Modify

Basic Info

• Type: Action
• Cost: 5
• Effect: Trash a card from hand. Choose one: +1 Card and +1 Action; or gain a card costing up to [2] more than the trashed card.

Rating

Effectively a Remodel upgrade. Cost 5: pick "trash + cantrip" or "trash + Remodel-equivalent." Maximum flexibility.

Killer feature: cantrip mode keeps deck moving. Remodel halts a turn for trash+gain; Modify can keep tempo with +1 Card / +1 Action.

Remodel mode handles Silver→Gold, Estate→Duchy, Gold→Province in standard ladder.

Overall S-tier. One of Allies' strongest trashers.

How to Play

Mid-game cost-5 buy. 1-2 copies enough.

Early/mid: cantrip-mode trash Coppers/Estates while keeping turn flow.

Mid: Silver→Gold, cost-5 Action→cost-6 Action.

End: Gold→Province, Estate→Duchy.

Key Combos

Modify + Chapel: Chapel bulk-trashes Coppers/Estates, Modify upgrades Silver/Gold.

Modify + Throne Room: TR + Modify = 2 trashes / 2 mode choices.

Modify + Guildmaster: gain triggers Favor.

Modify + gain synergy: Silver→Gold cascades.

Modify + pile-empty strategy: trash while emptying.

Synergies

• Chapel/Masquerade: two-stage thinning.
• Throne Room: doubled.
• Guildmaster: gain trigger.
• High-cost treasures: Gold → Province.
• Royal Seal/Bridge: +1 Buy multi-gain.

Counters & Bad Matchups

• Trash-empty decks: cantrip mode only.
• Fast BM: Modify too late.
• Cost-5+ light supplies: Remodel mode weak.

Advanced Tips

Mode-pick is the core skill:

• Early: cantrip + trash Copper.
• Mid: Remodel-mode upgrade Silver→Gold, 5→7.
• End: Remodel-mode Gold→Province, Estate→Duchy.

2-3 copies plenty. Two Modifies in one turn double the conversion.

Modify "+2 cost" is more flexible than Remodel "same-cost". Province (cost 8) needs only Gold trash.

Modify + Chapel = top-tier Allies combo. Chapel for bulk trash, Modify for upgrades.