Catching Bullets Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] 1 Play in response to an Event that targets a Character you control :: Cancel the Event, and put the card face up in front of you. You may play it, ignoring resource conditions, as if it were in your hand, but cannot discard it. Toast it at the end of your next turn if it is unplayed. Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Cybermod Parlor Type: Site Subtitle: Site Faction: Syndicate Cost: 2 Provides: [Syn] [Tec] Body: 6 Generates: 1 If there is only one Site at a location you control, you may play this card into the front row at that location. (Move the other Site to the back row.) Tag: The place to go when you want to pimp your chi. Artist: Oliver Castaneda Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Junior Executive Type: Character Subtitle: Corporate Agent Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] 1 Provides: [Syn] Fighting: 1 Influence: 2 Tag: There is nothing to the Syndicate but a web of favors, debts, and personal connections -- but that is more than sufficient. Artist: Matthew Laznicka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Mars Colonist Type: Character Subtitle: Expendable Student Faction: Syndicate Cost: 1 Provides: [Syn] [Chi] Fighting: 1 Tag: She said she loved the lower gravity, the tang of the hydroponics, and the red earth unspoiled by terraforming. Of course, she knew her geomantic studies would eventually change everything. Artist: Allan Bednar Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Reprogramming Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] 0 Target a Character :: Target's controller chooses whether target takes 4 damage or is canceled until it leaves play. Tag: The Syndicate consider elimination a last resort for valuable assets. Artist: Adam Bray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Street Sensei Type: Character Subtitle: Hood Martial Artist Faction: Syndicate Cost: 2 Provides: [Syn] [Chi] Fighting: 2 Influence: 1 Tag: He's forgotten more about combat than you'll ever learn. Artist: Brian England Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Corporate Warfare Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] 1 Influence: 2. Sacrifice :: Smoke target Edge. Tag: The Syndicate can mobilize entire industrial sectors with as little as a single text message. Artist: Oliver Castaneda Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Inside Man Type: Character Subtitle: Connected Hood Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] [Syn] 4 Provides: [Syn] Fighting: 5 Turn X Influence :: This card gains +X Fighting until the end of the turn. Tag: Somebody in your organization owes the Syndicate a favor. Artist: Banu Adhimuka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Rei Okamoto Type: Character Subtitle: Hacker Mastermind Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] 2 Provides: [Syn] [Tec] Fighting: 2 Unique. Influence: 4. Turn :: Change the target of an Event. Tag: Everybody uses her code. Nobody spots the backdoors. Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Zero-G Sumo Type: Character Subtitle: Enhanced Colonist Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] [Tec] 3 Provides: [Syn] [Tec] Fighting: 4 Toughness: X. X= the number of Unique and Limited Sites controlled by opponents. Tag: Mass times acceleration is still force. Artist: Mike Jackson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Devendra Chalal Type: Character Subtitle: The Burning Hand Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] [Syn] [Syn] [Tec] 5 Provides: [Syn] Fighting: 7 Unique. +3 damage. Cannot be intercepted by Characters with a cost of 2 or less. Tag: "If the world ends in three years, why not let them all burn?" Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Dimitri Lyapunov Type: Character Subtitle: Cybernetics Mastermind Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] [Syn] 2 Provides: [Syn] [Tec] Fighting: 2 Unique. Pay 1 Power or turn :: Return any card from your smoked pile to play as a 1-Fighting Toast-It Character with the title "Drone". The rest of the card is treated as if it were printed blank. Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Hirake Kazuko Type: Character Subtitle: Corporate Mastermind Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] [Syn] [Syn] [Syn] 3 Provides: [Syn] Fighting: 3 Unique. Influence: 4. Turn and maintain :: Take control of target non-Unique Character. Tag: "Everybody has a price. Not all of them are worth paying." Artist: Banu Adhimuka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Xu Mei, The Dragon Type: Character Subtitle: Cybernetic Martial Arts Master Faction: Syndicate Cost: [Syn] [Syn] [Syn] [Syn] [Tec] 7 Provides: [Syn] [Tec] [Chi] Fighting: 8 Unique. Ambush. Other Characters you control cannot be intercepted. Tag: "The understanding that comes from designing your own cyberware will allow your chi to flow properly." Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Delay the Inevitable Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] [Pur] 1 Play in response to an Event, State, or Edge :: Cancel that card, and put it face up in front of the player who played it. He or she may play it normally at no cost, but cannot do so this turn. Tag: Time is only there to keep everything from happening at once. Artist: Oliver Castaneda Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Echo Distortion Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] 1 Provides: [Pur] Copy a Site's rules text to target Site until the end of the turn. Tag: "There are no perfect reflections." Artist: Dan Harding Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Probability Soldiers Type: Character Subtitle: Agents of the Uncertainty Principle Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] 3 Provides: [Pur] Fighting: 4 You may flip a coin when this card attacks :: Heads: