Shell Shock

sorry not a review, but a question concerning the term: "damage on you". does it only refer to the damage on Mark´s investigator card or to damage on all cards you control? I´ve searched a bit around, but didn´t find a definitive answer. maybe didn´t look in the right places. Is there an official ruling? Thank´s for helping!

schafinho1 · 55
It refers to the damage on your investigator card. Damage on other cards would be, "damage on cards you control," which would include your investigator card, or, "damage on assets you control," which would not include your investigator card because it's not an asset. — SGPrometheus · 835
Pnakotic Manuscripts

As one of the most expensive seeker cards, this might be worth a second look with the release of eldritch sophist. It’s a pricey combo, so it might be worth adding Dr. Horowitz to the mix (which can trigger astonishing revelations to pay for combo pieces). But with the sophist, and cheap secret containers like the encyclopedia(0), you can prevent the encounter deck or must pass checks. But if you absolutely need to pass checks every turn, it might be worth just buying Jaqueline Fine, getting the scrying mirror, or Sun's Favor. Five XP and five resources is extremely expensive.

MrGoldbee · 1483
Check out Ariadne's Twine. Would this card be much more powerful of you could trigger it an unlimited amount of times at the cost of one resource? Seems like a better deal than Higher Education. — Taevus · 782
A Chance Encounter

This card is wonderful if you have the permanent “On Your Own“. Suddenly, you can have as many allies in your tableau as you can recur this card... and you play them at a two buck discount. With Wendy's amulet, you can play it, then get another shot it chance encounter from your discard pile. It’s a wonderful combo because it provides soak, and if nothing else, allies are wonderful at that.

MrGoldbee · 1483
I feel like I'm missing something... can you clarify? OYO(3), the permanent version, says your investigator gains "Deckbuilding Restrictions: No assets that take an Ally slot". So while A Chance Encounter (2) would absolutely let you play other investigators' allies from their discard piles, I don't see how you could get any Allies of your own into your own discard, as you couldn't own them to begin with? — HanoverFist · 744
Whoops. Meant tableau. — MrGoldbee · 1483
Also, OYO only makes events cheaper. — SGPrometheus · 835
A Chance Encounter is an event! — MrGoldbee · 1483
Oh I see; the cost of Chance Encounter is their cost, my mistake. — SGPrometheus · 835
OYO would be discarded once the ally you grab with ACE came into play though, so it doesn't work. — ZachsFisher · 59
Permanent OYO affects your deckbuilding, and doesn't care if you have Allies in play, so yes, this works. The only problem is your friends need to be using non-unique allies to pull it off. — Lailah · 1
"Lucky" Penny

By itself, this card isn’t worth four XP. But if you’re playing a rogue, you make your own luck. Combining this with your teammates covenants means intriguing things, like flipping curses, using them as blessings, and if they end up as curses, taking them out of the bag with false covenant. With sacred covenant, 50% of the time when you draw a curse, which you can trigger intentionally with the pact of the moon, you get +2 and end the check there. Dexter can also use this with a paradoxical covenant, as can Sefina. But with 50-50 odds, you’d better cover both your options, because the accessory slot is valuable and the effect is forced.

MrGoldbee · 1483
This card feels way too expensive for what it does and Blasphemous Covenant seems, by far, the worst Covenant. I'm trying to work out whether they work together nicely. If i reveal a Bless, and Lucky Penny makes it a Curse, can I Blasphemous Covenant to put it back in the bag? Or does the Blasphemous not trigger because it's not a Curse being revealed, it had already been revealed and became a Curse after that? I guess if this doesn't work, then when a Bless becomes a Curse that's really good with Ancient Covenant - on Expert I'd be very happy to take my -2 and stop there AND draw a card any day of the week... — slyguavas · 49
First Watch

This card is hilarious when taken with either Luke in the party, or adaptably by the dreamer himself. Enemies cannot appear the dreamgate. If you give them to someone there, they go into the discard pile. Treacheries that make locations more difficult can be given to him as well. Worth a dollar anytime you can use it.

MrGoldbee · 1483
you no longer need luke for such a combo, just need to beat up some nasty cultists. — Zerogrim · 295
? — MrGoldbee · 1483
unfortunately since [Pocket Portal](/card/86052) is an asset, you can't really plan to use it this way with the same power as Luke — the1armedbandit · 1