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[Elanchana]

Another version of that might be Always buy things that will work in your deck.

[Limetime]

Another version of that might be Always buy things that will work in your deck.

Don't buy treasures if you need them

[markusin]

Or the really simplified version:

Always do the right thing.

Even simpler:

Always do.

Some other advice

Know when it's more important to play a key terminal each turn than avoiding terminal collision.

Like, if you're playing a board with Militia and no draw, then even if you have exactly 1 Militia for every 5 cards in your deck then there is a high chance that you will have a terminal collision, in which case there will be a turn where you can't play Militia (and Militia is a strong attack on boards with little to no draw). If you get more than 1 Militia for every 5 cards then you guarantee a terminal collision somewhere but reduce the chance of a no-Militia turn.

I remember Mic saying something to this effect in a thread awhile back. The thread had something to do with giving advice to a new player I think.

Edit: Plus, you might not be overterminalled anymore once you start greening heavily.

[singletee]

Not my adage; I just absorbed it from the community. With coin tokens,

Spend early, save late.

What this means is that early on you should spend your coin tokens as much as needed to get the best possible cards for your deck. Towards the end of the game, save them up to either get $8/$11 every turn consistently, or run your engine until you have enough coin tokens and buys to buy all your green in a turn or two.

[Tables]

I'm an old fuddy-duddy, so here's the sources I remember.

It's not about being ahead when the game ends; it's about ending the game when you're ahead.

Tables in a comment from a long ago discussion thread.

source post.

Probably the most significant non-forum game related thing I've contributed to Dominion Strategy discussions, and I'm not one of the best players in the world (just kidding, I am, see sig) so I always get a nice warm feeling when this little post gets repeated.

[Witherweaver]

I'm an old fuddy-duddy, so here's the sources I remember.

It's not about being ahead when the game ends; it's about ending the game when you're ahead.

Tables in a comment from a long ago discussion thread.

source post.

Probably the most significant non-forum game related thing I've contributed to Dominion Strategy discussions, and I'm not one of the best players in the world (just kidding, I am, see sig) so I always get a nice warm feeling when this little post gets repeated.

You really.... turned the tables with that phrasing.

[Dingan]

Here's another one, not from me, though:

Always buy what is best for your deck right now.

Seems like several of us each have our own interpretation of this.  My take on it is

Be able to answer "Why do I need this card and why should I buy it now?".

The age-old problem of people always buying whatever card is the most expensive that they can afford, and/or using all their buys when they shouldn't, still exists to this day.  Why are you buying that Gold?  Is it really better than that Soothsayer?  Maybe even Tunnel is better cus you will be able to get more Golds with it later.  Or maybe that Wandering Mistrel is better.  Etc.  Every time you buy a card, be able to answer that question.

[Deadlock39]

Stop being bad at Dominion. Be good at Dominion


(-Adam)