Audubon

From http://www.cardgamed...ew-part-3-r1375
 

BanalityBob - 2/5 - In a straight Miskatonic deck, this can ready Ultima Thule or the Archmage’s Attache for a faster clock or more card advantage, and Archaeology Interns can help manipulating the top of your deck. I can definitely see running a copy or two in new Explorer decks, but I fear it’s of limited enough use that it won’t see much play.
Danigral - 1/5 - Put simply, this doesn’t do enough for all the trouble it would require to get to work. I get to ready one character once a turn? Yippee? Yes, MU does have Archaeology Interns, but other than that not a lot of great ways to seed the top card in-faction. And I don’t know if you noticed, but the faculty-student ratio is a little off at Miskatonic. There are like, 2 professors for every student. Anyway, not a lot of either that are what I consider good enough so that when you mash them together they make a great “Faculty/Student” deck.
dboeren - 1/5 - Too conditional for my tastes, and only usable in a specific theme.
Kamacausey - 1/5 - This is a good example of what a useless faction location looks like. For anyone to play with one of these faction locations entire decks have to synergize around the idea and like most of the factions locations in this box it isn't good enough for what the card wants you to do with your deck.
mnBroncos - 1/5 - won’t trigger all the time and only get to ready a character. Don’t think this will ever see real play.
Reckoner - 1/5 - Though this card is inexpensive to play, the ability is not that great. This card would work best with a powerful card like Ultima Thule, but Thule has no synergy with Faculty and Students.

While I don't think this is a great card, by any means, I think it's received too much criticism.  The fact that it can ready any card you control, not just characters, is huge.  Ultima Thule is a prime partner for Audubon, and I disagree that Explorers have no synergy with Faculty and Students.  I can think of at least 4 Explorers that are also Faculty or Students, and Archaeology Interns (which is a must with Audubon) is a Student too.  And while you're running the Interns, Roald, Cookie, and perhaps Excavation Site, you might opt for Professors Morgan and Rice too, both of whom are Faculty.

Will Audubon trigger every time?  No.  But it only costs 1, and the potential payoff with Ultima Thule is well worth 2 card slots IMO.

What I love with cards like this, is that it can make committing against you very hard on your opponents turn. Your opponent never knows whether the top card will enable the ready, so that have to take a risk, or be slowed down by assuming you get to ready someone/thing for just in time for defense.