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Resourceful

I would call this the Vicious Blow/Deduction of Survivor. Pretty much an auto-include.

For me this card is one of the strongest Survivor cards out there, maybe even the game, and really defines the class. Being able to recur any card from your discard is just so helpful. It doesn't even cost an action, just a successful test (generally on your turn due to the icons it possesses).

It's part of so many combos. Think of this card as the 3rd and 4th copies of your strongest cards - whether thats a Will to Survive, Look What I Found, Lucky! or anything else that your deck does.... it just multiplies the value of those cards. Not sure what you want? Hold it for later! You are never unhappy to see this card.

This goes in virtually every Survivor deck that I've built, with the exception of Patrice Hathaway. It's just that strong.

It does have limitations. It can only be used to recur Survivor Cards. This generally means that off-class survivors aren't interested in this card. You also need to succeed a test. Most likely this means an evade, and you can get screwed.

7/21/21

Crash · 7093

I think for off class it's even better. Their main class tend to add skill bonuses for their job and having lucky to negate worst token or eucatastrophe for autofail is pure win. Then using resourceful to do it again gets even better. You may feel bad for having all those cards in your hand until you need them if you never draw the worst tokens, but you really shouldnt. — Django · 5242 7/21/21

I wouldn't call it better for them. Recurring "Lucky!" (3) is certainly better than recurring "Lucky!" (0). But it's definitely not useless. It will stay in the Minh deck I'm currently running for the remainder of the campaign. Mainly as 3rd and 4th copy of "Sharp Vision", but sometimes also just "Lucky" (0). — Susumu · 386 7/21/21

Regarding "Eucatastrophe" (off class only relevant for Matheo): you can currently only recurre that one, if you don't play with the Taboo list. — Susumu · 386 7/21/21

My personal take is that Resourceful is the best level 0 card in the whole game, and its precisely because it doubles as both helping you pass a test and drawing back the single most useful red card in your discard pile at any given time. With the exception of the Improvised suite, this is pretty much always a fantastic play. You can take back an event to replay it, or an asset that got defeated or ran out of ammo, etc, and there are many efficient ways even to get assets into the discard for Survivor (see Act of Desperation). The one person I will shout out other than Patrice who maybe doesn't take this is William Yorick, and that's due to his asset recursion already being built in as well as his Guardian off-class sometimes making it hard for him to have solid targets for Resourceful- you don't need the card to have him get his Chainsaw back, for example. — StyxTBeuford · 13100 7/21/21

best level 0 *after taboos* of course — StyxTBeuford · 13100 7/21/21

"Act of Desperation" looks great to me to recur with it for Yorick. One in my group is currently playing him and does that all the times. — Susumu · 386 7/21/21

I wouldn't call it the best level 0 card in the game, but it's certainly really good, and it scales really well into the late campaign because it can get back high-XP cards. In fact, the ability of this card to so easily recur high-XP cards is quite a problematic design and a large part of the reason why Survivor XP events keep getting Taboo'd. In the early campaign, I think Resourceful is fine but less spectacular. — CaiusDrewart · 3247 8/3/21

Backpack

Used very often and always impressive. (~50% Chance to get needed card) Your total cards is 30+ some weakness

Then you draw 5 first card Remained is around 25

So searching 12 card is 50% chance to get a card that you need

(Chance increased if 2 copy added or Backpack(2) )

7/21/21

AquaDrehz · 207

? — MrGoldbee · 1528 7/21/21

This+ Geared Up is insane setup in first turn! — Mirt · 1 12/12/23

@Mirt yeah that's why FFG just tabooed Geared Up - I'm ignoring that one though, Geared Up can be dangerous in certain campaigns especially true solo, so I'll take as many benefits as I can get from it — Krysmopompas · 387 12/22/23

Pay Day

Not much of a review, but I think, the art features Trish Scarborough, right after she opened the safe on Manual Dexterity. Would you agree? The length of the sleeve is not matching, but she could have rolled it up on her right arm, which she used to crack the safe, while is clearly using her left hand to grab into it.

7/20/21

Susumu · 386

Seems so. — MrGoldbee · 1528 7/20/21

What about the two actions you take with Eon Chart (4)? Do those count as two actions you performed, even though the ability which lets you perform them is a free action? — Runic · 1 2/7/22

I would say, yes. Everything, that is called an action, counts as an action. — Susumu · 386 2/17/22

The World • XXI

It's a... fine enough card, I guess? I suppose big hand Seekers (Harvey Walters and the like) might look to this as a good 3 XP investment, but as it stands I think Death • XIII and the flat +1 that it provides are a much more consistently good XP purchase than ZA WARUDO. That being said, with Moon Pendant allowing for tarot committing, that makes this a lot less of a bad purchase otherwise, so YMMV.

7/18/21

supertoasty · 40

On the other hand farsight exists, and free card draw on a fairly easy condition means there’s some real potential for strength with these cards. — Difrakt · 1356 7/18/21

I mean, there's definitely easy ways to get it up and running, especially in Seeker: Farsight (like you mentioned), Dream Enhancing Serum, and investigator-specific engines like Analytical Mind - I still think that a Seeker is gonna want to spring for the flat Intellect boost 99% of the time, especially since it's the cheaper option XP-wise. — supertoasty · 40 7/19/21

5>6 is nice, 8>9 (a 5 int seeker with simple assets in play) hardly worth considering on standard, "fast draw 1 card" in big hand is going to get you more than that +1 int ever could. (I mean I despise playing big hand but spending 1xp on death for harvey is overkill) — Zerogrim · 303 7/19/21

I hate the "Tarot slot". I know, I know, "don't play Tarot if you don't like it," etc. etc. — Krysmopompas · 387 3/14/24

Last Chance

Nobody in this review section has mentioned that this card is absolutely bonkers on Patrice. Since your goal with her is to include as many cards with pips as possible and use them all on your turn, you will regularly be using this for the full 5 pips. It's especially helpful in dealing with that one guy when he shows up and can otherwise make just about any action you do an anything-but-the-auto-fail.

With her, it synergizes especially well with Cornered. You're going to refill your hand every turn anyway so discard any card you won't use this turn and add another pip to Last Chance.

7/18/21

SenorBiggles · 17

Can confirm, this is great with Patrice. Works nicely with Dark Horse Patrice (or really any version using Axe or Compass). — StyxTBeuford · 13100 7/18/21