Editing Haunted Woods

{{Infobox Card
 |name = Haunted Woods
 |cost = 5
 |set = Adventures
 |type1 = Action
 |type2 = Attack
 |type3 = Duration
 |illustrator = Kurt Miller
 |text = Until your next turn, when any other player buys a card, they put their hand onto their deck in any order.<br/>At the start of your next turn:<br/>'''+3 Cards'''
}}

'''Haunted Woods''' is an [[Action]]-[[Attack]]-[[Duration]] from [[Adventures]].  It slows your opponents' [[cycling]] by forcing them to return to their deck, rather than discard, any cards they still have in hand at the end of their turn.  Because it only draws cards on your next turn, while it's [[terminal]] on the turn it's played, it provides [[duration draw|effectively non-terminal draw on your next turn]].

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* Playing this sets up two effects for the future: you will draw 3 cards at the start of your next turn; and until then, other players will put the rest of their hand on their deck whenever they buy a card. 
* A player may not have any cards left in hand when buying a card; typically cards left in hand will include [[Victory]] cards, {{Card|Curse|Curses}}, and unplayed Actions. 
* A player may intentionally avoid playing [[Treasure|Treasures]] and Actions in order to take advantage of having to put his hand on his deck. 
* Players who do not buy any cards can discard their hand normally. 
* Buying [[Event|Events]] is not buying cards and so does not trigger this. 
* If you play Haunted Woods and then take an extra turn immediately, such as with {{Event|Mission}} or {{Card|Outpost}} (from [[Seaside]]), you will draw the 3 cards at the start of that turn and discard Haunted Woods that turn, and other players will never be affected by it. 
* If you want to use a [[Reaction]] card like {{Card|Moat}} against Haunted Woods, you have to use it right when Haunted Woods is played.
=== Other rules clarifications ===
* Gaining cards without buying them first does not trigger Haunted Woods' effect.
* Gaining happens after buying, so when-gain effects (such as {{Card|Inn|Inn's}} deck-shuffling) occur after you've top-decked your hand.
* When-buy effects happen at the same time as Haunted Woods' effects; the Attacked player chooses in which order to resolve them.

== Strategy ==
There is no strategy article for Haunted Woods, but the card has been discussed on the [http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=14840.0 forum.]

=== Engine ===
Haunted Woods is a [[terminal draw]] card, but it is not a normal terminal draw card like {{Card|Rabble}}, to which it looks similar at first glance. Like normal terminal draw cards, it does work fine in both [[big money]] and [[engine]] set-ups. In engines, however, Haunted Woods is more similar to {{Card|Wharf}} or even {{Card|Tactician}}, since it improves future turns instead of this one.  The order in which you do things is reversed to some extent: first you draw cards from the Haunted Woods from last turn, then you play your [[Village]]s. Finally, like always, you play the [[payload]] cards, but those payload cards need to include a couple of Haunted Woods as well, to assure yourself that the engine goes off next turn.

If you can manage to play half of your Haunted Woods one turn and the other half the next turn, your engine will be extremely reliable, since your starting hands will be 11 (with 4 Haunted Woods total in your deck) or even 14 cards (with 6 Haunted Woods in your deck). You won't have trouble with dud draws from not finding your villages, and can focus on playing all those villages followed by the payload.

In more [[Big Money]]-ish set-ups, unlike other terminal draw, Haunted Woods doesn't mind adding other action cards, including [[cantrip]]s, to your deck. Something like {{Card|Rabble}} or {{Card|Wharf}} really only wants Treasure cards in your deck, unless you're going for an actual engine, since you can draw stuff [[dead]]. Haunted Woods, on the other hand, never draws anything dead, as it saves any card you would have drawn for next turn. So, even though {{Card|Wharf}} is stronger for a pure Big Money deck due to improving the current turn as well as next turn, Haunted Woods is more flexible, and you can freely add stuff like {{Card|Peddler}}s to a Haunted Woods-Big Money deck.

In general, Haunted Woods is a powerful card that works in a wide variety of decks. Just don't try to pull off a [[slog]]; your hands will be all [[victory|green]] and maybe [[curse|purple]], and you won't be able to do anything useful.

=== Attack and defense ===
Haunted Woods' attack is strongest when there are unwanted cards that keep on getting stuck in your opponent's hand. [[Junking attack]]s work great for this goal, and lack of {{Card|Estate}} trashing is also a big boon. The presence of Haunted Woods disincentivizes [[greening]] too quickly; this is especially relevant in Big Money decks, that generally green sooner than engines. The attack, however, can also backfire. It helps resolve your opponents' terminal [[collision]], since unplayed Action cards will just be dropped back on the deck. It also enables your opponent to forego playing all their Treasures, so they can put leftover {{Card|Silver}}s or {{Card|Gold}}s back on their deck if they wish. In general, though, this doesn't mean you should skip Haunted Woods; it is still a very powerful and flexible draw card.

