Editing Way of the Mouse

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{{Infobox Way
 |name = Way of the Mouse
 |set = Menagerie
 |illustrator = Marco Morte
 |text = Play the set-aside card, leaving it there.
 |text2 = Setup: Set aside an unused Action costing {{cost|2}} or {{cost|3}}.
}}

'''Way of the Mouse''' is a [[Way]] from {{Set|Menagerie}}.  It allows you to play a cheap [[Action]] card ({{cost|2}} or {{cost|3}}) which was set aside at the beginning of the game, and is different from any of the other cards used in the game.  It is therefore a Way that can be different from one game to the next.

== FAQ ==
=== Official FAQ ===
* Set aside any unused Action kingdom card costing {{Cost|2}} or {{Cost|3}} at the start of the game. Do any setup that that card requires.
* When using Way of the Mouse, you play the set-aside card, leaving it set-aside. For example, if you set aside {{Card|Sleigh}}, then any Action card could be used to gain 2 {{Card|Horse}}s.
* The set-aside card cannot move itself when played, since it is not in play; for example, if the card is {{Card|Embargo}} (from {{Set|Seaside}}), it cannot be trashed.
* Text below a dividing line (other than setup) will not do anything.

=== Other rules clarifications ===
* If the set-aside card is a [[Duration]], then a card played this Way will stay out as long as that Duration would
* [[Donald X.]] ruled you cannot use Way of the Mouse when playing the card set aside by Way of the Mouse, to prevent loops that could matter with {{Card|Champion}}.

== Strategy ==

== Versions ==
===English versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Release !! Date
|-
| {{LandscapeLangVersionImage}} || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|d=1}} || Play the set-aside card, leaving it there.{{divline}}Setup: Set aside an unused Action costing {{cost|2}} or {{cost|3}}. || Menagerie || March 2020
|}

===Other language versions===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Language !! Name !! Print !! Digital !! Text !! Notes
|-
! Dutch
| Spoor van de Muis|| {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|Dutch}} || {{LandscapeLangVersionImage|Dutch|d=s}} || Speel de opzijgelegde kaart en laat die daar liggen.{{Divline}}Voorbereiding: leg een ongebruikte<br>actiekaart die {{Coin|2}} of {{Coin|3}} kost opzij. || (2020)
|-
!German
| Weg der Maus || [[File:Way.of.the.mouse.German.png|100px|German language Way of the Mouse 2020 by ASS]] || {{CardVersionImage|Way of the MouseGerman2021Digital|German language Way of the Mouse 2021 from Shuffle iT}} || Spiele die zur Seite gelegte Karte, lass sie dort liegen.{{divline}}Spielvorbereitung: Legt eine nicht verwendete Aktionskarte, die {{cost|2}} oder {{cost|3}} kostet, zur Seite. || (2020)
|-
!Japanese
| ハツカネズミの習性 <br>(pron. ''hatsukanezumi no shūsei'') || || || ||
|-
|}

== Trivia ==
{{OfficialArt|l=1}}

=== Secret History ===
{{Quote
|Text=At first it tried to single out the cheapest [[supply]] [[Action]] to play. This doesn't work due to [[debt]] and [[potion]]s, oops. So it sets aside a card in [[Triggered effects#At the beginning of the game|setup]]. There was a late question, should it be just {{Cost|2}}'s, or {{Cost|2}}'s and {{Cost|3}}'s.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=20260.0 The Secret History of Dominion: Menagerie]
}}
=== Why doesn’t Mouse ban Command cards? ===
{{Quote|Text= I felt like, it would be great to not make any more [[Command]] cards, and if I somehow need to make another one, I can sure avoid having it cost {{Cost|2}} or {{Cost|3}}. And then, the text doesn't fit on the card in the large font, and it's text I sure want to avoid where possible, it's a confusing thing.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg859634#msg859634 Interview with Donald X.]
}}
=== Power level ===
{{Quote|Text= The Ways all try to be weaker than some {{Cost|2}} with a similar ability (yes unless the {{Cost|2}} just sucks or is secretly free with a {{Card|Duchy}}). Except Mouse, it gets to be as powerful as whatever card. That card isn't in the game otherwise so at least we know, it didn't shut out that pile.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[https://discord.com/channels/212660788786102272/499250664690679808/759168729983615028 Dominion Discord, 2020]
}}
{{Quote
|Text=
Way of the Mouse had the significant issue of, all the other Ways are intentionally worse than whatever non-awful {{Cost|2}} you might buy, but this isn't. It was fun. There wasn't a fix. There it is, spicing up games.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
|Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg874639#msg874639 Interview with Donald X.]
}}
=== Rules issues ===
{{Quote|Text= 
Feel free to not put Way of the Mouse on the table if it's too over-the-top for you. For me, it was good times, so I printed it; otherwise you wouldn't have it. For sure it generates questions. I think for the most part though, the things it breaks are broken things.

Mostly I don't worry about rare edge cases; these days I try to omit them from rulebooks as they aren't what people look in there for.

There are card interactions that mess up new cards in playtesting, for sure. {{Card|Fortress}} for example limits what certain cards can do with making loops. {{Card|Fortress}} plus thing is a way more common interaction though than a typical Way of the Mouse puzzle.
|Name=[[Donald X. Vaccarino]]
 |Source=[http://forum.dominionstrategy.com/index.php?topic=5799.msg888122#msg888122 Interview with Donald X.]
}}
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