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Draw a Card

Move the top card of the specified deck to your hand unless the instruction says otherwise.

Also indexed as：Card Draw · Draw Deck · Discard Pile · draw · 抽牌 · 抽牌堆 · 弃牌堆

Reference facts

Type
Action
Category
Cards & tokens
Rules basis
MinaLima public rulebook; printed-page references below.

Effect & use

Normally draw from your personal Draw Deck. When it runs out, shuffle your Discard Pile to create a new Draw Deck, allowing cards to be played again.

Where to find it / how to resolve it

Draw as instructed by Replenish, a card effect, an event, a Library Book Card or a Card Draw Bonus Space.

Restrictions & timing

  • Non-Replenish draws from effects or Bonus Spaces do not advance the Dark Arts Marker simply because a card was drawn.
  • Acquire is a different procedure: Learn puts the acquired card on top of the Draw Deck, not directly into your hand.
Replenish Action →Learn Action →Bonus Space →Final Phase at the Last Path Space →
Draw before moving: the played card is not in Discard yet →Resolve the House Event before choosing a Progress Token →
Compare Your Next Action →Move now, or acquire for a later draw?

The same one-card reduction buys different things: movement now or a card waiting on top of your deck.

Compare Your Next Action →Refill and recover now, or move before refilling?

Replenish restores options and pawns, but a House Replenish also advances the opposing clock.

Compare Your Next Action →Dark Arts: move now, or recover and refill?

Explore spends a hand card for movement. Dark Arts Replenish keeps the existing hand, restores stunned pawns and draws to five without the House Replenish path advance.

Sources & revision history

Page numbers refer to printed rulebook pages. Each link opens the PDF spread containing that page.

Rules source review: · Initial entry checked against the publisher’s public rulebook.

Changes affecting this page

  1. · 1.6.0
    Consistent terms, section search and two-side teaching

    Unified 35 sourced English–Chinese terms and registered all three open rule questions. Search and guide backlinks now lead to matching sections in the current language. Added card-flow diagrams, conditional Dark Arts lessons and exact movement allowances alongside the five existing House comparisons. Unknown rules, routes, card effects and future draws remain unfilled.

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  2. · 1.3.0
    Content quality work in this revision

    Added a 24-category component catalogue, nine sourced card examples and a rechecked Alohomora entry; the catalogue remains an identified sample rather than a complete Acquire Deck. Added a complete setup and first-round walkthrough with a player-count checklist, cross-links across all eight guides, reference information boxes, a clarification register, page-specific history and local correction drafts. This records reviewed preview content, without announcing the custom-domain launch.

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  3. · 1.2.0
    Diagrams, tabletop reference and navigation

    Added original component, movement and encounter schematics, a printable quick reference, site-wide search, spelling suggestions and shareable filters. Reference entries and examples gained section navigation. Diagrams explain rules without claiming exact board coordinates.

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  4. · 1.1.0
    First source-checked reference library

    Published 40 bilingual entries and eight hypothetical rule examples alongside eight guides. Entries and examples include printed-page sources, related terms and review dates. Full-text search indexes the visible guide, entry and example text.

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