Card text : " After an enemy attack deals damage to you during the enemy phase..."

Interaction against Retaliate enemy :

• Retaliate : "Each time an investigator fails a skill test while attacking a ready enemy with the retaliate keyword..."
• Enemy Phase : "... Upon completion of dealing the attack (and all abilities triggered by the attack), exhaust the enemy." (Though it would ready soon in Upkeep Phase, that's why no one bothered turning the enemy 90 degree after it attacks.)
• Triggered Ability : "A ability with a triggering condition beginning with the word "after..." may be used immediately after that triggering condition's impact upon the game state has resolved."

Performing Fight against Retaliate enemy therefore has 2 potential outcomes in the case that you fail :

• If it is exhausted before you trigger , Retaliate is disabled at the moment you are testing Fight against it.
• Inversely if it is still ready while you are testing your Fight, you will get hit if you fail your counter-attack.

(More related rules : "After", "Deal")

Unfortunately "After an enemy attack deals damage to you" is not the same as "after an enemy attacks you". After damage dealing step it is still not exhausted yet. (Someone also asked before)

You will have to take Retaliate attack if you fail the test.

Therefore :

• Enemy that gains debuff while exhausted, you will not gain that advantage during the counter-attack. (e.g. spoiler Carcosa enemy)
• Sometimes exhausted enemy gains a buff. (e.g. spoiler Carcosa enemy, spoiler Carcosa enemy) Your Fight will not have to account for these buff just yet, as it is not yet exhausted.
• Massive : "The lead investigator chooses the order in which these attacks resolve. " "The massive enemy does not exhaust until its final attack of the phase resolves."
  • If counter-attack can defeat it, choosing one with Survival Knife to take the hit first and defeating it saves the rest of the team from getting hit.
  • If it is both Massive and Retaliate (e.g. spoiler Carcosa enemy), Retaliate is not disabled no matter the knife holder take the hit earlier or the last.

Also unrelated, but Interpreting "You" When Taking or Being Dealt Damage : This FAQ has direct reference to Survival Knife so worth a read.

This card is absolutely wild. It's incredibly efficient for the price, with the most easily searchable keyword in the game (Research Librarian, Whitton Greene), gives a +2 boost at level 0 on an item which is unconditional, and further boosts the most important resource in the game; card draw, all the while giving 4 uses for 3 money for a single hand slot. Fingerprint Kit exhausts and has 3 uses while only giving a +1 boost and costs 4 resources. Further, the uses are secrets, which, while this isn't a strong contender to boost the uses, the fact is you can very easily with Astounding Revelation or Eldritch Sophist, or Truth From Fiction. Did you need more handslots to hold it and get more boosts with Magnifying Glass? Arcane Enlightenment is right there

In Daisy this feels like a no brainer because she has the extra action just to use this. Harvey loves this because its an easy and reliable way to proc an activation of drawing a card during his turn. Minh can use it to keep powering her Skill commitment engine. Ursula can also trigger it using her extra action. This feels good for Trish, and Joe, and Roland as well. Hell, if you're clueving with Jenny, Charlie or Lola it seems like a no brainer. Darrell may want this over test-at-0, just for card draw. Mandy likes it, Norman, Rex looooooves the +2 boost. Everyone who can take it should consider it. The fact it doesn't exhaust can make for incredibly powerful turns with Amanda if she has a Deduction under her, if you set up a turn to just investigate with this 3 times going bam bam bam. She needs a little bit more of a boost than the others perhaps, but its crazy how efficient this is compared to any other asset at level 0 that has the Investigate keyword on it. Even Luke who has a higher brain stat, could respec to using this for the first few scenarios going standard seeker with Dr. Milan and Magnifying Glass and this for test at 7 until he gets more XP to dump Sixth Sense (4) or your spell of choice. He can even be running Perception and Deduction with this and be perfectly fine until he gets some 10-20XP.

I could compare this with Cryptographic Cipher, but that at least has a potential of gaining you 3 free investigates. But dammit I will compare, because this gives you 4 investigates you were going to do anyway, with a +2 (where the Cipher had a -2 to shroud on the action) and you can draw an extra card most of the time. It costs the same amount of resources, and has 1 extra use. The power creep is real. The closest comparison in fighters is Glory. Guardians or any fighter have very few benefits at level 0 the way this just gives it to you. The upgraded Thompson turning bullets into money, or On The Hunt getting you money for killing, or the upgrades on Runic Axe. Outside of Investigator powers like Tony's Bounties or Zoey's engagement, there simply is no comparison with how well Seeker cluevers get rewarded compared to Guardian fighters.