unturn this card. Tag: How do you kill someone who isn't dead until he stops to check? Artist: Wes Jones Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Symphonic Disciples Type: Character Subtitle: Insane Orchestra Faction: Purists Cost: 1 Provides: [Pur] Fighting: 1 When this card is smoked by an opponent, you may smoke target Edge. Tag: They once spent seven and a half hours tuning up. Artist: Patrick McEvoy Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common True Believer Type: Character Subtitle: Indoctrinated Pawn Faction: Purists Cost: 1 Provides: [Pur] [Mag] Fighting: 1 When this card leaves play, you may give target Character -1 damage until the end of the turn. Tag: To become a Purist, one must understand that madness is just the price of entry. Artist: Chris Quilliams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Christine Winter Type: Character Subtitle: Fractured Sorcerer Prodigy Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] [Pur] [Mag] 2 Provides: [Pur] [Mag] Fighting: 3 You may sacrifice a Character when this card is smoked :: Return this card to play turned. Tag: She barely noticed when her own body died. Artist: Oliver Castaneda Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Impossible Men Type: Character Subtitle: Self-Made Paradoxes Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] [Pur] [Mag] 4 Provides: [Pur] Fighting: 6 When this card turns to attack, you may immediately turn 1 card controlled by each opponent. Tag: Few among the Purists expected their Paradox Cubes to start hatching. Artist: Eric Williams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Mystical Cosine Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] [Pur] 0 Play under the control of any player. You must play with your hand face-up. When an attack against you succeeds, the player to your left takes control of this card. Artist: Matthew Laznicka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Temporal Anomaly Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] [Pur] [Mag] 1 Choose an Edge in your smoked pile or pay the cost of an Edge in an opponent's smoked pile :: Return that Edge to play under your control. Tag: Sometimes, everything happens at once anyway. Artist: Kevin Wasden Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon The Blind Type: Character Subtitle: Sorcerer Assassin Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] [Pur] 3 Provides: [Pur] [Mag] Fighting: 2 Unique. Assassinate. +X Fighting. Immediately choose an opponent when this card enters play and at the start of each of your turns. X= the number of cards in the chosen player's hand at that time. Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare The Gray Type: Character Subtitle: Spirit of Absence Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] [Pur] [Pur] [Mag] 5 Fighting: 7 Unique. Uncopyable. The rules text of all Characters you do not control is considered to be blank. Any opponent may pay you 1 Power :: This card's rules text is blank until the end of the turn. Artist: Eric Williams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Keeper of Echoes Type: Character Subtitle: Recursive Spirit Faction: Purists Cost: [Pur] [Pur] 3 Provides: [Pur] [Mag] Fighting: 1 Unique. +X Fighting. You may immediately discard up to two cards when this card enters play. X= the total cost of those cards. Artist: Anthony Boursier Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Flambards Type: Character Subtitle: Fire Secret Society Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] 3 Provides: [Mon] [Chi] Fighting: 4 When this card enters or leaves play, inflict 1 damage on all opponents' Sites. Tag: Lost souls remade by their allegiance to the Fire King. Artist: Jonny Scull Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Floating Teeth Type: Character Subtitle: Darkness Horrors Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] 3 Provides: [Mon] Fighting: 4 When you sacrifice a Character, this card gains +1 Fighting until it leaves play. Tag: Once they bite you, they don't let go. Artist: Dan Harding Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Gathering the Fire Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] 1 Inflict X damage on target card. X= the number of cards in play. Tag: "Focus yourself, then strike with incendiary fury." Artist: Dan Harding Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Ice Blessing Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] 0 Provides: [Mag] Limited. Heal one or two cards controlled by opponents and gain 1 Power per card chosen. (You cannot heal undamaged cards.) Tag: For a fleeting moment, you feel the cool kiss of Pi Tui. Artist: Kevin Wasden Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Ice Carvers Type: Character Subtitle: Netherworld Mystics Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] 1 Provides: [Mon] [Mag] Fighting: 1 You may remove 1 damage from a card you control at the end of each turn. Tag: Only the most talented may attempt the likeness of their Queen. Artist: Cristian Saksida Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Burning Man Type: Character Subtitle: Fire Secret Agent Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] 4 Provides: [Mon] [Chi] Fighting: 6 Stealth. Play only if you control at least one card. +2 damage. Tag: Sent by Li Ting to 2068 to bring back the Syndicate's technology. Artist: Cristian Saksida Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Lightning Strike Type: Event Subtitle: Thunder Event Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] [Mon] 2 Each Character at target location takes damage equal to its cost. Tag: "Don't worry! Lightning never strikes the same --" Artist: Utakata Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Ming I's Chosen Type: State Subtitle: Darkness State Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] [Mon] 2 Schtick. Subject Character