This card enables lots of interesting shenanigans, but the most obvious one is “reloading” an asset that’s out of Uses. As of 2026 it’s probably the M1903 Hammerless, but will soon apply to various rings and lockpicks, among other things.
Just remember to hold onto an item in your hand like a Cigarette Case or Magnifying Glass to enable playing this. I think that we might even have a use for the terrible Fedora: fodder for this card!
At first glance you’d be reminded of the Old Book Of Core from the 2016 core set.
But due to several small differences (limited uses, free trigger, and mandatory draw of weaknesses) this is actually Mr Rook in book format. And when you get some use out of it you’ll remember the upside (free draws but you only pay 1 action up front!) as well as the downside (seeing weaknesses).
And you’ll also see the upside to the downside. You’ll tend to get the weaknesses in your deck resolved early and on your terms rather than in middle of a crisis. And those are free bonus draws rather than dead draws. Highly recommend for any deck that can take it.
Just judging this card on a Core Set 2026 run, I don't like it.
It's very expensive to get rid off, 2xp stings if your group can't reliably get all the relevant victory points, and while Joe can draw like crazy, his resource generation is lacking, and a lot of the good cards, right now, are expensive.
You also don't have the always-on money maker that is Dr. Milan, and instead you have the pre-nerfed Dorothy Simmons, whose money generating powers are much narrower.
It's definitely a play around weakness - you can probably keep 5 Resources open towards the end of the game - but it's still very feelsbad in my eyes.
Also, again, in the Core Set 2026 context, I'll say that one of the best cards Joe has access to, Unbridled Knowledge, is essentially dead in your hand until you found this weakness, because you absolutely aren't gonna play a 5xp card on the high chance it'll fizzle because of the "cancel the effects of the search" text.
Great ally for a mystic Lola. Any time you are a mystic, you can do a quick check on the top card of your deck to make sure you don't have your weakness coming. If it is, you don't even need to tuck it - you can just change to a role that has no assets on the table and eat it.
