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. 

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.

== List of non-terminal draw cards ==
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}}
* [[Seaside]]: {{card|Caravan}} (partially delayed, only a [[cantrip]] on the turn it is played)
* [[Alchemy]]: {{Card|Alchemist}}
* [[Hinterlands]]: {{Card|Stables}}
* [[Dark Ages]]: {{Card|Madman}}
* [[Guilds]]: {{Card|Advisor}}
* [[Adventures]]: {{Card|Lost City}}
* [[Empires]]: {{card|Archive}} (partially delayed, only a [[cantrip]] on the turn it is played),{{Card|Encampment}}
* [[Nocturne]]: {{card|Den of Sin}} (delayed)
* [[Renaissance]]: {{Card|Experiment}}
* [[Menagerie (expansion)|Menagerie]]: {{card|Destrier}}, {{card|Horse}}, {{way|Way of the Horse}}
* [[Allies]]: {{card|Distant Shore}}, {{card|Lich}}, {{card|Sibyl}}
* [[Promos]]: {{Card|Governor}}

===Conditional effects===
* [[Intrigue]]: {{Card|Wishing Well}} -- you need to guess the top card of your deck after drawing one card to draw another one.
* [[Seaside]]: {{card|Tide Pools}} -- Non-terminal draw on the card it is played but does not increase handsize overall unless it is played on the last turn of the game.
* [[Alchemy]]: {{Card|Apprentice}} provides non-terminal draw if you trash a card costing {{Cost|3}} or more.
* [[Prosperity]]: {{Card|City}} -- Only if a [[supply]] pile is empty.
* [[Cornucopia]]: {{Card|Menagerie}} -- Only if you have no duplicate cards in hand.
* [[Adventures]]: {{Card|Storyteller}} -- You need to play suitable [[Treasure]]s to increase your handsize.
* [[Adventures]]: {{Card|Teacher}}, {{Event|Lost Arts}}, {{Event|Pathfinding}} can all upgrade Action cards to draw extra cards or generate extra Actions, generating non-terminal draw from suitable targets.
* [[Empires]]: {{Card|City Quarter}} -- Variable amount of draw. You need at least two other [[Action]] cards in hand to increase your handsize.
* [[Nocturne]]: {{Card|Cursed Village}} -- Variable amount of draw. Only increases handsize from a sufficiently small starting handsize.
* [[Allies]]: {{card|Capital City}} -- You need to have generated {{Cost|2}} before. 
* [[Allies]]: {{card|Battle Plan}} -- If you can reveal an [[Attack]] card from your hand.

=== Specific-card drawers ===
A subset of conditional non-terminal draw. 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|Sea Chart}} draws a card you already have in play. 
* {{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 certain [[junk]] 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}}.
* {{card|Hunter}} draws cards of ''different'' types.

=== Unreliable non-terminal draw ===
These cards are not usually considered Lab variants, but can play that role in some decks:

* {{Card|Ironmonger}} can act as Lab variants depending on what card is on top of 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|Native Village}} and {{Card|Crypt}} both hide away cards, rather than drawing them, but can non-terminally add them to your hand.
* {{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|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|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.
* {{card|Emissary}} is only non-terminal if it makes you [[shuffle]] while drawing.

=== Related cards ===
These cards draw multiple cards but overall only maintain handsize rather than increasing it.

* {{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|Fugitive}} is a non-terminal source of +2 Cards, but its required discard means it maintains handsize, rather than increasing it.
* {{Card|Forum}} is a non-terminal source of +3 Cards, but its required discard means it maintains handsize, rather than increasing it.
* {{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.




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