Tommy the semi tanky Tank Engine 2.0

When do you play this deck?

• The higher the player count the better this deck will perform. I would say do not play it with less then 3 people, ideally 4
• The goal of this deck is to taking the enemies from your allies so they can do their job, make a lot of money in the process with Tommies passive and then trade with the others using Zusammenarbeit and finance their late game
• As the main focus is tanking it helps alot to have another investigator that can help kill the enemies when you have not found your weapons yet

Some additional notes:

• Don't be affraid to get your assets killed before killing the enemy as that will give you resources
• Alter Schlüsselbund Can help you investigate a bit when there are no enemies. Not necessary but nice to have when there is nothing else to do
• Geschätztes Andenken and Ledermantel are essential as they don't take the slots of other cards and will net 2 resources
• Wahrer Mut and Wofür es sich zu kämpfen lohnt are equally important as they pay for themselves, can tank for others (even treachery cards) and don't take slots
• Madame Labranche is great for economy (and her ability is nice to have) and Tetsuo Mori can help you find weapons (or others finding important cards). Though they can also be replaced for other allies like Wachhund. Just make sure its not allies you want to have stick around as that will not make you money and Anfängerfehler could screw you
• Vorräte abstauben Can be used to get back a weapon that was empty and also Becky if the game every forced you to remove it (signature cards count as level 0)
• Überlebensmesser is great for Tommy as you WANT enemies to attack you and with this you can kill them in the process without any ammo usages. Just remember that Becky is two handed so you can only have Überlebensmesser with another one handed weapon

Upgrades

Mandatory

• Spirituelle Entschlossenheit (5XP) - The most important upgrade as you get 3 cards that tank a LOT and will at least give you their cost back and at beast net 3 Resources. Just make sure to NEVER use the ability as you want them to die
• Bruder Xavier (1XP) - The best ally as he can tank for others and also passively killes enemies in the process.
• Gut gepflegt (1XP) - A great card that can be used to get back a weapon before replacing it or when you need the handslots and Becky is out. This way you can play her again later. Also there are often treachery cards that force you to remove assets which can crippel you when its your only weapon
• Absicherung (2XP) - Saves a lot of actions and makes sure you stay with your allies to tank for them
• Der Mann mit den roten Handschuhen (5XP) - This is an interesting one that has to be played correctly. In short you want him to die in the turn you play him. Ideally you are engaged with an enemy, play him (fast so no action and no attack yet), then do other stuff (e.g. investigate with his stat boost) until he is one enemy attack away from being killed. Then in the enemy phase he will tank one last time and make you a lot of money. You should have a good reason to not get him killed when playing him (e.g. end of the scenario and the stat boost wins the game) as you can shuffle him back and get even more value out of him

Nice to have

• Spezialgefertigte Munition (3XP), Zuverlässig (1XP) and similar upgrades - These can be interesting with Tommy because Becky can be used the whole game when you cycle your cards a lot. Thus they can get a huge amount of value when applied early
• Brutaler Schlag (2XP)
• Sich an den Plan halten (6XP) - This is an amazing card especially because you only have so few cards that work with it. You can attach 3 cards which should be Zusammenarbeit, „Komm doch her!” and Auf das Schlimmste vorbereitet (or Heldenhafte Rettung if you have it). This has two advantages: 1. You can access them exactly when you need them (especially greate with Zusammenarbeit to help out when needed) and 2. you don't draw them but other cards. As your passive does not let you draw cards you will be happy about every "soak" card you draw instead of an event
• Verzauberte Klinge (3XP)
• Zusammenhalten (3XP)
• Charisma (3XP) - In addition to having two allies it allows you play Der Mann mit den roten Handschuhen for one round without having to discard an ally you might have around at the moment

Filler

• Heldenhafte Rettung (2XP)
• „Komm doch her!” (2XP)
• Mano-a-Mano (2XP)