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Smash Up: Munchkin
THIEVES
Medium
Draw treasures, gain benefits for having treasures in hand, usually discarding them for the benefits, and steal things from other players, such as cards or VPs.
Description
The Thieves are one of the 8 factions from the Smash Up: Munchkin set.
Thieves love to steal things. And they sell their treasures for VPs.
Other factions from the same set: Clerics, Dwarves, Elves, Halflings, Mages, Orcs, Warriors.
Cards Overview
The Thieves have the usual 10 minions and 10 actions. The total minion base power (not counting any abilities) is unusually low at only 28 or an average of 2.8 per minion compared to the usual 30 and 3.
Among their actions, there are:
* 0 play-on-minion actions,
* 1 play-on-base action: Secret Stash,
* 9 standard actions (4 that affect one or more minions, in bold): Backstab, Clever Distraction, Mugging, Potion Bandolier (2x), Smuggling, Strip Bare, Swipe (2x),
* 2 actions that directly increase a minion's power: Potion Bandolier (2x).
1x Backstab - Discard a treasure card to destroy a minion of power 3 or less.
1x Clever Distraction - Special: Play after a base scores, if you have a minion there. The winner loses 1 VP and you gain 1 VP.
1x Mugging - Transfer an action played on a minion to one of your minions.
2x Potion Bandolier - Choose a minion. Discard a treasure card to give that minion +3 power until the end of the turn.
1x Secret Stash - Play on a base. Ongoing: When this base scores, add two treasure cards to the reward.
1x Smuggling - Discard two treasure cards to gain 1 VP. Shuffle your discard pile into your deck. Place this card on the bottom of your deck.
1x Strip Bare - Choose a treasure card in play. Place it into your hand.
2x Swipe - Draw a treasure card.
Actions
1x Backstab - Discard a treasure card to destroy a minion of power 3 or less.
1x Clever Distraction - Special: Play after a base scores, if you have a minion there. The winner loses 1 VP and you gain 1 VP.
1x Mugging - Transfer an action played on a minion to one of your minions.
2x Potion Bandolier - Choose a minion. Discard a treasure card to give that minion +3 power until the end of the turn.
1x Secret Stash - Play on a base. Ongoing: When this base scores, add two treasure cards to the reward.
1x Smuggling - Discard two treasure cards to gain 1 VP. Shuffle your discard pile into your deck. Place this card on the bottom of your deck.
1x Strip Bare - Choose a treasure card in play. Place it into your hand.
2x Swipe - Draw a treasure card.
Characters
1x Master Thief - power 5 - Talent: Draw a treasure card.
2x Fence - power 3 - You may discard two treasure cards to gain 1 VP.
3x Cat Burglar - power 3 - Reveal any number of treasure cards from your hand. Place a +1 power counter on this minion for each one you revealed.
4x Pickpocket - power 2 - If there is another Pickpocket here, draw a treasure card.
Strategy
Synergies
* Dwarves: Another Munchkin faction focused heavily on treasure. Thieves can discard treasure for benefits, while Dwarves can retrieve treasure from the discard pile. Gold Digger is especially useful for reloading treasure to discard to various Thief effects. You can discard treasure that can't played on minions to the Thieves and play treasure that can on the Dwarves.
* Warriors: Warriors are good at destroying monsters, which makes them good at gaining treasure as well.
* Aladdin: Most treasures are actions, which the Aladdin faction can discard as well.
Mechanics
Draw treasures, gain benefits for having treasures in hand, usually discarding them for the benefits, and steal things from other players, such as cards or VPs.