Dominion Expansion: Good Will Part 3

The mini-theme of today's cards is Irish folklore.  No real reason, other than a purely visual theme.  I think one of my original plans for this expansion was to have cards that chained together in very specific ways, and this set is the remnants of that idea.

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Irish Blessing is a simple card, but can swing a lot your way.  Of course, it's a little specific in that you can only trash a Curse, so if Curses can't be gained by attacks or other means in the regular set of cards, the only way to take Irish Blessing's full effect is to buy a Curse, and that's a big risk.  But even so, I like it, partly because I think that Curses should be more prominently used in the game, so just make sure that if you select Irish Blessing, you also select a card that gives Curses (and while you're at it, it plays off Shamrock, too--see below).

Leprechaun is a devious attack to others and bonus to yourself.  My original idea was much more devastating: each player had to trash all the Treasures in their hand.  I used to make it cost 7 or even 8 to justify it, but ultimately it was still just a little too evil (kind of like Possession in Dominion: Alchemy: despite its high cost, it's simply too evil of a card).  This version is a little nerfed, whiled still retaining the spirit of the original.

When I originally designed Shamrock, the reaction text was simply "discard this to block a Leprechaun," but with that kind of specificity, you pretty much have to use Leprechaun to make Shamrock worth it.  The new text is neater, I think, being more applicable, and even gives the player an interesting option.

Here is a suggested set with Dominion: Seaside called "Ireland's Shores":

Seaside: Cutpurse, Ghost Ship, Haven, Lighthouse, Merchant Ship, Native Village, Sea Hag

Good Will: Irish Blessing, Leprechaun, Shamrock

(At the end of this Monthathon, I'll post a PDF of all the cards so you can easily print them out.)