In November 2018, I started a “Deck of the Week” thread on r/ArkhamHorrorLCG. Deck of the Week is chosen based on quality of description and community response (likes and favorites). The hope is to highlight and encourage quality descriptions and the sharing of innovative ideas. Deckbuilding in any card game is just as much about personal expression as it is understanding the card interactions. The unique perspectives and priorities each player brings to the table generate opportunities for discussion, and that is the aim of the Deck of the Week thread.
To see the threads on the subreddit, simply go to r/ArkhamHorrorLCG and search “dotw”.

This is meant to serve as an excellent source of decks to browse that may be easier to sift through than the dozens of decks without write-ups that are published every week on ArkhamDB. It will continue to be updated each week, so this would be a good page to bookmark and return to when you’re going to try out a new investigator or are looking for deck inspiration.
For posterity, here is the complete list of decks that have been selected for Deck of the Week.
Decks of the Week
- Combat Big Relic Jim | Elli Fighter Jim
- Cleaving Silas | Fighter Silas
- Femme Fatale | 5-Color Lola
- Stay Ahead | Solo Aggro/Skills Skids
- Silas Dreams of Beating the Chaos Bag | Fighter Silas (great Silas guide!)
- Minh Thi Phan: Cluever/Fighter/Support | Fingerprint Kit + Act of Desperation Minh
- Timeless and on Brand | Timeworn Brand Jim
- A Poor Toy of Jointed Parts Ready to Collapse | Solo Rita
- Delaying Death, One Enemy at a Time | Desperate Damage Cancel Calvin
- P.I. Staker | Balanced Milan Joe (great description) [updated version]
- Good Stuff Joe | Hybrid Joe
- The Lead Investigator 2019 | Maleson Solo Roland
- Green Seeker Best Seeker | Milan + Lola Finn
- Dark Roller | Dark Horse + High Roller Jenny
- Draw-ssault | Madame Labranche + Knowledge of the Elders Minh
- Yorick, his Mom, their Dog, and the Red-Gloved Dad | Charisma Yorick
- To Carcosa and Back! | Key of Ys Mark
- Card-Counting Urchin | Gambling (Succeed by Two) Wendy
- Face Melting sAxe Solo | Shards of the Void Jim
- Will To Survive Combo Wendy | Will to Survive Power Turn Wendy
- Robbin’ Hood | Ornate Bow Skids

Honorable Mentions
- Thug Yorick Destroys Everything | Thompson/Rifle Yorick
- Mystic Hobo | Rite of Seeking + Hawk Eye Ashcan
- Richston | Big Money/”Smaug” Preston
- LeoLeoLeo Dagger Magister | Switchblade Leo
- Marie and David, Arcane Students | Arcane Studies + Renfield Marie
- The Butcher, the Baker… | Meat Cleaver Agnes
- Shit O’Toole | Scouting Skids
- Just for Memes | Skills Silas
- The Mecene | Econ Support Rex
- Dangerous Diana | Fighter Diana
- I Never Liked That Stupid Amulet Anyway | Skill-Heavy Dark Horse Wendy
- Good Doggo | Dogwich Legacy Rex Murphy
- Soldier with a New Cause | Interrogation Mark
- The Eighth Seal | Sealing Diana
- Arcane Archer Agnes | Ornate Bow Agnes
- Their Eyes Met Across a Crowd of Ghouls | Lita Romance Yorick (thematic)
- Eldritch Knight | Eldritch Blade Diana
- The Beauty in the Disastrous Rhythm | Solo Diana
- Slice it! | Meat Cleaver Minh
- Lola Hayes in “Resident Evil” | Solo Dark Horse Lola
- Ward and the Cleaver | Meat Cleaver Agnes
- Lazy Joe Hates Investigating | Enigma Joe
- Versatile Wendy Kicks and Rolls | Big Money Wendy
- Dark Horse Fairmont with Static Buffers | Dark Horse Preston
- The Velvet Detective | Cluever Marie
- Painting for Profit | Big Money Sefina
- Gunner Yorick | Act of Desperation + .45 Auto Yorick
- How to Pick a Lock | Fingerprint Cluever Finn
- Get Away from Her You Bitch! | Eat Lead Diana
- Scry-ana, but it’s Daisy instead | Scrying + Alyssa Graham Daisy
- Moneymaking Psychotherapist | Rich Carolyn
- Scry-ana, the Redeemed Clue-tist | Scrying + Alyssa Graham Diana
- Corporate Welfare | Solo Dark Horse Preston
- Preston for the Stars | Expert Testless Preston
- Green Arrow | Ornate Bow Preston
- Rita’s RttDL Solo Run | Solo Rita (Great Write-Up Series!)
