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Tracy has Possession, Potion, Philosopher’s Stone, and two Coppers in her hand at the start of her turn. During her Action phase, she plays Possession. She does not use Possession’s ability to direct Tyler’s extra turn (her left hand player) in the middle of her own turn. She finishes her Action phase, Buy phase, and Cleanup phase before “possessing” Tyler.

As she is out of Actions, she starts her Buy phase. First, she plays Philosopher’s Stone to her play area. She immediately counts her deck (11 cards) and her discard pile (6 cards), but does not include the cards in her hand or the cards in her play area. The total, 17 cards, is worth 3 coins. She then adds Potion and the Coppers from her hand to her play area. Tracy has 1 Potion and 5 coins to spend. Tracy Buys a Familiar and adds it to her Discard pile. She has 2 coins left to spend, but no more Buys, so she's done. She discards the cards in her play area and draws 5 new cards for her next turn.

Before Tyler can take his normal turn, he first has an extra turn where Tracy “possesses” him and gets to make all of his decisions for him. Tracy looks at his hand and sees that he has Apprentice, Herbalist, Potion, and two Silvers. Tracy tells Tyler to play his Apprentice. Tracy chooses to have Tyler trash a Silver so that Tyler draws 3 more cards for her to work with. The trashed Silver is set aside; it is not put in the Trash pile. Tyler draws 1 Gold and 2 Coppers. Tracy has Tyler play the Herbalist.

In Tyler's Buy phase, she has Tyler play his Potion, Gold, 2 Coppers, and the remaining Silver (he started with 2) to the play area. Combined with the Herbalist, Tyler has 1 Potion and 8 coins for Tracy to spend and 2 Buys. Tracy has Tyler buy Province, which Tracy gains instead. With the remaining Potion, Tracy has Tyler buy Vineyard, which Tracy also gains instead.

Tyler now discards the cards in his play area. Tracy chooses to put Copper on top of Tyler's deck, using Herbalist's ability. Then Tyler draws 5 new cards for his normal turn. As the Cleanup phase is a part of the “possessed” turn, Tracy takes a peek at Tyler’s new hand before sitting back and enjoying her new riches. Finally, Tyler puts the Silver that was trashed into his discard pile, and takes his normal turn.

Potion
Treasure
4

Possession
Action
6
Illustration: Kieron O’Gorman © 2010 Rio Grande Games
The player to your -O-H-It takes an extra turn after this one, in which you can see all cards he can and make all decisions for him.
Any cards he would gain on that turn, you gain instead; any cards of his that are trashed are set aside and returned to his discard pile at end of turn.

Philosopher’s Stone
Treasure
3
Illustration: Jacob Corn © 2010 Rio Grande Games
When you play this, count your deck and discard pile.
Worth 1 per 5 cards total between them (rounded down).

Possession
Action
6
Illustration: Kieron O’Gorman © 2010 Rio Grande Games
The player to your -O-H-It takes an extra turn after this one, in which you can see all cards he can and make all decisions for him.
Any cards he would gain on that turn, you gain instead; any cards of his that are trashed are set aside and returned to his discard pile at end of turn.

Philosopher’s Stone
Treasure
3
Illustration: Jacob Corn © 2010 Rio Grande Games
When you play this, count your deck and discard pile.
Worth 1 per 5 cards total between them (rounded down).

Potion
Treasure
4
Potion
Treasure
4
Buy Province & Vineyard
Potion
Treasure
4
+ 1 Buy
+ 1

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When you discard this from play, you may put one of your Treasures from play on top of your deck.
Herbalist
Action
2
Illustration: Harald Lieske © 2010 Rio Grande Games

Apprentice
Action
5
Illustration: Martin Hoffmann © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+ 1 Action
Trash a card from your hand.
+1 Card per it costs.
+2 Cards if it has in its cost.

Apprentice
Action
5
Illustration: Martin Hoffmann © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+ 1 Action
Trash a card from your hand.
+1 Card per it costs.
+2 Cards if it has in its cost.

