Zoey blood fueled rampage

This is a variant on the Zoey hungering blade deck that I have been playing around with since the research cards were announced. I’m getting this written up and published now before the inevitable changes to Rook in the next evolved list.

I’ve played this deck through the dream eaters and a couple of standalones. It really flourishes in scenarios with plentiful enemies otherwise the blood lust gets ahead of you. Taking it to the jungles in forgotten age might not be a great idea. In terms of role it’s an aggressive tank deck which hunts down and kills enemies building up an engine to take on any big bosses at the end of the scenario clearing space for others investigators to find clues. The deck is heavily focussed on fighting. If you want more of a generalist drop a couple of the astounding revelations for sixth senses. This will slow the deck a little bit but will give you access to clues.

Initial setup

STTP : Prepare for the worse, ever vigilant and either on the hunt depending on player count or first watch depending on player count. Your first priority is to get the hungering blade. Mulligan hard for the blade and/or Rook. If you still don’t find it use prepare to have one a final go otherwise go for an enchanted blade. If you have the balde out finding smite the wicked with rooks is no bad thing as it will help you build moment. With prepare rook and STTP you can get a lot of resource very quickly from astounding revelation however as soon as hungering blade is on the table stop using Rook.

Feeding the hungry

Once you are setup you need to start feeding the sword as quickly as possible. Use on the hunt and First Watch to scout for enemies, ideally swarms, and start building up offerings on the blade. Once you have two use Rook to find the blood lusts with any astounding revelations putting secrets back onto Rook. Keep repeating this until you have a fully charged blade Beat cop and Zoeys cross help with odd health enemies while keeping your bloodlust on the blade. Once you are fully set up you should have quite a small deck so you can start cycling bloodlust back through your deck if you have spare offerings.

Preparing for failure

Well prepared is primarily there to help with fights but with Zoey cross, beat cop and police badge it can also give you boosts to treachery tests. Well prepared combos particularly well with the story allies from Dream Eaters to give boost to a wide range of stats.

The big finish

Once you are set up you can poor the blood lusts into bosses. With the cross, vicious blows, and the bloodlusts you can do more than 10 damage in a turn enough for many bosses all on your own while your team mate stand back and try not to be scared of the cook drenched in blood.