Fine-Tuned Antikylucius

Ok so, Lucius. The long awaited Seeker 5 Rogue 2 investigator. You could easily gobble up the strongest cards in your collection and make an awesome deck with this guy, and I wouldn't blame you for going that way. It has meta written all over him, so much so that his ability is somewhat lackluster (Rex Murphy on evade?), his is pure whack and his weakness hurts him pretty badly.

So yeah, I love Lucius. He's both the wet dream and the recurring nightmare of every spike player out there. What I assembled here is not a list that aims to collect generally good cards and go to town, instead it focuses on a thing Lucius excels in: oversucceeding.

See, since it has been spoiled, Antikythera grabbed everybody's attention. And yeah, as we all imagined, it's bonkers. Any test you oversucceed in becomes pure value, all the modes are amazing and the only risk is oversucceeding by 6+, which I imagine could happen more often at easier difficulties, but I've never played anything lower than Hard so I wouldn't know precisely. Even at Hard, though, sometimes the deck does its job a bit too well. Which is a sign of something working very well.

So, let's get into the deck. As you might have noticed, this is an Underworld Support deck. Why is that? Because you can't have more than one Antikythera in play, and I wanted to make the list as clutch and efficient as possible. Everything has been fine tuned (pun intended) for either evading enemies or investigating with the highest degree of efficiency. It feels like driving a luxury sports car: it's fast, elegant, sleek and gets to the point very quickly.

Let's get to the actual cards. If you've read some of my lists, you'll know I like to group my card selections into themes. While this deck doesn't require Antikythera to function, the difference it makes makes you feel like you're playing in a different league entirely. So, Backpack is there to find it (and other interesting Items we will look at in a sec).

Also, this deck draws like a beast: between Pickpocketing, , Manual Dexterity and Perception you'll churn through your deck at hyperspeed. String Along is a particularly nice addition since it gives a boost to our and it doesn't disengage from the enemy, keeping it with you to be evaded again at a different location.

Hiking Boots, Blur, Gené Beauregard, Fox Mask and the great skills we're playing serve a similar purpose, both pumping our relevant stats and getting value in some way or another. Fox Mask is especially great with String Along since it replenishes on every move with an enemy (exhausted) by your side.

and Kicking the Hornet's Nest help you look for an actual enemy to evade and get you cards, clues and money in the meantime. is great since Lucius' main issue is his measly 2 paired with an even flimsier 6 sanity, a reason for playing Logical Reasoning to avoid going insane.

Steady-Handed, Inquisitive and your trusty Book of Verse give you some control on which mode of the Antikythera you want to activate, with the first healing you when needed. Grift is a great economy engine since it makes us take a very easy test, which can trigger our beloved relic.

Do I need to explain why Deduction is good? I do not, but since this deck loves to evade enemies and has actions to spare Microscope serves as a great vacuuming tool.

Last, but far from least, the card that gives its name to the decklist: Fine Tuning. It took me a while to notice that Antikythera is a Science asset, and that Fine Tuning is not only for Tools. Imagine activating Antikythera twice per turn. Imagine taking 5 action turns all game long, or getting two clues on an evade and an upkeep on the next one.

Man, fine tuning that strange clock is wild. I hope you'll try it.

There is not much else to say, if you really hate playing clutch decks with Underworld Support you're really losing on the fun, but you can easily adapt the decklist to your need. It won't be nowhere as good and fast as this one, but you do you.

I feel like I've wrote Antikythera a thousand times and yet I can't spell it correctly for the life of me.

A side note: what do Lucius' ability and cardpool have to do with him being a poet? We're studying a mysterious timepiece in order to trip monsters here. Whatever, I still love him.

Hope you'll love him too.

See you next time with a great support deck!

Until then,

xoxo, Provvy Girl