gains +X Fighting. Toast subject at the end of your turn if it did not attack that turn. X= the number of Characters controlled by opponents. Tag: Some believe it a blessing. Others are less naïve. Artist: Mike Jackson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Rogue Shaper Type: Character Subtitle: Netherworld Mercenary Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] [Mon] 4 Provides: [Mon] Fighting: 6 Mobility and cannot be intercepted while at the location of a Site. Tag: "Sure, I can reverse gravity in the antechamber, but it'll cost you." Artist: Ron Rousselle Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Harbinger Type: Character Subtitle: Secret Herald of the Fire King Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] [Mon] 5 Provides: [Mon] [Chi] [Tec] Fighting: 9 Unique. Play only if you control a card. When this card enters combat, inflict 2 damage on every card it is in combat with. Artist: Eric Williams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Mistress of Blotted Moonlight Type: Character Subtitle: Darkness Spirit Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] [Mon] [Mon] [Mag] 8 Provides: [Mon] [Mag] Fighting: 9 Unique. Play at -X cost. X= the number of Power-generating Sites you control. Inflict 3 damage on a Power-generating Site you control :: Cancel an Event that targets this card. Artist: Matthew Laznicka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Summer Fire Palace Type: Site Subtitle: Netherworld Site Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] [Mon] 2 Provides: [Mon] [Mag] [Chi] Body: 7 Generates: 1 Unique. When an attack you declared ends, you may inflict 2 damage on any card. Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Shard of the Molten Heart Type: Edge Subtitle: Triumvirate Relic Edge Faction: Four Monarchs Cost: [Mon] 1 Unique. Uncopyable. Your other [mon] Edges are not affected by Events. Turn and maintain :: Cancel target Edge. Artist: Alex McVey Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Promo Kamikaze Cosmonauts Type: Character Subtitle: Outer-Space Saboteurs Faction: Jammers Cost: 1 Provides: [Jam] Fighting: 1 When this card turns to attack a Site, immediately turn that Site. Tag: Too many years alone on a crumbling space station drove them insane. Artist: Scott Reeves Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Rebel Without a Cause Type: Character Subtitle: Disaffected Saboteur Faction: Jammers Cost: 2 Provides: [Jam] [Tec] Fighting: 2 If you have [jam] in your pool, you may discard this card when an opponent's effect causes one or more cards to be returned to play or played from a smoked pile :: Toast one of those cards. Artist: Regis Moulun Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Safety Third! Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] 0 Target a Character and flip a coin :: Heads: smoke target. Tails: inflict 1 damage on all Characters you control. [chi] cards are not affected by this card. Tag: Most Jammers are surprised it's that high on the list. Artist: Dan Harding Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Turbo Boost Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Tec] 0 Limited. Until the end of the turn, target Character gains Mobility and +2 damage. Tag: "What do you mean there's no off switch?" Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Turing Machine Type: Character Subtitle: Chi-Hating Silicon Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] 3 Provides: [Jam] Fighting: 4 When a Site is smoked or burned, this card gains +1 Fighting until it leaves play. Tag: Potemkin found a use for the crude, angry AIs they'd stolen. Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Ape Shall Kill Ape Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Jam] 0 Faceoff. Turn a Character you control and target an opponent's Character with Fighting no lower than two less than yours. The winner may blank the text of a Site controlled by the loser until it leaves play. Tag: ...usually with high explosives. Artist: Alex McVey Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Bouncing the Rubble Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Jam] 0 Limited. Put a counter on this card when a Site's Body is reduced to 0. Turn and remove all counters :: Inflict damage on target Site equal to the number of counters. Artist: Ed Cox Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Cyborg Mermaid Type: Character Subtitle: Aquatic Saboteur Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Jam] 4 Provides: [Jam] [Tec] Fighting: 5 Guts. Once per turn, you may inflict 1 damage on all your Sites :: This card gains +2 Fighting until the end of the turn. Artist: Oliver Castaneda Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Reentry Squad Type: Character Subtitle: Space Monkeys Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Jam] [Tec] 3 Provides: [Jam] Fighting: 3 Mobility. Once per attack, you may pay 1 Power when this card is declared as an attacker :: Until the end of the attack, this card gains +4 Fighting, Guts, and is not smoked when its Fighting is reduced to zero. Smoke it at the end of the attack. Artist: Martin Blanco Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Botzilla Type: Character Subtitle: Behemoth Mechanical Lizard Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Jam] [Jam] [Jam] [Tec] 6 Provides: [Jam] [Tec] Fighting: 10 Unique. Guts. Inflict 2 damage on any opponent's card that turns while Botzilla is attacking. Tag: "Well, there goes Nichinan-cho." Artist: Ed Cox Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Project Apocalypse Type: Site Subtitle: Doomsday Site Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Jam] [Jam] [Tec] 3 Provides: [Jam] Body: 5 Generates: 1 Unique. Toughness: X. Enters play with one counter. Add a counter at the start of your turn if this card is in your front row. When there are four counters, you