On command resources for what you want to be doing anyway. Grab it alongside other economy to fuel a greedy engine (something that runs on Hyperawareness for example, allies or is also doing stuff with guns).

The trick that makes this so nice is that it's unconditional. A Crack the Case requires that you finish a location, this one hands you the resources just for trying (and you are allowed to fail!). All of a suddent you're playing this card and possibly getting a clue along with your resources, instead of just standing there to play Emergency Cache. There is no setup-cost unlike Dr. Milan Christopher.

One thing you might find yourself doing is playing a Roland Banks or Luke Robinson and playing this at a 1-shroud, that's just a really big tempo boost!

Great tempo, completely dependable, valuable benefits. A great addition to the cardpool.

Wholly unimpressive. The faction is chock full of draw-mechanics that are better than this, and there are allies who do the + buff unconditionally.

It is a bit nice that you can use her to sift for a Segment of Onyx and other relics, which is handy sometimes.

She is'nt terrible, she's just worse than the status Quo, which is a pretty high bar to aim for. If there are big nerfs as of this review (Okt 2020) then my stance might drastically change.

Im a fan of this card but in practice it's a bit of a downer.

(Daisy Walker exists, she can make any tome work, and this one isnt bad in her).

At 2 resources and some actions you get pretty big bonuses to a skill. If you target yourself you'll be getting +2 for, probably, 2 actions. If you target somebody else, it's 3 actions of fun! This card is a good way to supercharge a friendly fighter (How does that work? Are you reading a workout routine?) or power up a spellcaster ("You can do it, you have the power of Friendship!"), but because you only cash in on the buff twice yourself then it's of limited value to the user.

That said, upping your to 6 or 7 right before attempting to pick up from a 4 shroud isnt a bad idea, it's an option. But using it before making an attack means that your foe is getting an attack of opportunity, making it near-unusable in this manner.

This thing has 5 Secrets, there are implications there, and I think Amanda Sharpe might find it a helpful way to brute-force through a round where her skill cards didnt co-operate.

Try it, it'll probably be mildly useful but not groundbreaking. Frankly I love the fact that it has the same effect as the XP version but limits it with secrets, so it's just as powerful, but limited. I want to see more stuff like this.

Take a hit. Get clues. This card is ridiculously good (compare it to, say, Intel Report). But there is a couple mechanics to keep in mind of.

1) It has to be damage! A spooky type of enemy that deals no damage wont let you trigger this!

2) You cannot prevent the damage, it has to be at least 1 damage not negated and not resisted, so a Flesh Ward for example blocking a 1 damage attack would render this unplayable.

3) It has to be an attack, so any effects enemies might cause that deal damage dont count, only actual attacks.

So yeah, with those conditions cleared, have fun with your clues!

Obviously you ought to keep some horror healing handy to recover some of the horror (and damage) you will inevitably take for using this card.

Bigger enemy, more clues. Simple, effective. If a little specific.

This is not a Bread & butter upgrade, it is'nt nearly catch-all enough. But it's a brilliant way to spend 2 XP in order to keep your deck synergy functional, I.E, rather than upgrading from Evidence! into something completely different, you get this small boost that keeps the card revelant in the long run.

This ought the be among the last 30-something XP you spend in a deck.