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Charlie Blackmails the Town:

In the Thick of It gives 3xp for Summoned Hound and A Chance Encounter

Overview

Play Summoned Hound from discard using A Chance Encounter. This will prevent the bonded enemy from being shuffled into your deck

Short Supply will remove many cards. However, cards like Resourceful, Scrounge for Supplies, and A Chance Encounter will help get good cards back

Fire Axe is good for backup damage and a resource dump later on for Dark Horse

Mulligan for Summoned Hound, A Chance Encounter, and Drawing Thin

Upgrades

1xp: Replace Dr. Milan Christopher with a second Summoned Hound

2xp: Upgrade to A Chance Encounter from A Chance Encounter

1xp: Replace Alice Luxley with Miss Doyle

3xp: Add Charisma

5xp: Replace Guard Dog with Michael Leigh

5xp: Add Dark Horse

5xp: Replace Alice Luxley with The Black Cat

3xp: Add second Charisma

If you gain XP past this point you'll probably know what to remove to add the below cards

1xp: Replace something with Rod of Animalism

2xp: Replace something with Gang Up x2