Dominion: Intrigue
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What happens to the card you were gaining when you react with Trader?
Trader does not change the card you would have gained into a Silver. It replaces the gain with a new event: you gain a Silver from the Supply into your discard pile. The original card is never gained, so its when-gain effects do not happen, while its when-buy effects have already resolved. Watchtower, by contrast, acts after a gain has happened.