Yep, gives another option for smaller games to run a Henchman. We now have Sybelle, Mortimer, Sebastian and now the Valedictorian.
So the choice at 7SS is a punk zombie or a student? I'm all for variety and theme so depending on who I am facing I can choose the corresponding student to filter down the opponent's hand if they want to target the student.
At the end of the day it's a choice. If the stats were better would these be auto-includes in Resser builds? Possibly. Since they are not, competitive players can choose to ignore them and not take them.
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