win the game. X= the number of counters. Artist: Martin Blanco Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Silverback Type: Character Subtitle: Revolutionary Monkey Leader Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Jam] [Jam] [Tec] 5 Provides: [Jam] [Tec] Fighting: 8 Unique. Pay Power equal to the cost of a Character this card is about to enter combat with :: Take control of that Character. Tag: Once Potemkin's disciple, now his rival. Artist: Chris Quilliams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare The Gimp Type: Character Subtitle: Nanotech Mutant Faction: Jammers Cost: [Jam] [Tec] 5 Provides: [Jam] Fighting: 7 Unique. All Sites at the location of the target of this card's attack are canceled until the end of the turn. Any Character intercepting this card is canceled until the end of the turn. Artist: Ed Cox Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Promo Arcanomoth Type: Character Subtitle: Metamorphic Abomination Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: 2 Provides: [Arc] [Tec] Fighting: 2 If you have [arc][arc][arc] before you play this card, you may pay 2 additional Power while doing so to give it +4 Fighting and Toughness: 1 until it leaves play. Artist: Dan Harding Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Howling for Blood Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] 1 Play during an attack :: Target Character gains +X damage and Toughness: X until the end of the attack. X= 1, or 2 if target is an . Tag: "The foaming spittle means they're ready." Artist: Brian England Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Nanovirus Type: State Subtitle: State Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] [Arc] 0 Subject Character cannot be healed. Inflict 2 damage on subject at the start of its controller's turn. Tag: "No, I don't think your insurance policy's going to cover this." Artist: Matthew Laznicka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common New Recruits Type: Character Subtitle: Netherworld Soldiers Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] 2 Provides: [Arc] Fighting: 2 Choose a designator when this card enters play. All Characters have Toughness: 1 against Characters with that designator. Artist: Matthew Laznicka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Security Officers Type: Character Subtitle: Corporate Cops Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: 1 Provides: [Arc] Fighting: 1 Toughness: 1 while you control any other Characters. Tag: "Private police. Private army. What's the difference?" Artist: Mikael Noguchi Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Frenzy Engine Type: State Subtitle: Arcanowave State Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] [Tec] 1 Play on a Site. When you declare attackers, any that were at this location gain +1 damage until the end of the attack. Tag: "When you have fewer troops to throw at a problem, you need to throw them harder." Artist: Cristian Saksida Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Jigsaw Beast Type: Character Subtitle: Modular Abomination Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] [Arc] [Arc] X Provides: [Arc] [Tec] Fighting: 1 Unique. Ambush. Reload: Sacrifice a [Tech] Character. +X Fighting. X must be at least 1. Tag: Uglier than the sum of its parts. Artist: Matthew Laznicka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Melting Flesh Squad Type: Character Subtitle: Unruly Abominations Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] [Arc] 3 Provides: [Arc] Fighting: 5 Guts. Cannot turn to attack unless another [arc] Character with a different title is also attacking. Tag: The street sweepers quickly learned to always work in teams. Artist: Scott Reeves Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Panzer X Type: State Subtitle: Tank State Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] [Arc] [Tec] 2 Vehicle. Subject Character gains +2 Fighting and Toughness: 1. Turn :: Inflict 2 damage on the target of subject's attack. Tag: World War Two engineering meets Arcanotech. Artist: Banu Adhimuka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon General Gog Type: Character Subtitle: Abomination Mastermind Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] [Arc] [Arc] [Tec] 5 Provides: [Arc] Fighting: 9 Unique. Tactics. Once per turn when this card uses Tactics, you may unturn it, and the attack is considered to be a success. Artist: Eric Williams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Geoffrey Smythe Type: Character Subtitle: Cultist Traitor Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] [Arc] [Arc] 2 Provides: [Arc] [Pur] [Mag] Fighting: 3 Unique. Turn :: Turn target Site, inflict 1 damage on it, and cancel it until the end of the turn. Tag: Purity is relative. Artist: Regis Moulun Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Squadron-Leader Holz Type: Character Subtitle: Retired Soldier Faction: Architects of the Flesh Cost: [Arc] [Arc] 4 Provides: [Arc] Fighting: 6 Unique. Takes no damage from cards that provide more than 1 resource. Tag: When presented with no options, the best soldiers make their own. Artist: Mike Jackson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Black Helicopter Squad Type: Character Subtitle: Pledged Agents Faction: Ascended Cost: 1 Provides: [Asc] Fighting: 1 +2 damage. Cannot be declared as an attacker unless a Unique Character is also attacking. Tag: "I'm not authorized to tell you why we have to kill you." Artist: Ed Cox Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Freelance Platoon Type: Character Subtitle: Abandoned Pledged Agents Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] 2 Provides: [Asc] Fighting: 2 Stealth. When this card damages the target of its attack, you may draw a card. Tag: "Just because we don't get orders doesn't mean the mission stops." Artist: Jonny