Book of Living Myths
Chronicle of Wonders

Asset. Hand

Item. Tome. Blessed. Cursed.

Cost: 2.

Neutral

Kōhaku Narukami deck only.

When a chaos token would be revealed at your location, exhaust Book of Living Myths: Search the chaos bag for a or token, whichever there are more of (in case of a tie, you choose), and resolve it instead.

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Book of Living Myths

FAQs

(from the official FAQ or responses to the official rules question form)
  • Q: I have question about last e-mail ruling which I saw recently in web: "Resolving a sealed bless token with Tidal Memento does not count as revealing that token for eye of the Djinn's ability. Similarly resolving a bless or curse token via Book of Living Myths does not count as revealing that token for Read the Signs (2)'s ability." Is that really true and is this the intention of the Book of Living Myths to work this way? Because if this is true Book of Living Myth would be very weak card. It would have no synergy with many cards, not only "Read the signs (2)", but also "Paradoxical Covenant", "Fey" and much more other cards. I and many other members of Horror Arkham LCG's community were shocked when we saw this mail. We have thought so far when the card say that any chaos token is resolved that always mean that is also revealed and this mail contradicts our reasoning. A: When we received the email mentioned, we were certain about how we wanted to rule on Tidal Memento, and it made sense to treat Book of Living Myths the same because of how similarly it is worded. However, Book of Living Myths was designed to function like your interpretation of it, where the searched token is “revealed and resolved” rather than just “resolved,” and its effect can combo with Read the Signs, Paradoxical Covenant, Fey, etc. We planned to revisit Book of Living Myths for a potential update, but with the timing of said update uncertain, we will address your concern here: Book of Living Myths does “reveal and resolve” the searched token. This was, and remains, the intention of the card. (Rules Forum Answer, October 2024)
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Reviews

Have you ever played a Mystic deck built around recurring Premonition every turn?

Book of Living Myths is just a persistent Premonition attached to an Asset for Kōhaku Narukami decks. Assuming you keep an eye on the number of Blessing / Curse tokens and have ways to manipulate the Blurse distribution in the chaos bag, Book of Living Myths can guarantee that you draw at least 1 symbol and at least 1 Curse / Blessing token of your choice per turn. That has some unique deckbuilding opportunities:

For cards that only care about "Symbols" being revealed (assuming you use the Taboo list), like Jewel of Aureolus, Read the Signs, Hypnotic Gaze, or Ritual Candles, Book of Living Myths guarantees that you always satisfy the symbol conditions.

For cards that actively require a Blessing or Curse token to be drawn, like Eye of Chaos, Ofuda, Beloved, or Fey, then Book of Living Myths can help Kohaku reveal Blessings / Curses consistently where other Blurse Mystics would need to play Favor of the Sun / Favor of the Moon + Olive McBride to match him. Most Blessing and Curse cards are balanced around the fact that you're unlikely to consistently reveal them from the token bag when you need them; assuming you build your deck to take advantage of both Blessings AND Curses, Book of Living Myths removes that random chance altogether to the point where it almost feels like Kohaku is cheating.

Telosa · 55
I have a question: after you resolve the blessing/cursed symbol, do you have to reveal another chaos token? — Elijah · 1
@Elijah: Yes. This is part of the resolution of the bless/curse token. — Astrophil · 1
Do Book of Living Myths count as "revealing" ? — Loliwai · 1
This is one of the best signatures in the game. Every time I play Kohaku I want to add the Research Librarian to my deck, just to find this tome. I guess it's on purpose that Kohaku cannot play the Librarian as it would make the Book of Living Myths too powerful — Putzibram · 20