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"Terminal silver" is an informal term for terminal Action cards that provide + and are stop cards —i.e., they have the same effect on your buying power as Silver does. Most terminal silvers have another benefit in addition to the and are priced to compete with Silver for your buy—so a key strategic point is deciding whether the additional benefit the Action card provides is sufficient to offset the probability of drawing it without enough actions to be able to play it. Many terminal silvers are Attacks, with the + allowing the cards to benefit your current turn as well as harm your opponents.

Similarly, terminal Actions that provide +, +, or + may sometimes be referred to as "terminal Copper", "terminal Gold", and "terminal Platinum", respectively.

List of terminal silvers

Cards in italics have been removed.

3- and 4-cost terminal silvers

These cards compete the most directly with Silver.

Dominion: Chancellor, Militia, Vassal, Woodcutter
- Moneylender gives + but trashes a Copper, so in effect it is a terminal silver: you have more than if you hadn't played it.
Intrigue: Swindler
- Bridge gives + and lowers prices by , so if you only use one buy Bridge acts as a terminal silver.
- Conspirator and Steward are terminal silvers sometimes but not always.
Seaside: Cutpurse, Navigator
Prosperity: Clerk, Monument
Hinterlands: Nomad Camp, Nomads
Dark Ages: Scavenger
Cornucopia & Guilds: Fortune Teller
Adventures: Messenger
- Amulet can give +, but over 2 turns, and is only effectively terminal the turn it is first played.
Nocturne: Bard
Renaissance: Cargo Ship, Flag Bearer, Improve, Priest
Menagerie: Cardinal
Allies: Archer, Garrison, Tent, Town
Plunder: Flagship
- Fortune Hunter is a terminal silver per its card text, but it also lets you play a Treasure from your deck, so in many cases it will give you more than in total.
Promo: Black Market

Other costs

Intrigue:
- Tribute can be a terminal Silver depending on the cards revealed.
Seaside: Corsair, Embargo, Merchant Ship
Prosperity: Goons, Mountebank
Hinterlands: Duchess, Haggler
Dark Ages: Dame Sylvia, Mercenary, Rogue
Cornucopia & Guilds: Jester
- Courser and Trusty Steed can (like Steward) optionally function as terminal silvers.
- Princess and Renown lower prices by , so if you don't use multiple buys, they act as terminal silvers.
Adventures: Hero
Nocturne: Tormentor
Menagerie: Kiln
Allies: Barbarian, Town Crier
Plunder: Search
Rising Sun: Mountain Shrine
- Kitsune can optionally function as a terminal silver.

Way of the Sheep from Menagerie allows any Action card to be used as a terminal silver.

Edge cases

Conclave, Paddock, and Patron can also be non-terminal
Butcher, Footpad, and Villain provide two Coffers.
Explorer, from Seaside gains a Silver or Gold to your hand.
Sacrifice and Spice Merchant have to trash a Treasure which usually deducts from the generation.
Farmers' Market, Gladiator, and Soldier generate variable amounts of which does sometimes but not always amount to .

Gallery

Terminal Silvers

Removed cards

v . t . e Dominion Card Categories
Attacks	Attack immunity • Curser • Deck inspection attack • Deck order attack • Handsize attack • Junking attack • Trashing attack • Turn-worsening attack
Buy/Money	+Buy • Cost-reducer • Disappearing money • Overpay • Peddler variant • Terminal silver • Virtual coin • Virtual +Buy
Cycling	Deck discarder • Deck inspector • Digging • Discard for benefit • Sifter
Terminality	Cantrip • Non-terminal • Non-terminal draw • Soft terminal • Terminal • Terminal draw • Throne Room variant • Village • Conditional non-terminal
Other	Alt-VP • Basic cards • Duration draw • Command variant • Gainer • Luck-based • Non-Attack interaction • One-shot • Remodeler • Split pile • Top decker • Trasher • Vanilla • Extra turn

