Tony Morgan - Going Rogue?

This is a Tony build that is S-tier for monster hunting. When everything is in play, he can go toe-to-toe with most enemies in the game. Being a rogue/guardian hybrid, the basic idea is to get your Switchblade out and start killing everything for the team. There is a bit of clue gathering ability built in if necessary.

Piloting Pretty simple. Get your weapons out. If you can get Tony's Colts out, you can put a big bounty on the first enemy to improve your financial situation. If not, the Switchblade works fine. I recommended using your contracts sparingly with the Switchblade to take advantage of Tony's free action.

If you can get Leo out, you have more actions to hit enemies with your Switchblade. If you need some soak or more fists, you can get Lonnie out. If you get Lonnie and the Jacket out, then you can just stay engaged to enemies and keep hitting them, then heal even in the Mythos phase. This works well in multiplayer, especially with someone like Trish who can get extra clues with a monster lurking nearby.

Scene of the Crime, Followed, and Intel Report can get you some clues if needed.

Take the Initiative and Tennessee Sour Mash provide treachery protection.

Alternatives If you are playing with Blurse tokens, I recommended Faustian Bargain instead of Emergency Cache, because who doesn't like more money?

First Watch can be replaced with Let Me Handle This at lower player counts.

Honestly, there are so many good Events and Skills available now. If you didn't care at all about clues, you could switch out Scene of the Crime for One-Two Punch or improve your draw with Overpower.

Upgrades This deck does need probably 9 experience to really shine (or less if you don't use Taboo). Upgrade Switchblades and add Charisma to really make a dent in the monster population.

With a bit more experience, you should add 2XGarrote Wire and 1XHaste. Remove 2XLucky Cigarette Case and 1XIntel Report.

If you had extra experience, you could upgrade Tennessee Sour Mash. It also might be fun to add Geas. Once you get everything setup, you don't need to really draw/commit/or play anything. You just fight monsters.

Notes The nice thing about this setup is that you really only need a few things to get going. But if you can get everything out, you are nearly unstoppable. You really just need the upgraded Switchblade to make Tony workable. If you get, Switchblade, Haste, Leo, Lonnie, Garrote Wire and the Jacket in play, you will be broken. The combo with Lonnie and the Jacket means you don't have to worry about enemy attacks and with Tony's bounties, Leo, and Haste you can have 6 fight actions in one turn plus Garrote Wire fighting at a value of 8.