The Jenny Barnes of a Thousand (actually just 5) Masks

So......

I was running true solo with Jenny through TSK. And my first intent was to build a big money deck with Well Connected and all. But in my own experience, big money decks takes a lot of time and setups to come online and work properly; and in a true solo run, time is the one thing we don't have.

I needed some thing to let me work properly since turn 1 while slowly but surely let me build up my money tank.

That's when I realize that Jenny cand take all 5 of the Mask that came out with Hemlock Vale expasion. Each of those Mask lets you spend an offering during a skill test to get a +2 to a specific skill:

• Fox Mask gives either a +2 or +2
• Cat Mask gives either a +2 or +2
• Mouse Mask gives either a +2 or +2
• Sparrow Mask gives either a +2 or +2
• Wolf Mask gives either a +2 or +2

With a 3 across her stat line, any of those Mask can benefit her pretty well, raising her stats to a 5 without any commits. The draw back of those Mask is that I can have only 1 in play at a time. The text "Limit 1 Mask per investigator." stops me from playing any other Mask once one of them is already in play. Each of them has a different condition to refill their uses, whiches are not easy to fulfill at times. And then I thought: What if I add Joey "The Rat" Vigil and Scavenging into the mix?

Joey "The Rat" Vigil's ability lets you either discard an Item asset you control for 2 resources, or pay 1 resource to play an Item asset from you hand without spending an action. And the best part about him is that you don't need to exhaust him to trigger his abilities, and there are no limit to how many times he can be triggered.

So, after draining out the Mask that is currently in play for the stat boost, you can discard it for 2 resources with Joey "The Rat" Vigil, recur it back into your hand with Scavenging, and play any other Mask using the 2 resources you've just got from Joey "The Rat" Vigil (1 for Joey "The Rat" Vigil ability and 1 for the Mask itself). With Stylish Coat in play you actually get an extra resource for selling a Mask during your turn.

Also keep in mind that Joey "The Rat" Vigil's abilities can be triggered at any window: Let's say you are fighting an enemy:

• During the window of the test, you spend the last use on Cat Mask for a +2
• You can then use Joey "The Rat" Vigil's to discard the Cat Mask for 2 resources, trigger Stylish Coat for an extra resource if able.
• Then use Joey "The Rat" Vigil's other to play the Wolf Mask from your hand, spending the 2 reources you've just got.
• Spend a use of Wolf Mask for an extra +2. Since you are using 2 different Mask to get +2 to the same stats, you don't need to worry about the "Limit once per test" on them.

Opening hand: Hard mulligan for Joey "The Rat" Vigil, Scavenging and any of the Mask assets, also keep any card that lets you draw more card. This allow you to do some work at the earlier stage of the game, while building up your economy and enable the big money and Well Connected mechanic, which will carry you through the later stage of the game.

For level 0 deck: get In the Thick of It for Scavenging and Stylish Coat, go with Joey "The Rat" Vigil lvl0 and try to get yourself 3vp, that's all you need.

I've had a lot of fun with this deck going through TSK (eventhough it is not my favourite campaign). Hope you'll enjoy it like I do.

See you next idea!