If you're over the stress of playing with Doom and want to add the agonizing feeling of being chased by otherworldly creatures, congratulations, this deck is for you!

Most of my previous Amina decks struggled with her flat, uninspired stat line and a limited number of actions, mainly because too many had to go to clearing Doom from Sin-Eater. This deck solves both problems: Amina's new pets investigates with at least 6 and fight with at least 5 while giving Amina 1 or 2 extra actions each round.

Also, I was tired of "chase encountering" the Hounds of Tindalos, and I wanted a deck where I could play them directly, including their weaknesses in the deck and play with the risk of being assaulted by Hounds at any moment.

Why Amina?

Good question. Actually almost any Mystic in the game can play this deck, but I choose Amina for three reasons:

• 1) This deck plays with Doom and needs Sin-Eater, like all Amina decks => Check!
• 2) This deck relies on fairly expensive assets, so it needs resource generation => Check!
• 3) Thematically, I needed a investigator who could hear grunts of creatures from another dimension => Check!

• Are we talking about a very powerful deck?
  Clearly not.

• But can I play with it or am I going to die at the first try?
  It's pretty good and playable, for Amina I'd say it's better than other builds and provides a lot of fun.

• You tricked me! I played and halfway through the game I was bitten by Hounds of Tindalos.
  Sorry, no refunds.

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The strategy is quite simple, just play Alyssa Graham first, them play the Hounds of Tindalos as soon as possible and try as hard as you can not to let them turn against you.

Once Hounds are in play, use Alyssa every turn to avoid the Hounds' weakness and use Sin-Eater to clear Alyssa.

Warning!

One of the weaknesses of this deck is its low card draw.
You might be tempted to include in cards like Guts, Overpower or Perception, but that would be a mistake because every card you draw makes Alyssa's foresight disappear, leaving you at the mercy of the Hounds.

This deck needs selective draw, so it only has Parallel Fates (2).
Even when you have the two Unbound Beasts at the bottom of the deck, you don't want to draw too many cards because the Beasts will be waiting for you, unless you have been able to discard them thanks to the Scroll of Secrets or Foresight.

• Alyssa Graham: use her ability every turn, and when you throw a weakness to the bottom, ready her with Sin-Eater to look again the top card of the deck. You can even throw two Hounds to the bottom of the deck in one turn! Once you have purged your deck of weaknesses, use it to look at your friends' decks or the Encounter deck.

• Summoned Hound: cornerstone of the deck and why you are reading this. Play them with Amina's ability, so when you remove the Doom with Sin-Eater you ready them, gaining an extra action.

• Scroll of Secrets: I use it to discard the Unbound Beast and other Weakness when Alyssa put them on the bottom of the deck. If every weakness is discarded, it just provides extra draw.

• Foresight: it's just wonderful when you can see the future.

• Parallel Fates (2): needed tutor for getting key cards and the 5-card forecast gives Alyssa a well-deserved rest.

• Ghastly Possession: use it with a Hound, so later you can clean the Doom of it with Sin-Eater, gainning an extra action.

• Buffs for stats: St. Hubert's Key, Wolf Mask and Skill cards. Just to pass the skill tests that poor Amina can't. Another good options may be Blood Pact and Arcane Studies. Later, Crystalline Elder Sign may be a good option.

• Spells that every mystic should carry: Read the Signs, Spectral Razor and Ward of Protection (try to save the latter for Treacheries that may affect Alyssa).

• Painkillers: I included it due to Amina's low health, but to be honest, I have never used it since the Hounds provide a lot of damage soak, so feel free to change it for another thing.

• Word of Woe and Word of Weal: it's a pity they have almost no use in the deck unless you play with another assets (see next section).

Do you miss any good cards for the deck?
Let me know in the comments, I'm sure the deck can be improved in many ways.

The deck plays a flexible role by its very nature, but has some non-vital cards that can be changed and above all, a free hand slot, which allow a slight customization option:

• More Fighter: I included Ceremonial Sickle for the extra damage, but you and I both know that this deck is crying out to include an Abyssal Tome.

• More Cluever: Not sure, I do not like Dowsing Rod at all. I'd rather include Sign Magick and Divination.

• More Support: Plenty to choose from. Hallowed Chalice or Obsidian Bracelet may be a good starting point.

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Don't do that.
This deck needs Sin-Eater and at least one Charisma and one Summoned Hound to have sense. That means at least 10xp and Amina, contrary to other much more powerful investigators, she has not initial experience.

May be you can spent the 3xp from In the Thick of It for an initial Charisma, after the first scenario buy the Hounds and play first scenarios with Moonlight Ritual until you get Sin-Eater.
I wouldn't do it, but if you do, don't hesitate to let me know how it goes.

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