Mandy Thompson, farsight, expert, The Circle undone, 29 XP

Deck build around the combo Farsight + Occult Evidence: search for a card, reveal occult evidence, draw it, get a clue, then use Farsight to play Occult evidence as a fast action and re-shuffle it in your deck. Ideally you do it every round and so get a testless clue each round.

Assets (10 + 2 permanents):

• Dream-Enhancing Serum to draw and maintain the 8 cards in hand required by the combo.
• Otherworld Codex to discard annoying enemies but also (mainly ?) to avoid the "special effect" of some group of 3 treacheries.
• Backpack as I have 6 items.
• Mr. "Rook" + Segment of Onyx because ... well it's a Mandy deck (and without the taboo list).
• Occult Lexicon is a way to deal direct damages and can also make me draw even more cards
• Studious to get a better chance to install my deck fast.

Skills (7):

• 5 are Practiced traited and so are targets for Practice Makes Perfect.
• all provide intellect icons to succeed investigations in expert mode, they also help to the succeed the one attack (per "deck cycle") with "I've got plan!"
• Enraptured, especially when the target of Practice makes perfect can recharge the Otherworld codex or the Pendent of the queen.

Events (25):

• Astounding Revelation mainly as secret recharge, seconded by Truth from Fiction.
• Cryptic Writings as a resource generator, hopefully 4 resources as a reaction.
• Deny Existence and Ward of Protection to cancel cards or their effects.
• "I've got plan!" as the "big attack", Barricade and Mind Wipe as ways to buy time before having to deal with an enemy.
• Extensive Research, Drawn to the Flame ... and of course Occult Evidence are here to get test-less clues. The 1st one requires a big hand, the 2nd to have something in hand to deal with a treachery / an enemy and the 3rd simply to get it during a search.
• No Stone Unturned to tutor even more.
• Logical Reasoning in case I need horror healing or getting rid of treacheries in my threat zone.
• Practice Makes Perfect to get more use of 5 of my 7 skills. It could allow me to pass unavoidable tests even if drawing the -8 chaos token.

Upgrades order:

• 2x Studious (2x 3 XP)
• 1x Truth from Fiction + 1x Enraptured + 1x Old Book of Lore -> 3x Segment of Onyx (1 XP)
• 1x Dream-Enhancing Serum -> Farsight (2 XP)
• 1x Backpack -> lvl. 2 (2 XP)
• 1x Old Book of Lore -> Otherworld Codex (2 XP)
• 1x "I've got plan!" -> lvl. 2 (2 XP)
• 2x Delve Too Deep -> Mind Wipe (2x 1 XP)
• 2x Cryptic Writings -> lvl. 2 (2x 2 XP)
• 1x Truth from Fiction -> lvl. 2 (2 XP)
• 2x Perception -> lvl. 2 (2x 2 XP)

VF :

Améliorations

• 2x Studieux (2x 3 XP)
• 1x De la fiction à la réalité + 1x Extatique + 1x Vieux grimoire -> 3x Segment d'onyx (1 XP)
• 1x Sérum d'amplification des rêves -> Vision de l'avenir (2 XP)
• 1x Sac à dos -> niv. 2 (2 XP)
• 1x Vieux grimoire -> Codex d'un autre monde (2 XP)
• 1x "J'ai un plan !" -> niv. 2 (2 XP)
• 2x Creuser trop profondément -> Mémoire effacée (2x 1 XP)
• 2x Ecrits cryptiques -> niv. 2 (2x 2 XP)
• 1x De la fiction à la réalité -> niv. 2 (2 XP)
• 2x Perception -> niv. 2 (2x 2 XP)