This card is best compared to level 0 Streetwise. For a similar median effect of (around) +2 skill value per 2 resources:

-This costs 4 additional xp

-This costs 2 additional initial resources

-This increases the risk of autofail

-This takes an extremely valuable accessory slot

-This removes itself from the game after an average of 10-20 uses.

A similar comparison can be made to Hard Knocks, which came out in the Core set and is still stronger. Level 3 Streetwise which came out in the same expansion completely blows this out of the water. The only argument left for this card is use in Willpower tests. However, even in an extremely limited card pool, any Rogue would be better off taking two copies of Guts and Unexpected Courage, or even Elder Sign Amulet for the icons before even considering this.

Therefore, even with just Core + Dunwich, this card is never worth taking except for purely roleplaying reasons, or with buffs from house rules.

so... Adhoc is really good in combination with the other 2 versions of this card. I can only assume adhoc can't do 3 damage with this weapon since its in the discard and can't exhaust. same for pushed to the limit. This feels pretty targeted.

It takes 2 actions to fight and there are very few cards that guardians can have access to in order to use it twice hand-eye coordination is the only guardian card that I can think of. Course Leo could do it if you can take rogue cards but that is rough. So what exactly is this card nerfing by switching to exhaust besides this?

is this niche combo only about 3-4 guardians can take really so broken? I get the rebalancing with the new core set but this card feels really bad compared to the lvl 0 sledgehammer. even taking the exhaust away its +1 fight to either action for 3 experience, for frankly mediocre results.

We'll see how much rebalancing gets done and how much weaker cards are in general as we get more expansions in the new core but this seems like something that will fall short and may need to get buffed.

The chapter two pickpocketing! One less resource and you don't get to draw cards off of it, but I think in the context of chapter 2 this isn't a bad card at all. It pays itself off on first use, everything afterward is a nice bit of drip economy and our two Ch2 Rogues both enjoy evading a lot.

The level 0 is fine, I guess, but it's harder to swallow 1 action and a resource vs just 1 resource.

I think many rogues or characters with rogue access who regularly evade will be taking this card over the course of chapter 2s lifespan.

Comparing Out the door and "Watch this!" is so strange to me. They both have a lot of overlap, in that they're both: rogue money generating skills, they both have downsides on failing the test, they're both gambit traited, and they can both be found in Andre Patel's box.

But when you start to look at the differences, almost everything shows up in favor of out the door.

• Compared to "watch this!", you get an additional +1 on agility tests, and the option to commit for +1 on book tests, which "watch this!" couldn't do at all.
• You can commit it to a teammate's test, as an uncharacteristically generous way of handing out resources.
• You don't need to have resources to spend on committing the card to begin with.
• If you fail, you maintain your current resource count. You only lose the ones you just gained, whereas "Watch this!" will lose you the amount you would've gained, which is a really big downside for a card that you would slot specifically to help solve your money problems.
• This generates resources before you do the test, meaning you can immediately spend the resources generated on a talent like Silver Tongue as a part of the same test, if you need to.
• You don't need to succeed by 1 to generate resources. If you're not already aiming to succeed by 1 or more, this essentially means out the door gives you an additional +1 over "watch this!".

Now, in favor of "Watch this!" we have:

• Has the potential to generate 1 additional resource

That 1 additional resource is actually quite a substantial benefit. That's the difference between Leo De Luca and Leo De Luca. But is it worth it? I don't feel like it. The extra risk is feels like it's in direct conflict with it - I'd much prefer to choose +2/+0 over +3/-3.

Doesn't really matter either way, to be honest. You spend one XP per card and get Out the door(1). All of a sudden that last upside too joins the winning team.

Nothing says you can't take both of course. "Watch this!" was and still is a great card, but the best purpose that card serves now is to emphasize just how strong Out the door is.

Great ally for Tony. Not only he boosts Tony's main stat (and so helps getting out enemies), but also for fast action he could finish the enemy using Tony's Colt (and not using its ammo). Doing so, we can feed Bounty Contracts and keep gaining additional fight/engage actions until the end of the scenario.