I want to add one thing to this review and it is a "build a deck around it combo" so I give fair warning BUT.

Luke is more broken with this then we thought...Grotesque statue (2), Written in the stars, Alyssa Graham, and Enraptured, encyclopedia, add in double magnifying glasses (1) and Backpack (2)...

10exp, and a full auto clear of the map, as Luke would be testing 5 with enraptured + Alyssa and any hand slot makes him hit 7 assuming 4 shroud is the highest (almost always the case) if grotesque is out he literally cannot fail.

oh Luke...

added deck build map the area, eureka for tutor, practice makes perfect for tutor, astounding revelations to thin your deck, whitton greene for tutor, call in a favour for tutor, quantum flux for a second go at enraptured on top of deck if you end of with them in hand, and finally analysis for another option instead of enraptured and grotesque.

Is this OP for Luke?

Luke Robinson -> Dream-gate -> Double magnifying glass (0) -> Any + 1 book ally -> Any + 1 book accessory -> Analysis -> Testing Sprint

Zero EXP with the potential to absorb all clues in one action as the only reliable fail on standard would be 4 shroud locations (-4) token???

Just want to confirm that this would work with testing sprint if you 1st action used this in dream-gate then dropped testing sprint.

It's not clear exactly who this card is for: none of our Chapter 2 rogues, Trish Scarborough, André Patel or Dexter Drake have a high enough combat to reliably pull this off, and Dexter would likely not have exhausted an enemy first. I can't see any of those three loading their decks with combat icons or wanting to spend extra card commits to make this work. The 2xp version A Sudden Fall seems to be the space this card was intended for. This card should have been fight with agility with no bonus and then have the upgrade add combat and +1 damage. The art is pretty great, though!

Spoiler!

I absolutely LOVE the artwork! It's Dr. Rosa Marquez looking back to the Investigators in the final scenario of the Feast of Hemlock Vale right before she sacrifices herself to safe everybody. The determination in the gaze of this stoic woman in the face of death totally grips me emotionally. I get tears in my eyes every time I look at it. I can't appreciate that artwork enough!

An alternative to Uncage The Soul. But here's my big issue:

If you have no Asset to play, this is a dead card in your hand. Uncage The Soul has two Willpower icons on it. Without a card to combo this with... this is literally useless. I'm willing to take the point of damage to drop a Mystic rocket launcher in an enemy's face by avoiding the attack of opportunity, but outside of an exclusive Chapter 2 cardpool, that lack of Skill icons feels like a dealbreaker.