Never Give Up, Never Surrender (A Stella Clark Deck Concept)

The moment I saw Stella's design I loved it. Fail-to-Win has been a strategy I've been interested in since the start of the game, but I've never quite made it work. Stella rockets that viability up from mediocre to absolutely phenomenal.

I foresee this deck growing in a couple directions. Firstly, expanding your failing potential with a full set of upgraded Rabbit's Foots and Grisly Totems and maybe another Relic Hunter to let you use more of them, in order to maximize the benefit you get from failing tests (which also enables your Take Heart and "Look what I found!"). Secondly, I think Stella's fondness for post-failure and pre-test Survivor events makes her a perfect On Your Own user, especially with the new Permanent coming out in RFA. I think two copies of A Chance Encounter would go well in the deck, once she has that Permanent version. If you choose to squad up with Stella instead, she can take Granny Orne to make her failing a little more controllable, and Miss Doyle for when she really needs to boost her chances on tests she wants to pass. Finally, she is a great candidate for Quick Learner (perhaps a bit obviously, as it's in her starter deck and seems practically designed for her). To this end, extra actions are all the rage. Ace of Swords, her innate ability, and possibly getting Versatile for Leo De Luca would make sure she has max actions per turn and enables her to be extremely effective at pretty much any test.

I also focused primarily on her Agility and ways to reduce test difficulties on Investigation. 3 Combat is high enough that she could be made into a fighter, but I was more interested in her ability to move around the map, fleeing enemies and finding clues (even with her low Intellect). She's a letter carrier, not a soldier.

So yeah, that's my concept! I think Stella's design is very cool, and quintessentially Survivor. I look forward to seeing how she plays!

NOTES: I would take Old Keyring over Flashlight, and Grit Your Teeth over Unexpected Courage, but ArkhamDB won't allow me to publish the deck with those cards in it, yet.