Once again, Seekers simply receive cards that straight up reward them for doing what they do best in the most efficient way. Even if there were an upgrade for this, I have no idea what it would need to add to make this better, because I could see this being in a deck from campaign start to campaign finish. I would run this over Magnifying Glass simply because I get the boost, and if I'm drawing more cards, I get to my skills such as Deduction or any of my other good cards much faster that it's irrelevant.

The Scarlet Keys had so many good cards for every class, and many archetypes, but this is subtly one of the best and I could very well see it as a new staple.

If someone whats to know the translation of the gliphs:

Does this card can interact with permanent cards?

So, for example, if a play with "Ashcan" Pete and I start the game with 1 card of each other class than survivor (Down the Rabbit Hole, Forced Learning, Geared Up and Underworld Support) and play a Survivor Card and Call for Backup.

What will happen?

A small joke about this: the "Spirit" trait is translated to the word meaning "bravery" in Chinese localization. While it works fine on other cards, it is quite funny when you look at this one. To get out of shit do require some trick, but that comes nowhere near bravery (Well, I guess you can say that it takes a brave man to acknowledge his own powerlessness, maybe?)

: Resign. Heavy spoiler incoming, get outta here before it's too late.

Jokes aside, let's take a look at how many scenarios in each campaign have an escape option, and which ones are good for this. I will categorize every resign option into one of the 4 groups:

• Objective, where you win the scenario by resigning;
• Panic button, where you are required to do things and then resign, but if things go south you can always just say "I'm outta here!";
• Failsafe, where you technically can resign but gives a bad outcome (at least you are not dying from Obol);
• Non-option, where resign must NOT be used.

As of now I have completed NotZ, PtC, TFA, TCU, TIC, EotE, TSK and FHV; ratings for the remaining campaigns are only theoratical. Comments welcomed.

Night of the Zeal: 2/3. Conclusion: Hardly worth the deck space

• The Gathering: Failsafe, only available in act 3
• The Midnight Mask: Panic button
• The Devourer Below: Non-option.

The Dunwich Legacy: 6/8. Conclusion: Don't take it until you get to the finale; but in the finale, it's well worth a slot (and 1 XP, if you don't have Adaptable)

• Extracurricular Activity: Failsafe
• The House Always Wins: Objective; if the front door is gone, you need to find the back door first; extra points for securing the VP on back door (normally when retreating you will drop all your remaining clues on the location and thus deny that point of VP)
• The Miskatonic Museum: Failsafe
• Blood on the Altar: Failsafe
• Undimensioned and Unseen: Failsafe
• Where Doom Awaits: Non-option
• Lost in Time and Space: Objective, extra points for circumventing the "Spend 2 clues" restriction and for an extremly annoying map

The Path to Carcosa: 4/8. Conclusion: take at deck creation, drop after finishing Oath

• Curtain Call: Objective, only available in act 3; do note that you can't get out until the stranger is dealt with, because until then the lobby doesn't have ": Resign" (note the difference in wording compare to No Asylum)
• The Last King: Panic button
• Echoes of the Past: Failsafe
• The Unspeakable Oath: Objective, only available in act 4; extra points for circumventing the "no ready enemy" restriction and for a relatively big map

The Forgotten Age: 4/9. Conclusion: take at deck creation, keep it at least until finishing Eztli, drop no later after Elders Part 1

• The Untamed Wilds: Failsafe
• The Doom of Eztli: Failsafe (Act 1&2), Objective (Act 3)
• Threads of Fate: Panic button
• Heart of the Elders, Part 1: Panic button
• The Depths of Yoth: In the campagin guide it says there's a resign ("each investigator resigned or was defeated" in the resoultion section), but there's no relevant card
• The same goes for Shattered Aeons.
• Since Turn Back Time use the same locations with The Doom of Eztli, there is a resign option. Obviously, Non-option.

The Circle Undone: 5/8. Conclusion: take at deck creation, keep it at least until finishing Doorstep

• At Death's Doorstep: Objective, only available in act 3
• The Secret Name: In the campagin guide it says there's a resign ("each investigator resigned or was defeated" in the resoultion section), but there's no relevant card
• The Wages of Sin: Panic button, extra points for circumventing the "above resign ability cannot be triggered" restriction on the spectral side.
• For the Greater Good: Failsafe
• Union and Disillusion: Panic button
• In the Clutches of Chaos: Failsafe

The Dream-Eaters: 3/8 (1/4 for Campaign A, 2/4 for Campaign B). Conclusion: take only if you have slots to spare, and drop as soon as you need one

• The Search for Kadath: Panic button
• Waking Nightmare: Failsafe; note that, like the case in Curtain Call, you can't play this once the room is infested and loses the ability
• A Thousand Shapes of Horror: Objective, only available in act 2 and after revealing the bottommost Stairs; do note that with the exception of those two Stairs, you can NOT resign with outta here while in each of the other Stairs unless that location's restriction is lifted.

