If it turns out, that you get this basic weakness as a , you might just as well consider the nice interaction it has with the "Edge of the Earth" set of dual class spells, in particular the level 4 versions, with their more severe drawbacks.

• Brand of Cthugha: loose 2 actions
• Divination: choose and discard 2 cards
• Blur: take 2 damage
• Earthly Serenity: loose 2 resources

The catch is, that these never trigger, if you fail by zero. Of the four spells, the Brand deserves a closer look. It has the most severe drawback, so even a might consider it a bonus, if he has The 13th Vision and level 4 Brand on the table. You don't deal any damage, but you also lose just the , you just took to fight, instead of in the process. While you would normally over commit on the first two fight actions on your turn to not lose following actions, you rather do that on your last action, if the weakness is out, and often only, if you pulled bad on the previous actions. On the other hand, with the level 1 version, you strictly don't want to trigger this "combo", as you just lose an action either way, but you do so dealing up to 2 damage without the vision.

Not saying, this is amazing. The weakness also triggers on other tests, even from other investigators at your location. But let's be honest: this is not the worst of all basic weaknesses, you will often not find the time to clear it. Considering, that it will then wipe your spells from their special spillover effects, can be viewed as a bonus and makes these assets even better.

A pretty cool random weakness.

The safe way to read this is "Gain 2 experience. At the start of each scenario, you have no resources."

You basically never want to have less than 5 resources in your pool unless this weakness is in your discard and you're far away from recycling. Play with that handicap and this weakness is actually fairly benign and can be a boon.

But buyer beware. Each time you fail to have the desired number of resources when your patron comes calling, it gets even harder to meet the offer the next time. You basically get three failures over the life of your investigator, and then your goose is cooked.

A neat thematic weakness. Do take note: you cannot choose to put this weakness in your deck, but since Arkham is heavily open to table rules I imagine some folks will still sneak it in.

Hypothetical Combo Alert! Consider the synergy with Ace of Rods. Get a free action with +2 to every stat - spend it on three baby attacks, and select for attacks that are buffed by multiple stats. Here are some ideas:

• Fang of Tyr'thrha Move to any revealed enemy then check + : test at @12 to do 4 damage.
• Cyclopean Hammer + : test at @11 to do 2 or 3 more damage. Enchant Weapon for more lolz.
• Sweeping Kick + : test at @12 for 2 damage and evade. Or Spectral Razor + to test @11 for 2 damage.

A solid day's work for the chosen one. And then you get to take your 3 regular actions...

Addendum: there are also lots of combos with Fang of Tyr'thrha, particularly that card's ability to attack enemies without moving to them, or to move during a flurry of attacks.

So... this card... this card is insane. there is no other way to say how unbelievably insane this effect is, letting you play an item from your discard pile is both a 100% reliable tutored draw and a play action rolled into it, in the class that has 0/1 cost items galore its just makes you immortal with Cherished Keepsake and Leather Coat, as the other reviews point out you can use it with investigate cards themselves to boost your investigate which helps you get more cards which.... [looping intensifies]

But today I come to ring its bell because of one avenue of power that this humble card totally wrecks open, Story Cards.

Story cards range from good to under costed to down right broken, and sure not all of them are items, but in the cases they are and they have a low cost you can just cram all of them into your deck and use their often ridiculous abilities right from your discard pile then if they have a slot just overwrite them and then play them again...and again...and again, and never spend an action (or in some cases a resource) to do so.

Sure would be nice if we had a campaign that had some decent story item's or two in it huh? Fake wink

I am legitimately having to struggle not just slamming two copies of both Scavenging and then Scavenging into every deck ever now, I'd honestly not be sad paying double for this in XP.

I'm not sure this card will ever get any stronger than now though given we have cards that give it infinite fuel Short Supply Forced Learning cards that give you unlimited money with it Schoffner's Catalogue and basically any effect you could want The Council's Coffer.

O...and its still slotless so you get two play actions every turn if you do so something as crazy as investigate slightly higher than you needed to be, this gets even the slowest set up investigator fully installed while keeping them focused on their primary task.

TL:DR: its bad in Yorick 1/5.

Flipping this back is trickier than it sounds. It is a 2 turns process, because before the round ends, you must always draw 1 card. Unless you get a weakness, "after the round ends" will already had passed a process of drawing 1 card.

The only kind of round you can flip back is that you must first start the round at 1 card, use it up somehow in treachery test or inside your turn, then draw a new one to 1 card right before the end of round. (= Did not have 2 or more cards at any point.)

• First you must find a turn where you can dump an entire hand of X cards (X > 1) to 0. Before this round ends, you will draw one card. If not getting a weakness, making this round's hand count : 1 min X max, therefore you cannot flip back in this "dump turn".
• The next turn, you begin with 1 card you just draw. You must also find a way to dump this card away, making your hand 0 once again. Before this round ends, you will draw one card. Making this round 0 min 1 max, then you can flip it because both are less than 2.
  • Supposed that you failed to use this 1 card on this turn (no eligible test to commit, the cost is high, Fast criteria not quite right, etc.) the end round draw will make your hand 1 + 1 = 2 cards. When this happen, you must start the process all over again, trying to zero out the hand on the next turn, then try again to zero out the 1 new card on the next next turn.

In other words, "if your hand did not have 2 or more cards" can be interpreted as : "You must make your hand 0 card at the end of turn, for 2 consecutive rounds."