Nun without a Gun (30XP) | HC 1k Series

Overview Use Brand of Cthugha ••••, Nephthys, Radiant Smite and Spectral Razor •• for damage, and Sixth Sense and Read the Signs •• for clues. Spectral Razor allowing a free engagement and Read the Signs ignoring location effects is neat as well!

When you need a big bless infusion you can supercharge tokens with Purified paired to Read the Signs •• or Spectral Razor ••, which add to another stat. Purified also handles from Crisis of Faith now that Deny Existence no longer deals with it.

Spectral Razor •• and Read the Signs •• are recurred when you draw a symbol. Prescient gives further chances of spell event recursion, and Favor of the Sun gives consistency. Events such as Guided by Faith are dropped from the deck early as they're not spells and so not targets for Prescient or Arcane Initiate.

Prophetic provides a resource engine in a single card, allowing you to play spells and spirit events cheaply - forming a combo with your recurable spells. If you have plenty of resources, instead use it for skill boosts. Make sure to play it first with Ever Vigilant to make a spell asset free!

Nephthys hoovers up , allowing for big damage when you need it and for conserving Brand of Cthugha charges. Arcane Initiate when played early adds consistency, coupling to Glory's card draw and the deck thinning from Stick to the Plan.

Campaign starter and planned progression Two Arcane Research makes this a 30 XP deck. 0 XP deck is as follows (and link here):

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Candidate spells for Arcane Research upgrades are below, and should be upgraded whenever is convenient (Brand of Cthugha costs a further 1XP to upgrade):

Read the Signs → Read the Signs ••

Spectral Razor → Spectral Razor ••

Brand of Cthugha • → Brand of Cthugha ••••

A recommended order of purchases/upgrades for remaining cards is:

Wither → Brand of Cthugha •

1 x Guided by Faith → 1 x Four of Cups

1 x Guided by Faith → 1 x Ever Vigilant

Stick to the Plan (load with Taunt, Emergency Cache and Ever Vigilant)

Upgrade to Brand of Cthugha •••• around here

Shrivelling → Favor of the Sun

1 x Emergency Cache → 1 x Prophetic

1 x Fearless → 1 x Nephthys

Voice of Ra → Radiant Smite

1 x Guts → 1 x Prophetic

1 x Guts → 1 x Nephthys

Final thoughts This is in essence a Mystic with Stick to the Plan and Arcane Research, who adds to the bag every turn - which as a premise is awesome! For boss-battling this deck is capable of 13 damage in a turn (2 x Radiant Smite, Nephthys, Brand of Cthugha) which is what you get from the .35 Winchester with Custom Modifications: Quicksilver Bullets and Enchant Weapon (and there's also only so many guaranteed blesses you can feed the Winchester). On top of that this also has reasonable clue-finding capability - so it works well as flex without losing out on enemy management. I can't overstate how good Nephthys and Prophetic are on this deck - two fast damage and free boosts/resources really is strong. Don't sleep on this deck, you'll like it!