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Nun without a Gun (30XP) | HC 1k Series | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 |
HungryColquhoun · 4358
Nun without a Gun
I'm continuing my series with new decks every Sunday and using the new Hemlock Vale cards. This is my latest effort, a Sister Mary deck...
Overview
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Use Brand of Cthugha ••••, Nephthys, Radiant Smite and Spectral Razor •• for damage, and Sixth Sense and Read the Signs •• for clues. Spectral Razor allowing a free engagement and Read the Signs ignoring location effects is neat as well!
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When you need a big bless infusion you can supercharge tokens with Purified paired to Read the Signs •• or Spectral Razor ••, which add to another stat. Purified also handles from Crisis of Faith now that Deny Existence no longer deals with it.
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Spectral Razor •• and Read the Signs •• are recurred when you draw a symbol. Prescient gives further chances of spell event recursion, and Favor of the Sun gives consistency. Events such as Guided by Faith are dropped from the deck early as they're not spells and so not targets for Prescient or Arcane Initiate.
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Prophetic provides a resource engine in a single card, allowing you to play spells and spirit events cheaply - forming a combo with your recurable spells. If you have plenty of resources, instead use it for skill boosts. Make sure to play it first with Ever Vigilant to make a spell asset free!
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Nephthys hoovers up , allowing for big damage when you need it and for conserving Brand of Cthugha charges. Arcane Initiate when played early adds consistency, coupling to Glory's card draw and the deck thinning from Stick to the Plan.
Campaign starter and planned progression
Two Arcane Research makes this a 30 XP deck. 0 XP deck is as follows (and link here):
Candidate spells for Arcane Research upgrades are below, and should be upgraded whenever is convenient (Brand of Cthugha costs a further 1XP to upgrade):
A recommended order of purchases/upgrades for remaining cards is:
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Stick to the Plan (load with Taunt, Emergency Cache and Ever Vigilant)
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Upgrade to Brand of Cthugha •••• around here
Final thoughts
This is in essence a Mystic with Stick to the Plan and Arcane Research, who adds to the bag every turn - which as a premise is awesome! For boss-battling this deck is capable of 13 damage in a turn (2 x Radiant Smite, Nephthys, Brand of Cthugha) which is what you get from the .35 Winchester with Custom Modifications: Quicksilver Bullets and Enchant Weapon (and there's also only so many guaranteed blesses you can feed the Winchester). On top of that this also has reasonable clue-finding capability - so it works well as flex without losing out on enemy management. I can't overstate how good Nephthys and Prophetic are on this deck - two fast damage and free boosts/resources really is strong. Don't sleep on this deck, you'll like it!
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Feb 27, 2024 |
Feb 27, 2024true challenge. run this without dream eaters cards . i'm lacking that expansion ;( |
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Feb 27, 2024
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Mar 08, 2024Another great deck, thanks for sharing! I think I'll have to use this for my blind Hemlock run; any other of your decks (other than maybe your new Agnes) that you think would match well? I'm afraid losing all my Scavenging shenanigans has left me dazed and confused! |
Mar 08, 2024
I liked it but I didn't love it, relying on Reliable for boosts to Fingerprint Kit and a gun is ironically not so reliable! Fine Tuning didn't always come out of the hunch deck when I wanted it to either. I was going to pivot the deck and give it some more power (e.g. put in Charisma and Beat Cop •• to improve combat directly, and likely take Fingerprint Kit 0 over the upgraded version, and downgrade to base Deduction as well) but hadn't worked out the kinks and lost enthusiasm with it. In general I do like the idea of Thorough Inquiry, Fine Tuning and Preposterous Sketches in the hunch deck though! I doubt I'll post the deck now, it's a shame because I really want to make a great Joe deck but they always seem to slip through my fingers! I think pairing this anything flexy but stronger on the clue side would work (I'm still developing some decks so I may have something out on this in a few weeks). |
Mar 08, 2024
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Mar 20, 2024Have you had trouble with damage without any real health soak? |
Mar 23, 2024
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Mar 30, 2024What do you think about use Nella Tana del Bianconiglio instead of Ricerca Arcana? |
Mar 30, 2024
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I like the deck! I was wondering though, would Favor of the Sun not be a pretty valuable get? Guaranteed recursion for Spectral Razor and Read the Signs.