To prevent putting unwanted cards back ontop of your deck when attacked by Haunted Woods, cards that discard from your hand without subsequent draw are useful like {{Card|Hamlet}} and {{Card|Secret Chamber}}. 

Alternatively, reliably drawing extra cards into your hand can counteract the effects of continually putting your hand on your deck from repeated attacks by Haunted Woods. For example, {{Card|Hireling}} or {{Card|Prince}} + multiple draw cards that cost {{Cost|4}} or less like {{Card|Oracle}} and {{Card|Warehouse}}. You could even Prince-away multi-draw cards that cost {{Cost|5}} or more by reducing their cost by first playing {{Card|Quarry}}, {{Card|Highway}}, {{Card|Bridge}}, {{Card|Bridge Troll}}, etc.

=== Synergies ===
* Opponents' [[slog]]s get absolutely killed
* [[Junking attack]]s like {{Card|Soothsayer}} or {{Card|Marauder}} also improve Haunted Woods' attack
* Cards like {{Card|Artificer}} and {{Card|Vault}}, that discard for benefit, work well with large handsizes; they can also counter opponents' Haunted Woods' attack
* Opponents can't play their [[Night]] cards if they buy anything

=== Antisynergies ===
* {{Card|Estate}} trashing makes the attack ineffective and even backfire sometimes
* {{Card|Grand Market}} has a complicated relationship with Haunted Woods. Haunted Woods likes the virtual {{cost}} and +Buy, but Grand Market dislikes putting surplus {{Card|Copper}}s back on your deck
* {{Card|Margrave}} lets your opponent throw out the victory cards they kept, and get a new card.
* Your [[Night]] cards when your opponent plays Haunted Woods.
* {{Card|Mill}} provides a good way to discard for benefit and avoid the topdecking.

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date 
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|Haunted WoodsOld|Haunted Woods}} || {{CardVersionImage|Haunted WoodsDigitalOld|Haunted Woods from Goko/Making Fun}} || Until your next turn, when any other player buys a card, he puts his hand on top of his deck in any order. At the start of your next turn: '''+3 Cards''' || Adventures 1st Edition || April 2015
|-
| {{CardVersionImage|Haunted Woods|Haunted Woods}} || {{CardVersionImage|Haunted WoodsDigital|Haunted Woods from Shuffle iT}} || Until your next turn, when any other player buys a card, they put their hand onto their deck in any order. At the start of your next turn: '''+3 Cards'''  || Adventures [[Second Edition|2nd Edition]] || August 2017
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text 
|-
!Dutch 
| Spookbos || || || 
|-
!Finnish 
| Kummitusmetsä || || || 
|-
!French 
| Bois hantés || || || 
|-
!German 
| Geisterwald ||{{CardLangVersionImage|German}}|| || Bis zu deinem nächsten Zug:<br>Jeder Mitspieler muss, sobald er eine Karte kauft, seine restlichen Handkarten in beliebiger Reihenfolge auf seinen Nachziehstapel legen.<br>Zu Beginn deines nächsten Zuges:<br>'''+3 Karten'''
|-
!Japanese 
| 呪いの森 (pron. ''noroinomori'', lit. ''cursed forest'') || || || あたの次のターンまで、他のプレイヤーがカード1枚を購入するとき、そのプレイヤーは手札をすべて好きな順番で山札の上に置く。あなたの次のターンの開始時に、 '''+3 カードを引く'''。
|-
!Russian 
| Призрачный Лес (pron. ''prizrachny lyes'') || || || 
|}

== Trivia ==
[[Image:HauntedWoodsArt.jpg|thumb|right|354px|Official card art.]]
=== Preview ===
{{Quote
|Text=Haunted Woods reminds me of {{Card|Rabble}} in many ways. There’s the +3 cards, but the attack parts feel similar as well. The attack can be weak for much of the game, and there’s often ways to avoid it. I’ll let all of you talk about the different ways. But if you [[greening|green]] without preparing your deck for a constant Haunted Woods barrage you might be in for a bad time. It’s also possible for the attack portion to be [[Non-Attack interaction|friendly interaction]], letting you put good cards back on top of your deck. A lot of nice player interaction to be had in this card.

As a duration you won’t be able to play Haunted Woods as often as other card drawers, but getting +3 cards at the start of your turn is, like, the best time to get them! Sometimes people underestimate this fact.

{{Card|Moat}} must be revealed (or {{Card|Lighthouse}} be in play) when Haunted Woods is played to block the attack effect.
|Name=Mic Qsenoch
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=12879.0 Adventures Preview: Haunted Woods]
}}
=== Secret History ===
{{Quote|Text=I wanted more {{Card|Swamp Hag}}-style attacks and came up with this take on the {{Card|Rabble}} family. It never changed.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=13082.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Adventures]
}}
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