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 [[Image:Monument.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Monument]], a terminal silver card.]]
-"'''Terminal silver'''" is an informal term for [[terminal]] [[Action]] cards that provide +{{Cost|2}} and are [[stop card]]s —i.e., they have the same effect on your buying power as {{Card|Silver}} does. Most terminal silvers have another benefit in addition to the {{Cost|2}} and are priced to compete with Silver for your buy—so a key strategic point is deciding whether the additional benefit the Action card provides is sufficient to offset the probability of drawing it without enough actions to be able to play it. Many terminal silvers are [[Attack|Attacks]], with the +{{Cost|2}} allowing the cards to benefit your current turn as well as harm your opponents.
+"'''Terminal silver'''" is an informal term for [[terminal]] [[Action]] cards that provide {{Costplus|2}} and are [[stop card]]s —i.e., they have the same effect on your buying power as {{Card|Silver}} does. Most terminal silvers have another benefit in addition to the {{Cost|2}} and are priced to compete with Silver for your buy—so a key strategic point is deciding whether the additional benefit the Action card provides is sufficient to offset the probability of drawing it without enough actions to be able to play it. Many terminal silvers are [[Attack|Attacks]], with the {{Costplus|2}} allowing the cards to benefit your current turn as well as harm your opponents.
-Similarly, terminal Actions that provide +{{Cost|1}}, +{{Cost|3}}, or +{{Cost|5}} may sometimes be referred to as "terminal {{Card|Copper}}", "terminal {{Card|Gold}}", and "terminal {{Card|Platinum}}", respectively.
+Similarly, terminal Actions that provide {{Costplus|1}}, {{Costplus|3}}, or {{Costplus|5}} may sometimes be referred to as "terminal {{Card|Copper}}", "terminal {{Card|Gold}}", and "terminal {{Card|Platinum}}", respectively.
 == List of terminal silvers ==
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 === 3- and 4-cost terminal silvers ===
 These cards compete the most directly with Silver.
-* {{Set|Dominion}}: ''{{Card|Chancellor}}'', {{card|Vassal}}, ''{{Card|Woodcutter}}'', {{Card|Militia}}
+* {{Set|Dominion}}: ''{{Card|Chancellor}}'', {{Card|Militia}}, {{card|Vassal}}, ''{{Card|Woodcutter}}''
-** {{Card|Moneylender}} gives +{{Cost|3}} but trashes a {{Card|Copper}}, so in effect it is a terminal silver: you have {{Cost|2}} more than if you hadn't played it.
+** {{Card|Moneylender}} gives {{Costplus|3}} but trashes a {{Card|Copper}}, so in effect it is a terminal silver: you have {{Cost|2}} more than if you hadn't played it.
 * {{Set|Intrigue}}: {{Card|Swindler}}
-** {{Card|Steward}} and {{Card|Conspirator}} are terminal silvers sometimes but not always. {{Card|Bridge}} gives +{{Cost|1}} and lowers prices by {{Cost|1}}, so if you only use one buy Bridge acts as a terminal silver.
+** {{Card|Bridge}} gives {{Costplus|1}} and lowers prices by {{Cost|1}}, so if you only use one buy Bridge acts as a terminal silver.
