Dynamic Duo - Marie and Patrice

Marie Lambeau and Patrice Hathaway

Dynamic duo!

This deck is part of a dynamic duo series, and is meant to be played together with [Dynamic Duo - Patrice Hathaway] It works just fine when paired with other investigators too, of course, but some cards might be less effective.

Premise

Marie really is an underrated investigator, and she can be crazy powerful when powered up. She’s the dependable one here, with four actions each round to wreck havoc. Patrice is the temperamental, skill-card based one who can do bit of everything.

These are bonus decks - and the synergy here is on the low side. Marie enjoy her doom, Patrice can help avoid some doom. But they are great decks to play two handed as both are crazy generalists. They each have their own play style, but somehow they just complements who just do great together.

Upgrade path

Important upgrades, in my order of priority

• Blood Pact is how to make sure you can activate your investigator ability from round 1. Yes, it adds to the doom clock but it the extra actions will almost always make up for. It's also a great card to have in the twilight hour (that is, the round before the agenda will flip) or when you use your Mystifying Song. There's also two Moonlight Rituals in the deck, for rounds where you want to activate Blood Pact thrice before using your investigator ability to play Moonlight Ritual fast and remove all doom from Blood Pact.
• Prophetic is how we're gonna finance all those spell cards, and boost the skill test when needed.
• I like to upgrade to Shrivelling first chance I get, just for the +2 to hit.
• Sign Magick to get another spell action each round. It's not my favorite card in the game, but when it works, it works. It's also better for Marie than most other mystics, since she has an extra action she can to use to get spell assets into play. Sign Magic is also the reason we're using Sixth Sense and Wither.
• Brand of Cthugha and Divination. We'll have 10 spell assets now, which is crazy. You'll upgrade them to their level 4 version when you have the spare Xp.
• Wither and Sixth Sense to make sure we get the most out of Sign Magic.
• Charisma is a way to reduce the negative impact of Baron Samedi. He's an quite awful weakness, and having him discard your allies as well is just adding salt to the baron-shaped wound.

Other upgrades (in any order you’d like)

• Upgrade your spell assets when you have the spare Xp. I personally think the combat spells are the most important ones.
• Alter Fate is a huge boon in some campaigns, so you might want to consider that.
• Seal of the Elder Sign are, well, insanely expensive in terms of Xp. It's a late upgrade and only in campaigns with good Xp rewards. But the Seal is a great way to trigger your ability to add doom and thus get rid of Baron Samedi in only two turns. Or to reset your Blood Pact without a Moonlight Ritual.
• Guts for the card draw.
• Four of Cups for more Willpower.

Tips and advice

Don't be afraid of doom. Very few scenarios are time restrained, and you can even get that time back by Mystifying Song. Or with the help from Patrice and a well timed Fortune or Fate.

Don't fear the old baron either. Yes, he can get you killed. Yes, sometimes it's it awfully difficult to get rid of him; especially in scenarios with with many, short acts such as Essex County Express. But most of the time you can get rid of him in three rounds.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer - most of these "dynamic duo" decks are heavily inspired by other decks found here on Arkham. Thanks to everyone who shares the fruits of their labor - this is an amazing community . :)