Nephthys

Something unexpected happened when playing this card with Sister Mary in a 2 investigator team. We had all 10 bless tokens in the chaos token bag/sealed within a few turns of starting the game, thanks in part to a Keep Faith and a few activations of Blessed Blade. Then, with Nephthys down, there were no bless tokens in the token pool for the rest of the game, so I could not activate my Holy Rosary (2) and Sister Mary's end of the round power didn't do anything. I should probably just feel thankful that Nephthys was working full power, but this made me realize that Nephthys is probably even more helpful if you want to "go blessed" with an investigator that doesn't have Mary's built in power, since she (Nephthys) traps the bless tokens forever as long as she is in play, which greatly enables bless-related effects. At the least, I would probably forego most of the cards that add/save bless tokens to the bag if you choose Nephthys, because it can become redundant pretty fast.

jmmeye3 · 632
Just to make sure, you do realize that if you are dealing damage with Nephthys, that the tokens don't go back in the bag, right? — DjMiniboss · 44
Yeah, she can either trap bless tokens (returning them to the bag) or cash them in for damage (returning them to the pool). It is not the most easy to parse sentence of rules text... — Death by Chocolate · 1484
Bob Jenkins

Can you win an adventure without taking any move actions? Yes, with safeguard, shortcut or an automobile! Can you do it without getting any clues or evading? Yes, if you’re a guardian.

But can you do it without playing any items? Even in mystic, that’s difficult.

At maximum, Bob revolutionizes cross-class item usage. Sister Mary with a lucky cigarette case for draw power. Lily doing gunkata with a Thompson. Monterey Jack with durable lockpicks that start at +9. And those are just things Bob can slot naturally! With Shrewd Dealings, any non-signature item can go to any investigator in a three-player game.

At minimum, your party gets a free chance every turn to do the action everyone likes to do: fill their tableau with assets. Live a little, make some money, even in Antarctica. Maybe somebody needs a refrigerator.

MrGoldbee · 1493
But his ability says the item is played under its owner's control, I thin he would not be able to give a cross-class item to someone. — Gsayer · 1
Ignore it, my bad, I forgot about his signature. — Gsayer · 1
Daniela Reyes

There are a lot of things to like about Daniela. First, she lets you play tank guardian in a way no one else but Tommy can really master. But I don’t think she’s the second coming of Tommy, I think she’s the blue/red answer to Trish.

Previously, the number one way to lock down bosses was to have Trish Scarborough use quick clue gathering to automatically evade them. And she’s still super effective at that! But her ability is limited to once per turn, and Daniela's is not. Plus, as a cluever, you might have Trish elsewhere while big enemies spawn.

And Ms Reyes has the same stumbling block that Agnes does: if you spam their powers, you will get burned by the encounter deck. Neither is particularly great at agility checks, and damage can come from locations as well as foes. Often, punching enemies first is a better option than reflexively letting them clobber you, especially without access to money-makers like "I’ve had worse".

Her 4 base will is solid, even on hard.

Daniela is an excellent partner to Aquinnah. And if you’re willing to exile cherished keepsakes and old leather coats, the sky is the limit for soak with solemn vow. But when it comes to damage, observe the Christmas rule: it’s better to give than to receive.

Edit: Having played with her a little more, her ideal events are super cheap. That cost curve, and waiting for enemies to spawn, means it’s possible to put out a guard dog (or two!), flesh ward, and a survival knife before enemies cover the board. It’s refreshing in a guardian to be able to engage enemies as a final action, knowing you’re going to do 2-4 damage during the enemy phase! Annoyingly, there’s little lvl 1-5 survivor tech that does what dogs, “Get behind me” or the hallowed mirror do. And there’s not a ton you can do about enemies that do something besides damage/ horror on a hit: if you want to assign damage to your Trusted hounds, you can’t use dodge.

MrGoldbee · 1493
On the topic of locking down bosses: if Daniela is the first-in-sequence gator to be attacked by a Massive enemy, can she use her reaction to evade the enemy before the other gators are attacked, thereby preventing those further attacks that round? — HanoverFist · 756
@hanoverFist a good question and a good point. From the rules: "hen an enemy with the massive keyword attacks during the enemy phase, resolve its (full) attack against each investigator it is engaged with, one investigator at a time. The lead investigator chooses the order in which these attacks resolve. The massive enemy does not exhaust until its final attack of the phase resolves." So since tha attack is not simultaneous, the lead investigator may pick Daniela first. The last sentence means general exhaust which happens after an enemy's attack, I believe, and doesn't prevent from being exhausted via specific abilities. So, I would say, Daniela can save everyone from a massive monster's attack, you are right. — chrome · 68
@chrome This would be a marvelous tanking-ability for Daniela if it works out this way, and it certainly feels on-brand for her... especially since, unlike so many auto-evade effects, Daniela's is not limited to non-elites. Thanks for the rules & timing breakdown! — HanoverFist · 756
Huh. A burned out soldier who's degrading because of his bad experiences. Thematically, that's Mark. Pity about that. — Lailah · 1
The Harbinger

While The Harbinger is revealed and on top of your deck, cards in your deck cannot be {{searched, drawn, or manipulated in any way}} except by the below ability.

so Can Occult Lexicon be blocked? Because I can't search my deck

Aslan_IFLY · 1
Yes, everything is blocked. It means you don't draw cards at the end of the turn and even encounter cards can't discard cards from your deck, so it is possible that it will come handy. — vidinufi · 69
Can you use Written In The Stars to shuffle this weakness back to the deck? — HandsomeDust · 1
You couldn't, because Written in the Stars would manipulate the deck by discarding the top card, and "cannot" prevents it. For that matter, shuffling the deck is also manipulating the deck, so it blocks that too. — Lasiace · 23
Cheat the System

When you have no cards in your deck , you can't shuffle any cards into it and they are discarded instead. What happens if Wendy with her signature card has no cards in her deck and plays an event? If you can't put a card at the bottom of the void, is it also discarded instead? Feels like someone is really cheating then.

Tzolkin1065 · 155
Wendy's signature places on the bottom of the deck, which does work with an empty deck. You could then potentially loop it for one copy a turn, I suppose, but until we see a fast, during any player window, draw one card, the loop isn't infinite. — SSW · 217
For cards like this, do dual-class cards (like, say, Tennessee Sour Mash Rogue/Survivor) count as two? — khoshekh · 7
Yes compare the rules for multi-class items. In the worst case one of them counts as to off-class cards for Dunwich investigators — Tharzax · 1
According to https://arkhamdb.com/rules#Ownership_and_Control you control all the cards in your hand, deck and discard pile. — david6680 · 66
Had been answered on other synergy cards, but while this is technically true, card abilities can only interact with other cards, that are in play, unless they state otherwise. So there is no "synergy" with cards in deck, hand or discard pile. — Susumu · 382
Wanted to clarify, as per the Rules Section here under Multi-Class, "A card cannot take up more than one "out of class" slot, regardless of how many class icons the card bears." , so a dunwich dude would only lose 1 slot if both card factions are off-coloured. Most Chars wont even lose a slot if one of the colors is unlimited access, with some few exceptions. — surturiel · 1