Price of Power is a collectible Gift card that can be acquired from the Community Pack 1.
Effect[ | ]
When this Gift card is held, it applies the Price of Power stock effect to the player. While active, the player can use cards one level higher than their current level. In exchange, all card costs are increased by 5.
Upon use, this card will be discarded.
Notes[ | ]
- If is activated while the player is using Price of Power, President's Privilege will override the price increase of Price of Power. This means the card played after President's Privilege will still be free of charge.
- Cards with scaling effects such as , , and do not behave as if the user is higher leveled while holding Price of Power.
- Price of Power does not work in tandem with passive ability, as the player cannot pay double the cost of nothing.
- The card itself when discarded via playing costs 5 stars. There's no cost if discarded in other ways.
- doesn't take Price of Power into account in terms of "Usable Card Level".
Strategy[ | ]
Price of Power is a unique gift card that, while not innately powerful, can be for the right character in the right situation. As to be expected, the primary use of the card is enabling the player to use cards they don't have the norma required for yet. Assuming the player already has a decent supply of stars but is simply behind on the norma, the card can open the door to many card opportunities and is often best used during norma 2-3. Many Hyper cards become usable at level 3 and the ability to access the cards at level 2 can be extremely helpful for giving the player a leg up. Characters like board before she normally would be as well. In more general terms, the card excels at by giving access to the strongest cards available. This includes Battle cards like and , which can come in handy early on to get the player out of a difficult situation, or other cards such as and which can all the player to recover or start attacking full force from level 3-4. The effect also pairs very nicely with certain character attributes. In particular, can use Price of Power to excellent effect, as it will open her to more Battle cards sooner, as many of them are level 2 or 4, and as a result, enable her passive to stack much faster. Price of Power is also a unique gift in the fact that it will not drop on KO and doesn't prevent the player from receiving norma on Home panels. As a result, the card is considered one of the best gifts to pair with 's passive, enabling her to have a constant +2 attack unless forced to drop the card.
can catch opponents by surprise by using at level 2, and Saki can place a on theWhile useful to some, Price of Power's main disadvantage is that it can be completely useless to others. Characters with low-level Hypers do not need the card at all, and with the exception of Tsih and Nath, most players that start with the card on chapter 1 will often discard it quickly to prevent it from draining more stars from them when they choose to use a card. The card also becomes virtually useless once the player reaches norma 4, since only one card,
, naturally requires level 5 to use.