This is deceptively useful in the core box. Because the card pool is so narrow, economic options are much fewer. So why not recur emergency cache? Especially for Miguel, who has a free event play action, you'll need a way to pay for the $2 fast events you cover the map in.

This is even more fun in survivors like Rita and Yorrick. Yorrick now has an easy way to get his events out of the trash with an asset. Rita can make sure she always has Belly of the Beast right before she evades. Wendy will like it because the more stuff out of her discard, the less horrible her weakness. And if she's particularly devious, she can get three copies of easy mark(1) even after she's spent them.

This is a fun new toy for survivors, more useful later in the match when your discard pile is big.

Mark my words: This (and its level 2 counterpart) will get the Scavenging treatment. I have played extensively with this card, albeit with the full card pool, but that's enough to gain context into the true strength of this monstrosity.

Think of any level 0 event that you find incredibly useful and ask yourself this: "How much stronger would it be if I could recur this as a reaction to something that happens pretty regularly?" Maybe Miguel de la Cruz wants to put a Lie in Wait back into play. Maybe Bob Jenkins is looking to Pay Your Dues to get out of a tight situation. Maybe you just dig up another Emergency Cache because you're strapped for cash. These are all really tame examples I'm putting out here, but you can probably already see the immediate value this card brings to the table.

Now lets up the ante by just a smidge by looking at what this can do with some older cards as well: Darrell Simmons starts recurring Shed a Light, Rita Young starts recurring Grift or Sneak By for wild econ value, and both of these people recur Hunter's Instinct when it runs dry with a Do-or-Die. But of course this is a level 0 card with a level 2 variant, so we can't forget that Zoey Samaras and Tommy Muldoon can take this, and they can start recurring any of their nice Guardian cards, like the shiny new Bounty. Guardians get a lot of mileage out of this, to nobody's surprise, though it can work well with any investigate that manages enemies in some capacity. Agnes Baker can use it to recur all sorts of fun stuff like Deny Existence or Spectral Shield or even Fight or Flight.

And then there's William Yorick, who I refuse to elaborate on beyond simply linking the page to his investigator card.

It also discards itself so you can more easily recur it to begin the cycle anew, and NONE OF THIS is to speak about the absurdity you can perform with the level 2 version (I've been using it with "I've had worse…" to disgusting effect) All of this, ALL of this, for one action and two resources, with an additional 2XP if you want the upgraded version.

I love this card, I really do, but it's not gonna last in its current form. They're gonna make it cost extra XP, but that won't change the fact that this card will shape countless decks by the virtue of existing within the scope of level 0-2.