Trader

Basic Info

• Type: Action-Reaction
• Cost: 4
• Effect: Trash a card from your hand. Gain a Silver per $1 it costs. Reaction: when you gain a card, you may reveal this from your hand to exchange the card for a Silver.

Rating

Hinterlands' specialty trasher + reaction. As Action: trash a card, gain Silvers equal to its cost. Estate ($2) = 2 Silvers; Copper ($0) = 0; Gold ($6) = 6 Silvers.

Reaction is decisive vs. cursers — convert incoming Curse into Silver. Top counter to Witch.

Community consensus: best Curse-counter card; useful in BM. Tier A.

How to Play

Open buy at $4. Top priority on Witch boards.

Mid: Reveal Trader on Curse incoming → Silver instead.

Trash dead cards (Estates, Ruins, Curses) for multi-Silver gains.

Key Combos

Trader + Witch: React to opponent's Witch — convert Curse to Silver.

Trader + Estate: 2 Silvers per Estate trashed.

Trader + Gold: 6 Silvers (extreme thinning).

Trader + Mine (Base): Silver → Gold chain.

Trader + Ambassador: Pass-back enables Trader-fueled engine.

Synergies

• Witch (Base): Curse counter.
• Mine (Base): Silver → Gold.
• Remodel: Mass-Silver convert.
• Jack of All Trades: Silver-based synergy.
• Throne Room: Doubling.
• Spice Merchant: Silver assist.
• Develop: Trash chain.

Counters & Bad Matchups

• No Curser, few trash targets: Both sides ineffective.
• Pure engines (Silver-averse): Silver pile-up disrupts.
• Short games: Silver too slow.

Advanced Tips

Curse defense: Keep Trader in hand when Witch threatens.

Trash priority: Estate ($2) → 2 Silvers efficient.

Don't forget reaction: On opponent's turn, when Curse incoming, reveal Trader.

Cap: 1-2 copies. 3+ excess.

KC + Trader: 2 trashes + many Silvers.

Reaction timing: Triggered on gain processing — timing crucial.