Scull Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Hit Squad Type: Character Subtitle: Violent Gangsters Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] 1 Provides: [Asc] Fighting: 1 Turn :: Turn target Character. Tag: A carload of heavily armed gunmen makes a great diversion. Artist: Jon Hodgson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Shadowy Mentor Type: State Subtitle: State Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] 4 You control subject Character. Subject gains the designator . Tag: "I have done you many favors in the past, my young friend. Now I have one to ask in return..." Artist: Dennis Detwiller Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Soul of the Wolf Type: State Subtitle: State Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 1 Subject Character gains Stealth and +1 Fighting Tag: "We all have fangs; some of us just need to sharpen them." Artist: Chris Quilliams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Bull Market Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 0 Limited. Every player gains 5 Power. Tag: Even without their feng shui sites, the Lodge still pull the strings of high finance. Artist: Phil Foglio Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Everything Falls Apart Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 0 Limited. When any player declares one or more attackers, he or she gains 1 Power. No player may gain more than 2 Power this way per turn. Artist: Martin Blanco Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Feral Regression Type: State Subtitle: State Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 1 Subject Character's rules text is blank. It gains +X Fighting if it is or . X= the number of [asc] resources required and provided by subject. Tag: "I am still a man. They have not taken that away from me. Yet." Artist: Adam Bray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Reascension Spy Type: Character Subtitle: Undercover Salaryman Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 3 Provides: [Asc] Fighting: 1 Turn and maintain and choose a damaged Character :: Take control of that Character. Tag: "I think we can offer you a very competitive benefits package." Artist: Martin Montalbetti Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Secret Plans for World Domination Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] 1 Limited. Smoke this card if a Feng Shui Site you control is seized. When you seize a Feng Shui Site, gain 1 Power and you may search your deck for a card, reshuffle, and put that card on top of your deck. Artist: Mike Jackson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Anubis Type: Character Subtitle: Reascended Jackal Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Tec] [Tec] 5 Provides: [Asc] [Tec] Fighting: 7 Unique. Stealth. Gains +1 Fighting until he leaves play when any Character is smoked. Tag: "Death provides many answers." Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Habbakuk Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Floating Feng Shui Site Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 3 Provides: [Asc] Body: 7 Generates: 1 Unique. All Characters you control gain +2 Fighting. Turn :: Draw 3 cards. Tag: In its halls, the old families will either unite or destroy each other. Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare The Unspoken Name Type: Character Subtitle: Pledged Renegade Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] [Asc] 4 Provides: [Asc] Fighting: 8 Unique. Unturn this card when an auction occurs. Tag: "The Pledged lack direction. They are a tool waiting for a hand to grasp them." Artist: Mike Jackson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Reascension Agenda Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Ascended Cost: [Asc] [Tec] 0 Opponents' Events cannot target more than one of your Characters. Sacrifice :: Return a Character from your smoked pile to your hand. Tag: "The Prophet has rejoined his children. It begins." Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Promo Bush Pilot Type: Character Subtitle: Rugged Hero Faction: Dragons Cost: 2 Provides: [Dra] Fighting: 2 Mobility. You may attack back-row Sites if this card is declared as an attacker. Tag: "That scar? I got it in the Congo saving the life of a beautiful heiress." Artist: Cristian Saksida Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Sidekick Type: Character Subtitle: Scrappy Teenager Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] 2 Provides: [Dra] Fighting: 2 Target another Character when this card enters play. Target gains +1 Fighting while this card is in play. When target is smoked, copy target's rules text onto this card until it leaves play. Artist: Kevin Wasden Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Smugglers Type: Character Subtitle: Black-Market Operators Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] 1 Provides: [Dra] Fighting: 1 Turn when a Character you control is smoked :: Gain 1 Power. Tag: To live outside the law, you must be honest. Artist: Banu Adhimuka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Stunt Driving Type: Event Subtitle: Death-Defying Event Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] 1 Target Character gains Guts and +2 Fighting until the end of the turn. Tag: You're not doing it right unless at least two wheels are off the ground. Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Triumphant Heroes Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 0 Return a non-Unique foundation Character from your smoked pile to play. Tag: When the Purists' plans went awry, Zheng Yi Quan attuned to every feng shui site in the world at once. Artist: Chris Watkins Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Homicide Detective Type: Character Subtitle: Jaded Cop Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 4 Provides: [Dra] Fighting: 6 Cannot be intercepted by Characters whose Fighting is less than the number of cards in their controller's hand. Once per turn, you may pay 1 Power :: All players draw 3 cards. Artist: Cristian Saksida Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Lenny Wu Type: Character Subtitle: Martial Artist Cop Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 3 Provides: [Dra] [Chi] Fighting: 4 Unique. When this card enters combat with a Character, that Character gains -1 Fighting until the end of the turn. Artist: Scott Reeves Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Muscle Car Type: State Subtitle: Homemade Tank State Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] 2 Vehicle. Subject Character gains +3 Fighting and Guts. Tag: Necessity is the mother of invention. This car's just a mother. Artist: Matthew Laznicka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Three Days to Retirement Type: State Subtitle: Cop State Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] 1 Limited. Schtick. All effects that could legally target subject Character must target it if they target any Character you control. Tag: "Just this last case, and I'm done." Artist: Brian England Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Julienne Wong Type: Character Subtitle: Political Mastermind Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 4 Provides: [Dra] Fighting: 6 Unique. Toughness: 1 for each different faction resource in your pool. Tag: "Life was supposed to be easier when the good guys ran the world." Artist: Banu Adhimuka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Li Han Type: Character Subtitle: Kung Fu Prodigy Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] [Dra] 3 Provides: [Dra] [Chi] Fighting: 2 Unique. Guts. +1 Fighting for each [dra] Character in play. Tag: The third-greatest martial artist of his generation. Artist: Brian England Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare malloc() Type: Character Subtitle: Resurrected Hacker Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] 4 Provides: [Dra] [Tec] Fighting: 6 Unique. Toughness: 1. Once during your Main Shot, you may choose a resource :: All non-Event cards that require or provide that resource have their rules text blanked until the end of the turn. Artist: Dan Murray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Zheng Yi Quan Type: Character Subtitle: Master of the World Faction: Dragons Cost: [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] [Dra] 7 Provides: [Dra] [Dra] [Chi] Fighting: 10 Unique. Guts. Your opponents cannot generate effects from Feng Shui Sites, but you do so as if you controlled those Sites. (This does not allow you to reveal unrevealed Sites.) Artist: Patrick McEvoy Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Cannibal Army Type: Character Subtitle: Albino Horde Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: 2 Provides: [Lot] Fighting: 2 When an opponent plays a Site, you may inflict 1 damage on a card that he or she controls. Tag: An army marches on its stomach. This one marches on yours. Artist: Zach McCain Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Cannibal's Banquet Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Mag] 0 Limited. Play when a Character you control is smoked by an opponent. You gain Power equal to half (round down) that Character's cost. Tag: "Those who can no longer fight may feed the rest." Artist: Mike Jackson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Haunted Type: State Subtitle: Ghost State Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] 0 All damage inflicted on subject card is increased by 1. You may Reload this card when subject is smoked. Tag: "The voices came to me again last night. They told me that my blood was trapped inside my body -- and I should let it out." Artist: Banu Adhimuka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Petal's Attendant Type: Character Subtitle: Eunuch Sorcerer Assassin Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: 3 Provides: [Lot] [Mag] Fighting: 3 Assassinate. You may inflict two damage on a Character when this card enters play. +1 Fighting while you have more [mag] resources than each opponent. Artist: Wes Jones Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Wailing Apparition Type: Character Subtitle: Vengeful Ghost Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: 1 Provides: [Lot] [Mag] Fighting: 1 Turn and maintain and target an opponent's Character :: Target cannot be healed. Tag: Her haunting cry lets no one rest. Artist: Chris Quilliams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Box of Bones Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Mag] 1 Turn when a Character is healed :: Inflict X damage on a Character. X= the amount of damage healed. Artist: Alex McVey Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon The Hand of the Underworld Type: Character Subtitle: Killer Demon Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Mag] 2 Provides: [Lot] [Mag] Fighting: 4 Unique. Mobility. At the end of the turn in which this card entered play, return it to your hand unless you sacrifice a Character. Artist: Adam Bray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Sewer Demon Type: Character Subtitle: Noxious Monster Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Lot] 4 Provides: [Lot] Fighting: 6 Once per turn, you may sacrifice a Character :: Unturn this card. Tag: There is great power in what modern society discards. Artist: Quinton Hoover Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Twelve Thousand Skulls Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Lot] 2 Unique. When an opponent's Character is smoked, you may give a Character you control +1 Fighting until it leaves play. Artist: Chris Quilliams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Cloaca Type: Character Subtitle: Demon King of the Hong Kong Sewers Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Lot] [Lot] 