+** {{Card|Conspirator}} and {{Card|Steward}} are terminal silvers sometimes but not always.
 * {{Set|Seaside}}: {{Card|Cutpurse}}, ''{{Card|Navigator}}''
 * {{Set|Prosperity}}: {{card|Clerk}}, {{Card|Monument}}
-* {{Set|Cornucopia}}: {{Card|Fortune Teller}}
 * {{Set|Hinterlands}}: ''{{Card|Nomad Camp}}'', {{card|Nomads}}
 * {{Set|Dark Ages}}: {{Card|Scavenger}}
+* {{Set|Cornucopia & Guilds}}: ''{{Card|Fortune Teller}}''
 * {{Set|Adventures}}: {{Card|Messenger}}
-** {{Card|Amulet}} can give +{{Cost|2}}, but over 2 turns, and is only effectively terminal the turn it is first played.
+** {{Card|Amulet}} can give {{Costplus|2}}, but over 2 turns, and is only effectively terminal the turn it is first played.
 * {{Set|Nocturne}}: {{Card|Bard}}
 * {{Set|Renaissance}}: {{Card|Cargo Ship}}, {{Card|Flag Bearer}}, {{Card|Improve}}, {{Card|Priest}}
 * {{Set|Menagerie}}: {{Card|Cardinal}}
-* {{set|Allies}}: {{card|Archer}}, {{card|Tent}}, {{card|Town}}, {{card|Garrison}}
+* {{set|Allies}}: {{card|Archer}}, {{card|Garrison}}, {{card|Tent}}, {{card|Town}}
 * {{set|Plunder}}: {{card|Flagship}}
 ** {{card|Fortune Hunter}} is a terminal silver per its card text, but it also lets you play a Treasure from your deck, so in many cases it will give you more than {{cost|2}} in total.
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 === Other costs ===
-* {{Set|Seaside}}: ''{{Card|Embargo}}''
+* {{Set|Intrigue}}:
-* {{Set|Hinterlands}}: ''{{Card|Duchess}}''
+** ''{{Card|Tribute}}'' can be a terminal Silver depending on the cards revealed.
-* {{set|Allies}}: {{card|Town Crier}}
+* {{Set|Seaside}}: {{card|Corsair}}, ''{{Card|Embargo}}'', {{Card|Merchant Ship}}
-* {{Set|Seaside}}: {{card|Corsair}}, {{Card|Merchant Ship}}
+* {{Set|Prosperity}}: ''{{Card|Goons}}'', ''{{Card|Mountebank}}''
-* {{Set|Prosperity}}: ''{{Card|Mountebank}}'', ''{{Card|Goons}}''
+* {{Set|Hinterlands}}: ''{{Card|Duchess}}'', {{Card|Haggler}}
-* {{Set|Cornucopia}}: {{Card|Jester}}
+* {{Set|Dark Ages}}: {{Card|Dame Sylvia}}, {{Card|Mercenary}}, {{Card|Rogue}}
-* {{Set|Hinterlands}}: {{Card|Haggler}}
+* {{set|Cornucopia & Guilds|Cornucopia & Guilds|ed=2}}: {{Card|Jester}}
-* {{Set|Dark Ages}}: {{Card|Dame Sylvia}}, {{Card|Rogue}}
+** {{Card|Courser}} and ''{{Card|Trusty Steed}}'' can (like {{Card|Steward}}) optionally function as terminal silvers.
-* {{set|Cornucopia & Guilds|Cornucopia & Guilds|ed=2}}: {{Card|Courser}} can (like {{Card|Steward}}) optionally function as a terminal silver. {{Card|Renown}} lowers prices by {{Cost|2}}, so if you don't use multiple buys, it acts as a terminal silver. The same is true of the corresponding removed Cornucopia [[Prize]]s ''{{card|Trusty Steed}}'' and ''{{card|Princess}}''.
+** ''{{Card|Princess}}'' and {{Card|Renown}} lower prices by {{Cost|2}}, so if you don't use multiple buys, they act as terminal silvers.
 * {{Set|Adventures}}: {{Card|Hero}}
 * {{Set|Nocturne}}: {{Card|Tormentor}}
 * {{Set|Menagerie}}: {{Card|Kiln}}
-* {{set|Allies}}: {{card|Barbarian}}
+* {{set|Allies}}: {{card|Barbarian}}, {{card|Town Crier}}
 * {{set|Plunder}}: {{card|Search}}
