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Taboo List | Card Errata

Current Taboo list (Machete removed, Rook is not chained) [Printable list]

Chained / Unchained

Cards from this list have their experience cost increased or decreased by the
amount listed below. Each card’s level remains the same—only the experience
spent to purchase the card is altered. This experience adjustment should also be
taken into account when upgrading to or from a card that is on this list.

Æ Pathfinder ( 108): +2 experience
Æ Switchblade (level 2) ( 152): +1 experience
Æ Higher Education ( 187): +3 experience
Æ Streetwise ( 189): +3 experience
Æ Scrapper ( 193): +1 experience
Æ David Renfield ( 112): +3 experience
Æ Flamethrower ( 305): +1 experience
Æ Drawing Thin ( 26): +3 experience
Æ Knowledge is Power ( 231): +2 experience
Æ The Necronomicon (Petrus de Dacia Translation) ( 33): +3 experience
Æ Signum Crucis ( 197): –2 experience
Æ Rite of Equilibrium ( 308): –2 experience
Æ Jeremiah Kirby ( 32): +2 experience
Æ Gené Beauregard ( 99): +2 experience

Mutated

Cards from this list have additional or altered text, as described below.

Æ Dr. Milan Christopher ( 33): This card’s  ability now reads:
“After you successfully investigate, exhaust Dr. Milan Christopher…”
Æ Elusive ( 50): This card now reads: “Disengage from each enemy
engaged with you and move to a connecting location with no enemies.”
Æ Rex Murphy ( 2): This card’s  ability gains: “(Limit once
per round.)”
Æ Ritual Candles ( 29, 5), Jewel of Aureolus ( 269), Voice
of Ra ( 16): These cards now read “a symbol” instead of the list of
indicated symbols.
Æ Delve Too Deep ( 111): This card gains: “Group limit 2 copies of
Delve Too Deep in the victory display.”
Æ Springfield M1903 ( 226): This card’s  ability gains: “This attack
may target a non-Elite enemy up to one location away from its standard
range, ignoring the aloof and retaliate keywords.”
Æ Quick Thinking ( 229): At the end of its ability, this card gains:
“(max once per round).”
Æ Strange Solution (Acidic Ichor) ( 263): This card’s fight ability now
reads: “+1 damage” instead of “+2 damage.”
Æ Ace in the Hole ( 266): This card gains: “Max once per round.”
Æ Lola Hayes ( 6): This card’s forced ability is moved to its reverse
side, and it should instead read: “Additional Setup: After you draw your
opening hand, choose a role (, , , , , or Neutral).” This card’s
front side additionally gains: “: Switch roles. Does not provoke attacks
of opportunity.”
Æ Crisis of Identity ( 19): This card’s revelation ability now reads:
“Discard 1 card in your hand or play area of your current role. Then…”
Æ Sleight of Hand ( 29): This card’s ability now reads: “Put a level 0–3
Item asset into play from your hand.”
Æ Key of Ys ( 315): This card gains the exceptional keyword.
Æ Dark Prophecy ( 32, 17): This cards now reads “a non-
symbol” instead of “a , , , , or  symbol.”
Æ Counterspell ( 110): This cards now reads “a non- symbol”
instead of “a , , , or  chaos token.”
Æ All In ( 309): At the end of its ability, this card gains: “Remove All In
from the game.”
Æ Scroll of Secrets (all three versions) ( 116, 188, 189): These cards’
 abilities are now  abilities.
Æ Mr. “Rook” ( 153): This card’s  ability is now a  ability.
Æ Telescopic Sight ( 230): This card loses the text: “Attached asset
cannot be used to attack enemies engaged with you.”
Æ Eucatastrophe ( 324): This card’s ability gains: “Remove
Eucatastrophe from the game.”
Æ Mandy Thompson ( 2): This investigator now reads: “Deck Size:
50” and “Deckbuilding Requirements (do not count toward deck size):
3 copies of Occult Evidence…”
Æ Pendant of the Queen ( 22): This card’s constant ability now reads:
“If this card has no charges, remove it from the game.”
Æ .35 Winchester ( 195): This card’s  ability now reads: “ Spend
1 ammo: Fight. You get +2  for this attack. If a chaos token with a
non-negative modifier is revealed during this attack, this attack deals
+2 damage.”
Æ Three Aces ( 199): This card’s ability gains: “Remove each
committed copy of Three Aces from the game.”
Æ Flute of the Outer Gods ( 268): This card loses the
exceptional keyword and gains “Limit 1 per deck.”
Æ A Watchful Peace ( 269): This card’s ability gains: “Remove A
Watchful Peace from the game.”
Æ Hallow ( 301): This card’s ability gains: “Remove Hallow from
the game.”
Æ Prophesiae Profana ( 45): This card’s constant ability now reads:
“…you get +1 , +1 , and ignore the first attack of opportunity you
take each turn.”
Æ Black Market ( 55): This card gains: “Max once per round.”
Æ Eon Chart (both versions) ( 98, 100): Theses cards should read
“following basic actions” instead of “following actions.”
Æ Cyclopean Hammer ( 187): This card’s parenthetical now reads:
“…(If you succeed by 3 or more, you may exhaust Cyclopean Hammer
to instead deal +2 damage and move the enemy up to two locations away
from you.)

