[Dominion] Puzzle Box Card Guide - Plunder Treasure
Rating of the Plunder card Puzzle Box. Cost 4 Treasure. +$2. Set aside a card from hand; pick it up at start of next turn.
Puzzle Box
Basic Info
- Type: Treasure
- Cost: 4
- Effect: +$2. Set aside a card from your hand. Put it in your hand at the start of your next turn.
Rating
Plunder Treasure. $4 Silver-equivalent + card setting-aside. Tier B+.
Strength: guarantees critical card next turn (Village, Lab, draw); good for BM Province preservation. Weakness: Silver-tier $, hand-1 this turn, shuffle disruption.
How to Play
Early: $4 buy 1-2. Mid: set aside crucial Action for next turn.
Province turn: set aside Province / Gold to lock in next-turn use.
Key Combos
Puzzle Box + Smithy / Council Room: Lock terminals.
Puzzle Box + King's Court: Doubled, $2 + 2 set-asides.
Puzzle Box + Highwayman: Loot stash.
Puzzle Box + Cave: Duration combo.
Puzzle Box + Inn: Recycling.
Synergies
- Smithy / Council Room: Terminal lock.
- King's Court / Throne Room: Doubling.
- Highwayman: Loot.
- Cave / Crew: Duration.
- Remodel / Expand: Cross-turn trash.
- Inn: Reshuffle.
- Reaction-y cards: Avoid attacks via set-aside.
Counters
- Short games.
- Heavy handsize attacks.
- Pure BM (Silver-equivalent).
Advanced Tips
Lock terminal Action for next turn = stable engine starts.
KC + Puzzle = $2 + 2 stashes.
Province set-aside protects from late-game flooding.
Witch counter via stashing key card.
Don't use right before reshuffle (returned card still hard to draw).