Im very surprised how good this card is. Yorrick and Ashcan Pete should always have it in their deck, especially in multiplayer. It really helps with tricky situations like moving on your second move to a location with an enemy you cant kill with one attack. It also helps avoiding accidental hits.

Unless it's the back end of a scenario, you're going to end up tanking the 2 horror at some point. It's usually too much tempo loss to constantly move and investigate, even for Ursula. And once you take that 2 horror, you can look forward to drawing this again. Really that's what you're trying to prevent by satisfying that Forced trigger every turn- card draw denial. It is incredibly annoying to top deck this several times in once scenario. That said, take Mr. "Rook" to soften the blow. Yes, the card will recur even after Rook takes the two horror, but at least you pulled two other cards while drawing this one. It's a very thematic and engaging weakness to play around. Just take care you don't get hit too many times.

Saying Jake Williams is bad because Dr. Milan Christopher exists seems incredibly unfair given the fact that Milan is basically the best Ally in the game. Even taking taboo out of the equation, Jake is still incredibly good with Milan in your deck even before grabbing Charisma. For one thing he can help you draw into your other Seeker allies (Milan, Rook, Horowitz). Revealing and putting locations into play is very easy thanks to Pathfinder and Shortcut. His soak and his AoO prevention is also HUGE for Ursula decks that aim to clean up a scenario quickly. It lets Ursula rely on her 4 more strongly, as she doesn't have to worry about losing as much tempo if the board gets cluttered. This is especially nice in true solo where one of the biggest issues a true solo deck can run into is being bogged down by too many enemies at once. Jake, alongside Ursula's free action, makes that so much less of a concern. Jake is incredibly good, and alongside the run of great Seeker allies Ursula can run makes Calling in Favors a very strong choice in Ursula decks.

So I have question about a potential combo for this card. Jim can take Double or Nothing, Eldritch Inspiration and Seal of the Elder Sign. The latter allows him to guarantee drawing a skull, so that's three damage. EI could then be played to recur the skull effect for a further two damage. How would DoN then interact in that scenario ? Both it and EI have an effect to resolve an effect an additional time. The question then is which effect kicks in first. Does DoN double up all of the effects inc the additional two damage you get from playing EI, or would it merely double up the initial result of the attack ? Either option is pretty awesome of course, but one of them would deal 8 damage and the other would deal 10. Guaranteed !

Also, is there anything to stop you from playing two copies of EI on the same attack ? Depending on the interaction with DoN this could get you all the way up to 14 damage on a single action.

Who would use this?

1. Ashcan Pete: the combat bonus stacks with Duke, so he would strongly consider it.
2. Calvin Wright: too weak early game but the repeated healing is good for his longevity and might make it worth it for him.
3. Rita Young: she would rather have Peter Sylvester.
4. Silas Marsh: he also needs more help with sanity than health.
5. Wendy Adams: not interested.
6. William Yorick: might use it in a build without the typical recurring allies.
7. Agnes Baker: she’d Rather have Peter Sylvester.
8. Minh Thi Phan: not interested, unless you really want to push her combat, a la Strange Solution.
9. Preston Fairmont: hard to imagine him taking this but I could be wrong... the bonus is too little.
10. Lola (silence)

I think Ashcan Pete and Calvin Wright are the most likely to use it.