So... pretty early to post a review of a card that won't come out for probably a long time (if ever), but I'm pretty hype for this one.

The big thing for me is that normally investigators tend to rely upon hand slots for boosts, whether it be from the classic Mag Glasses or the recently fairly popular Hawk-Eye Folding Camera. That means that if you're running cool cards like Occult Lexicon you sacrifice some ability to boost your . Whitton not only helps alleviate this problem by giving you a boost while you're holding a tome or relic, but also helps you find said tomes and relics.

The obvious application is Daisy Walker, as she is so far the only investigator for whom (most) tomes don't suck. However, the first thing that came to my mind was Ursula Downs with the Ornate Bow (which is a relic). Normally you have to sacrifice some investigative power in order to wield the Bow (unless you can get Elli to wield it for you, but when I've gone the Elli route in the past, I usually end up cutting all other hand slots anyway because it's so unlikely that she'll find the Bow, specifically). I think it's also worth mentioning that I almost always run Crystalline Elder Sign in Ursula, especially in true solo. Whitton can also help you find that! To be fair, between Crystalline Elder Sign and Fieldwork, I seldom feel like I need help investigating, but there's always stuff like The Last King where most locations don't have clues but you still want boosts (Fieldwork can't do this, though neither can Mag Glass). And it certainly never hurts to be 1 higher in intellect.

Another point is that you need to put into play or reveal a new location to trigger it. Having played with Jake Williams before, I can tell you that this is better in some scenarios than others. The Depths of Yoth and The Boundary Beyond in particular have a lot of this, while other scenarios start with all locations revealed, or just don't have many locations. Still, in true solo, at least, you'll probably be revealing a lot of locations, and each time you get to search for a relic or tome. Makes it much more likely that you'll get your key assets out early.

Also, you can't deny that having 2 health and 2 sanity is quite a bit better than Milan's 1 health and 2 sanity.

Some other notable relic traited assets that Whitton Green can help you find: Ancient Stone, Key of Ys, Grotesque Statue, Pnakotic Manuscripts, Hallowed Mirror and many others.

I am less knowledgeable about what tomes are good, but definitely Encyclopedia and Old Book of Lore for Daisy, and eventually The Necronomicon (Petrus De Dacia Translation) (even for non-Daisy). Also Occult Lexicon, which I'm a pretty big fan of in a lot of decks (especially ones that don't use the Bow).

So in combination with Bounty Contracts this pretty strong. Use this to either keep topping up your bounties; to give extra actions when you kill lots of relatively basic enemies (even a rat exterminating job isn’t beneath Tony!); or as a stronger weapon against a difficult enemy with up to +3 strength available. With Tony’s 5 strength line, an attack of 8 is a very strong option against even the most advanced elite enemies.

Better yet, with two chances of drawing it from your hand there is a good chance of drawing it near the beginning, giving the option of using your bounties more generously.

Realistically it is unlikely you’ll be in a position to activate that trigger and get two colts out for a single action.

(edit: thanks TheNameWasTaken for spotting that there is no synergy with Sleight of Hand, which doesn’t “play” but “puts into play”, so no trigger to allow both colts out on the cheap)

Regrettably few ammo for what you’ll want to use it for, so it’s a good bet that Contraband, Extra Ammunition (if you are a guardian) and Sleight of Hand will be pretty good options, likely to complement other cards you’ll have in Tony’s deck.

How does this card interact with Patrice Hathaway? I understand Patrice draws her hand all at once, but since it's being checked as she's drawing them, does this mean she would only draw 2 cards a turn, or does she draw 5 and then discard 3 of them every turn?

I assumed the latter last time I played so while the treachery is relatively harmless for a lot of characters, it was absolutely crippling for Patrice. I also had Self-Centered for my basic weakness, and drew Deeper Slumber not once, not twice, but three times. I literally felt like I played only half my allotted turns that game, all soaked up getting rid of these things. Where was Ward of Protection when you need it?

My strategy is to pick up Versatile and get Laboratory Assistant for my bonus class card. But if I have all that in play and draw this, would I be drawing 4 cards a turn, or drawing 5 and discarding 1? Might seem like a fluke, but the card was so debilitating, I'm making a fear purchase for next game. If it's drawing 4 a turn, that would actually work well with the build I'm going for as it slows down how fast I would go through the deck. The only downside would be only having 4 cards a turn instead of 5 (3 if I have the Watcher from Another Dimension but he's usually a one and done), but as I said, that might work in my favor and I'm curious to play a slower draw Patrice. It sounds like fun. More fun than grim ruling it anyways.

One strike against this card is that it is a skill card with a single willpower pip. The effect is, conditionally, heal 1 horror, but mystics generally have more trouble with physical damage than with horror. You would generally want 2 pips from a skill card, like Guts or from assets like Arcane Studies(2).

You can get single pips from about half of the mystic assets or events, with the upside of having another use for the card when the current problem is not the next will power test. Better skip this one and invest in Fearless(2) later, or just play allies and Painkillers to soak horror.

Correct me if I'm wrong: But does this give +1 at the skill tests done in the Mythos phase? Because if it is I can see this card entering my "none Stella Clark" decks, even if it is, to date, the most expensive Survivor card in the collection.