This is a good buy for the last scenario of a campaign, even outside of a Déjà Vu deck. Survivors tend to have a lot XP by the end of campaigns, because their upgraded cards usually cost 1-3 XP. You should have no problem to play this card at maximum value and discard >= 2XP second copy of a card from your hand to also remove doom from agenda, which is very valuable expecially in final scenarios with Ancient Evils or similar effects. I would not run this card for scenarios 1 - 6 without Déjà Vu, but in a penultimate and ultimate scenario this is a strong card. Compare to Hallow or Fortune or Fate. I ran Burn After Reading in Yorick in Into the Maelstrom and got some value form it, because this scenario puts some pressure on doom clock through several cards.

This card is an obvious combo with anyone who can take Chuck the O’Bannion. But it’s come into vogue for an investigator who takes more Tricks than gin rummy.

Pilfer isn’t just “get clues with agility”, it’s “get a lot clues with agility.” And while Rita could take it before, she didn’t have the economy to make it happen…until Crafty came along. With Crafty, and some combination of drawing thin, easy mark, or even another Crafty, you can play this* every turn. The flexibility of going from boss evader and map explorer to second seeker is wild.

Things like live and learn, “hit me!”, heavy furs and lucky(3) can make sure you meet the success by +2 threshold. Survivor blessed tech will also help a lot. It's a new day for multiplayer Rita. A day filled with pilfering.

*Level 3

As existing reviews point out, it's relatively difficult to get value from Bruiser, because few investigators that repeatedly play Armor, Firearm, or Melee cards, relegating the main use case of this to act as a pseudo-static boost on fight checks. It works fine for that purpose, though it's a little overpriced for it.

But there are quite a few investigators who would go quite far with the discount. Allow me to highlight some of them:

• Silas Marsh can now return the Sea Change Harpoon to hand every round if he wants to, returning a whole bunch of skills to hand each round
• Tony Morgan can cycling through his Tony's .38 Long Colts, Luparas, and .41 Derringers, and would love to be more reliable oversucceeding on his Switchblade.
• Tommy Muldoon could repeatedly play Protective Gear in a hazardous campaign
• Yorick could repeatly play the new Fire Extinguisher (3) from the discard to easily automatically evade large groups, or just juggle the Chainsaw. Even repeatedly replaying the Gravedigger's Shovel feels much better if said shovel were free. Ice Picks are Melee too! There's quite a few good options here.

I think Rita Young might really favor this card as well. This really supports Pilfer in the absence of Chuck Fergus. Plus Tool coverage is nothing to be scoff at for Survivors (Ice Pick, Chainsaw, Old Keyring, Lantern, Sledgehammer, Fire Extinguisher etc)

A major improvement from the original composure set. The new composures included in End of the Earth are, in my opinion, auto includes. 2 constant stat boosts, 0 cost, soak, slotless, a way to spend resources you don't need, and to top it all off it doesn't even cost an action to play. All you need is a way to find it in your deck, and as long as you can protect that 1 damage/horror that will send it to your discard then it can stay in play all game, easier said for Survivors probably. Much like the original versions, I personally think moxie and Plucky are two of the stronger ones as they help protect against treacheries and can help with monsters/clues respectively. Rogues really can get a lot of treachery protection out of moxie especially if you can generate a lot of resources (and which rogue can't). And honestly, who doesn't love the art for this card? Save the puppy!