Bazaar
Action
5
Illustration: Martin Hoffmann © 2009 Rio Grande Games
+ 1 Card
+ 2 Actions
+ 1
+ 1 Buy
+ 1

______________________
When you discard this from play, you may put one of your Treasures from play on top of your deck.
Herbalist
Action
2
Illustration: Harald Lieske © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Action: Possession
+ 3 coins
Buy:
Familiar
play Apprentice; “trash” Silver
draw 3 cards
+ 1 Buy
+ 1

______________________
When you discard this from play, you may put one of your Treasures from play on top of your deck.
Herbalist
Action
2
Illustration: Harald Lieske © 2010 Rio Grande Games
play Herbalist

Rio Grande Games 1 Action Trash a card from your hand 1 Card per it costs 2 Cards if it has in its cost Bazaar Action 5 Illustration Martin Hoffmann 2009 Rio Grande Games 1 Card 2 Actions 1 1 Buy 1 When you discard this from play you may put one of your Treasures from play on top of your deck Herbalist Action 2 Illustration Harald Lieske 2010 Rio Grande Games Action Possession 3 coins Buy Familiar play Apprentice trash Silver draw 3 cards 1 Buy 1 When you discard this from play you may put one of your Treasures from play on top of your deck Herbalist Action 2 Illustration Harald Lieske 2010 Rio Grande Games play Herbalist

Vineyard
Victory
0
Illustration: Julien Delval © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Worth 1 VP for every 3 Action cards in your deck (rounded down).

discard and put Copper
on top of his deck
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Alchemist - When you play this, you draw two cards and may play an additional Action card this turn. In the Clean-up Phase, when you discard this, if you have at least one Potion card in play, you may put Alchemist on top of your deck. This is optional and happens before drawing your new hand. If you have no cards in your deck when you do this, Alchemist becomes the only card in your deck. If you have multiple Alchemists and a Potion, you can put any or all of the Alchemists on top of your deck. You don't have to have used the Potion to buy anything, you only need to have played it.
Apothecary - You draw a card first. Then reveal the top four cards, put the Coppers and Potions into your hand, and put the rest back on top of your deck. If there aren't four cards left in your deck, reveal what you can and shuffle to get the rest. If there still aren't enough cards, just reveal what there is. Any cards that are not Copper and are not Potion go back on top of your deck in an order you choose. You cannot choose not to take all of the Coppers and Potions. If after revealing four cards there are no cards left in your deck, the cards you put back will become the only cards in your deck.
Apprentice - If you do not have any cards left in hand to trash, you do not draw any cards. If you trash a card costing , such as Curse or Copper, you do not draw any cards. Otherwise you draw a card per the card you trashed cost, and another two cards if it had in its cost. For example, if you trash a Golem, which costs , you draw 6 cards.
Familiar - If there aren't enough Curses left to go around when you play Familiar, you deal them out in turn order, starting with the player to your left. If you play Familiar with no Curses remaining, you will still get +1 Card and +1 Action. A player gaining a Curse puts it face-up into his Discard pile.
Golem - Reveal cards from the top of your deck, one at a time, until you have revealed two Action cards that are not Golem. If you run out of cards before revealing two non-Golem Actions, shuffle your discard pile (but not the revealed cards) and continue. If you run out and have no discard pile left either, you just get the Actions you found. Discard all of the revealed cards except for the non-Golem Actions you found. If you did not find any, you're done. If you found one, play it. If you found two, play them both, in either order. You cannot choose not to play one of them. These Action cards are not in your hand and so are unaffected by things that look for cards in your hand. For example, if one of them is Throne Room (from Dominion), you cannot use it on the other one.
Alchemist
+ 2Cards
+ 1Action
When you discard this from play, if you have a Potion in play, you may put this on top of your deck.
Action3
Illustration: Simon Jannerland © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Apothecary
+ 1Card
+ 1Action
Reveal the top 4 cards of your deck. Put the revealed Coppers and Potions into your hand. Put the other cards back on top of your deck in any order.
Action2
Illustration: Ryan Laukat © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Apprentice
+ 1Action
Trash a card from your hand.
+1 Card per it costs.
+2 Cards if it has in its cost.
Action5
Illustration: Martin Hoffmann © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Familiar
+ 1Card
+ 1Action
Each other player gains a Curse.
Action3
Illustration: Alex Drummond © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Golem
Reveal cards from your deck until revealing 2 Action cards other than Golems.
Discard the other cards, then play the Action cards in either order.
Action4
Illustration: Franz Vohwinkel © 2010 Rio Grande Games
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Herbalist - When you play this, you get an extra coin to spend this turn, and may buy an additional card in your Buy phase. When you discard this from play (usually during Clean-up), you may choose a Treasure card you have in play, and put that card on your deck. If you have no cards in your deck, that Treasure will become the only card in your deck. You choose what order to discard cards during Clean-up; so, for example, if you have Herbalist, Potion, and Alchemist in play, you could choose to discard Alchemist first, putting it on top of your deck, then discard Herbalist, and put Potion on top of your deck. If you have multiple Herbalists in play, each one will let you put another Treasure from play onto your deck when you discard it.

