My version of Marie Lambeau

Side Deck

As a starting point, Arcane Experience is a natural choice for most mystics who want more spells out at once, and Blood Ward and Retribution to protect them. Ritual Dagger allows you to recycle spell events into your deck at the cost of 1 damage. This recursion in turn gets you more out of cards such as Blood Ward and Retribution. If you have more XP or a loose point, you can include Ceremonial Robes to decrease the cost of your spells. It's a very good under 18 XP strategy to play solo, focusing into Spell events for a more agile and lean build.

Infuse Life     ->  Blood Ward ••
Guts / S. Doll      ->  Retribution ••
Cosmic Flame        ->  Ritual Dagger •••
Offering Bowl       ->  Ceremonial Robes •

If you prefer to lean into Spell assets, direct upgrades like Second Sight (5) and Shadowmeld (5) are an easy starting point. Powerful offensive spells such as Dread Curse of Azathoth and Bend Blood allow Marie to step up as a fighter. It's a good strategy to play with other complementary investigators.

1 Cosmic Flame      ->  1 Dread Curse of Azathoth ••• 
Guts / S. Doll      ->  Bend Blood •••••
Second Sight        ->  Second Sight •••••
Shadowmeld      ->  Shadowmeld •••••

Others. If you find yourself on the cusp of certain defeat, playing an event like Ultimate Sacrifice may just give you and your fellow investigators a final push to victory!

1x  Arcane Experience ••••
2x  Blood Curse •••
2x  Spiritual Intuition •••
2x  Ultimate Sacrifice ••••