Yorick Labranche Industrial Complex (10xp Start) Upgrade Map

The Yorick Labranche Industrial Complex aims at being an enemy wrangler, team tank and, with upgrades, supporting clue finder and test-passer.

This deck is not aimed at breaking the game. Just digging up graves and fighting the Mythos.

Short Supply + Yorick's ability and discard-synergetic events provide consistency and flexibility by making the discard pile an extension of the hand.

The deck builds around persistent and reusable skill boosts:

• Cornered •• is supported by A Glimmer of Hope and Madame Labranche.
• Well Prepared is supported by multiple double-icon assets (se notes).
• Plucky ••• is protected by Guard Dog •• and Enchanted Armor ••.
• Dark Horse is enabled by Fire Axe and pay-to-boost cards like Physical Training •• and Plucky •••. DH is mitigated by Madame Labranche.

Mulligan for a weapon and skill boost assets. Keep Madame Labranche and Bury Them Deep (the only card you don't want Short Supplied).

Upgrade Map

Assets:
2x Fire Axe
2x Meat Cleaver 2x Fire Extinguisher •••
2x Old Keyring 2x Old Keyring •••
2x Cherished Keepsake 2x Guiding Spirit •
2x Leather Coat 2x Enchanted Armor ••
2x Guard Dog 2x Guard Dog ••
2x Madame Labranche
2x Cornered •• (4xp debt)
1x Dark Horse 1x Key of Ys ••••••••••
1x Dark Horse
1x Physical Training •• (2xp debt)
2x Well Prepared •• (4xp debt)
Events:
3x A Glimmer of Hope
2x Improvised Weapon
2x Winging It 2x Plucky •••
Skills:
1x Take Heart 1x Physical Training ••
1x Take Heart 1x Nine of Rods •••
Permanents:
1x Short Supply
2x Charisma •••

54 xp total
10 xp spent at deck creation
Starting xp balance: -10

Notes

Well Prepared ••
Eight two(or more)-skill-icon assets help this shine:
  (4 assets): 2x Plucky ••• & 2x Physical Training ••
(4 assets): 2x Plucky ••• & 2x Old Keyring •••
(2 assets): 2x Physical Training ••
(2 assets): 2x Fire Extinguisher •••

Cornered ••
When in a fight you're going to win, feed any asset from hand to Cornered and play that asset when the enemy is defeated. Reuse the 3x A Glimmer of Hope and Madame Labranche shamelessly.

Guiding Spirit •
With 6 ally assets and eventually 3 ally slots, keep in mind to manage the Guiding Spirits so that they get replaced by another ally rather than get defeated by horror and exiled.

Under Consideration

• 2x Beat Cop •• instead of 2x Guard Dog ••. The cops are better but this deck runs on fumes and that 4-cost might be functionally unplayable with Dark Horse on the board and no burst economy.
  
• 2x Lantern •• instead of 2x Old Keyring •••. Test-less damage is nice but the real tradeoff is permanent -1 shroud vs. 3-off -2 shroud that has to be dug up from the grave.
• Keep 2x Winging It (i.e. find something else to upgrade into Plucky •••) and go for 2x Flashlight ••• instead of the other investigation items (Old Keyring ••• & Lantern ••). This would deprive Well Prepared of two assets though.
• 1x Jessica Hyde •. Damage regen goes well with the Guard Dog •• ability. Helps keep Plucky ••• safe. Another ally would also make playing around the Exile clause of Guiding Spirit • easier.
• Upgrade 1x Dark Horse into Unscrupulous Loan ••• once the upgrade map is complete. 10 resources on tap might be more useful than +1 to all skills while broke at that point.