Philosopher’s Stone - This is a Treasure card. It is a Kingdom card; it will only be in games where it is randomly dealt out as one of the 10 Kingdom cards, or otherwise selected to be one of them. It is played during your Buy phase, like other Treasure cards. When you play it, count the number of cards in your deck and discard pile combined, divide by 5, and round down. That is how many coins this produces for you. Once played, the amount of coins you get does not change even if the number of cards changes later in the turn. The next time you play it, count again. If you play multiple copies, obviously the number will be the same for all of them. It does not matter what order your discard pile is in, but the order your deck is in matters. Do not change that order while counting! You will get to look through your discard pile as you count it. You only count your deck and discard pile, not your hand or cards in play or set aside cards. You cannot play more Treasures after buying something in your buy phase; so for example you cannot buy a card, then play Philosopher's Stone, then buy another card.

Possession - You are not taking a turn with the deck of the player to your left; that player is taking a turn, with you making the decisions and gaining the cards. This is a crucial difference to keep in mind when considering card interactions – the “you” in all cards still refers to the player being Possessed, not the player doing the Possessing. Possession has several pieces to it:
- You can see the Possessed player's cards for the entire turn, which means you will see his next hand during Clean-up. You will also see any cards he is entitled to see due to card rules; for example, you can look at cards he has set aside with Native Village (from Seaside). You can count any cards he can count.
- You make all decisions for the Possessed player, including what cards to play, decisions those cards provide, and what cards to buy.
- Any cards the Possessed player would have gained in any way, you gain instead; this includes cards bought, as well as cards

+ 1Buy
+ 1
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When you discard this from play, you may put one of your Treasures from play on top of your deck.
Herbalist
Action 2
Illustration: Harald Lieske © 2010 Rio Grande Games

Philosopher’s Stone
Treasure 3
Illustration: Jacob Corn © 2010 Rio Grande Games
When you play this, count your deck and discard pile. Worth 1 per 5 cards total between them (rounded down).

Possession
Action 6
Illustration: Kieron O’Gorman © 2010 Rio Grande Games
The player to your -O-H-It takes an extra turn after this one, in which you can see all cards he can and make all decisions for him. Any cards he would gain on that turn, you gain instead; any cards of his that are trashed are set aside and returned to his discard pile at end of turn.

