Puzzled Exchange Student

 

dboeren - 1 out of 5
He’s pretty awful, way below the bar for his cost. For 3 I could be taking someone a lot more useful than this.

Tom Capor - aka Magnus Arcanis
Reading this card yourself you probably thought this was a bad card you’d probably never use. Good news is, you’re right. There is no trick here. The two investigation icons, 3 skill and Willpower isn’t enough for a 3 cost character with that kind of drawback in my opinion. Ok… it’s not that bad. There is a trick. Combo with Rabbit’s Foot and use some effects to rig characters on top of your deck. Card advantage + possible success token + contest stories even from an exhausted position = a fun time. Not the most competitive strategy by any stretch, but there are ways to take advantage of a character who is always committing to a story.

Danigral - 1 out of 5
3 cost for a character that kills itself without some kind of intervention is dumb.

Kamacausey - 1 out of 5
I guess they used up all of the m.u. awesomeness in this set on bruno because this guy is terrible. I can honestly say that I will never use him in a deck unless I’m just putting him in there to be silly. So. Bad. It. Hurts.

jhaelen - 2 out of 5
While the skill and icons aren't bad, especially with Willpower, at cost 3 there's several characters I'd rather include. Especially because of his puzzling Forced Response. You get to commit him even if exhausted, but your opponent essentially gets to choose where to commit him. So, he'll make sure you either lose him or gain as little benefit as possible from him.

hmm, maybe a student/faculty, unending festivities +Audubon could work. We are trying really hard here to make not so good cards work

I decided to make a mono-MU deck that featured the Prophecy mechanics from Seekers of Knowledge.  Lo and behold, Puzzled Exchange Students filled up my final two slots in the deck.  And here I thought he was only playable in an Unending Festivities deck!

"A Voros" - the prophecy that wants a MU character to be destroyed.  I can't wait to laugh as I watch my opponent figure out how to NOT kill the irritating PES.  Meanwhile, the PES is just standing there, completely in the way, asking for directions while his enemies are looking to munch on him.  The question of how to keep the PES alive is now my opponent's problem, on my turn and his turn, no less.

"Por V" - the prophecy that wants you to win a I struggle.  The PES remains vulnerable, but he still gives you a good chance to win a I struggle before you have to redraw Por V.  Two I icons obviously help in this regard, plus the fact he's committing to a story each turn, no matter what.

BONUS: "Daring Buju" - exhaust the PES to pay for the Buju, replacing a C struggle with a I struggle, and watch the PES win you some easy success tokens.

Can you post a link to the deck?

http://www.cardgamed...k_56d5baf77d973