Valeria Batten and the Wretched

Can Valeria Batten (either version) invent the Wretched? The first sentence in the Wretched’s trait (emphasis added below) would indicate that she cannot since she is not a Mad Scientist, but using her Huckster skill as if she were one. I just wanted official clarification.

Valeria Batten
Dude • Stud 0 • Influence 1 • Cost 4 • Upkeep 0
Huckster 1
Valeria can invent Mystical gadgets using her Huckster skill (as if it were Mad Scientist).

The Wretched
Dude • Stud 4 • Influence 0 • Cost 2 • Upkeep 1
Abomination • Mystical • Non-Unique • Gadget • Difficulty 9
The Wretched must be invented by a Mad Scientist. It enters play at the Mad Scientist’s location (but does not attach).

After The Wretched enters play, ace a dude you own and control in the same location. The inventing Mad Scientist gains 2 bounty (if still in play).

Yes she can invent it and acts as a Mad Scientist for all purposes of the card.

The cost of inventing a Gadget is as follows:

  1. Boot your Mad Scientist,
  2. Pay the Gadget’s ghost rock cost,
  3. Then perform a skill test using the dude’s Mad Scientist skill rating.

Valeria must treat herself as a Mad Scientist or she can’t ever perform step 1), ergo she must be treated as a Mad Scientist for The Wretched’s.

That first line of The Wretched is now redundant because rules to invent Gadget Dudes didn’t exist at the time the card was printed.