A cool concept, but tough to balance. Stamping it with "this card cannot be trashed" would be a start (and makes sence thematically). Still probably need to bump it to a cost of 3.
I was wondering about having cards with negative VP values associated with them, for example so that we could have a 1 cost card in the game but making it a "curse" seems problematic as I would assume that you could gain one of these cards in place of a normal curse card for witch and or torturer.
I was wondering about having cards with negative VP values associated with them, for example so that we could have a 1 cost card in the game but making it a "curse" seems problematic as I would assume that you could gain one of these cards in place of a normal curse card for witch and or torturer.
I think you'd still have to require the other players to take a regular curse when you play a witch or torturer, or at least make the choice for them of which card to take.
The price seems right to me - you can't Remodel it into a Duchy (5 VP swing), nor can you Mine it into Gold.
Shouldn't that be a 6 VP swing? Going from -3 VP to +3 VP...You could Remodel it into a gold for a 3 VP swing. I guess that advantage is less significant than if Blood Money cost 3 in which you could either mine into gold or remodel into a duchy.
Last night I play tested this card with my wife (the 9 other cards were all Intrigue cards) with only one difference: the cost was 5, not 2. The card seemed just right with this. It allowed you to get the purchasing power of Gold for a cost just one less. Helpful for the frequent times when you've got 5...not quite the 6 for the Gold. With several cards in the kingdom pile allowing you to trash cards (plus Masquerade, potentially allowing you to pass one off to your opponents in the late game), it was easy for me to trash the single Blood Money I had purchased (I used Upgrade, and was able to turn it into a Gold...though the Harem was very tempting).
At the end of the game, my wife agreed that it was a good card and that the price was right (at 5).
