Immediate effect
Spend resource, check threshold, choose a source Chosen, and resolve the card through timing and Stack rules.
Card language
One card can be a tactic, a resource, or a defense.
Chosen separates what a card is, when it can be used, and how it is being spent. That gives the system room to grow without confusing the printed card.
Visible card identity
Printed Type says what the card is: Attack, Movement, Utility, Control, Item, Resource, or Being.
Timing says when it can be used: Action, Flow, or Reaction.
Mode says how it is being used right now: Play, Channel, or Offering.
Attack • Action • Play
Fang Thrust
Cost 1 • Fire 1 • Range 2
Deal damage to target enemy Being. If you moved this activation, strike harder.
The same card could also become future Channel value or defensive Offering if allowed by the rules.Future power
Place a card into the Channel Zone. Once Ready, it supports threshold and can generate Essence when appropriate.
Combat-chain defense
Commit a card as Offering and use elemental relationship to prevent incoming pressure.
Character expression
Ability and Skill modules are starting cards attached to Chosen, not random deck draws.
Battlefield entities
Chosen, Companions, Structures, Monsters, Bosses, and Scenario Beings can all occupy the grid.
Relics and tools
Equipment, pendants, swords, mundane tools, and world-specific relics can carry story and tactical meaning.