I'd like to think my comment on last week's deck made this happen, no matter if it's true or not :). Other than that, a fabulous deck as always! Will definitely try this one out

Nice deck! I've just gone through a Trish build recently as well, and how this one is using the Crystallizer of Dreams is really informative. This, and the recent 20k decks are weakening my resolve to not pick up The Scarlet Keys investigator expansion just yet :)

a celebration of the 20k points on ArkhamDB

Also wanted to say, congratulations. The build creativity and narrative walkthrough of your decks have been outstanding, and part of what makes this game a great hobby.

I love discovering new synergies in your decks!

I wonder if Grim Memoir might be a better choice for the starter deck, instead of Divination. Works great with The Raven Quill, doesn't exhaust, costs the same but is 0 xp.

@Wittebaard I had this ready for a little while but your comment motivated me to release this deck earlier :) Let me know how it goes ;)

@dehora you should definitely pick the scarlet keys, I personally love the cards in there, and these 3 decks are just the start!

@bernieschlotfeldt that is a good point! It would definitely work too, and it’s an amazing card overall. To be fair, I took Divination in the starter deck just to step towards the combo asap.

Amazing as always! I think Grim Memoir is cool but The Raven Quill can have only one Tome/Spell named and there's no way to get that upgrade to get two more and move to Divination later. Ofc Grim Memoir works well with Eldritch Sophist until clock is added and then you could even add it to the starter deck instead of using Adaptable. All that said when The Red Clock comes in, charges would be wasted (I think you can move them to cards without any uses anyways but they will not do anything ofc). Also it takes your hand slot as well and Divination takes up your free arcane one. All that said with Double, Double and Truth from Fiction (plus 3 for your Crystallizer of Dreams) I can see it as more than enough to get you through whole scenario.

Another point is that while there's not much soak, Logical Reasoning/Bizarre Diagnosis will be enough to get heal going so there's an option for Charon's Obol from start!

I don't always comment but decks but read and like/fav them all, really great work and new ideas ! :) Thx and congrats on the 20K (!!!), fellow french :p We'll use this deck in our next TSK run.

It requires more set up but not too long ago i ran trish through tfa using Eldritch Sophist, The Red Clock and Pendant of the Queen. The deck used extra draw and Mr. "Rook" (tabood cuz still counted as a level 0 card) so im not sure if you could just replace Divination without other support, but it synergizes with trish's ability and plays as powerful as it sounds. By the end i was able to get the peices together by turn 4. Again, im not sure Double, Double and the draw events are enough to support it but i think its at least worth consideration

Nevermind my last comment, i missed the point of the raven quill interaction

Great deck as always! I've noticed that almost all your events were either 'trick' or 'insight' traited and I was wondering if including a single copy of Crafty would be a good idea or would it just be a win-more card?

Very interesting deck. I don't really understand what the use of adaptable is in fascilitating it. Could you please explain? I'm relatively new to the game. I didn't even know you can get 3 myriad cards at once with one experience.

Hey @cabalpaxiarch, Adaptable helps swapping lvl 0 cards without paying for the 1 experience for every new card, allowing you to get the cards that enable your combo only when you need them. You can check the Purchase new cards section of the Experience rule section.

@11zxcvb11 I did consider Crafty! The main reason why I didn't use it is that it pushed the deck 6xp higher. On top of that, doubling the economy events was, in my experience, enough to finance the rest of the deck.

@captainfire did you finish your campaign already? How did it go?

@damirius you are right, Charon's Obol is definitely an option! I do not push it in these decklists because they are standalone-friendly, and using In the Thick of It is also making me usually careful with Charon's Obol. But if you know the campaign already and feel really confident, go on!
I checked Grim Memoir too indeed, but it didn't make the cut, because 30 cards is a harsh limit and my hand slots were already full.

@Valentin1331 The Divination + The Raven Quill + The Red Clock was really good but we found the Double, Double really hard to find and we ended up using it properly only a couple of scenarios... If we tried again, my partner would probably buy more draw or Lucky Cigarette Case instead of the Crystallizer of Dreams. Otherwise, the deck pretty nice and fun to play (with) :)

I mean, I just re-read the deck, I think we were just really unlucky with the draws :p

And another really, really fun deck. I’ve been playing this partnered with your Blursed Kohaku, it’s been a blast. Thanks for all the content you’ve produced here!

I don't think I fully understand how Crystalizer of Dreams works. I understand how an Event card attached under it could use its skill icons in a test like the author here has under the Passing Your Test section above.

What I don't get is the doubling of events in the "Doubling Your Events section. In the Skill Test Timing sequence in the rules there are a couple of Free Trigger Player Windows. A few of the Events in the deck can take advantage of that. Check.

But what about something like Bizarre Diagnosis just as an example from this deck? It isn't a free trigger and seems to have nothing to do with a skill check. So how would Crystalizer of Dreams allow that event to be used again in a skill test?

Not yet clicking for me. Thanks!

Hey @tsnouffer, I think the misunderstanding is mostly about me abusing a little bit of the word "double".

What I mean here is that by committing this event to a test after using it, via Crystallizer of Dreams, you use it another time, hence "doubling" it.

So Bizarre Diagnosis can be used, doubled with Double, Double, and then committed via Crystallizer of Dreams for , resulting in 3 total uses of the event.

Does that make sense?

@Valentin1331 Yes, I got it. At this stage of my campaign I do not yet have Double Double. So Crystalizer of Dreams would only provide for the icon support for a skill test and the Free Trigger cards that apply to a skill test.

I don't get it. How can you use Raven Quill, which applies to tomes and spells, to Double, Double, which is neither (it's a ritual) or to Crystalizer of Dreams, which is also neither (it's a relic) ?

PS: I had forgotten to put your name. :p @Valentin1331 Cf my question above. I don't understand how your double double works.

@Milton You don't double The Raven Quill itself, you use it's "interwoven link" ability which says that when you resolve the ability on asset attached on The Raven Quill (in this case Divination) you ready an asset you control, so you ready Double, Double and can play some other event twice again in the same turn. As for Crystallizer of Dreams, it's just play on words, you don't actually double anything, but when you finish playing the event card you can attach it to the crystallizer and then commit it to skill tests afterwards.

@damirius Thanks! I understand, now. :)