The lack of hand size (3 for medium) , the random cards along with one action every month makes the game difficult surviving as the SPD. I believe in making the shuffle leadership card as an advisor play allowing the player more flexibility while also making thematic sense in what you playing as
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Another thing that would help in giving more flexibility and balance would be the ability to permanently remove a card from the deck thus preventing card clog. this can be balanced by one limiting the amount of cards that can be removed and/ or by costing one party resources . There is also needs to be
I saw the feature on easy. It is not really needed on easy with four cards slot but is much needed on normal which is the in between difficulty of easy and hard. It is understandably for it to be not there in hard and historical difficulty. The shuffle advisor card as an advisor feature needed on medium in term of balance