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gained due to Actions. The cards you gain this way go to your
discard pile, even if they would have gone to that player's hand or
the top of his deck or somewhere else. You only gain cards he
would have; you do not gain tokens he would have (for example
from the Dominion: Seaside card Pirate Ship).
- During the Possessed turn, whenever one of that player's cards is
trashed, set it aside, and that player puts it into his discard pile at
the end of the turn, after Clean-up. This counts as the card being
trashed, so, for example, you could trash a Mining Village (from
Dominion: Intrigue) and get the . Getting those cards back at
end of turn does not count as those cards being gained (so for
example, you won't get them). Other players' cards that are
trashed during that turn are not returned.
- Cards passed with Masquerade (from Dominion: Intrigue) are
not being gained or trashed, and so are passed normally. Cards
returned to the Supply with Ambassador (from Dominion:
Seaside) are also not being trashed, and so return to the Supply
normally.
- If you make another player play an Attack via Possession, that
Attack will hit you like it would normally. If you want to use a
Reaction in response to that Attack (such as Secret Chamber from
Dominion: Intrigue), you would be the one revealing the
Reaction, not the player being Possessed.
- Possession causes an extra turn to be played, like the card
Outpost does (from Dominion: Seaside). The extra turn happens
only after this turn is completely over - you will have discarded
everything and drawn your next hand. Outpost only prevents
itself from giving a player two consecutive turns, it does not
prevent other cards or the rules from doing so. So, for example, if
you play Possession in a two-player game, then after the
Possession turn, that player still gets his normal turn. If he played
Outpost during that turn though, it would not give him an extra
turn. If you play both Outpost and Possession in the same turn,
the Outpost turn happens first. If you make someone play
Outpost during a turn in which you Possessed them, that player
will get the extra turn and make decisions during it and so forth,
not you; if you make someone play Possession during a turn in
which you Possessed them, that will make that player Possess the
player to his left, rather than you getting to Possess anyone
further. Possession turns (and other extra turns) do not count for
the tiebreaker. Once the game ends, no further turns are played,
including extra turns from Possession and Outpost.
- Unlike Outpost, Possession is not a Duration card. It is discarded
in the Clean-up phase of the turn you played it.
- Possession is cumulative; if you play it twice in one turn, there
will be two extra turns after this one.
Potion - This is a basic Treasure card. It costs and produces .
It is not a Kingdom card; see the Preparation rules.
Potion
Treasure4
3
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Scrying Pool - First you reveal the top card of each player's deck, and either have them discard it or have them put it back. If people care about the order, go clockwise, starting with yourself. You make a separate decision for each player. After you finish making those decisions, reveal cards from the top of your deck until you reveal a card that isn't an Action card. If you run out of cards without revealing a non-Action card, shuffle your discard pile and keep going. If you have no discard pile left either, stop there. Put all of the revealed Action cards into your hand, plus that first non-Action you revealed. If the very first card you revealed was not an Action, that card goes into your hand. Cards with multiple types, one of which is Action, are Actions. The only cards that go into your hand are the ones revealed as part of revealing cards until finding a non-Action; you do not get discarded cards from the first part of what Scrying Pool did, or cards from other players' decks.

Transmute - If you have no cards left in hand to trash, you do not get anything. If you trash a Curse to this, you do not get anything – Curse is not an Action card or Victory card or Treasure card. If you trash a card with more than one type, you get each applicable thing. For example, if you trash an Action-Victory card (such as Nobles, from Dominion: Intrigue), you gain both a Duchy and a Gold. Gained cards come from the Supply and go to your discard pile. If there are no appropriate cards left to gain, you don't gain those cards.

University - Gaining an Action card is optional. If you choose to gain one, it comes from the Supply, must cost no more than , and goes to your discard pile. Cards with multiple types, one of which is Action, are Actions and can be gained this way. Cards with in their cost can't be gained by this.

Vineyard - This Kingdom card is a Victory card, not an Action card. It does nothing until the end of the game, when it is worth 1 victory point per 3 Action cards in your Deck (counting all of your cards - your Discard pile and hand are part of your Deck at that point). Round down; if you have 11 Action cards, Vineyard is worth 3 victory points. During set-up, put all 12 Vineyards in the Supply for a game with 3 or more players, but only 8 in the Supply for a 2-player game. Cards with multiple types, one of which is Action, are Actions and so are counted by Vineyard.

Scrying Pool
+1 Action
Each player (including you) reveals the top card of his deck and either discards it or puts it back, your choice. Then reveal cards from the top of your deck until revealing one that isn’t an Action.
Put all of your revealed cards into your hand.
Illustration: Klemens Franz © 2010 Rio Grande Games
2
Action - Attack
University
Action 2
Illustration: Marcel-Andre Casasola-Merkle © 2010 Rio Grande Games
+ 2 Actions
You may gain an Action card costing upto 5 .
Vineyard
Victory 0
Illustration: Julien Delval © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Worth 1 VP for every 3 Action cards in your deck (rounded down).
Transmute
Action
Illustration: Claus Stephan © 2010 Rio Grande Games
Trash a card from your hand.
If it is an...
Action card, gain a Duchy
Treasure card, gain a Transmute
Victory card, gain a Gold
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