This basic deck plays similar to Revised Core Set Agnes Baker (Shrivelling + Rite of Seeking (2) + Holy Rosary + Arcane Initiate), but stuff make things a bit different.

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You may notice a card Suggestion (4) in your The Path to Carcosa Investigator Expansion purchase which looks like it is made just for Sefina. This deck devoted the XP for 2x Hot Streak instead in the pre 20 XP range. Then at 20 XP, I think it is time for Sure Gamble to get in the deck to handle late campaign negative values when killing stuff with a basic Shrivelling or performing critical Evade. Therefore we have no moment to add Suggestion (4), unfortunately!

• She can neutral Evade to prolong fight turns or get a brief moment to gear up.
• Moxie • : pumps both for Spell accuracy and to avoid getting hit. Arcane Initiate (1/2) and Holy Rosary (/2) are both great core set cards that provide high Sanity buffer at cheap play cost, helps soaks the horror instead of having to break the Composure. It just clicks with combination.
• Narrow Escape : Amazing Event with many many uses in this deck. Removes a lot of clunkiness.
  • You can just simply setup something like Shrivelling with engaged enemy, and use the +2 to cast accurately right away.
  • You want to use Rite of Seeking (2) on your last action each round, to work around the turn ending penalty. With an enemy, Investigate takes Attack of Opportunity and may ruin that chance now and then. This card allows you to still take the chance and even get +2 for that Investigate, you have at least 8 to resist even -4 vs. 4 shroud.
  • Uncage the Soul is useful to setup Spell Asset, but for Fight Spell Event like Storm of Spirits you have to take Attack of Opportunity when trying to discount it. But with Narrow Escape, you avoid the hit, get the discount, and even get +2 towards Storm of Spirits accuracy which previously has no boost.
  • Use non-fast Event like Sneak Attack (2) or Drawn to the Flame while you have an enemy, and bank the +2 for anything that comes next.
• Hot Streak •••• : Pure economy for Moxie pumps and refreshing Spell Asset with a new one. If you managed to get it under Sefina and use The Painted World, you are well off for long time.
• Sneak Attack •• : Test-less damage that is very good in high player count, since there are more chances that an enemy spawns on someone else but not you.
• Sure Gamble ••• : A quite costly card (XP and play cost too) but can be a game changer in last few scenarios where the tokens are really amped up in negative value. I think to give Sefina a unique identity, it is important we try playing around with Lv. 3+ cards.
• "Watch this!" : The icon is great for spells, as well as being quite safe to bet 3 resources when using Rite of Seeking (2) (+2 ) with Spirit Athame (+2 ). Typical Rogue has like 1~2 would not say "Watch this!" as easily as Sefina on test.

For the side :

• Spirit Athame • : Adds +2 accuracy to Shrivelling which previously does not have any accuracy bonus. Takes the pressure off finding one of 2x Holy Rosary a bit for a Mystic with 4 . (But you should still find it.)
• Rite of Seeking •• : Insanely good card in Revised Core Set due to built-in +2 accuracy. On Standard, you will be quite consistent in tackling 4 shroud with this card. Add "Watch this!" on this test if you are lacking resources.
• Ward of Protection •• : Share the love more times with The Painted World. Remember that Arcane Initiate can search for them.
• Recharge •• : Positioned at the bottom of upgrades so likely that you won't reach them, but it is that Arcane Initiate can search since it is a Spell, and allow more of the satisfying Rite of Seeking (2).

Note on Stars of Hyades

The "If your deck has 5 or more cards..." clause is brutal. You will run out of "ideas" (the cards underneath her) before it gets to that point.

Imagine that your deck had thinned down to 10 cards. You have also hit 1-2 Stars of Hyades before this point, and you are down to 0-3 Event. Right now if Stars of Hyades is on the top 5 cards instead of the bottom 5, you lose! Then it shuffles back into the deck of about, let's say 7 cards. Then, if Stars of Hyades is on top 3 of that 7 cards, you lose again! It gets harder and harder towards that 5 cards threshold, which at that point.. you have to hit Stars of Hyades again one last time in this iteration of the deck it finally goes to the discard pile.

You rarely play long enough to get to that point of deck-out unless you draws often (like having Pickpocketing, which I avoid) so you may as well read that once the deck thins down to single digit count Sefina just randomly dies. Not only you lose your precious Health, you lose so many draws.

In this deck, we have 2 mitigators :

• 2x Arcane Initiate : This is a drawing that avoids Stars of Hyades, so always welcomed as the deck thins down more and more.
• 1x Quantum Flux : Do not count on the 5 cards criteria, just simulate the deck-out on your own. Because this is situational, I add only 1 copy. You should hold onto it until you get to about last 30% of the deck before using it, I think.