Carolyn Fern, Tri Tip (lvl 0)

This is a deck I have been using to play the Circle Undone with a Carolyn/Skids team. Both investigators are built as generalists and can hold their own in combat and investigation.

The deck presented is a level 0 version, which is a place to start (check the "decks derived from this deck" section for that one). The upgraded version of this deck works in standalone mode as well and I've tested it extensively in solo and team settings.

Opening Hand: You want to mulligan your entire hand if you don't have a weapon in your opening hand. Eventually you want to get the meat cleaver in play, but to start it's fine to get any weapon.

Peter Sylvestre is there to fuel your Meat Cleaver and forbidden knowledge. I included a lot of resource generation purposefully as the higher level versions of the deck work off resource-powered stat boosts.

Running this deck many, many times I rarely found myself short on resources.

In multilayer games, replace dynamite blast with teamwork if you prefer.

Finally, the Ward of protection and deny existence cards are there for defense and you shouldn't be afraid to use ward, even if it would make you lose your composure.

Overall, if piloted well this deck should be able to handle quick clue acquisition and occasional combat. I opted for pain pills to heal damage as opposed to true grit or other healing cards because of the synergy with Peter, but feel free to replace them if you wish.