Three Aces (Very Hard)

Greetings fellow investigators, what you see here is the Mandy Thompson deck that i have taken through most of Dunwich on very hard.

---General---

The point of the deck is to rush through it with searches to find not only Segment of Onyx but also the Three Aces and use them multiple times per Scenario.

Cards like Hawk-Eye Folding Camera and Key of Ys make you very resilient to the encounter deck and i end up taking most of our groups tests since i play with a Guardian and a Rouge.

My best performance with the deck was going throug the whole thing three times and using Three Aces 4 times (twice with Double or Nothing) while maxing out my Key of Ys from the reshuffling Horror alone

---Setup---

As with most investigators the first few turns are setup. For you this means getting to your Mr. "Rook" (use No Stone Unturned if you must, hes worth it) and Hawk-Eye Folding Camera.

Between your Assets beeng in Play and the Carddraw from Three Aces your second and third round through the Deck are way faster.

This leads us to one of the Traps with playing Mandy Tompson, dont underestimate the importance of finding your high synergy pieces. Its worth using a few turns to assemble your Combos over desperatly investigating with half a setup. If thats not what your looking for go for another seeker or another Mandy deck.

---Comco---

The first big Combo is an Investigation with Fingerprint Kit + Double or Nothing + Deduction + Three Aces wich nets you 6 testless clues and alot of card draw/money.

---Individual Card Explanation---

Crack the Case is some nice early money, it can be alot more lategame when you empty out a high shroud location with Segment of Onyx or your Combo but by then you are usualy very comfortable with money anyway.

Hawk-Eye Folding Camera + Tooth of Eztli and Key of Ys make you extremely resilient to the mythos deck and #Dr. Elli Horowitz helps you find them

Dream-Enhancing Serum helps alot with getting through your deck once you are on your second or third round of it

Mr. "Rook" is the absolute Star of the Deck. He usually finds your weakness early and everything you need after that

Segment of Onyx turning into Pendant of the Queen helps you alot with enemy management and gets clues from high shroud or uncomfortable locations

Strange Solution was a late inclusion and is part of the second big Combo. I wanted to be able to help with Bosses and Strange Solution + Double or Nothing + Three Aces is 6 testless Damage in 1 Action

Studious helps alot with the consistency of the deck. The more cards you see early the more you can mulligan and find what you need to get going, (Mr. "Rook" or No Stone Unturned to find him)

Astounding Revelation helps with early Money and gets you more searches with Mr. "Rook"

Lucid Dreaming / No Stone Unturned + 1 copy of Three Aces in Hand gets you all 3 Copys with Mandys abillity

Eureka! gets you alot of value for very little investment, especialy if it finds Astounding Revelation

---Upgrade Path---

No Exp Deck:

take out all the exp cards (obviously :)

• 2 basic versions of No Stone Unturned
• 2 Strange Solution (so you actually find it and have time to upgrade it in the earlyer scenarios +1 Fingerprint Kit +1 Hawk-Eye Folding Camera +1 Astounding Revelation +2 Shortcut
• x generic skills like Guts and Unexpected Courage to fill out the decklist

First Upgrades

+3 Three Aces (1xp) +3 Segment of Onyx (2xp) +2 Lucid Dreaming (6xp) +1 Charisma (9xp) +2 No Stone Unturned (19xp) +1 Key of Ys (24xp) +1 Strange Solution (28xp) +2 Studious (34xp)