Q: Whose discard pile does it end up in? The naïve reading of the card suggests that it goes in the discard pile of the person who played A Chance Encounter, but I know better than to be so naïve!

The reason I ask: is ACE a way that William Yorrick can use another player's ally as the card describes, discard it to WY's discard pile, for it to be 'dug' up to play again using his special ability?

Teamwork struggles in the course of normal play unless your group goes out of its way to coordinate unlikely asset combos, and even then playing this card likely slows the group down compared to playing independently functional decks.

This card struggles to be consistent, but it's worth noting that because it has the Tactic trait Mark Harrigan can take it.

Love this card to the high heavens and back. I've been running Innesmouth recently with friends and am playing Father Mateo for the first time and this card is so useful. Obviously, it keeps the +1 guts and the 2 horror soak from the basic, but as it is a Blessed card and therefore can be added to Father Mateo's decks; and as a Mystic who already uses guts in many checks for his skills I see it as almost an auto include for him. Especially if you have a player with access to rogue cards, like our Monterey Jack, who can chuck problematic guts tests at you; you have a good accessory that helps most tests you take and a decently reliable bless generation engine to support the rest of the team.

Quite fun in a Short Supply, Forced Learning Ashcan Deck... Hopefully you discard some Glimmers, Winging It's, etc... but if you don't, your deck size really isn't effected, but now you gain the 2 for one deck draw.

The wording of this card is interesting. Unlike for instance The Hierophant • V, you do not lose your "empty arcane slots" and replace them with hand slots, but get them in addition. This matters for at least two other cards, that have been spoiled, Eldritch Initiation, for which you can happily fill up all additional hand slots, without having to discard any cards. On the other hand, the only basic weakness, Ectoplasmic Horror also won't care, how many assets you carry in hand slots and will let you draw extra tokens, should you go for the Kali-build.