Yvain said:

I agree.  It could very well give the Cthulhu dominance a run for its money.  Instead of people running mono Cthulhu decks, Cthulhu/Yog decks, or Cthulhu/Hastur decks, they'll start running . . .

 . . . Cthulhu/Miskatonic decks, of course.

COCLCG said:

Sigh.

hahaha. didn't say i'd do it though!!

i am a strong anti - cthulhu deck maker myself. hate them with a passion because they're so easy to make. i was simply commenting on another person's idea and am deeply offended having my name and that remark 'quoted' in that light - haha. i'm more a shub / yog man myself, and you'd know this if you were around enough (i'd even go as far to say that people on here are probably sick of hearing me laud them so incessantly).

(plus i thought it'd be nice to actually agree with people sometimes and look how it came back to bite me on the arse).

COCLCG said:

Ya see, when you start talking in absolutes, it is hard to take you seriously.

First off, its not a "fact". Second of all you dont know what you are talking about when saying that the deck wasn't tuned well enough. You've been playing for a few months and won an OZ regional and suddenly what you say is "fact"? I am afraid not, grasshopper.

As for being "deeply offended"… huh? I only refuted your assertion stated as an irrefutable fact. If such really was as weak as you say, then the game is broken. Which is patently false.

you might wanna look up at the post preceeding that comment (shakes head).

not everyone's talking to you and i've seen in other posts you getting all high and mighty over garbage so tone it down will ya.

infirmary deals with destroyed characters. it does nothing against sacrificing. AKA fact.

oh, that's right. sorry, i forgot that you dwell in a Non-Euclidean universe where your cards somehow work differently.

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As for being all "high and mighty", if you have a problem take it to PM. I have no issue with you and didnt until this.

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I agree, if you want to fight take it to PM.  Doesn't belong there.

Personally I'm glad to see Miskatonic getting some good love, nerds are fun to play.

dboeren said:

I agree.  Right now, I think Cthulhu is plenty strong, and doesn't need anything more for, oh, I don't know, the next six to twelve Asylum packs or so.  Yog and Shub could use some extra help, as could Syndicate.  But Misk and Twilight, and especially Syndicate, could really use help.  Right now, Syndicate is considered a "support only" faction, which is really unfortunate - MiskU was nearly at that point, but with the recent cards I think it's become more viable.

wow, just read the article on combing the archives (i'm a bit slow). they're not just getting the love, they're getting dry humped between the stacks!!

i guess cards like lucas corn, ophidian blight, sleep of reason, nightstalker, guardian beast, grim wraith, lightning gun, david pan etc will all be seeing a lot more game play!!

also Dr. Bartlet is now officially my favourite miskatonic character……..

Good point on characters or supports with struggle icons getting a boost from this.  Shaping the icon struggle should be a more viable strategy given greater diversity in Conspiracy cards.  There seems to be more focus on the Combat and Terror struggles in most decks, so Combing the Archives will create headaches for players who don't include some struggle icons in their decks.

Dr. Bartlett certainly gets a boost as well, but the card that will really be coming into its own is Ol' Lazy Eyes.  Very powerful in combination with Into the Woods or Combing the Archives (but also Endless Investigation, and possibly others).

Also, could be some interesting possibilities with Conspiracy Theorist, although the difficult is keeping him alive against the plentiful destruction effects floating around right now.

conspiracy theorist / disc of itzamna

and i think we'll see the ol' statue of y'ha-nthlei getting dusted off again too, and seeing as dragged into the deep might be able to remove conspiracies (still waiting on judgement for that one), cthulhu will of course (yawn) be the deck to beat miskatonic. why oh why FFG??

COCLCG said:

OK, something like Combing the Archives / Conspiracy Theorist / Disc of Itzamna could be amazing against players who are short on support removal.  Granted, that does not include most tournament decks, but in casual play I suspect it could work wonders.

With respect to the Statue, I think players who have any hope of being competitive should keep its existence in mind.  Too many 1's and 0's are a Statue disaster waiting to happen, so another part of deck-building going forward will be keeping a mix of skill levels.  That isn't exactly new, as there are plenty of flood-control cards out there already like Catastrophic Explosion and The Oubliettes.

I like the new conspiracy, but I am always a bit weary with them.  If you aren't careful your opponent might steal it out from under you with a couple of removal cards and a Descendant. 

If you play MU rush deck you have to accept those risks and try to nail the early stories. From my perspective its about getting investigation icons to investigation struggles until opponent locks that down then try alternative game enders like Surreals Jamburg/Open for Inspection. Hopefully for the MU there will be a card to buff scientists. Hopefully something like Anthropology Advisor. Then Dr. Barlett, Lab Assistant, Dr Carson become more important. My preference would be +1 skill as suprisingly MU can be light on for skill.

I could be wrong but I thought "destroyed" was just a generic term meaning when something goes to the discard pile? If this is true when you have to sacrifice a character that character is getting "destroyed" right?