A card game where you build your own deck turn by turn to buy the most victory points.
Start with Seaside.
Adds: Duration cards that keep working on your next turn, plus mats and tokens.
The set most guides name as the best first expansion. Duration cards add planning without much extra rules.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Big-money cards: Platinum, Colony, treasure cards with effects, and victory point tokens.
One of the most-picked favorites in a 2023 r/dominion player survey and a top-three pick in guides. Big money and Colonies make games feel bigger.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Horses, Exile mats, Ways (other ways to use action cards), and Events.
The top favorite in the 2023 r/dominion survey and an IGN top pick. Ways give your action cards extra uses.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Loot treasures, Traits that change a whole pile, more Durations and Events.
An IGN top pick and a top-five favorite in the 2023 r/dominion survey.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Projects you buy for lasting bonuses, Artifacts, and villager and coin tokens.
A top-five favorite in the 2023 r/dominion survey and well regarded in guides.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Cards that let you pick between effects, and Victory cards that also do something during play.
IGN calls it a beloved early pick, but nobody in the 2023 r/dominion survey named it their favorite. The 2nd edition needs base cards.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Debt costs, split piles, Landmarks that change scoring, and Events.
A favorite of many experienced players, but it is one of the more complex sets. Get it after a few others.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Cards that do something when you gain or buy them, plus reaction cards.
Solid and useful; one long-time player called it boring but it ranked higher than expected in the 2023 survey.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: A new Night phase, Boons and Hexes, and Heirlooms that replace some starting Coppers.
Strong theme and an IGN top pick, but it is one of the more complex sets and ranked lower in the 2023 survey.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Shadow cards you can play from your deck, Prophecies that change rules later, Debt and Events.
One reviewer rates it very highly, another found it middling. Debt and Prophecies can feel punishing.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Events you can buy, Reserve cards you save for later, Travellers that upgrade, and bonus tokens.
Few guides rank it; the one ranking we found puts it in its top five.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Trashing and upgrading cards, Shelters that replace starting Estates, and Ruins.
Ranked high in one guide, but IGN notes some card names deal with poverty, which some groups dislike.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Favor tokens, Ally cards to spend them on, and split piles you can rotate.
Ranked noticeably lower than other recent sets in the 2023 survey, and one reviewer called it forgettable. Get it after the favorites.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: Cards that reward a varied deck, plus coin tokens you can save and cards you can overpay for.
In the 2023 survey, 1st-edition Guilds was the lowest-rated in-print set after Alchemy. The 2024 combined box has not been ranked yet.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Adds: A new Potion treasure that you need to buy most of its cards.
By far the lowest-rated set in the 2023 r/dominion survey. Its cards need a Potion and want more cards from the same set.
Usually a better fit for a different kind of group — still fine if it sounds fun.
Rankings are our editorial picks, built from the reviews linked on each expansion page. Last checked 2026-09-27.