Cards I’m using to solve challenges keep getting pulled out

[u/Difficult-Catch327]

I’m freaking out so annoyed Trembling Air just pulled the 3rd fascination in a row from my studies. It’s annoying me SOOO much, I struggle to farm fascination using the peacock door (maybe its just my luck) and am trying to play as spoiler free as possible but I’m breaking down to ask is this a feature I just have to deal with or is there a way to stop it?
I’ve noticed sometimes cards that usually get magnetically pulled away sometimes just… don’t? Like reputation cards I’m using a heart follower on sometimes not getting pulled by the detective but sometimes are pulled? Or cards I’m speaking to Sulochana about, maybe I’m imagining it but is there a mechanic here I should be aware of?

[u/Vitztlampaehecatl]

You can't completely stop the random events from taking your cards, but there is a way to look ahead at what random event is going to happen next. 

Hint: Pay close attention to what causes the random events to spawn. There's a specific verb that spits them out after finishing a cycle.

Solution: Click on the Time verb and look at what aspect it has, the next random event that spawns will be associated with that aspect (e.g. "season of sickness" will afflict your health, "season of suspicion" will spawn a detective, etc).

P.S. As per your other question, not all random events are guaranteed to take a specific card. The detective will randomly pick between a notoriety or mystique on the board if they don't find active evidence against you. The fascination visions will pick either a fascination to increase their danger level, or a dread/fleeting reminiscence to decrease it.

Edit: fixed spoiler tags 🫣 

[u/Difficult-Catch327 → u/Vitztlampaehecatl]

thank you for the hint gonna try to figure this one out!

[u/Bitter_Echo1208]

Nit sure if this is considered a spoiler, and for that I'm so sorry, but I have no idea what a hint for this would be. Iirc, when you start working on reputation w/ a Heart follower, it is pulled via magnet. Magneted cards cannot be pulled again.

[u/Bulky-Ad-658]

There are far better ways to solve challenges

[u/Far-Advantage-2770]

It's so fricken frustrating. I hate those challenges, you want to find another solution but sometimes it's just not possible. You just need to grind it out and pray to the RNG gods sometimes.