Trish - Pendant of the Queen (13 xp)

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Ramun · 528

Credits to PBG for mentioning this combo and inspiring me to publish my own version of it. I publish the 13xp deck because this is all the xp needed to get the combo going. Any additional upgrade can thus be considered luxury.

Concept reminder

The idea is to have The Red Clock tick to three charges, then move one of its charges with Eldritch Sophist to the Pendant of the Queen, effectively getting one bonus action every turn while also providing an endless supply of charges on the Pendant.

Setup

Considering the number of combo pieces to assemble, I have included a large amount of card draw and search options to enable setup:

  • Grim Memoir + Lucky Cigarette Case. I already tried combining these 2 cards in a previous Rex Murphy deck and it was a blast. Very satisfying to draw 2 cards with a successfull investigation. Additionally, Eldritch Sophist comes with 3 secrets which can be moved to Grim Memoir for additional uses.
  • Backpack(2) is a key piece to fish out The Red Clock. Can also target Segment of Onyx, although early in the game it's probably better to target eco cards such as above mentioned assets that accelarate card draw.
  • Easy Mark, Eureka! and Perception all replace themselves with a card draw.
  • Thorough Inquiry could have been something else, but I included it as a back-up card draw option in case something goes horribly wrong with the other options (such as loosing assets to Crypt Chill). It helps that it can also be committed for 2 very relevant icons.

Finally, although there are 3 accessories in this deck, I believe that a single copy of Relic Hunter is sufficient. By the time you are ready to assemble the Pendant of the Queen, you probably don't need the card draw from Lucky Cigarette Case any more.

8 comments

Nov 26, 2024 BloodyAlien · 1

Yeah, this is really nice combo with Sophist. I’ve played version of Tess with Damning Testimony, Divination and Red Cloack

Nov 27, 2024 knoxb · 26

Looks great! Worth noting that this is a great standalone deck at 12xp if you just replace the easy marks and add ITTOI

Nov 28, 2024 Kwaice · 7

Cool deck. What would be a 0 xp version ?

Nov 28, 2024 Ramun · 528

Here is a suggestion for 0xp deck.

I plan to run it in Innsmouth so I included Disguise for enemy lockdown and Scout Ahead to travel the big maps (both of which can later be handled by Pendant of the Queen).

Flashlight replaces Backpack(2), and for ressources I stay away from Faustian Bargain curse tokens because 6 cards in the deck have a succeed by 2 condition.

Nov 28, 2024 Rancord · 1716

I tried many versions trying to get this done efficiently, but on higher difficulties you have to little impact until you get the combo.

Nov 29, 2024 Magnus · 1

This deck is very very cool when you play a 3 players game with a cluer and a fighter. IMHO i think it's better to play Scroll of secrets, Deep Knowledge, Faustian Bargain (or Crack the case), and Shortcut in place of Grim Memoir, Breaking and Entering, "You handle this one!", and Emergency Cache. Eureka is only playable in standart difficulty.

Nov 29, 2024 knoxb · 26

It's worth noting that throwing in empirical hypothesis could result in a 3-draw action w/ the Grim Memoir if you succeed by 2 (Memoir+Cig Case+Hypothesis)

Nov 30, 2024 Ramun · 528

@knoxb Absolutely! I actually included hypothesis as well in the Rex deck that I mention in the description. However, it didn’t make the cut here because of several reasons: the condition is succeed by 3, not 2, which makes quite a difference (especially without an ally asset that gives +1 ), cannot be tutored with backpack, and makes the deck too asset heavy in my opinion. Also I don’t like putting custom cards in decks with no intention to upgrade them, but that’s just me ;)