 * {{set|Rising Sun}}: {{card|Mountain Shrine}}
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 === Edge cases ===
-* {{Card|Conclave}}, {{card|Patron}}, and {{Card|Paddock}} can also be non-terminal
+* {{Card|Conclave}}, {{Card|Paddock}}, and {{card|Patron}} can also be non-terminal
 * {{Card|Butcher}}, {{card|Footpad}}, and {{Card|Villain}} provide two Coffers.
 * ''{{Card|Explorer}}'', from {{Card|Seaside}} gains a {{Card|Silver}} or {{Card|Gold}} to your hand.
-* {{Card|Spice Merchant}} and {{Card|Sacrifice}} have to trash a Treasure which usually deducts {{Cost}} from the {{Cost|2}} generation.
+* {{Card|Sacrifice}} and {{Card|Spice Merchant}} have to trash a Treasure which usually deducts {{Cost}} from the {{Cost|2}} generation.
 * {{Card|Farmers' Market}}, {{Card|Gladiator}}, and {{Card|Soldier}} generate variable amounts of {{Cost}} which does sometimes but not always amount to {{Cost|2}}.
 ==Gallery==
-{{CardImage|Amulet}}{{CardImage|Archer}}{{CardImage|Barbarian}}{{CardImage|Bard}}{{CardImage|Black Market}}{{CardImage|Cardinal}}{{CardImage|Cargo Ship}}{{CardImage|Clerk}}{{CardImage|Conspirator}}{{CardImage|Corsair}}{{CardImage|Cutpurse}}{{CardImage|Dame Sylvia}}{{CardImage|Flag Bearer}}{{CardImage|Fortune Teller}}{{CardImage|Garrison}}{{CardImage|Haggler}}{{CardImage|Hero}}{{CardImage|Improve}}{{CardImage|Jester}}{{CardImage|Kiln}}{{CardImage|Merchant Ship}}{{CardImage|Messenger}}{{CardImage|Militia}}{{CardImage|Moneylender}}{{CardImage|Monument}}{{CardImage|Priest}}{{CardImage|Princess}}{{CardImage|Rogue}}{{CardImage|Scavenger}}{{CardImage|Steward}}{{CardImage|Swindler}}{{CardImage|Tent}}{{CardImage|Tormentor}}{{CardImage|Town}}{{CardImage|Town Crier}}{{CardImage|Trusty Steed}}{{CardImage|Vassal}}{{LandscapeImage|Way of the Sheep}}
+=== Terminal Silvers ===
+{{CardImage|Amulet}}{{CardImage|Archer}}{{CardImage|Barbarian}}{{CardImage|Bard}}{{CardImage|Black Market}}{{CardImage|Cardinal}}{{CardImage|Cargo Ship}}{{CardImage|Clerk}}{{CardImage|Conspirator}}{{CardImage|Corsair}}{{CardImage|Cutpurse}}{{CardImage|Dame Sylvia}}{{CardImage|Flag Bearer}}{{CardImage|Garrison}}{{CardImage|Haggler}}{{CardImage|Hero}}{{CardImage|Improve}}{{CardImage|Jester}}{{CardImage|Kiln}}{{CardImage|Mercenary}}{{CardImage|Merchant Ship}}{{CardImage|Messenger}}{{CardImage|Militia}}{{CardImage|Moneylender}}{{CardImage|Monument}}{{CardImage|Priest}}{{CardImage|Rogue}}{{CardImage|Scavenger}}{{CardImage|Steward}}{{CardImage|Swindler}}{{CardImage|Tent}}{{CardImage|Tormentor}}{{CardImage|Town}}{{CardImage|Town Crier}}{{CardImage|Vassal}}{{LandscapeImage|Way of the Sheep}}
 ===Removed cards===
-{{CardImage|Chancellor}}{{CardImage|Duchess}}{{CardImage|Embargo}}{{CardImage|Goons}}{{CardImage|Mountebank}}{{CardImage|Navigator}}{{CardImage|Nomad Camp}}{{CardImage|Woodcutter}}
+{{CardImage|Chancellor}}{{CardImage|Duchess}}{{CardImage|Embargo}}{{CardImage|Fortune Teller}}{{CardImage|Goons}}{{CardImage|Mountebank}}{{CardImage|Navigator}}{{CardImage|Nomad Camp}}{{CardImage|Princess}}{{CardImage|Tribute}}{{CardImage|Trusty Steed}}{{CardImage|Woodcutter}}