Prophet Jeremiah

The goal behind this deck is to create a deck with the plan to minimize the impact on the chaos bag through passive bonuses (St. Hubert's Key, Dr. Milan Christopher, Ritual Candles) and chaos bag manipulation (Chthonian Stone, Dark Prophesy, Premonition, and Defiance).

The good Dr. Christopher also provides some economy (with Emergency Cache) since this deck will be doing a lot of investigating (although admittedly Alyssa would probably fit the theme better). Shrivelling is a staple for defense, although I wonder if that slot could be hold something more interesting, and Scrying is there partially for flavor but it should prove useful if there is any downtime between clues (and or in general, once upgraded). Enraptured provides a critical icon in addition to potentially additional spell usage (and in the future, Grotesque Statue usage), which is always nice.

Dr. Horowitz is there to provide for extra hand slots since there are quite a lot of competing hand items here (and I almost went for more with a Magnifying Glass instead), and she also works with Jim's relic. Still, the only other card she works with out of the box is the Stone, so it may be better to spend this on something else (like card searching, damage mitigation, active skill boosting, or even XP perhaps?). However, she will get more useful over time as candles get swapped for statues, and maybe even some jewels or even crystal can end up in the deck.

Noticeably absent is Rite of Seeking (which anti-combos with Dark Prophesy and Jim's own ability) is also expensive and may also be working at a disadvantage (once Jim gets going, his will be equal to or better than his ) - although the double clues is quite juicy. Moreover, there's no Ward of Protection largely because I'm not as fond of the card (had it in an Agnes deck, rarely used it), although I could see it easily replacing Scrying or Dr. Horowitz should you so desire.

For upgrades, if it's not obvious the first priority is for more bag manipulation with Grotesque Statues, which can also be recurred with Scavenging (which can be useful if Dr. Horowitz needs to leave for whatever reason). Improved Shrivelling and Scrying are also planned (and the whole point of including Arcane Research), and Recall the Future would also fit the theme nicely. Lastly, an improved Cache would also be good for some extra card draw, Dr. Chris cash can also be well spent on maintaining Protective Incantation.