Forbidden

Cards from this list cannot be included in your deck.

Æ Double or Nothing ( 26)

Card Errata [Errata Images]

(v1.0) Roland’s .38 Special ( 6)
Daisy’s Tote Bag ( 8)
On the Lam ( 10)
Heirloom of Hyperborea ( 12)
Wendy’s Amulet ( 14)

These cards have no level (instead of being level 0).

(v1.0) Smite the Wicked ( 7)

This card’s Forced ability should read: “When the game ends, if attached
enemy is in play: Zoey Samaras suffers 1 mental trauma.”

(v1.0) Searching for Izzie ( 11)

This card’s Forced ability should read: “When the game ends, if Searching
for Izzie is in play: Jenny Barnes suffers 1 mental trauma.”

(v1.1) Burned Ruins (revealed) ( 205)

This card’s first ability should read: “Forced – After you fail a skill test while
investigating the Burned Ruins: Flip 1 clue token on the Burned Ruins to its
doom side.”

(v1.1) Lucky Dice ( 230)

This card’s ability should read: “When you reveal a non-chaos token, spend 2 resources: Ignore that chaos token and reveal another one to resolve. If that token has a symbol, remove Lucky Dice from the game (cannot be ignored/canceled).”

(v1.2) Peter Clover ( 79)
O’Bannion’s Thug ( 97)
Mobster ( 98)

The “Human” trait on each of these cards should read “Humanoid” instead.

(v1.2) Clover Club Pit Boss ( 78)

This enemy’s traits should be “Humanoid. Criminal. Elite.”

(v1.2) The Gold Pocket Watch ( 305)

Each of this card’s symbols should be symbols, instead.

(v1.2) Dr. William T. Maleson ( 302)

This card’s ability should read: “When you draw an encounter card from
the encounter deck…”

(v1.2) Corrosion ( 102)

This card’s Revelation ability should read: “Discard Item assets from your
play area and/or from your hand…”

(v1.2) Agenda 1a—The Truth is Hidden ( 121)
Agenda 2a—Ransacking the Manor ( 122)
Agenda 3a—Secrets Better Left Hidden ( 123)

The first ability on each of these agendas should read: “Skip the ‘Place
1 doom on the current agenda’ step of the Mythos phase.”

(v1.2) Historical Society (Historical Museum) ( 130 & 132)

This location’s ability should read: “While investigating this location, your 
cannot be increased.”

(v1.2) Patient Confinement ( 178-181)

Each of these locations should not have the “Arkham Asylum” trait.

(v1.3) Candlelit Tunnels ( 252)

This location’s ability should read: “…If you succeed, look at the revealed
side of any Catacombs location in play.”

(v1.3) Catacombs Docent ( 258)

This enemy’s ability should read: “…If you succeed, look at the revealed side
of any Catacombs location in play.”

(v1.3) Madness Dies ( 319)

This act’s second ability should read: “Hastur cannot be defeated unless an
investigator ‘knows the secret.’”

(v1.3) Henry Armitage ( 40)

This card’s ability should read: “After you draw a non-weakness card,
discard that card…”

(v1.4) Shortcut (level 2) ( 232)

This card’s ability should read: “…Any investigator at this location
may trigger this ability.”

(v1.4) Time Warp ( 311)

The second part of this card’s ability should read: “Undo that action (return
the game state to exactly the way it was before that action was performed,
except for the playing of Time Warp and its costs).”

(v1.4) Realm of Madness ( 338)

This card’s Revelation ability should read: “Discard cards from your play
area and/or from your hand…”

(v1.4) Father Mateo ( 4)

This card’s ability should read: “When an investigator reveals an 
chaos token…”

(v1.4) Yaotl ( 35)

This card’s ability should read: “Discard the top card of your deck.
(Limit once per phase.)”

(v1.41) The Skeleton Key ( 270)

This card’s ability should read: “If The Skeleton Key is in your play area,
attach it to your location…”

(v1.4) Barricade (level 3) ( 4)

This card’s constant ability should read: “Each time a non-Elite enemy would
spawn at attached location, spawn it at a connecting location instead, if able.”

(v1.5) Carolyn Fern (Novella Promo 10)

This card’s Deckbuilding Options should read: “Guardian cards level
0-3, Neutral cards level 0-5, cards that ‘heal horror’ level 0-5, up to 15 other
Seeker and/or Mystic cards level 0-1.”

(v1.5) Zoey Samaras ( 1)