String Along

String Along

Heartbreaking realization: String Along doesn't have the Trick trait, meaning that Rita Young can't take it. Granted, this isn't the end of the world, Rita's been on a winning streak the last few expansions (Dirty Fighting, Trick to the Plan, Lightfooted), but still, put it in the "Would be Amazing if Rita got Access to it" pile with Pickpocketing, Backstab, and Thieves' Kit.

NightgauntTaxiService · 463
Trick to the Plan made me laugh. — MrGoldbee · 1492
It might be an interesting experiment to run Rita as a rogue, with seven survivor cards (two of which are going to be track shoes.) — MrGoldbee · 1492

Idol of Xanatos

Idol of Xanatos

This card does for Calvin Wright what no amount of soak can do: prevents him from dying to direct damage/horror. (You can't always draw Until the End of Time, and even that can only take so much of a beating.)

It's extra insurance against surprise bursts of damage once you've maxed out his statline, and if paired with the myriad A Glimmer of Hope / A Glimmer of Hope, you'll have a near-endless supply of discard fodder. Once his stats are 5s or more across the board, you may not need to be committing your Glimmers anymore; repurposing them to cancel incoming damage/horror can be very worth it.

Short Supply and/or Lucid Dreaming can help you get all three Glimmers into rotation faster, but since it usually takes a while to power Calvin up anyway, you should have some time to draw into them with the likes of Take Heart, Self-Sacrifice, and friends.

dewytheduelist · 15
Still, you're spending 1 action a turn just to not-die. — MrGoldbee · 1492

Library Pass

Library Pass

Grim Memoir is an underrated card that might see more use now that this card provides a path to recursion. This also reduces the cost of playing it. Daisy Walker can even use all 4 secrets before it expires.

And you still have free hand slots for Magnifying Glass or other tomes!

An_Undecayed_Whately · 1325

Transfiguration

Transfiguration

I feel like turning from Father Mateo into William Yorick will be extremely funny. Not only can you use Yorick's ability to infinitely pull your Codex and thus be able to recur anything in your graveyard instead of merely being limited to assets, but it lets Yorick wield some pretty good high end weapons.

Blessed Blade(4), Holy Spear, etc!

I do also find the idea of Daisy Walker turning herself into Mandy Thompson to be pretty humorous. Finally, pre-taboo 30 card Mandy is back! (with slightly different deckbuilding requirements, and no signatures, but hey.)

nictron90 · 10
*pre-taboo, 30-card Mandy... without Mandy's weakness ! — DrOGM · 25
Makes sense, since Yorick is already a good candidate for a bless deck! — AlderSign · 395
The main problem I see with this is that you need to pay 2 resources to replay the Codex every time, so if you want to pull <span class="icon-elder_sign"></span> on every test, Yorick would need to be filthy rich. Also, you unfortunately lose the 5 bonus exp of Mateo if you want to use the good level 4/5 weapons. — Minethlos · 3
For being filthy rich, since this is gonna be in a bless setup, can just run Rite of Sanctification, and you're replaying it for 0 every time. Also, I don't see why you'd lose the 5xp? Non-paralell back Mateo has 'blessed cards level 0-5' and the 5 xp. — nictron90 · 10
Wait no I'm stupid he has blessed 0-3, you're right. — nictron90 · 10
Antiquary solves the cost issue. Timeworn Brand would fit with both of those as well. — WhispererInSnarkness · 1

Entombed

Entombed

So, if I have entombef in my threat area and avoid an enemy, even if the test was successful, the enemy remains attached to me and will not stun?

I think we played it wrong. Would you please help me understand that interaction?

shalahur · 2
While you are correct that Entombed would prevent you from disengaging with the enemy, the enemy would still exhaust and thus not attack you. If you successfully evade an enemy, Entombed only prevents you from disengaging from them, not exhausting them. Does that make sense? — NightgauntTaxiService · 463