Lucky! is a superb card from an angle of flavour and universalism. A survivor's trait is escaping dangerous situations rather than appeasing them by force of arms.

Especially new investigators should note that this card has similiarities to other in-faction cards (Look what I found!, Oops!), but a fundamentally different mode of operation. Like the other above-mentioned cards, Lucky! is played after the chaos token is drawn from the bag, but unlike the others, Lucky modifies the value of the skill test, giving it a +2 bonus, hence turning the result from failure to success!

Let me give an example to make things clear: There is a location with a clue, a shroud value of 2 and an Obscuring Fog attached to it. You have a base value of 2 Intellect, there are no further modifiers and you draw a "0"-token for the skill test. You failed the test by 2 points.

Variant a. You play Look what I found! The skill test is still considered "failed", but you gain the clue from the location. The Obscuring Fog stays in place.

Variant b. You play Lucky! The skill test is modified by +2, you pass the test "successfully" and gain the clue. The Obscuring Fog is discarded.

Pros

• Lucky! is played after a chaos token is drawn, so you only play it if you would have failed else.
• Low priced play cost, only it's competitor, Unexpected Courage, is cheaper.
• Provides the currently best fallback strategy against otherwise failed skill tests.
• You can play two Lucky! instances to boost one test, if you are not passing the test after playing the first.
• Wendy's Amulet can play events from the discard pile.

Cons

• Lucky! under no circumstances turns a drawn -token into a successful test.
• One-time effect. Make it worthwile!
• Does not combine with Rabbit's Foot nor Look what I found!

I just tried Dark Horse with a Wendy Adams deck - and it doesn't work, at least not without Scrapper or similar. Wendy's Amulet is pretty awesome, as it lets you play discarded events - so you need some resources for events. However, if you have resources, it's pretty tough to clear them when you want Dark Horse to take effect. Scrapper would be good, as you can pump a test and clear your resources - but without it, I was stuck.

It is a powerful effect, +1 to each stat - but I think this might suit someone like "Ashcan" Pete who maybe can run a little more empty resource-wise.

Zoey is the Guardian's Guardian. Roland Banks will try to get clues, using his killing as a means to an end. Zoey kills because things need to die. Her base stats show you what she does - 4 Combat (which is basically 5, as you'll always want a weapon) and 4 Willpower - she survives and she kills. Her investigator ability also tells you want she does. She hunts down monsters and engages them. And then kills them. And then moves on. For players who want a clear cut role on the team, Zoey is a great choice. If a monster spawns, you go to it, and you kill it. If a monster engages another 'gator, you engage it, and you kill it. If a monster thinks about spawning, you make sure it knows you'll engage it, and you'll kill it.

Zoey's weakness, Smite the Wicked, is extremely time sensitive. If it comes up early in the game it's effectively blank. It will spawn somewhere, and eventually, Zoey will find it, and she'll kill it. If it spawns near the end of the game, it's probably just going to become a trauma, because the AP required to go to the farthest location and kill it will likely be better used to complete the scenario.

Zoey's unique card, Zoey's Cross, is yet another indication of what Zoey does. Combined with her effect, it basically becomes "Do 1 damage when you engage a monster." The flexibility and efficiency this gives her can't be understated. Zoey can literally walk in to a location containing a 1hp monster and declare it dead once the cross is out. Monsters with that incredibly awkward 3 HP now become 1 action kills with Machete or .45 Automatic. About the only time you won't want to use the effect is fighting a 2 HP monster, because the 1 damage won't kill it, and won't change the AP it takes to kill.

As a Dunwich investigator, Zoey has a limited but interesting card pool. She can take all the investigator cards, giving her a lot of ability to make things dead, and a very small amount of ability to do much else beside spend AP inefficiently on healing. However, her 5 cards from any class really let you shape her.

Her inherently high willpower makes Zoey a reasonable place to put Mystic cards. In particular Rite of Seeking is a very nice way for her to grab a few clues. Her high WP and focus on killing means that she is extremely well suited to survive the encounter draw that Drawn to the Flame requires, letting her pick up clues for free. She can pick up Scrying to give her something to do with actions when there aren't any monsters around.

Outside of Mystic, cards that give free AP or free clues are usually ideal for her. Guardian weapons are generally all she needs for combat, so shoring up her other duties is usually the best route. She really likes cards like Shortcut and Quick Thinking that grant her free actions and moves to get closer to monsters and to kill monsters. Things like #"Look what I found!" and Lucky! let her attempt investigations and have a much higher level of success. Leo De Luca benefits everyone and Guardians have a relative dearth of allies (Beat Cop is always a nice friend with the cross to do 2 free damage, but he'll die eventually). Working a Hunch gives her access to "free" clues when there's nothing to kill.

Overall, Zoey is about as straightforward as she seems most of the time. She is best paired with someone like Daisy Walker, Rex Murphy, Agnes Baker or Jim Culver who can cover the clue finding and story events while she keeps bad things at bay. But while it may seem like being a one-trick pony isn't that much fun, Zoey is one of the most entertaining investigators around!

I want to add to the other review that in my experience, having "Look what I found!" in hand and wanting to make use of the action-compression is a sure-fire way to just pass all your investigate tests. Seriously. Recently, I even opted as "Ashcan" Pete NOT to investigate with Duke for the express purpose of failing so I could grab both clues, draw a card with Rabbit's Foot, and get out of there. Nope, still passed.

In my opinion, this card has one of the finest artworks of the core set and perfectly illustrates the survivor's feat: turning a bad situation into a good one!

You can play it after investigating in a location with at least 1 clue on it. There are plenty of chances during a scenario to trigger this event. It's greatest plus is that it is never wasted. You merely play it after the attempt, in comparison to committing cards to a skill test upfront!

Fast cards aren't subject to Attacks of Opportunity, so if you are engaged when playing Look what I found!, you only get hit once (for the investigation test).

Special note: if the location has a shroud of 2 or less (after applying all modifiers), you can even play Look what I found! after drawing the -symbol token and resolve the effect!

This card is so good in most decks that it is easier to summarize where it does not shine brightly:

Pros

• Great click-compression. Gain two actions for the cost of one!
• Comboes well with Rabbit's Foot.
• In hard/expert difficulty propabilities shift and you frequently fail investigations by more than 2 points, the card becomes more appealing to investigators with high Intellect then.

Cons

• One-time effect only. It should not be your only means for gathering clues.
• Rex Murphy can not include it due to his deckbuilding restriction.
• Investigators with high Intellect most often pass their investigation tests instead of failing on easy/standard difficulty.
• A spoiler prevents Look what I found! from being played, while Working a Hunch and Drawn to the Flame bypass it.
• spoiler is not discarded after Look what I found! is resolved, because the investigation is still considered unsuccessful.