Another "pick your poison" signature Weakness. Looking at the two elements, the effect and the discard condition, we get:

The effect: Leo loves allies, and he loves using them up. The worst case is if you get caught with a pricey or critical ally out (say Leo De Luca or Agency Backup) out and nothing in your hand, but Leo loves to cart around a lot of allies, so this is less likely for him than other investigators. He ought to have one of his meat shields ready to sacrifice. Charisma and a few lower-cost allies is a buffer. Guard Dog, Hired Muscle, or Treasure Hunter are cheap to play, have useful abilities, and synergize with Mitch Brown should you find him, and a "big money Leo" can easily pay the "drip insurance" cost for the "pay as you go" allies. Probably the saddest thing is that this card won't feed Leo's beloved Decorated Skull.

The discard condition: You draw it and either pay its cost or shuffle it back in. Pretty simple.

All in all, this is a way below average signature weakness, unlikely to cause even a significant tempo hit, much less tank a scenario.

This card is included in the "Return to: The House Always Wins" scenario. And it proofed to be very useful to us on a recent playthrough. Sure, there are certain tricks to retrieve the last VP from locations in some factions, like "I'm outta here!" or Dr. William T. Maleson, but we neither had nor needed them, thanks to a fail by 2 on this test.

A very easy Victory 1. 2 Evade means it doesn't often pin you, and its rules text is mostly negligible as most people don't plan on getting hit by an enemy, and then immediately spending clues. I'm happy to see this enemy and sad when it's not drawn in a scenario.

Every Tom, Dick*, and Quarry agrees: if you've got a Custom Gun, she deserves only the finest Custom Ammunition!

Leviticus Hollowpoints(tm) use patented scriptures to deliver stern religious disapproval to the monsters* you encounter while walking the beat!

• Recursive blessings propagate to bullets later added to your weapon- terrific for law-enforcement who can be paid in bullets when they get a citizen killed*!
• Litany Of This-Is-A-Supply ensures you can stick to a plan that has these at the ready!
• Also available in non-police issue .18, .25, .32, .35, .38, .45, buckshot, weird science, and napalm calibers!*

So next time your patrol takes you to Dim Carcosa*, give Rebecca what she deserves. Give her Leviticus Hollowpoints(tm).

~"Monsters got you in a jammo?"~ ~"Time to get some Custom Ammo!"~

LEGAL DISCLAIMERS:

• Due to the strenuous firearms experience required for safe operation, these are not actually approved for use by private investigators- only police, feds, military, mercenaries, various clergy, psychiatrists, boxers, cooks, and actors.
• Stern religious disapproval only felt by literal monsters, not figurative ones like cannibals, or people who eat lobster. They'll still feel the normal kind of disapproval caused by getting shot, though.
• Not responsible for withheld wages/bullets if you kill a bystander but somebody proves it was your fault. We're wizards, not lawyers.
• Does not come in arrow caliber; mankind does not yet possess the technology to write things on arrowheads.
• Untested on yellow kings. Results not guaranteed in the event that somebody hastur fight one.

I don't think this card is quite so limiting as all that.

For Minh, this card is essentially a +3 during Mythos phase, or Unexpected Courage + card draw on her second action. For any user of Tooth of Eztli, this card basically ensures you pass any will or agility treacheries (and get the card draw), and otherwise functions as the seeker version of Quick Thinking - by which I mean rogues get ? plus an action, where seekers get ? plus a card.

It does seem that its best function is either going to be before your first action (during Mythos) or as your second action (for the card draw), although many with access to 0 seeker will find times for the third action use as well.

I see a lot of arguments against skill cards by comparing them to Unexpected Courage. I have never understood that, as there's no reason you can't have both.