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Rex's Curse

This is a fairly unique signature Weakness, annoying but persistent. Looking at the two elements, the effect and the discard condition, we get:

The effect: fairly simple -- if you succeed, return the token and draw another. This has the unfortunate result that you slow down the game a bit drawing tokens and then redoing the test, keeping track of possible stacking token effects. On Hard/Expert, this can give you lots of extra chances to trigger bad token effects, but it's more manageable in Easy/Standard where the annoyance of going back to the token bag repeatedly is maybe greater than the actual mechanical effect.

The discard condition: Fail a test. However, that just puts it back in your deck. Given Seeker card draw, it's not unlikely you will see this over and over.

All in all, this is an average signature weakness, maybe above average on harder difficulties. it can end scenarios by piling on Doom, Horror, or Damage in worst case scenarios.

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LivefromBenefitSt · 1100

Specifically, you fail a test as a result of the new token draw. If Rex draws the auto-fail as the first draw, the failure is not as a result of the forced effect. — Signum · 14 3/31/22

When Rex Murphy returns Frost Tokens to the Chaos Bag during the settlement of weaknesses, will drawing Frost Tokens again automatically fail — yxcvbhgfdsa133 · 1 12/1/24

What happens when you revealed two or more tokens in the first success? Do you return them both? For example some cultist tokens require you to draw another token and then an effect happens. — Louis Dooner · 70 2/19/25

Plan of Action

If you follow the reading on Abandoned Mine or The Lonely Tree, it is two icons + draw on your first and third actions this turn, an icon and a draw on the second action and two icons during the mythos and other phases.

Good card.

1/31/21

madcircus · 202

MJ has said that’s not how this card is meant to be read. Between X and Y cards/resources and between X and Y actions might not be the same (inclusive or exclusive). — StyxTBeuford · 13073 2/1/21

If it's not a turn, it's not "during or after" or "during or before" any action of "this turn". So in the mythos phase, enemy phase, or upkeep phase, or even in the investigator phase but between turns, it's just a wild [unless someone is doing something 'as if' it's their turn]. — Yenreb · 15 2/2/21

I believe that if the card draw would only happen during the 2nd action of the acting player, they would have written "if this skill test happen during the 2nd action…". It seems quite clear to me that the card draw is triggered between action 1 and 3, both included. — Ayoross · 3 3/2/25

Between the 1st and the 3rd actions you have not only the 2nd - you also have additional actions (as many as you can get) and free triggered actions - that's why they haven't written '...during the 2nd action…' — SickPenguin · 1 3/24/25

Heroic Rescue

Good card for Nathaniel Cho. This card will be played during the Enemy Phase, so he can deal 2 damage instead of 1 even if he used his ability during the investigator phase. You possibly save someone in trouble, soak the attack (or Dodge it), then deal 2 damage to the enemy to kill it or soften it. Can be followed by a Counterpunch. This card has the Spirit keyword so can be fetched with the Boxing Gloves.

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Ezhaeu · 51

Clarity of Mind

I'm not usually too big on horror healing cards, but this is actually quite strong on Carolyn Fern. Since you can split the horror between multiple investigators, they each get 1 resource. Heal your friendly Mark Harrigan or Roland Banks who are very prone to go insane, but also need the resource. Another option would be to run this with Carolyn Fern in a group with Agnes Baker, who can then go ham with self-inflicting horror cards like Meat Cleaver, Forbidden Knowledge or Painkillers.

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flamebreak · 48

I still think, "First Aid" (3) would be the better card, because it can heal Allies, who have triggered abilities to deal damage or horror to them. But "Clarity of Mind" can be the cheaper upgrade, if you have the level 0 cards in your deck and take "Arcane Research". — Susumu · 385 1/31/21

Yeah there’s really no point in taking this when First Aid exists, or Book of Psalms. — StyxTBeuford · 13073 2/1/21

Web-Spinner

How does this card not end up ready at the end of the round??? it is after exhausted cards ready!

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Phoenixbadger · 199

Cards like <a href="https://arkhamdb.com/card/04232">Slip AwayA Test of Will</a> can prevent enemies from readying during the upkeep phase. — Jeko · 15 1/31/21

Should just say "Slip Away". Links apparently don't work in replies... — Jeko · 15 1/31/21

just kill it lmao — ironbrw · 17 1/31/21