- Contrite Sorceress | “Slow Burn” Cancel Diana
- Diana the Avenger | Fighter Diana
- The New #1 | Dark Horse + “The Rat” Preston
- The Man with the Golden Flamethrower | Level 0 Expert Leo
- Undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the World | Knuckleduster Leo
- Ghost Runner | Solo Rita
- Biathalon Rita | Ornate Bow + Baseball Bat Rita
- AgiRity | Ornate Bow + Trench Coat Rita
- Sealfina the Skullsealna | Sealing Sefina
- The Bum’s Rush | Fieldwork + Mists Ashcan
- Cornered/Yaotl Minh | Ummm… Cornered + Yaotl Minh
- Speedrun | Fence Solo Finn
- Just U. Wait | MythosBusters’ Good Stuff Ursula #AllYellowAllTheTime
- Livin’, Learnin’, Huntin’, Calvin’ | Hunting Rifle Calvin
- 32-Point Exploding Heart Technique | Knowledge of the Elders Combo Minh
- All On Her Own | Mobile Solo Wendy
- #AllYellowAllTheTime Drawn to the Flame | Drawn to the Flame’s Good Stuff Daisy #AllYellowAllTheTime
- Where is My Rifle? | Hunting Rifle Yorick
- Ashcan Goes to the Jungle, Does Everything | Desperate Dark Horse Duke
- Where is My Mind? | Mythos Busters’ Solo Carolyn
- #AllYellowAllTheTime Rex | LostInTimeAndSpace’s Rogue Rex #AllYellowAllTheTime
- Bringing Order to Entropy | Sealing + Alyssa Graham Mateo
- The Well-Prepared William Yorick | Dark Horse + Well-Prepared Yorick
- Minh Thi Phan-tastic! | Twisted Tentacle Inn’s Support Minh #AllYellowAllTheTime
- Relic Huntress | Ellie Ursula (good intro to Ursula)
- Basic, Generalist Akachi | Good Stuff Akachi (good intro to Akachi)
- Solo Sefina WIP | Renfield Sefina
- Command Center Cloover | In The Know Daisy
- Minh Thi Phan Hates Cards | Cornered + Dark Horse Minh
- Card Burner | Cornered + Scavenging Minh
- Draw To Win | All In + Suggestion Sefina
- Pnakotic Glyphs | Pnakotic Manuscripts + Guiding Stones Daisy
- Duke and Pete On Their Own | On Your Own Ashcan
- The New Seeker | Rabbit’s Foot[3] + Double or Nothing Wendy
- Hungry for Knowledge | Quick Study Minh
- Do Not Engage, Soldier! | Springfield Mark
- Handwritten Memories | Pnakotic Manuscripts Daisy
- Lola Hayes Impersonates Legolas | Ornate Bow Lola
- What Did Father Mateo See in the Forbidden Tree? | Sealing Mateo
- Blood Over Madness | Solo Carolyn
- Opportunistic Wendy | Grisly Totem Gambling Wendy
- Thoughts After Soloing Forgotten Age | Cherished Keepsake Yorick (with amazing write-ups!)
Retro DotW
Sometimes there are not great candidates for DotW. In such cases, I will reach back to highlight another deck that was a great candidate but for one reason or another didn’t get Deck of the Week.
- The Bum’s Rush | Fieldwork + Mists Ashcan
- Tip Well, or Else | Dark Horse Agnes
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