Spooky Scary Spectral Friends – Level 0

By request, here is a level 0 version of Spooky Mandy, before she's collected her spectral allies and mastered her researching skills!

You can find the upgraded deck, complete with write-up and thematic vignette, here: https://arkhamdb.com/decklist/view/32297/spooky-scary-spectral-friends-1.0

At level 0, Mandy is a bit more of a traditional cluever and less of a combo deck. This level 0 version is designed for 3-4p, which means Mandy can focus entirely on clue-gathering without worrying about combat/evasion.

Her main goal will be to get an Old Book of Lore into play and begin searching her deck for Astounding Revelations and Occult Evidence. She can clue-compress using Deduction, Winging It, and Fortuitous Discovery while working to translate her Grimoires (a project she can boost using Tempt Fate and Deep Knowledge).

This deck is generally a solid cluever, though not nearly as exciting or unique as the upgraded version. Once she gets even a small amount of xp, however, she grows in leaps and bounds as her researching improves and, more importantly, her spectral allies and powerful tomes grant her unparalleled auto-clueing!

UPGRADE PATH:

2x Practice Makes Perfect –> 2x Guided by the Unseen (top priority)

2x Cryptic Grimoire –> 2x Cryptic Grimoire (second priority once translated)

1x Encyclopedia, 2x Backpack –> 3x Surprising Find

2x Deduction –> 2x Stirring Up Trouble (can be bought before the Grimoires if you're having trouble translating)

2x Deep Knowledge –> 2x Favor of the Moon (can be bought sooner in a more heavily-cursed party)

2x Perception –> 2x Fey

Add 1x Blasphemous Covenant (like Favor of the Moon, can be bought sooner with more curses in the team)

1x Old Book of Lore –> 1x Death • XIII

1x Old Book of Lore –> 1x In the Know

1x Dream-Enhancing Serum, 1x Winging It –> 2x Glimpse the Unthinkable

2x Burning the Midnight Oil –> 2x Expose Weakness