So this is one action to play, 2 resources for 4 card commits over 4+ tests.

It seems somewhat comparable to something like. Hyperawareness or Arcane Studies.

Talents
-cost 1 exp more.
-only for 2 skills.
+are unlimited use (but only 2 icons per turn).
+guaranteed to work.
+have a side benefit of letting you spend your resources.

If it's for items, you also have survivors also have Jury-Rig which also boosts by 2 three times at 0 cost and 0 exp.

It might be ok as a late game addition once you have your high exp skill cards (or at least cards with high number of icons). Maybe a case can be made for survivor seekers that want to search for valuable cards like The Necronomicon, commiting it to a test then getting it back from the discard with recursion.

Seems a bit similar to Astronomical Atlas which is better since it's unlimited use and lets you draw the commited card but that costs 1 more and uses a hand slot.

Has obvious synergy with Mandy Thompson and Minh Thi Phan. Possibly good for Amanda Sharpe since she runs lots of icons/skills as well.

Edit: Just realized this is also very similar to Ancestral Knowledge. It's essentially the non permanent version.

Pros
-3 less exp.
-secrets synergy, search synergy.

Cons.
-2 cost.
-have to draw it then spend an action to play it.
-sometimes fails to draw.
-only 4 uses instead of 5 (good exchange for half the exp).

If possible I'd go for ancestral Knowledge first. The Permanent trait is just too good, you always get it every scenario so it's like a free draw at the start. (Studious alone costs 3 exp).

Seems like it would be good in...

Mark Harrigan who gets cards for his cards taking damage

Tommy Muldoon which gives him 2 free rerolls at the cost of an action to play the fur in the first place

Diana Stanley counts as an ignore for her ability. 2 rerolls for net cost of 1 action and 1 resource. Not bad compared to Grotesque Statue which costs 2 exp.

Dexter Drake it's an asset that he can cycle in for only 1r but can only use it once if he wants to replace it with something else.

Minh Thi Phan and Patrice Hathaway might want it to deal with their signature weaknessess.

I think this is a trap card even for Jim Culver. The Cultist, Elder Thing and Tablet tokens are usually worse than Skull tokens only by a bit; usually its around 1-2 points harder. Sometimes they even has the same difficulty and only rarely is it more than 1-2 points. I'd rather take a +1 to all skill tests from a different ally (so you can nullify high negative numbered tokens as well).

The benefit Nkosi has is that you can ignore the effects of the other special tokens which sometimes helps. I don't think this small benefit is worth the cost of 3 (6) exp and a very expensive 4 cost in the ally slot. Seems like you'd be better off taking an ally that gives you +1 Willpower or sticking with Arcane Initiate for more consistency and use your exp for something that'll make a bigger difference.

Might have some really exotic use with naming bless/curse tokens but needs a really dedicated build for it.

With Occult Lexicon 3 and DES, this card sees renewed use and is honestly overpowered with that. Essentially, every turn you now have a free fast Blood Rite. This is a fast action, three cards and three damage or three resources.

It basically turns Blood Rite into a cryptic research that does damage or generates resources. Basically, a Seeker staple now.

Since nobody's said it yet, I'll be the first to say it:

Peter. Sylvestre.

The Big Man on Campus is now an economy card, netting you an entire resource every turn, that you play a card. Not to mention, the 2 (one from Peter(2), one from TBB) can make anyone resilient to treacheries.

I'm currently playing this combo in an Advanced Wendy deck, and it makes it extraordinarily easy to afford her constant slew of events. Now I just need to find a way to cash in on her whopping 6