Daisy Walker the Blackmailer (Read or Die)

I struggled to find a recent parallel Daisy deck which included some of the newer cards (e.g. from FoHV). I was playing her as part of a campaign (Dunwich) which featured her free print 'n' play scenario.

Daisy's Advanced cards are: Daisy's Tote Bag and The Necronomicon.

I set myself some goals/constraints for the deck:

• To make use of our potentially high Will stat (as we acquire up to 8 Tome assets) - Blackmail File seemed like a good candidate for this.

• To use the The Raven Quill to sap charges from other assets for Pnakotic Manuscripts - there are lots of Tome assets with Secrets (e.g. Schoffner's Catalogue).

• To have multiple class cards under our control for Join the Caravan - I have never taken this card before. In this deck, this card can be a zero cost, fast, move to any revealed location card!

Some notes about the deck:

• Finding Daisy's Tote Bag as quickly as possible helped a lot, if we didn't start with it in our opening hand.

• With Astounding Revelation, Research Librarians pay for themselves!

• Astounding Revelation can also add Secrets.

• Blackmail File is a little weak against enemies with the Hunter keyword; I believe that giving enemies Aloof until the end of the round still means that enemies with the Hunter keyword follow you. For this reason I took Join the Caravan to try and help us escape more easily.

• Blackmail File and Schoffner's Catalogue are Tome assets that do not take up hand slots.

• We have to be careful not to spend the last Secret on Schoffner's Catalogue, to avoid discarding it automatically.

• The Black Cat can help us counter our weakness (the The Necronomicon).

• Mr. "Rook" and No Stone Unturned are there to help find Daisy's Tote Bag and, to a lesser extent, Tome assets.

Upgrades:

Nothing prescriptive: lose 2x Inquiring Mind, 2x Curiosity, 1x Mr. "Rook", 2x Ward of Protection (for 2x Scroll of Secrets), 1x No Stone Unturned.

Impressions:

A pretty strong deck: you end up with lots of Sanity, great protection against the Mythos/Encounter deck and the ability to help your teammates. Not a great clue finder, but every turn felt a little more interesting and engaging than your average, run-of-the-mill, Seeker deck. Would recommend!