Defect

• Type: Skill
• Cost: 0
• Effect: Gain 1 Orb Slot. Draw 1 card. Increase this card's cost by 1.

Upgraded

• Effect: Gain 1 Orb Slot. Draw 2 cards. Increase this card's cost by 1.

A 0-cost Skill Defect card. Its Strength comes from the setup and tempo swings it enables — evaluate relative to your deck's gameplan, not raw numbers.

Use it to set up the next turn rather than reacting after the fact. Effect: Gain 1 Orb Slot. Draw 1 card. Increase this card's cost by 1.. Timing matters more than raw effect text.

• Draw / cycle engines — more Skills in hand, more activation windows
• Block-scaling relics — skills that grant Block synergise with scaling effects
• Card-play counters — Skills feed counters that reference card plays