Evasive Underworld Alchemist

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fistofyogsothoth · 37

I feel like this deck has potential but it's not quite working. Over half way through Innsmouth it's doing ok but not quite managing to get all the moving parts out at once. Perhaps it's too complicated. Sometimes it does amazing multi-attack/evade combos but I often don't manage to get all the right cards out at the right time. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

It was mainly based on the evasion deck linked above but underworld market and the guns are the big changes. It's for multiplayer but I'd love to get a solo version working.

How would you remake this deck from scratch?

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Jul 27, 2023 arkham-becons · 57 Hi fistofyogsothoth, thanks for posting your deck and looking for feedback! Here are some thoughts I have when looking at the list. You have a lot of one-of spells with broad focus There are very few cards which help you draw cards and generate resources Because this deck looks like it is supposed to focus on fighting and making use of Dirty Fighting I'd include the following key cards: 2x Dirty Fighting Choose either to evade using your hand slots (Sword Cane x2, Onyx Pentacle x2) and fight with your spells (Shrivelling x2, Brand of Cthugha x2, etc.) or to fight with your hand slots (.25 Automatic x2, Switchblade x2, etc.) and evade using spells (Mists of R'lyeh x2, Ineffable Truthx2). Put in cards which help finding your key cards, i.e. Arcane Initiate and Black Market Put in cards which generate economy. I prefer Faustian Bargain for up-front money and David Renfield (if playing without taboo). I dislike Alchemical Transmutation because it takes too long to generate the money you need. Use more two-ofs instead of one-ofs of high-value cards to improve consistency Good luck!
Jul 27, 2023 HungryColquhoun · 7206 Hey I like the idea. Would definitely agree with `@arkham-becons` on going up to 2 x Dirty Fighting. Generally I would evade with one of your hand slots (using and Onyx Pentacle/Sword Cane), but keep .25 Automatic too and fight with Shrivelling and Brand of Cthugha. You can have Clairvoyance or your choice for clue finding to make you flexy. Molly Maxwell is great for tutoring out talents, so I'd use her to find Dirty Fighting, you could consider Friends in Low Places/Word of Command if you want more tutoring but that might be overkill. Fast assets are nice (I had a deck about this a while ago - link) here) as you can play your slow assets over the top of these (Sword Cane, Onyx Pentacle) as fast with your ability. I wouldn't worry about Sign Magick, as with Dirty Fighting you can get a free fight action in anyway (it's not exactly the same, but it's similar action economy - especially with the .25 Automatic). For resources I would steer clear of Alchemical Transmutation and make this simpler - Easy Mark, Emergency Cache, Voice of Ra. Easy Mark in particular is nice as it also is a cantrip. Maybe something like this (I've added switch blade but didn't squeeze in much more): arkhamdb.com Molly can tutor out both Divination and the Sword Cane (Relic and Augury) so that's a good reason to use her. I guess the risk is you fail your evade, and then that's a sunk action you could have used just to blast away - I'd not sure what the solution is to that yet!

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Jul 27, 2023 arkham-becons · 57

Hi fistofyogsothoth,

thanks for posting your deck and looking for feedback! Here are some thoughts I have when looking at the list.

You have a lot of one-of spells with broad focus
There are very few cards which help you draw cards and generate resources

Because this deck looks like it is supposed to focus on fighting and making use of Dirty Fighting I'd include the following key cards:

2x Dirty Fighting
Choose either to evade using your hand slots (Sword Cane x2, Onyx Pentacle x2) and fight with your spells (Shrivelling x2, Brand of Cthugha x2, etc.) or to fight with your hand slots (.25 Automatic x2, Switchblade x2, etc.) and evade using spells (Mists of R'lyeh x2, Ineffable Truthx2).
Put in cards which help finding your key cards, i.e. Arcane Initiate and Black Market
Put in cards which generate economy. I prefer Faustian Bargain for up-front money and David Renfield (if playing without taboo). I dislike Alchemical Transmutation because it takes too long to generate the money you need.
Use more two-ofs instead of one-ofs of high-value cards to improve consistency

Good luck!

Jul 27, 2023 HungryColquhoun · 7206

Hey I like the idea. Would definitely agree with @arkham-becons on going up to 2 x Dirty Fighting. Generally I would evade with one of your hand slots (using and Onyx Pentacle/Sword Cane), but keep .25 Automatic too and fight with Shrivelling and Brand of Cthugha. You can have Clairvoyance or your choice for clue finding to make you flexy. Molly Maxwell is great for tutoring out talents, so I'd use her to find Dirty Fighting, you could consider Friends in Low Places/Word of Command if you want more tutoring but that might be overkill.

Fast assets are nice (I had a deck about this a while ago - link) here) as you can play your slow assets over the top of these (Sword Cane, Onyx Pentacle) as fast with your ability. I wouldn't worry about Sign Magick, as with Dirty Fighting you can get a free fight action in anyway (it's not exactly the same, but it's similar action economy - especially with the .25 Automatic).

For resources I would steer clear of Alchemical Transmutation and make this simpler - Easy Mark, Emergency Cache, Voice of Ra. Easy Mark in particular is nice as it also is a cantrip.

Maybe something like this (I've added switch blade but didn't squeeze in much more): arkhamdb.com

Molly can tutor out both Divination and the Sword Cane (Relic and Augury) so that's a good reason to use her.

I guess the risk is you fail your evade, and then that's a sunk action you could have used just to blast away - I'd not sure what the solution is to that yet!