Livre d'Eibon
Grimoire Hyperboréen

Soutien. Main

Objet. Relique. Livre.

Coût: 2.

Neutre

Deck de Norman Withers uniquement.

Inclinez le Livre d'Eibon : échangez la carte du dessus de votre deck avec une carte de votre main.

Inclinez le Livre d'Eibon : attribuez la carte du dessus de votre deck à un test de compétence éligible effectué par un investigateur dans votre lieu.

Michele Giorgi
Aux Confins de la Terre – Extension Investigateurs #5.
Livre d'Eibon

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Reviews

After years of being hobbled with the sub-par signatures presented in his book reveal, the real thing is finally here, and it really helps cement Norman as the efficiency machine he was striving to be.

Previously, Norman struggled with some action-order constraints, and his deckbuilding had compatibility issues with skill cards and non-Fast events. Being able to swap his topdeck card at will frees Norman from a lot of these problems - and when the Livre is out, you're probably going to be using it every turn. Notably, as a Tome signature, it's probably the easiest one in the game to pull from your deck courtesy of Research Librarians. It's worth digging deep on a mulligan for this book or your book slaves, because you can usually investigate just fine out the gate with 5.

Traditionally, you'd use his ability to cast half-off Working a Hunch or cheapen an expensive asset like St. Huey's Key. Now that he's officially joining the fray, Edge of the Earth brings him lots of toys tailor-made for this book: Written in the Stars lets you topdeck that Deduction and throw it into a slew of Investigate tests, hoovering up 6+ clues in a turn. Astronomical Atlas accelerates your draw and, at its simplest, lets you get one more use out of a / skill before you officially draw it, provided you pass the test. When the Livre isn't discounting a card of your choice each turn, it's essential for setting up these big combos with the rest of his kit.

There are other conceivable uses for it in the Seeker wheelhouse - a Research-focused deck can topdeck the surprised rabbis it ends up drawing, ensuring no such cards are ever wasted. If you have mid-turn draw effects, you can do similar with Cryptic Writings, though swapping it into your hand through the Livre or the Atlas likely won't trigger the free-play effect.

Teag · 50
If i have a weakness in my hand i can use this card to swap with my top deck and then the forced effect triggers then i will get a free top card card revealed right? — Catv5 · 1
PMP your deduction. Draw it again! — MrGoldbee · 1446
The combo of this + Astounding Revelation was brilliant, thanks for that. I love running ARs for economy, they go well with Research Librarians already, and now knowing Livre insures they never have to go to waste makes me love them even more. — HanoverFist · 718

If Norman become Body of a Yithian during City of Archives and lose the ability of revealing topdeck (or Stubborn Detective whatever), can he trigger the 2nd ability of Livre d'Eibon ?

Since he no longer knows what card the topdeck is , I suppose he may not trigger it.

Yusaku · 2
Spoiler warning! Doesn't the scenario description says that you have to remove all unique item from your deck? — Tharzax · 1
Spoiler, too! You are both right. There is no "Livre d'Eibon" in this scenario, but should Norman stay a Yithian, I would say, he could not use the second ability, because there are no matching icons on the back side of any card. — Susumu · 366
But I commit the card and it's symbols regardless of the backside. I suppose you can't commit a card, which symbols you don't know. In this case you don't know if you have an eligible test. But if you somehow get to know the top card of your deck and it has matching symbols I would allow to commit it with the livre. So probably consider Alyssa, scrying, SoS etc. — Tharzax · 1
I think, regardless if you know the symbols on the card, as long, as it is face down, the card has no symbols, so should be uncomittable. — Susumu · 366
Wasn't there some faq for committing cards that are attached faced down under cards like Diana, the atlas etc? I think I remember that the answer stated that you can look at them every time and that you can commit them. Therefore I come to the conclusion above. But I couldn't find it. — Tharzax · 1
Cards below Diana can never be committed to a test, only added to her hand due to her elder sign, or played, if she has the "Twilight Blade" in play. However, "Crystallizer of Dreams" allows to commit cards attached facedown to it. It speciffically says "as if they were in your hand", so this might still be a case of the "Golden Rule" not applying to the Livre, but I might also be wrong. Not sure anymore, I stand corrected. — Susumu · 366
After reading the ability again I'm now thinking about resolving it. Assuming I activate it m wwithout the top card of my deck revealed, I got a card with a random symbol I have to commit to the next eligible test. Do I create a lasting effect like the card surprising find? — Tharzax · 1
No, "Surprising Find" says to "put it into play in your play area, then commit it to the next eligible test you perform". While this is a lasting effect, it is also a specific ability on "Surprising Find", that can not be aplied to other cards as a general rule, which don't have the ability printed on the card. — Susumu · 366
Yes, but I think the part with putting it into play is there to get it out of the deck, that's usually shuffled afterwards so you don't know where the card would be. This is clearly defined by livres ability. So I know which card to commit, but not their symbols. Since I have the potential to commit a card and no restrictions except exhaustion I can use the ability. Now you have to resolve as much as you can and if you don't have the right symbols you can't commit the card. You can't resolve this step and nothing more happens. The card goes back on top of your deck. — Tharzax · 1