Way of the Mole

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Way of the Mole
Info
Type	Way
Set	Menagerie
Illustrator(s)	Jessi J
Way text
+1 Action Discard your hand. +3 Cards.

Way of the Mole is a Way from Menagerie. It lets an Action card non-terminally discard your hand and draw 3 cards instead.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• You draw 3 cards even if you did not have any cards left to discard.

Strategy

Synergies

• Village Green, Trail or Weaver can be discarded to Way of the Mole and played as Way of the Mole itself, resulting in a new hand of 6 cards and a net gain of +1 Action.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+1 Action Discard your hand. +3 Cards.	Menagerie	March 2020

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Dutch	Spoor van de Mol			+1 Actie Leg je hand af. +3 Kaarten.	(2020)
German	Weg des Maulwurfes			+1 Aktion Lege deine Handkarten ab. +3 Karten.	(2020)
Japanese	モグラの習性 (pron. mogura no shūsei)
Polish	Droga kreta				Although Polish version is not released, this name is referred to in Polish Dominion 2E rulebook.

Trivia

Official card art.

Preview

Way of the Mole is also simple, there are a bunch of simple ones.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, Menagerie Previews 4: Ways and Events

Secret History

This fought it out with another Way that first gave +1 Action, +2 Cards, discard 2 cards, then switched the order of drawing and discarding. My feeling was, we used that one so much, was that really the best gameplay. This one is harder to use but has its moments.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of Dominion: Menagerie