Rustic Village

Basic Info

• Type: Action-Fate
• Cost: 4
• Effect: +1 Favor. +1 Card. +2 Actions. You may discard 2 cards for +1 Card.

Rating

Rising Sun's village. Standard village + 1 draw + Favor, plus optional 2-discard for +1 card (effectively net -1 hand for filtering).

Best feature: cost 4 "Favor-bearing standard village". Discard option fine-tunes hand.

Overall A tier. Strong village + Favor source.

How to Play

Early: 4-coin pickup. Acts as village from copy 1.

Mid-game: engine core. Action support + Favor stack.

End-game: discard option filters dead cards.

Key Combos

Rustic Village + other villages: Multi-village setup.

Rustic Village + other Fate: Favor stack.

Rustic Village + discard synergy (Cellar, Alley): Discard interplay.

Synergies

• Smithy / Lab: Village + draw classic.
• Tea House / Poet / Mountain Shrine / River Shrine: Favor.
• Cellar / Alley: Discard cycle.

Counters & Bad Matchups

• Quick games: Villages weak.
• Pure BM: No village need.

Advanced Tips

Discard 2 → +1 draw filters Estates for live cards. Acts like soft thinning.