Sefina Rousseau - 29XP Standalone - Richer Than Jenny

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Derived from
None. Self-made deck here.
Inspiration for
David Sefina Rousseau 0 0 0 1.0

The Lynx · 953

Sefina Rousseau, Rita Young and Jenny Barnes are taking on the standalone Murder at the Excelsior Hotel.

All three investigators are built as generalists but Sefina has the potential to dominate the scenario. If she gets Double, Double and Hot Streak early in the game then everything should play out really well. After that she has a strong enough economy and card draw to pay for the events in her deck.

Economy

She starts at 7 Resources with 1x Another Day, Another Dollar. This allows her to spend her first two turns playing Double, Double and Hot Streak if she is lucky enough to draw them. That gets her 17 Resources in round 1.

Easy Mark, Lone Wolf and "Watch this!" are also in the deck to keep her economy going strong.

Painted World

Ideally she would draw one Hot Streak, Intel Report, a damage event, Sure Gamble and Deny/Ward in the opening hand. This would give her a lot of flexibility with The Painted World.

Clues

Intel Report and Lockpicks will be her primary cluegetting method since they will basically be untested. Drawn to the Flame is a backup clue event. She should be fairly safe from the event but she will only have a 4.

Enemy Management

Evasion will be a good option for her with 4 that can be boosted to 6 with Cat Burglar and The Moon • XVIII plus she has 1x Suggestion. She can also do a lot of damage with Sneak Attack, Backstab and Small Favor. These events will test her economy and that is why I have attempted to make her richer than Jenny.

The Cat Burglar is an underplayed ally that allows her to get away from enemies and boosts Sefina's . Lola Santiago is a much better ally in most cases but Sefina doesn't need the boost and this deck is built around Double, Double and Hot Streak. Staying under 29XP was difficult..

Encounter Deck

She has excellent and in addition to being able to handle most enemies. But just in case she can't handle something there is Deny Existence and Ward of Protection.

Skill Cards

Most of her actions will be untested events or tested at 6+ using Lockpicks or Suggestion so there aren't a lot of skill cards in the deck. Sure Gamble is a nice emergency card and she also has Well Connected for any boosts that she will need. This should get her a +2 or +3 if her economy is strong enough.

Card Draw

This deck starts out drawing 13 of her 36 cards in the opening hand and also contains Pickpocketing, Lucky Cigarette Case and Easy Mark for more card draw.

Why 1x Assets?

Most of the 1x assets in the deck are limited to one in play and the assets are merely bonuses for the deck rather than an integral part of the deck. There is also a certain amount of redundancy between the assets and the entire deck.

What is missing

I would have replaced Drawn to the Flame with Read the Signs and Backstab with Spectral Razor if I had them. These are amazing cards for Sefina.

The big one is the extra action cards that is typical of most decks. This deck is going all in on resource generation and then using those resources mostly testless events or assets like Lockpicks and Suggestion.

This deck also isn't running a support role for the other investigators. Open Gate would be fantastic as would Ward of Protection(2).

I initially planned on using Rite of Seeking(2), Storm of Spirits and Holy Rosary but I didn't want to go above 29XP and didn't feel like Storm of Spirits would be reliable at a 4 or 5. I replaced those cards with Drawn to the Flame, Small Favor and Lucky Cigarette Case.

If I spent more XP

Fun Cards That I Want To Play But Didn't Think Fit In This Deck

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