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Rusty Alice gives you 2 extra Control Cards, increasing your chance to get 11+ :tomes, as well as getting a to cast Summon Spider. Unless you want to burn some SS.

True. SoC seems to have a more profound effect in early rounds where the Brass Arachnid really starts kicking in the later turns. I'd think you'd need Rusty Alice to pull off Stoke consistently so I'd see value in it in larger games where the SoC seems it would work better in smaller brawls.

I'm fairly new to the game so take what I say with a grain of salt but you might try using the Student of Conflict as your totem. Sure it's a little pricier but giving Ramos Fast allows him to move up the field (2) Salvage Under Fire and then cast(0) Construct Spider. You could easily do this every other turn and that's not including grabbing any scrap counters in the later turns.

Thanks a bunch! After I saw your reply, I realized i misspelled arachnid in my search which would have led me to a thread you just described.

I'm new to Malifaux but a long time miniature gamer. I've a question on putting together the SA and SAS. I've seen it mentioned before that magnetizing them so you can swap them between the 30 and 40mm bases. If you've done that or know someone who has could you explain your technique? I've some 1/8" magnets but the spiders seem extremely fragile to put a magnet in their underbelly. I've considered just putting them on a brass rod where I can just loose pin them to the base. Advice welcome.