To all the "new" players around here, this card doesn't really justify the xp cost, so yes 0 in ressource instead of one is nice, is it critical ? no It will maybe be useful in some very niche decks with recursivity to push assets in the bin but it's really a QOL upgrade and nothing more.

The cool thing about this card is that you only need to play it on the turn you need it - you get the action for playing it back immediately. Even more, Wilson Richards can play it for 1 resource cheaper! Also, with Tinker or Tool Belt the slot should not be an issue anymore.

This may not be obvious at first, but for George Barnaby this card is insanely good. You can use the fast action on Artistic Inspiration during the enemy phase to trigger his ability.

As there are not many cards that can trigger a discard during the enemy phase, this essentially nets you +1 card per turn.

The Luger has very interesting potential for initiating a test and dealing damage during any phase.

Parralel Zoey Samaras can use this to net more bless tokens, and George Barnaby can use it in tandem with Gift of Nodens or Cornered to draw more cards.

Especially nice for Zoey, whose access to enchant weapon can turn this into a 1/turn 2 damage attack at base 9. Or 3 with her bless token manipulation.

Mark Harrigan may also be interested in the option to use it, but doesn't have access to the card and already has a fair few alternatives that work better for him.

Two completely unrelated quotes from the rules:

• "If an investigator with an empty investigator deck needs to draw a card, that investigator shuffles his or her discard pile back into his or her deck, then draws the card, and upon completion of the entire draw takes one horror."

• "A single card cannot be shuffled into an empty player deck or encounter deck via card effect. If this shuffling would occur during the playing or revelation of a card that is typically discarded after it is resolved, such as an event or treachery card, it is discarded. Otherwise, the card remains in its current game area."

Two copies of Quick-Witted are not a single card.

Neither are three Segments of Onyx.

So, I'm thinking: if you draw your deck (at some point, if you're a it shouldn't be a problem), have 2 Quick-Witted in the discard and the last one in your hand, you can cycle them infinitely (provided you have enough resources)

1. play all Segments of Onyx, immediately using one charge from the Pendant of the Queen
2. investigate committing the last Quick-Witted, shuffling the other two into the deck
3. draw for turn (1 card left in the deck afterwards)
4. get rid of the Quick-Witted you just drew (commit it, discard it, whatever)
5. use second charge from Pendant of the Queen
6. draw for turn (no cards left in the deck afterwards)
7. use the last charge from Pendant of the Queen, shuffling the Segments of Onyx into the deck
8. draw them at your convenience
9. repeat from step 1.

Infinite panic button.