The Innsmouth Conspiracy: 6/8. Conclusion: some situational use in the 1st, 3rd and 6th scenario, swap in with Adaptable if needed

• The Pit of Despair: Objective, only available after finding the place; extra points for circumventing the "controls the green key" restriction and for a relatively big map
• The Vanishing of Elina Harper: Failsafe
• In Too Deep: Objective, only available after someone reach the station; extra points in multiplayer for the option to split up in a huge and annoying map
• Devil Reef: Failsafe, extra points for circumventing the "in the Fishing Vessel" restriction
• A Light in the Fog: Panic button, extra points for circumventing the "If The Moon Room is unflooded" restriction (I would argue that Diving Suit is not essential in the finale)
• The Lair of Dagon: Failsafe

Edge of the Earth: 5/10 (or 3/5 if you go the shortest run). Conclusion: take at deck creation, drop whenever you need the slot after finishing 1-1

• The Crash: Objective, extra points in multiplayer for the option to split up in a huge map
• Lost in the Night: Panic button, extra points for a huge map
• Seeping Nightmares: Failsafe, extra points for circumventing the "spend 4 clues" restriction and for a huge map
• To the Forbidden Peaks: Failsafe, only available after someone reach the peak; extra points for an annoying map
• The Heart of Madness, Part I: Panic button. Extra points for a relatively big map

The Scarlet Key: 7/10. Conclusion: get one (buy or swap) before 56-Y if you have trouble with a or (4) test; otherwise, it hardly worth the deck space

• Riddles and Rain: Failsafe
• Dead Heat: Failsafe
• Sanguine Shadows: Failsafe
• Dealings in the Dark: In the campagin guide it says there's a resign ("each investigator resigned or was defeated" in the resoultion section), but there's no relevant card
• Dancing Mad: Failsafe, only available in act 1&2 for v.I, or act 2 in v.II
• On Thin Ice: Failsafe
• Shades of Suffering: Failsafe
• Without a Trace: Failsafe (act 1&2), Objective (act 3); extra points for circumventing the skill test

The Feast of Hemlock Vale: 5/8. Conclusion: depending on your plans about FHV, can either be a Failsafe/must have, or a complete waste of deck space. SInce this campaign has so much routes to choose from, there isn't really a conclusion that I can give.

• Hemlock House: Failsafe
• The Silent Heath: Failsafe. Do note that you can only add Crystal Remains to the Victory Display if you resign via Estate Ruin's ability. Not sure what will happen if you just vanish into thin air
• The Lost Sister: Failsafe
• The Twisted Hollow: Failsafe (act 1&2), Objective (act 3; only available after finding the place); extra points for a huge map
• Fate of the Vale: Objective (act 3 v.IV only), huge extra points for ignoring all those annoying resign conditions.

Side Stories: 4/9. Conclusion: good to have for Casino Heist

• Curse of the Rougarou: Failsafe
• Guardians of the Abyss: Failsafe, extra points for the option to resign whether or not the train is sabotaged
• Murder at the Excelsior Hotel: Failsafe
• Fortune and Folly, Part I: Panic button
• Fortune and Folly, Part II: Failsafe in act 2, Objective in act 3; huge style points for break into the vault, everyone else resign (in multiplayer), then you grab the key and vanish into thin air

Parallel: 6/7. Conclusion: a good idea to have one if the team decides to go any of the parallel except Baker's; a VERY good idea for O'Toole and Wendy Adams to bring one into their own parallel

• Read or Die: Panic button for everyone else; Failsafe for Daisy (or Non-option if you can't bear the advanced weakness)
• All or Nothing: in act 1, Panic button for everyone else; Failsafe for O'Toole (or Non-option if you can't bear the advanced weakness); In act 2, Objective
• By the Book: Panic button; Roland gets the upgrade as long as Grey is dead but he isn't, so you can resign the minute Grey is gone if you can afford the entry fee
• Red Tide Rising: Panic button; Wendy Adams gets R1 as long as she doesn't die, so you can even resign right at the begining if you can afford the entry fee
• Laid to Rest: Panic button for everyone else; Failsafe for Jim (or Non-option if you can't bear the advanced weakness)
• Relics of the Past: Panic button for everyone else; Failsafe for Monterey (or Non-option if you can't bear the advanced weakness)

Final conclusion:

• If you are not taking Obol, most of the time this is just a worse Manual Dexterity, with some situational shine
• With Obol (and ideally in multiplayer), it's a good failsafe that well worth a slot considering the consequnce for dying
• If your investigator have an annoying weakness that spawns way out of reach, this can be include as a solution
• Save for one and a quarter exception, it's always a good idea to swap this to at least a Manual Dexterity in the finale