Card draw simulator
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Alogon · 1051
Intro
This is my Daisy support Deck at the start of "The Forgotten Age" (TFA) campaign. I played this deck in a team of 4 investigators: Mark Harrigan (pure combat), Wendy Adams (combat, evasion), Jenny Barnes (investigation, evasion) and Daisy (support/healer, investigation).
Strategy
At the beginning of the campaign (TFA) your tasks are in order of importance: survive, gather clues and support.
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Survive: With only 2, a mediocre 3 and 5 health, you can kick the bucket pretty quickly if you don't pay attention, especially in the TFA campaign. Your health is your most precious resource at the start of the campaign so never take risks or unnecessary hits. Dr. William T. Maleson and David Renfield are some good cheap meat shields that will help you survive. Ward of Protection is also an essential card, that may save your skin or prevent a doom token coming into play. Mind over Matter is only here just in case the worst happens and you end up engaged with an enemy with nobody near to save you...or if you end up getting Entombed. I would also recommend asking the guardian of the team to run "Let me handle this!", just to add some redundancy and considering that TFA can sometimes be very unforgiving. With all this insurance you have good chances of staying alive.
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Investigation: This is a support build meaning you won't be running much investigation cards as usual. You should let the main investigator of the team get the best clue-gathering tools like Dr. Milan Christopher or even St. Hubert's Key. Still, you have to always contribute to clue-gathering and Daisys high allows you to get away with running few investigation support cards. Magnifying Glass and Deduction will for sure accelerate your clue gathering. Also, make sure to get Higher Education to ensure you always have investigation power.
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Support: Even though at the start, you only have the good Old Book of Lore, Logical Reasoning and Shortcut to support the team, as you gain experience you would be getting more and more support cards that will ensure you fulfill your role in the team. Your end goal will be to get Strange Solution, Ancient Stone and No Stone Unturned. With this kind of support power, not only you but also your whole team will become extremely resilient and because of No Stone Unturned you can pull the insane combos more reliably or fish for that The Gold Pocket Watch your fellow rogue investigator is hiding at the bottom of his/her deck.
Conclusion Full support may not sound very sexy but it is actually really fun to play and I like to see how cards that are often ignored at lower player counts can be soo good at 3+ investigator teams. A support deck not only ensures you and your team may live another day but also allows your fellow investigators to run less damage/horror soakers, focus more on combat/investigation/evasion and even play more "dangerously".
Here is a link to my TFA endgame support deck, if you want to see the upgraded version of the deck: https://arkhamdb.com/deck/view/339150.
If you have any suggestions to better the deck or any question pls leave a comment!
PD: Deny Existence seems to be awesome in this build. It is only not included because I haven't try it yet (I don't have my copy of the Circle Undone yet :P).
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Mar 16, 2019 |
Mar 17, 2019
I used David Renfield mostly as a meat shield. I tried to exploit his add doom ability but it almost backfired pretty bad so I stopped using it. After the first 2 scenarios, he got cut down to one copy. Eureka! was also not that important and it got cut out early on the campaign. Deduction was necessary though because there was only 1 dedicated clue-gatherer in the 4 player team and Daisy still had to help in the clue gathering department. Research Librarian may be a good option, especially at 0 XP. I think I will run him instead of Hyperawareness, which underperformed because of the reasons you mentioned. Holy Rosary is just there because it is a great value card, but after Ancient Stone it can be replaced. Strange Solution was great most of the time. Only in those scenarios where you are in a very tight race against the agenda, there might be no time to expend actions healing. |
Interesting approach. Honestly, I can't see Daisy Walker as a full support, just because her base Intellect is so high, but her abilities and cardpool actually make her the best Support-Seeker, so I guess legit. I wonder, do you intend to use David Renfield for his ability or is he just there as a meat shield? If so, I think he can be dropped, especially after you get Strange Solution: Restorative Concoction. I also don't think Deduction will help a lot, as you will not be the primary clue gather. This could easily be another skill card that will be more likely to help you or teammate when you need a boost, like Inquiring Mind, Unexpected Courage, or Curiosity. I 've also found that Old Book of Lore is more than enough as far as card draw is concerned for Daisy, so I would also drop Eureka!, probably for a Research Librarian or two. I'm also not sure how important Holy Rosary is in this deck. It seems like it's not great, but not terrible either. I guess it's fine. I also don't like Hyperawareness at all. With no Milan money I think it will be hard to get any value out of it. Ancient Stone: Minds in Harmony + Old Book of Lore will be a wonderful combination and I think it can really save the day in some scenarios in Forgotten Age.
In the end, if your primary clue-gatherer and your primary fighter do their job well, I think this deck can serve the team well.