How does this card (and similar cards that bait enemies into attacking) work with the enemy keyword elusive?

"If a ready enemy with the elusive keyword attacks or is attacked, after that attack resolves, that enemy immediately disengages from all investigators, moves to a connecting location (with no investigators, if able), and exhausts. This effect occurs whether the enemy was engaged with the attacking investigator or not."

It seems as though it would immediately make the enemy move away before you can finish resolving the rest of the card. But I'm not really sure.

Ed: I was wondering about the difference in text between Wolf Mask and Zoe Samaras: "when you become engaged," and "when you engage an enemy." @Quick_Learner pointed out that there is no difference between these kinds of effects according to FAQ (2.4). Enemy and Investigator engagement is mutual. So, Wolf Mask is replenished by all engagement except for that with Massive Enemies.

I think this is generally a bad card when things like Machete exist, especially as Machete only takes up one hand slot. You can assemble things like Steady-Handed or Knight of Swords on specific investigators to help you succeed by the right amount for its test, but even then Katana exhausts when using its +2 damage option, so what's the point in building an engine around it when you're going to get less damage than 3 actions on a Machete? The +2 if you're not bothered about the extra damage is okay, but if you're not bothered about the extra damage then the humble Knife becomes a cheaper and less resource intensive option.

The interesting bit therefore is the fight test. While people like "Skids" O'Toole can use this, there's better things which can go in his hands (e.g. if you want to do fighting, the new British Bull Dog is nice albeit ammo intensive). For this reason I'd recommend:

• Lily Chen. Lily has usable especially with the relevant Discipline, she can use Enchant Weapon on Katana to do 2 damage as fast (though note that does not add to the test here, you just get the damage) and she can take additional non-niche weapons with Occult Reliquary (e.g. Blessed Blade ••••) and/or Bandolier, or just use Brand of Cthugha. The new Wolf Mask can give means to boost further, as can Combat Training. Overall this is a fairly good option, but it's also painfully clear that the experience costs getting this all to work really mount up, so you've got to care a lot about that 2 damage (as there's easier options for that as well, for example Blessed Blade ••••, Ancestral Token and Nephthys, or even just a couple of Beat Cop ••).

• "Ashcan" Pete. Pete has usable , which is easy to boost with cards like Peter Sylvestre, Track Shoes, Moonstone and Sparrow Mask and can un-exhaust the Katana with his ability. While this is good, especially as the means you can evade when needed to, it naturally stops your hands from other useful assets (Thieves' Kit, British Bull Dog, Hyperphysical Shotcaster). You could rely on spells to flex, such as Clairvoyance and Sixth Sense, but then that's a lot to juggle and Pete doesn't have ways of guaranteeing these come into play (e.g. there's things like Arcane Initiate, but with 2 Katana, 2 Clairvoyance and 1 Sixth Sense there's no room). Still I think this is the most interesting use for Katana, and Duke allows you to further take chunks out of enemies. It just again feels a bit gimmicky rather than a naturally strong combo.

• Charlie Kane. Charlie can also unexhaust assets with Bonnie Walsh, and can access Beat Cop •• for more fast damage. Even so he's more awkward than either of the other two in getting this working. See comment below.

The last thing I'll say about this card is its resource cost stinks. 4 resources for two kinds of actions which are hard to get working properly? No thanks! Overall I'd say it has niche uses on some investigators around its action, but is otherwise outshone by easier to use fight assets which are cheaper and take up only one hand (e.g. Machete).

Beyond the amazing power of its upgrades, this level 0 creature can act as a resource generator. Uncanny Growth has no limit to how many growth it can put on at once, meaning you can turn each point of success into a resource.

Looking at the cost analysis:

Cost: 4 actions (to play, get event, investigate, get resources), 2 resource cost, ~2 cards to commit.

Benefit: 1 clue (~1 action), 6 resources, 1 health/sanity.

Result: -3 actions, +4 resources, -2 cards, +1 health/sanity

which is not worth it, compared to other cards that generate resources.

For a big-Money deck that focuses on high skill value, it might be worth it. For instance, in Jenny, who can take Streetwise, each cycle (get Uncanny Growth, play Uncanny Growth and boost with Streetwise, get resources from Myconid) would increase her resource pool by roughly 50%. Though, woe to the person that draws an autofail (maybe bring Justify the Means?).

This card isn't great for seekers, but it is a literal life saver for their guardian friends.

Seeker decks are usually good to go at level 0, where by design guardians are entirely dependent on having their weapons out. A seeker can make reasonable progress against a location without any tools, but a guardian might as well be attacking an enemy with a butter knife with their bare hands.

If you have terrible luck like me, this is basically an auto include in your seeker decks if you have a guardian mob handler. Once their weapon is out the card loses a lot of value, but saving them from milling for four turns to get a damn weapon is huge.