Father Mateo
The Priest

Badacz

Believer. Warden.

Mistyk
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Health: 6. Sanity: 8.

During your turn: Seal a token on an investigator at your location with no token sealed on them. (Limit once per round.)

When an investigator would reveal a chaos token: Resolve the token sealed on them instead. Release that token.

effect: +1. Resolve Father Mateo's ability, ignoring its limit.

Magali Villeneuve
Aura of Faith #81.

Father Mateo - Back

Badacz

Deck Size: 30.

Deckbuilding Options: Mystic cards () level 0-3, Blessed cards level 0-5, Neutral cards level 0-5, up to 5 other cards with "seal" level 0-5.

Deckbuilding Requirements (do not count toward deck size): The Codex of Ages, Serpents of Yig, 1 random basic weakness.

Mateo Castile's life has not been easy since he became a priest. Recent decades in Mexico have been wracked with instability and conflict. Father Mateo struggled to balance his faith with the pragmatic concerns of preaching when the law told him he must not. But this is not what has assaulted Mateo's faith at its core. The nearby murders and kidnappings were not politically motivated, as he had suspected. A gruesome and horrid cult thrives at the heart of the brewing war. How, Mateo wonders, could a kind and loving God allow what he saw that night to exist?
Father Mateo
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FAQs

(from the official FAQ or responses to the official rules question form)

  • Q: When parallel Father Mateo plays Guided by Faith, can he use his ability to seal one of the bless tokens that was just added and then resolve that sealed bless token to discover an additional clue? A: Yes; Parallel Father Mateo can play Guided by Faith, use his free triggered ability to seal one of the Bless tokens on himself, then use his reaction triggered ability to resolve the sealed Blessed token. This token is treated as having been “revealed” during the test, so he will discover an additional clue. (Rules Forum Answer, November 2024)

  • Q: I have question about ability of investigator parallel Mateo - "...resolve the bless token sealed on them instead. Release that token". In the article is written that this resoved bless token is released back into the bag (not to token pool). I would like to confirm, that this works in that way always, also during the tests, because I think that on the card should be written "put this token to chaos bag instead of token pool" ( because effect of bless token resolved in tests is: "Reveal another token. Instead of returning this token to the chaos bag, return it to the token pool"). A: Parallel Father Mateo’s reaction ability returns the resolved bless token to the chaos bag instead of the supply. The ability stating the token is “released” is intended to clarify that, but we acknowledge that it could have been more explicitly stated. (Rules Forum Answer, November 2024)

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Reviews

Seems OP to always have Favor of the Sun builded into your investigator and have access to Ancient Covenant and also start with 5xp by keeping the old back. No reason to ever go classic Mateo unless you specifically want to run Blessing of Isis or some full support style. But even then its debatable what's better

Son_of_Gothos · 115

How interact Father Mateo reaction ability with card like blessed blade lvl1? Can i do 2 damage with the blade or it is not count as reveal (and just resolve) of that bless token from Father Mateo...

BaranJerevan · 2
You resolve the bless token instead of drawing a token, so yes it count as drawing a bless token. So yes you do additional damage with the sword. But since this a review section such questions are better asked in the Reddit forum or on the mythbuster discord. — Tharzax · 1
Board Game Geek forum is another good spot, in particular on the original core set entry. You usually get there an answer within an hour, instead 14 hours, like you got here. — Susumu · 372