The Extraordinary Adventures of Ursula Downs

I want to say a big thank you for this deck! I’ve managed to get out alive of the temple solo. I upgraded to Obol, Pathfinder and the Ancient Stones. I got lucky to play Jake pretty early on..and his ability is a godsend when you’r one the move! Keep up the good work.

with running charon's obol i think you might wanna play more allies for more survivability.

@TBAndersen: Thank you. I'm happy to hear that you've gotten some use out of it.

@serre: You are not wrong, though it obviously depends on one's aversion towards starting the campaign over from scratch if things go south.

The obvious choice would be to exchange the two copies of The Chthonian Stone for either Dr. Milan Christopher or Dr. William T. Maleson. I think both could be good additions, but I'm personally leaning towards Dr. William T. Maleson - both for the reduced cost and additional damage soak.

could go for elli -> allows you to fetch a relic like the discs or pocket watch eventually. I think the cthonian stones might be interesting when you reach further down in the campaign but not at start. If playing with backpack dr milan christopher gives you resources and probably no resource issues to play your relics.
i als would remove the overpowers.. i see why for the solo play. but with 1 + 2 might icons you have 3 base combat, i do not think their are easy enemy's to kill. go for more evasion. I also use archaic glyphs instead of strange solutions just because thematically its more obvious for an explorer then solving a science thing..

You are quite right that, initially, the two Overpower are conditionally useful at best (unless the campaign starts to throw more Swarms of Rats or similar at us), and you could absolutely argue for switching them for a Mind over Matter and an Inquiring Mind (or whatever).

However, they are just as much there for when you get the identified Strange Solution, at which point they'll help you hit the really big enemies.

If you run Archaic Glyphs instead of Strange Solution (and I like your reasoning BTW), this obviously doesn't apply.

I would be inclined to retain the solution if you think you need a damage option for now. While I personally love the evade glyphs in general i dont think they work for ursula that well when she can just take evade augmentation (Manual Dexterity/Hyperawareness). While there is a bit of a thematic disconnect with science, i would perhaps say the Glyphs (magic/arcane) have a similar issue. Utilmately we can fill the thematic gaps with our imagination. The solution can just as easily be something she once scrapped off a rock that turned out to be corrosive. Its likely a moot point in the long run when we see what the Ancient Stones do. Theyre bound to be at least a decent combo with her simply from a game design perspective of them being relic traited and so comboing with all the relic support

Nice deck btw

Many thanks.

When I play true solo (especially in a blind run), I usually try to aim for a reasonably balanced build, so I fully agree with you that, from a mechanical point of view, Strange Solution is preferable to Archaic Glyphs in this case.

I can see the argument against it from a thematic standpoint (though I don't necessarily agree), but ultimately, this is a game where double-wielding Magnifying Glasses provides a tangible benefit, so a I'm willing to accept a certain amount of thematic disconnect.

I'm very much looking forward to seeing what the Ancient Stone does, but unless it literally says "you win the scenario", I'm probably still going to run Strange Solution. That said, I see no reason why we can't have both :-)

@Croaker13 What would you say about Ornate Bow? Did you test it?

I am looking for a nice deck to run through TFA and I am considering to use this one as a base. I am done with my own creations :F

@ilu2112Ornate Bow wasn't out when I made the deck, so I never tried it out here. It makes a lot of sense for the deck though, especially if you go with Dr. Elli Horowitz as an ally. Otherwise maybe only as a one-off.