Manifest Authority

Basic Info

• Type: Skill
• Cost: 1
• Effect: Gain 7 Block. Add a random colorless card to your hand.

Upgraded

• Cost: 1
• Effect: Gain 8 Block. Add a random upgraded colorless card to your hand.

Rating

A versatile Skill that pairs Block with colorless card generation. 7-8 Block is standard baseline, with the colorless card serving as bonus. Upgraded pulls an upgraded colorless, raising quality meaningfully.

Compared with Quasar (spend 2 diamonds, choose from 3), one random card is lower card advantage, but the attached Block makes Manifest Authority more universally useful. Combined with Armory (Strength on colorless plays) or Pillar of Creation (Block on card creation), it adds meaningful extra value.

How to Use

• A jack-of-all-trades defensive + card advantage play. Use on Energy-flush turns
• Upgraded pulls upgraded colorless cards — its value rises once upgrades are available
• With Armory installed, playing the bonus colorless card tacks on +1 Strength

Good Synergies

• Armory: +1 Strength per colorless play. Manifest Authority's bonus card triggers it
• Pillar of Creation: Block on card creation. Manifest Authority's colorless pull counts
• Spectrum Shift: Adds colorless at turn start. Combined with Manifest Authority, multi-card colorless toolkits per turn