Dominion: Sauna / Avanto Promo Card

About this expansion

Dominion: Sauna / Avanto Promo Card is a Dominion-series promo card set for 2–4 players, with a listed play time of 30 minutes. Released in 2016, it introduces a split pile containing two distinct Action cards.

The pile begins with five copies of Sauna on top, followed by five copies of Avanto. Only the top card of the pile can be gained or bought, so the available card changes as the pile is used.

• Sauna costs 4 coins, gives +1 Card and +1 Action, and lets you play an Avanto from your hand. While Sauna is in play, whenever you play a Silver, you may trash a card from your hand.
• Avanto costs 5 coins, gives +3 Cards, and lets you play a Sauna from your hand.

These linked effects make the two cards work together directly. Sauna provides an additional action and a Silver-based trashing opportunity, while Avanto delivers a larger burst of card draw and can return to Sauna from your hand.

The promo card set contains five Saunas, five Avantos, and one randomizer or placeholder. Sauna / Avanto was first distributed at Essen 2016 by German publisher ASS Altenburger, later became available through the BoardGameGeek store, and was included again in a promo pack for backers of the Game Boy Geek 2017 Kickstarter campaign.

For Dominion players, Dominion: Sauna / Avanto Promo Card offers a clearly defined split-pile arrangement and a compact set of interactions centered on card draw, extra actions, playing the paired card, and trashing cards after playing Silver.