To make it super clear, I'll ask this question for confirmation:

If Patrice draws this card during upkeep, she can choose to go first in the next Investigator phase. If she has 3 actions for her turn, she can spend action 1 to try to fight/evade the Watcher in her hand. If she succeeds, the Watcher is discarded. If she fails the test, then it enters play engaged with her. She can choose to do nothing for her last 2 actions. Then, the fighter of the group can kill the Watcher. Right?

If that's the case, then this weakness seems fairly manageable. If successful, it only costs Patrice one action and maybe some resources or a charge or a card to deal with the Watch. If not successful, then it loses Patrice a turn. Not the most terrifying, but definitely something to plan for considering it can do 3 damage during the enemy phase.

So this may be one of the strongest cards ever printed for yorick, lets go down the list.

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If you only get 1 blessing in the bag this still reads as 2 resources on his ability that can be looped basically forever, once you spend all the blessing the rite goes to your discard pile where you can just replay it until every enemy is dead.

If you go from tempt fate or keep faith into a 3/4 blessing Rite, yorick instantly becomes the fuel for your entire teams assets.

I am constantly struggling in my yorick decks to find ways to even spend my money anymore, no amount of high cost assets seem to be enough to drain the pool.

If you are a fan of the gravedigger then 10/10 I endorse this combo.

If you make a solemn vow to Carolyn to give her a piggyback for the rest of the evening while she whispers bible verse in your ears, you will find yourself much refreshed.

The usefulness of this card is limited by the fact you have to be at the same location at the tank or healer, but Safeguard does a ton to offset this. Because it's 0 cost and Fast, it's also a very polite inclusion in your deck, as you don't have to mulligan for it, as you know that most often you can draw it whenever and get it out.

I'm enjoying it a lot in Carolyn, as she likes centralising the party's horror, so she can deal with it on her own terms.

What happens to the Relic attached to Dr. Horowitz when she leaves play? I think its discarded.

Anyways there are some nice combinations like:

• Ornatebow not using any Handslots
• Like you can have Boxinggloves into play combinded with another Weaopen like Relic Blade.

If its really worth picking up the Ally-Slot + Dr. Horowitz is not allowed to die. I`m not sure.

So I am coming around on Silas, the same way I did on Mary, and for the same reason: more cards were released in their campaigns, and those cards play to their strengths.

Many new cards, like signum crucis (now 0xp), give you benefits before you commit them. That allows you to add a ton of bless tokens to the bag every round, either for one action or as part of the mythos phase, and with Drawing Thin, the numbers can get substantial. In a bless-heavy strategy, Unrelenting can either majorly increase your chances of success (Most of the tokens that would make you fail, including numerical tokens, out of the bag), or you can put additional blessings on it, draw cards, and let it ride.

Silas can supplement his stats in odd ways with level two Defiance, Steadfast, or advanced Guts/Manual dexterity. Want to spend money as fast as you make it? Use inspiring presence with Madame LeBranche to power either dark horse or the Mariner's compass. There’s even solo potential, with the compass, sharp vision, and Granny Orne, true understanding, or the survivor suite of fail-to-win.

I am playing with Silas and Ursula through TIC currently*, and speed is more important than the ability to dole out violence. Track shoes, quick thinking to grab enemies off of pals during their turn...it's Arkham at a sprint!

I’ve left my previous review below, but consider this one the most accurate.

*We won. Old review: [[[Silas is a signature character for the Innsmouth Conspiracy. For a cycle all about bless tokens, it’s currently hard to pin down if he can do much that’s more effective than William Yorrick.

Obviously, Marsh will have a better time with the frequent dex checks the campaign asks for. But six boxes into the game’s life, survivors have slim pickings in terms of weapons, and if you don’t buy the Stella set, you’re stuck with the old hunting rifle and that’s about it. (Silas could be confident with the bow, running shoes, Peter, and even Dark Horse, but he has no additional action economy to make the bow effective.)

Being able to second-guess skill checks is useful, but it’s extremely hard to build out combat versatility without guardian access. Your ability to boost your attack and to do extra damage is minimal.]]]

If you want to play as Silas, try the Eldritch Horror third edition expansion, where one of his items is a shirt that keeps getting torn off.