From my limited testing, this seems a really nifty card. By the mid-game you've probably got resources you want to ditch, such as empty spells like Shrivelling or Mists of R'lyeh, or possibly allies like Arcane Initiate, Alyssa Graham or David Renfield with irritating doom on them that you want to get rid of. Now you can bump them off for fun and profit.

At worst, this is an extra Emergency Cache, but it's best feature is it's flexibility, and it's ability to draw 3 cards. Amnesia or Paranoia just cleaned you out? This can help you recover.

The down sides?

First is that it requires XP - though 1 is reasonable, I think.

Secondly, you need to have an asset to to discard. This is a problem at the start of a game. I would always throw Sacrifice back during a Mulligan. Still, if you do have one early, for mystics icons are usually useful.

Lastly, if we see mystic builds that are very event heavy (Sefina Rousseau) or where they might not want to discard empty assets (Akachi Onyele) then it might not be the card for them.

I think there might also be a combo with Quantum Flux here, too. If you've used all your Shrivelling charges, you can use Sacrifice to push it into the discard pile, and then Quantum flux to pull it back to the draw pile. That feels quite a lot of work, though...

Nothing really to say, just wanted to post my custom upgrades of some Core set cards I created and wanted to share.

Edit: This post has been modified after giving some thought on the cards and receiving some feedback. Holy Rosary (2) has been modified and 2 new cards have been added (Flashlight (2) and Guard Dog (2)).

Here are the links:

Machete (3): i.postimg.cc

Guard Dog (2): i.postimg.cc

Holy Rosary (2): i.postimg.cc

Flashlight (2): i.postimg.cc

Guts (2): i.postimg.cc

Perception (2): i.postimg.cc

Overpower (2): i.postimg.cc

Manual Dexterity (2): i.postimg.cc

Unexpected Courage (3): i.postimg.cc

I would really love to see a Machete (3), Holy Rosary (2) seems fair (maybe a little overpowered) and the upgrades of Guts, Perception, Overpower, Manual Dexterity and Unexpected Courage seem like a great way to spend leftover XP.

Feedback is welcome!!!

As I understand here, you attach a relic card when she enters play only? So there is only one attached at a time? The EACH relic bit has thrown me off.

As I understand here, you attach a relic card when she enters play only? So there is only one attached at a time? The EACH relic bit has thrown me off.

I 'm actually surprised noone has writen a review about this card yet, so I thought I'd write one myself. I think this card is actually quite good. Mystics don't usually have a good source of card draw and this card is really good for that. But it doesn't offer only card draw, it can also offer resources, which are usually not a big issue for Mystics; you can run Forbidden Knowledge and/or David Renfield and have a satisfying source of resource generation, but the best part of this card is that it can give you a certain amount of resources and/or cards, what you need at most at the time you use it. The only other card that uses the language "gain X amount of this, or X amount of that or any combination thereof" is Emergency Cache (3) and both of these cards offer you the choice to get what you need at most at the time you use them, and I think that's kind of neat. Now this card can't exactly be used whenever you want; you have to wait the right time to use it, but when you use it, you get a really good bonus.

I think a lot of Mystics will usually have plenty of good targets for this card. A spell that has run out of charges or that you don't need in play anymore, a used-up Forbidden Knowledge, an Arcane Initiate that you don't want in play anymore either because you 've drawn many of your spells, or because you want to get rid of that doom (or maybe both), but I think the best target by far for this card is David Renfield. It basically becomes another card that allows you to abuse him. Why use Forbidden Knowledge or Painkillers to kill him after he has accumulated a lot of doom?? Use this card instead and get even more benefit out of him!! Now Moonlight Ritual and Calling in Favors are still superior choices for abusing David Renfield but this card adds up to these options and it can be a better inclusion in some decks.

I think this card is especially good for Marie Lambeau because she usually wants to have a lot of spells in her deck so that she makes good use out of her special ability and she 's the no. 1 candidate to use David Renfield. It might be bad for Akachi Onyele because she might want to keep her spells in play so that she can recycle them with Spirit-Speaker and it doesn't really comply with decks that use Recharge. But I think it can find a good place in many Mystic decks.

I tried this card in my pure seeker Ursula Downs deck that focused on mobility. I was playing on STANDARD difficulty. In my experience this card is mediocre or even bad if you plan to use it just to enhance your economy. The problem is that in order for this card to be worth, you have to use it to play a card that costs 4 resources or more, because if not you are just saving 2 resources or even less , which is quite bad considering that Emergency Cache gives you 3 resources without the risk of having to pass a test to get them.

The fact that the only seeker asset that costs 4 is Dr. Milan makes things even worst because you want to have him in play before using Unearth the Ancients, not only because of his reaction ability but specially for his +1 intellect. What I mean is that without Milan's +1 Intellect you are probably just sitting at 5 or 6 intellect at best and this makes passing the 4 investigation test quite a gamble without committing any more resources or cards (which would make playing Unearth the ancients meaningless). This situation gets even worst on Hard or Expert difficulty and if you consider the negative affects of failing a test if you draw the wrong chaos token. This card is therefore almost useless to summon the only asset it would be worth using it for, namely Dr. Milan.

The bonus card if you use it to play a relic is also mediocre, considering that there are not much seeker relics as of now (3 I think) and they cost 3 or less resources.

Some smart player would say: Hey but you can use this card in combination with Ursula Downs ability and the asset Fieldwork to make it worth but the answer will still be this card is bad, because if you play Unearth the Ancients with Ursula's ability you are not getting a free action or making it fast, remember you could have most likely used Ursula's ability to investigate normally, get clues and get closer to victory. Fieldwork is good to have indeed if you are using this card, but having to pull a combo to effectively use a card with a mediocre effect is obviously not worth your time and effort.

You can of course also use this card in combination with Rex Murphy's ability and a cheap asset like Magnifying Glass and even maybe a Double or Nothing to get some free clues in a high shroud location. I personally haven't tried this cheese strategy yet but I think that it isn't great either (and I am not even sure if the rules allow it). It lacks consistency because you need to much conditions to pull it off and there are allot easier ways to investigate in high shrouded locations for seekers.

In conclusion I think it is a pity that such a thematic card has no place in the current meta. I hope that in the future an XP upgrade will make it worth considering.