Lita is bonkers with One-Two Punch! Because, it provides two fight actions within one action, you also get her extra damage twice.

I was facing Narôgath, covered with the Mask of Umôrdhoth as Nathaniel Cho in a 2 player game, so he had 12 health.

• 1st action: Mano a Mano (1) for 2 damage (including Cho's special ability)
• 2nd and 3rd action: One-Two Punch (0) for 5 damage each

Note, this would not have worked out with the (double) Masked Hunter, because he lacks the Monster-trait and would have had 10 health with the second mask!

Despite surface similarities (both give cards and resources), Nothing Left to Lose serves a very different purpose from Drawing Thin.

Drawing Thin is sustained economy. It's for a deck that constantly spending resources for expensive events or asset recursion. It takes an install cost and actions to trigger its effects. Track Shoes can make it actionless at times, but there's the install cost of Track shoes to consider as well and you need to find both cards and play them. In exchange for an early tempo loss, you get a steady flow of cards and resources every round to fuel your expensive cards.

Nothing Left to Lose is the premier burst economy card. It's for a deck that needs some money to play out its starting assets, then no longer needs more resources, either because the deck is cheap or the assets will provide enough economy. Dark Horse builds are the archetypal example, but it's by no mean limited to Dark Horse builds. For example a Yorick build recurring Rite of Sanctification once set up no longer needs sustain economy from Drawing Thin. All he needs is the starting economy and cards to set up in the first place. In such decks, Nothing Left to Lose will outperform Drawing Thin in set-up tempo and in deck consistency.

The remove from game effect is actually beneficial, since you should only need to play this once per copy in your deck. If you find yourself cycling your deck and still need to play Nothing Left to Lose, you probably should have taken Drawing Thin instead.

It's also an auto-include when when you get Paranoia or Amnesia or Tower as your random basic weakness. Also as existing reviews point out, there's no need to wait to get full value out of it: gaining 5 resources is already better than Emergency Cache (3) even if you're not drawing any cards, as long as you can put the resources to good use.

There are obvious synergies here with survivor, with Yorick being the best partner for Lieutenant Wilson (although Wendy can have fun too, getting additional benefits from her events). Patrice digs him because she always has the cards to toss. And Norman Withers will absolutely love him, because you know exactly what you’re going to discard.

There are some edge cases where Wilson Stewart becomes neat, like when you scry your own deck and can put your weakness on top… then discard it. Or combine have with the upgraded seeker scroll of secrets, with the potential to discard one weakness, put another on top of your deck, and then discard it, and drawing a card you might actually like.

Or you have a draw heavy character like a rogue with the lucky cigarette case. Know that the bottom of your deck is mostly dregs? Toss it! Or pair with Yaotl!

This gun.

This goddamn gun.

Have you ever wanted to play pinball with a boss? Well, look no further, because this gun will send enemies flying every which way around the map, leaving your teammates with more time to run around looking for clues!

Of all the investigators, Mark with his base 5 can probably get the most bang for his buck with this nice piece of alien tech - and, with a perfect combination of The Home Front and Vicious Blow, deal a whopping 6 damage while also acting as a personal chauffeur for any unlucky bastard to be on the receiving end of that deal and still be standing. I think, though, that any combat investigator worth their salt really wants to pick this one up for their own decks.

A great addition to the Survivor class that looks like something out of the Mystic suite. I'm happy to see such a powerful card effect that doesn't have "Exile" attached to it. Since you've paid the steep price of two XP for an insurance policy on one single skill test, you'll definitely want to recur it with Resourceful and keep it coming back again and again. Too bad it's not an Innate card, because True Survivor would be just what the doctor ordered.

This card really lets you push the envelope for a skill test that's a long shot. Three tries to fish out that almighty token, with the ability to stop as soon as you see something that will pass your check. I feel like Third Time's A Charm really gets better when the bag is pumped with tokens...playing this hot on the heels of Keep Faith or Tempt Fate is some awesome risk mitigation. The problem with that approach, though, is that for the same XP cost, why not get the fantastic Ancient Covenant instead? I'd probably pick this up AFTER that Permanent powerhouse, with the two combined being greater than the sum of their parts. That's 4 XP for a combo that will take your bless-heavy deck to the next level.