Akachi Sees All

the premise of this deck is to mitigate the dependency on Spirit-Speaker by exercising control over your draws and pulls from the chaos bad. playing the deck will show whether that bears out or not. obviously, this is a work in progress.

i don't have anything to buff stats in the main, though i've considered adding Ritual Candles. it would go in line with some of the upgrades i'm looking at.

The Chthonian Stone, Dark Prophecy, and Premonition help control the chaos bag, but as the difficulty of skill tests increase, maybe prioritize spells with +? also, since some of the upgrades i'm looking at are at the high end, maybe start with 1 or 2 Arcane Research?

also, don't drop your hand! this build is light on resource generation (just Uncage the Soul and Spirit-Speaker). being frugal is important. i thought about adding Alchemical Transmutation, but i don't see where it would fit.

ideally, the deck operates in 3 modes:

make ends meet: an early Shrivelling or Rite of Seeking can keep you productive while waiting for other pieces.

keep on shuffling: with Scrying and Arcane Initiate, you can see a lot of cards, and you'll almost always have a full hand (if you remember to be frugal).

taking care of business: stone in play, speaker to cycle spells, and a few skill cards. save money for Hypnotic Gaze or Ward of Protection at least (obviously).

some upgrade ideas:

Recall the Future: use it to soften the worst case pull or else pair it with Premonition and Dark Prophecy

Scrying: dig through your deck without using an action

Shrivelling & Rite of Seeking: i kinda want to skip the middle upgrades and go straight for the big guns. alternatively, i could be satisfied with the mids and ignore the level 4/5. i'm torn

Seal of the Seventh Sign: this card is just neat. with an active Spirit-Speaker, the fact that it takes up an arcane slot isn't so bad

Fearless: more important if we take Arcane Research

Grotesque Statue: more on the chaos bag manipulation plan

Defiance: gets better with Premonition and Dark Prophecy. turns bad tokens to 0's

Dayana Esperence: finally, health soak. her ability is interesting; i think she can help diversify the deck where i've double up on spells for their utility (like Hypnotic Gaze and Storm of Spirits)

Timeworn Brand: i like big swords :shrug: