One man with Oriental eyes has said that all time and space are relative, and men have laughed. But even that man with Oriental eyes has done no more than suspect. I had wished and tried to do more than suspect, and my friend had tried and partly succeeded. Then we both tried together, and with exotic drugs courted terrible and forbidden dreams in the tower studio chamber of the old manor-house in hoary Kent.
–H.P Lovecraft, Hypnos

What would you like to get from a four-cost, loyal Order of the Silver Twilight card? How about an extra refresh phase?

An extra refresh phase might seem pointless at first, but think about it: You can bring an insane character fully back into action, restore another insane character, exhaust some characters and support cards to utilize their abilities, and they all get to refresh again, right after. Even the domain you drained to gain your extra refresh phase is once again open to use once the effect is complete.

With a good setup, you might even get a little loop out of this, if you can manage to get the event out of your discard pile. Will it take too long to set up and do something meaningful? Maybe you would like another card, then?

Keep The Fires Burning

Would you prefer to draw two cards? Card draw is always a good thing. Extra cards mean extra options, and when you want to create a combo like the one above, you want to dig deep and fast. The Order of the Silver Twilight is rather combo-oriented, so extra card draw is always a plus. A lot of Silver Twilight effects hinge around discard and sacrifice, making card draw doubly important to keep their fires burning.

Additionally, though in the end they may not hold humanity’s best interests at heart, the Silver Twilight consists largely of humans. So they’re among the factions that favor Investigation over Terror, and they are able to quickly acquire success tokens through the Investigation struggle.

What if your characters could just burn the midnight oil and send in a second wave of people to quickly finish their research? By gaining an additional story phase, and by winning a couple of Arcane struggles, they would be able to really take advantage of an opponent’s moment of weakness. It’s not above the Order to send in the acolytes to draw in (and exhaust) any opposition, then let the rest mop up the pieces–the old bait and switch routine.

So… what would you like most from your four-cost Silver Twilight card? What if you want to have all of the above?

You're in luck! The Order of the Silver Twilight has been busy in Curse of the Jade Emperor, the second Asylum Pack from the Ancient Relics cycle for Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game. Their members have been hard at work, forwarding their Hidden Agenda (Curse of the Jade Emperor, F41) which allows you to repeat any phase.

In the end, it's up to you to find the most insidious way to take advantage of such an apparently innocuous card with a deceptively open-ended effect!