Hatchet

What about a double Hatchet Yorick build?

If you kill the enemy you recur it with Yorick's ability.

If first attack doesn't kill it, than you hit it with the other, getting back the first with its own ability and the second with Yorick's ability,

At least i think this works as "if defeat" is before "after defeat".

vidinufi · 69
It seems like a strong combo as long as you don't have to kill more than one enemy per round. That and the reliability of finding both makes me think it's a solid combo, but not one to build a deck around. — Death by Chocolate · 1489
Yorick's base agility is 2 and you still have to pay the resource cost. You might as well just throw regular Knife. — OrionAnderson · 125
You could just bring a fire extinguisher and Reliable it — OrionAnderson · 125
Yorick's base agility is, in fact, 3. And it's not Uncommon to run track shoes and peter sylvestre in yorick even if you don't want to use agility, so it's not Uncommon to end up with 5 agility yorick who never even uses agility except in emergencies — NarkasisBroon · 11
And let's not forget Dark Horse...Yorick would be fighting at a base of 9. — Pinchers · 133
How do you want to setup this Hatchet-Combo with DH, Pinchers? Playing it costs 2 resources. Sure possible with Schoffner's, but that's another hoop to jump through. In general, I think, Yorick is not that great with DH. — Susumu · 381
Bewitching

Initially, this card seems like a more complicated stick to the plan. But a friend and I checked this card for the Vale finale; the possibilities were evident. First, it makes your deck more consistent. Three cards that you know are going to be there, without having to Mulligan for them. For expensive things like Ace in the Hole, or vital combo pieces like Dirty Fighting, that’s extremely useful. Pilfer(3) and Vamp(3) are high XP cards you’ll want to see ASAP. You could place things like Warning Shot, Quick Getaway, or Swift Reload(2), to fit a variety of enemy management plans. Second, you can trigger search effects at will. Trish can use this to grab plenty of astonishing revelations. It doesn’t matter if the search actually locates a card! The third, and maybe the most important, is getting multiple copies of your favorite myriad tricks. Easy Mark and Beguile are my favorites there.

MrGoldbee · 1492
That's a great card to grab key pieces of parley and/or evade/combat cards. Also Rita has another great enabler for her more Trick builds and I'm loving it. As you said, getting Dirty figting early is key. — Sokourov · 634
Pit Viper

Hi, I just read the faq for this card (March 2024) and its interaction with cards like guard dog or similary that trigger reaction abilities...and I'm a bit astonished...

The question is: the Rules Reference for triggered abilities states literally "For any given timing point, all forced abilities initiated in reference to that timing point must resolve before any reaction abilites referencing the same timing point in the same manner may be initiated".

So why this forced ability doesn't trigger before the reaction one this time?? I'm a bit perplexed....

Piegura · 7
They're not "referencing the same timing point in the same manner". Guard Dog is "when" and Pit Viper is "after", and the difference between "when" and "after" is larger than the difference between a forced ability and a reaction triggered ability. — Thatwasademo · 58
In summary, the timing goes: 1. Forced "when", 2. Optional "when", 3. The event itself, 4. Forced "after", 5. Optional "after". (There are several more possible timings around the event, but I'm leaving them out for simplicity) — Thatwasademo · 58
Ok, I got it now!!Thanks Thatwasademo — Piegura · 7
Hand of the Brotherhood

Don't make the same mistake I did...this card only disables abilities of the actual locations, it does NOT affect abilities of cards controlled by investigators AT those locations. So feel free to gain that Lone Wolf resource, or to use any weapons or spells you might have to get rid of this of this enemy, or any enemies connected to it.

Blackhaven · 9
Heirloom of Hyperborea

In the original Agnes, there are better cards for this slot, so you should probably play the Unadvanced version of the signature asset and weakness.

In parallel Agnes, this card is excellent, especially when paired with Scavenging (2) (using Parallel Front for Agnes, and Original Back / Deckbuilding for Agnes). This card can take the damage used with you ability to play spell events for cheap and with recursion. It can also take the occasional horror from Shrivelling, Clairvoyance, and every mystic's favourite Ward of Protection. Once it's use up, recur it back with Scavenging and go again, playing an endless supply of cheap events.

It's not clear whether the horror taken by Agnes' weakness can be placed here. When I played this, I assumed I could tank the 2 horror onto the Heirloom because the weakness has a player card back, not an encounter card back, and thus is a player card?

This is definitely a signature card worth building your deck around. There are of course other ways to manage the excess damage taken from using your ability, but this card providing a great soak-to-cost ratio, and allowing you to draw a card every time you play a spell (usually going to be an event), really does cement Parallel Agnes as a solid investigator option for your next game.

KakuRainbow · 97
After you draw a weakness they are considered to be encounter cards. So you can't put their damage on the heirloom. — Tharzax · 1
After a checked the rules for weaknesses. It's ok to put it damage on the heirloom. Since it has only the spelltrait and no encounter card trait it's treated like any other player card — Tharzax · 1
The spell trait is irrelevant. There is no such things like "player card traits" and "encounter card traits", e.g. Pact cards exist in both pools (as assets, events AND treacheries). The relevant fact is however, that "Dark Memory" is an event, and that is a player card type. Only weaknesses with encounter card type (treacheries and enemies) switch to become an encounter card on reveal, "Dark Memory" stays a player card and hence can be soaked by the hairloom. — Susumu · 381