Marion completes the 3 Guardians Trio (15xp)

• A few weeks ago I published 2 decks that were meant to be played in a group of 3 players. I finally took the time to publish the 3rd deck to complete the trio.
• The final trio is composed of:
  • Sister Mary (main support, secondary flex)
  • Carolyn Fern (main cluever, secondary support)
  • Marion Tavares (this deck) (main fighter, secondary cluever)
• Note that despite being 3 guardians, all decks can be assembled using one single collection.

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• Consistently trigger Marion's ability using the 20 events in the deck
• Fight with powerful events (1, 2, 3, 4), Brand of Cthugha and Beat Cop protected by Bandages
• Get clues with Old Keyring, "Look what I found!" and True Awakening

Fighting with events

• Radiant Smite Up to 4 damage at a very low cost. An obvious choice considering that this deck is meant to be paired with Sister Mary.
• Sweeping Kick 2 damage making good use of Marion's 3. Can evade elite enemies too.
• Toe to Toe 2 damage testless and resource free. Tanking the enemy's attack should not be a problem considering that you also have Carolyn Fern in your team.
• One-Two Punch Up to 3 damage if you can pass the first test. There are several skill boosting options in the deck to help with that (1, 2, 3, 4).

Fighting with assets

• Brand of Cthugha A secondary fighting option that takes up no hand slot. To be used mostly on low fight value enemies, as the skill boost is small and the penalty for succeeding by 0 is painful.
• Beat Cop In combination with Bandages, you can extend the number of times you can ping an enemy for 1 testless damage.

Investigating

• "Look what I found!" Originally, I had both Flashlight and Old Keyring in the deck, the idea being "fight with events, investigate with hand assets". However, in Marion "Look what I found!" is basically an Old Keyring on steroids: for 1 more resource you get the same result (2 guaranteed clues at -2 test difficulty) but fast and triggering your investigator ability.
• Old Keyring Preferred over Flashlight due to the "spend charge only on success" and good synergy with "Look what I found!" to tackle high shroud locations.
• True Awakening Probably a staple in Marion. For 0 resource, draw 2 cards + get a free clue + trigger your investigator ability. Sick.

Economy

• Resources are covered by Emergency Cache and Stand Together.
• Card draw is covered by your investigator ability and True Awakening.

Encounter Protection

The main weaknesses of this deck are in fact handled by your teammates:

• Treachery protection is covered by Sister Mary who can control the mythos phase.
• Horror protection is covered by Carolyn Fern who has multiple options to heal horror.

Other notable card choices

• Wolf Mask provides a much needed skill boost in the level 0 deck where fight events don't boost skill value. Less relevant as the deck upgrades, can be upgraded into Ace of Swords.
• A Glimmer of Hope Multiple uses for this one. Can boost skill value (especially useful for level 0 fight events and for Brand of Cthugha), can be used as discard fodder for "I'll do it myself", and having these in your discard makes sure you always have a target to use your investigator ability on.
• Hunter's Mark A nice upgrade to Vicious Blow in Marion. As pinging enemies for 1 damage is already covered by Beat Cop, I included a single copy to be used during a boss fight for the persistent skill boost.
• Resourceful To complete the 5 survivor card slots. Can target "Look what I found!", Old Keyring and Bandages.

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