5 Provides: [Lot] [Mag] Fighting: 8 Sacrifice a Character and choose Event, Site, or Edge :: This card is not affected by cards of the chosen type until the end of the turn. Artist: Adam Bray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare The Library of Souls Type: Site Subtitle: Site Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Lot] 2 Provides: [Lot] Body: 5 Generates: 1 Unique. Once per turn you may target a [lot] Character in your smoked pile and pay Power equal to its cost plus 1 :: Return target to play. Tag: "There is much to learn from the dead." Artist: Zach McCain Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Xin Ji Yang Type: Character Subtitle: Evil Princess Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Lot] 4 Provides: [Lot] [Mag] [Mag] Fighting: 5 Unique. When this card turns to attack, inflict 1 damage each on up to X target cards. X= the number of [mag] cards you control. Artist: Yoseph Ade Setiawan Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Demonic Alliance Type: Edge Subtitle: Edge Faction: Eaters of the Lotus Cost: [Lot] [Lot] 1 Turn and maintain :: Target Character gains Regenerate. Tag: In Empire of Evil, the plans of the Lotus come to fruition and could change the Secret War forever! Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Promo Black Belt Rebels Type: Character Subtitle: Fanatic Nationalists Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] 3 Provides: [Han] Fighting: 4 You may play this card from your smoked pile at -2 cost when an opponent who is closer to victory than you declares an attack on a card you control. Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Crane Stance Type: State Subtitle: State Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Han] 0 The next time subject Character would take damage, reduce the damage to zero and sacrifice this card instead. Tag: "Adopt the stance, grasshopper, and wait." Artist: Mark Poole Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Elephant Style Type: State Subtitle: State Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Han] [Chi] 1 Subject Character gains Toughness: X. X= 1 + the number of [chi] provided by subject. Tag: Strikes unfold like the great beast's trunk; blows that would fell a horse are easily received. Artist: Kevin Wasden Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Shaolin Saboteur Type: Character Subtitle: Agent of the Blue Principle Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] 1 Provides: [Han] [Chi] Fighting: 1 Turn and maintain :: When target card unturns, it takes 2 damage. Tag: Quan Lo found the Syndicate's combination of chi and technology horrifying. Artist: Banu Adhimuka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Taiko Drummer Type: Character Subtitle: Martial Arts Student Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] 2 Provides: [Han] [Chi] Fighting: 2 Sacrifice :: All your Characters gain +X Fighting until the end of the turn. X= the number of Feng Shui Sites you control minus the number of cards in your Burned for Victory pile. Artist: Mike Jackson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Acupressure Master Type: Character Subtitle: Martial Artist Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Han] 4 Provides: [Han] [Chi] Fighting: 6 Toughness: 1. When damage inflicted on this card is reduced by Toughness, you may remove X damage, divided any way you want, from cards in play. X= the amount of damage reduced. Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon The Inner Garden Type: Site Subtitle: Site Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Chi] [Chi] 2 Provides: [Chi] Body: 7 Generates: 1 Turn :: Return a [chi] State you own to your hand. Turn :: Play a [chi] State at -1 cost. Tag: Tranquility is a fortress of the mind. Artist: Garrett Byers Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Iron Hands Ma Type: Character Subtitle: Rebel Martial Artist Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Han] 2 Provides: [Han] Fighting: 2 Unique. Toughness: 1. +3 damage to Characters. Tag: The law is strong, but the outlaws are ten times stronger. Artist: Diego Candia Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Orange Divination Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Han] [Chi] [Chi] 0 Look through the top X cards of your deck, where X = the number of [chi] resources in your pool. Select two cards and set them aside, reshuffle, and place the two cards on top of your deck in any order. Tag: "What you hear may be false; what you see is true." Artist: Martin Blanco Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Cheng Hu Bai Type: Character Subtitle: Red Master Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Han] [Han] 4 Provides: [Han] [Chi] Fighting: 7 Unique. Superleap. Can attack back-row Sites. Cannot be declared as an attacker on front-row Sites. Artist: Regis Moulun Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Master Yuen Type: Character Subtitle: Teacher of the Red Principle Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Han] 3 Provides: [Han] [Chi] Fighting: 4 Unique. Toughness: 1. Turn two Sites you control :: Target [chi] Character gains Superleap until the end of the turn. Artist: Matthew Laznicka Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Zhu Maichen Type: Character Subtitle: Martial Arts Mastermind Faction: Guiding Hand Cost: [Han] [Han] 4 Provides: [Han] [Chi] Fighting: 6 Unique. When this card enters combat with a Character, you may inflict damage equal to that Character's cost on any other Character at this location. Artist: Michael Dixon Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Hydroponic Garden Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Martian Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 7 Generates: 1 When this card is seized or burned, gain 1 Power and you may play a Feng Shui Site