Editing Non-terminal draw

[[Image:Laboratory.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Laboratory]], a non-terminal draw card.]]

Cards that can increase your handsize without depleting your number of available Actions are referred to as '''[[non-terminal]] draw''' cards. They make a welcome addition to almost any [[engine]] strategy, in which large handsizes allow you to find and line up your key engine components. Many of them are helpful in [[Big Money]] strategies as well, but to a lesser degree: the +Action is less important in a [[Treasure]]-heavy Big Money deck, and they typically provide smaller handsizes than [[terminal draw]] cards.

The simplest [[vanilla]] non-terminal draw card is {{Card|Laboratory}}; cards that have similar effects are therefore sometimes referred to as '''Lab variants'''.

Non-terminal draw is closely related to [[duration draw]]: playing a duration-draw card on one turn provides an effect similar to playing a non-terminal draw card on your next turn.

== Lab variants ==
These usually draw a specified number of cards—typically a total of +2 Cards, occasionally more—and can draw any card. Some are restricted by only being able to increase handsize in certain circumstances—e.g., in the case of {{Card|Wishing Well}}, if you correctly guess what card is on top of your deck—and if the condition is not met they will be simple [[cantrip|cantrips]]. Cards in italics have been [[Removed cards|removed]].

* [[Dominion (base set)|Dominion]]: {{Card|Laboratory}}
* [[Intrigue]]: {{Card|Wishing Well}}
* [[Alchemy]]: {{Card|Alchemist}}
* [[Cornucopia]]: {{Card|Menagerie}}
* [[Hinterlands]]: {{Card|Stables}}
* [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Madman}}
* [[Guilds]]: {{Card|Advisor}}
* [[Adventures]]: {{Card|Lost City}}, {{Card|Storyteller}}
* [[Empires]]: {{Card|Encampment}}
* [[Renaissance]]: {{Card|Experiment}}
* [[Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie]]: {{card|Destrier}}, {{card|Horse}}, {{way|Way of the Horse}}
* [[Promos]]: {{Card|Governor}}

{{Card|City Quarter}} (from Empires) and {{Card|Cursed Village}} (from [[Nocturne]]) draw different numbers of cards depending on what's in your hand, and can often non-terminally increase your handsize.

{{card|Caravan}} (from [[Seaside]]), {{card|Archive}} (from Empires), and {{card|Den of Sin}} (from Nocturne) are [[Duration draw]] cards that are non-terminal when played and provide a net of 2 or more cards over two or more turns.

=== Fringe examples ===
These cards are not usually considered Lab variants, but can play that role in some decks:

* ''{{Card|Tribute}}'' and {{Card|Ironmonger}} can act as Lab variants depending on what card is on top of your opponent's deck or your deck.
* {{Card|Shanty Town}} acts as a Lab variant if you have no [[Action]] cards in hand, but otherwise decreases handsize.
* {{card|Diplomat}} acts as a Lab variant if your handsize is small, but otherwise is [[terminal]].
* {{card|Secret Passage}} is a non-terminal source of +2 Cards, but then you return a card to your deck, so it maintains handsize rather than increasing it.
* {{Card|Native Village}} and {{Card|Crypt}} both hide away cards, rather than drawing them, but can non-terminally add them to your hand.
* {{Card|Apprentice}} provides non-terminal draw if you trash a card costing {{Cost|3}} or more.
* {{Card|City}} provides non-terminal draw if one or more [[supply]] piles are empty.
* {{Card|Crossroads}} provides non-terminal draw the first time you play it on a turn, if there are multiple [[Victory card|Victory cards]] in your hand.
* {{Card|Cultist}} is technically terminal, but will allow you to play additional Cultists after it.
* {{Card|Fugitive}} is a non-terminal source of +2 Cards, but its required discard means it maintains handsize, rather than increasing it.
* {{Event|Lost Arts}}, when used on a [[terminal draw]] pile, turns that card into non-terminal draw.
* {{Event|Pathfinding}}, when used on a [[cantrip]] pile, turns that card into non-terminal draw.
* {{Card|Settlers}} and {{Card|Bustling Village}} provide non-terminal draw if the right cards are in your discard pile.
* {{Card|Forum}} is a non-terminal source of +3 Cards, but its required discard means it maintains handsize, rather than increasing it.
* {{Card|Imp}} allows you to play an Action that you don't yet have a copy of in play, which can make it non-terminal if the other Action you play also is.
* {{Card|Avanto}} allows you to play a cantrip {{Card|Sauna}} if you have one in your hand after drawing, giving you back the Action you used to play Avanto.
* {{card|Recruiter}} gives you [[Villagers]] if you trash a card with a non-zero coin cost, allowing you to recover the Action you used to play it if you want to. However, since trashing is mandatory, this doesn't actually increase handsize.
* {{card|Sheepdog}} can provide draw without using up an Action if you gain a card while you have it in hand.
* {{card|Goatherd}} provides non-terminal draw if your opponent trashed multiple cards on their last turn.

=== Specific-card drawers ===
These non-terminal cards only draw cards of a specific [[type]] or other category, and increase handsize if they find such cards.

* ''{{Card|Scout}}'' draws Victory cards.
* {{Card|Apothecary}} draws {{Card|Copper|Coppers}} and {{Card|Potion|Potions}}.
* {{Card|Scrying Pool}} draws Actions.
* {{Card|Hunting Party}} [[digging|digs]] for a card not already in your hand.
* {{Card|Vagrant}} draws more or less [[dead]] cards.
* {{Card|Magpie}} draws [[Treasure|Treasures]].
* {{Card|Settlers}} draws Coppers from your discard pile.
* {{Card|Bustling Village}} draws Settlers from your discard pile.
* {{card|Patrician}} draws cards costing {{cost|5}} or more.
* {{card|Will-o'-Wisp}} draws cards costing {{cost|2}} or less.
* {{Card|Seer}} draws cards costing from {{Cost|2}} to {{Cost|4}}.

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