Sparrow
Type: Action
Cost: $4
Choose one:
+2 Cards or +1 VP.
You may play a Sparrow from your hand.
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When you buy this, put all Sparrows from your discard pile on the top of your deck.
Nonterminal unconditional VP tokens have an obvious Golden Deck abuse potential. Sure, it is no cantrip but with some draw power you can get more than 5VPs per turn.
It is easier to buy a Duchy than to play a Sparrow three times. The VP token is a small unique vanilla bonus to adjust the $4 price tag ($ 3 wonʼt work and I did not want just a stripped-down Cultist for $ 4, so choose one was obvious). I believe, + 1VP is a novel addition for a pseudo terminal (better than, e. g. +1 Buy, which is heavily overused). If you have drawn enough cards to buy a Province, you can use your remaining Sparrows for extra VPs. Plunder / Monument in Capitalism / Groundskeeper are a way more abusable.
This looks like an early prototype of Sculptor, maybe too strong, because gaining Silver + Villager is already very good.