face-up at no cost. Tag: The terraforming process requires careful management of chi flow. Artist: Cynthia Cummens Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Improvised Weapons Type: State Subtitle: State Faction: Unaligned Cost: 1 Weapon. Enters play with 1 counter. When subject Character enters combat, place a counter on this card. Subject Character inflicts +X damage. X= the number of counters. Tag: "You take the hockey stick. I've got dibs on the lobster." Artist: Brian England Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Moon Base Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 7 Generates: 1 Turn :: Inflict 1 damage on target attacker. Tag: Once a military base, now leased to the highest bidder. Artist: Brian Rood Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Solar Flare Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Unaligned Cost: 1 If you have [mag] [mag] you may inflict 4 damage on target Character. If you have [chi] [chi] you may heal 4 damage from target card. If you have [Tech] [Tech] you may reveal and/or turn up to 4 target Sites. Artist: Chris Quilliams Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Common Arctic Fortress Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 8 Generates: 1 Takes no damage from Characters that are the subject of States. Tag: Too tough to storm, too cold to besiege. Artist: Mike Jackson Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Buzzsaw Arm Type: State Subtitle: Brutal Weapon State Faction: Unaligned Cost: [Tec] [Tec] 1 Weapon. Subject Character gains +2 damage. When subject enters combat with a Character, that Character gains -1 Fighting until it leaves play. Tag: "Come get some!" Artist: Ed Cox Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Forgotten Temple Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 7 Generates: 1 Limited. Turn at the end of any opponent's turn in which at least one card you own was smoked :: Gain 1 Power. Tag: Consecrated ground, healing the scarred earth of a terrible massacre. Artist: Susan Stejskal Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Hot Zone Type: Site Subtitle: Wasteland Site Faction: Unaligned Cost: 2 Body: 4 Generates: 1 Turn and maintain :: Cancel target Site. Tag: A nanotech accident reduced most of North America to gray goo. Artist: Wes Jones Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Northern Long Fist Type: State Subtitle: State Faction: Unaligned Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 0 Limited. Schtick. When subject Character enters combat with an interceptor, you may choose to have subject inflict no damage this combat. At the time it would have inflicted combat damage, instead inflict 1 plus that amount on the target of the attack. Artist: Regis Moulun Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Rainforest Ruins Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 8 Generates: 1 +2 Body for each opponent who is closer to victory than you. You may play this card face up at -1 cost for each opponent who is closer to victory than you. Tag: The jungle reclaims its territory. Artist: Robert Marchesi Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Scramble Suit Type: State Subtitle: State of the Art Tech Faction: Unaligned Cost: [Tec] [Tec] 1 Subject Character cannot be intercepted by Characters controlled by players with cards in their hands. Any player may discard his or her hand when subject turns to attack. Artist: Brian England Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon Willow Step Type: Event Subtitle: Event Faction: Unaligned Cost: [Chi] [Chi] 0 Reload: 1. Target a Character that is about to enter combat :: Target gains Toughness: 2 until the end of combat. Tag: "Be where your enemy isn't." Artist: Kevin Wasden Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Uncommon The Hegemeister Type: State Subtitle: Tank State Faction: Unaligned Cost: [Tec] [Tec] 3 Unique. Vehicle. Subject Character gains +3 Fighting and Mobility. Subject cannot be intercepted by Characters that are not the subject of a Vehicle. Tag: "Target acquired, buddy! Who wants a hug?" Artist: Brian England Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare The Iron Palace Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Secret Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 7 Generates: 1 Unique. Turn and maintain :: Target Character gains Toughness: 1. Tag: Xin Kai Sheng wanted a more defensible capital. Artist: Adam Bray Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare LaGrange Four Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Orbital Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 4 Generates: 1 Unique. Turn :: Unturn target non-attacking Character. Tag: An entire city in space, designed to the principles of feng shui. Artist: Matt Hughes Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Palace of Virtual Light Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 9 Generates: 1 Unique. Turn and discard your hand :: Gain 1 Power. Tag: In rare circumstances, the principles of geomancy can apply to constructs that should exist only in the imagination. Artist: Martin Blanco Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Rare Noriko Watson Type: Character Subtitle: Razor Girl Faction: Unaligned Cost: [Tec] [Tec] 4 Provides: [Tec] Fighting: 4 Unique. Ambush. +2 damage to Sites. While intercepting, this card inflicts its combat damage at the same time an attacker with Ambush would. Tag: It's a hard life on the streets. It's harder above them. Artist: Anthony Boursier Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Promo Sacred Heart Hospital Type: Feng Shui Site Subtitle: Feng Shui Site Faction: Unaligned Body: 6 Generates: 1 Unique. Turn :: Heal target Character. Tag: "Gunshot wounds, Trauma 1. Demon bites, Trauma 2. Weird recurring glow, please wait outside." Artist: Martin Montalbetti Set: Critical Shift Rarity: Promo