The Lily Chen Mysteries

Spell deck with guardian buffs, rather than a hard guardian swap

Stick to the plan is priority, for setup

Reliable and enchant weapon next.

Nephthys once you get the draw discipline.

Empty Vessel and Relic Hunter together, so you can equip it & Rosary

Drop a combat spell for Enchant

Initiate for Nephthys

Overpower for Reliable

One talisman for Empty Vessel. This is late in a campaign so you can afford an empty arcane slot if you have bad draws

If you have a lot of XP gains you can swap sword cane for another weapon (especially if you upgrade one of the 0-Guardian cards, leaving an opening for Rune Axe. Upgraded Bandolier may be hugely valuable as well in that case.)

Ace of Swords is good if you're running fist stat weapons. Especially since it plays itself on draw

Enchanted armor instead of Bandolier for beefy

If you go big boi hammer, trade the rods instead. Start swapping spell cards for more buffs. You only need 1 spell equipped due to Enchant, so you don't need many.

Otherwise, upgrading your guardian cards or shopping for other buffs / weapons is your XP sink. Runic Axe when you drop a 0- Guardian can eat XP as well (Up to 12, including the card cost for 2)