Title: Acupressure Master
Subtitle: Martial Artist
Cost: Hand Hand 4
Provides: Hand Chi
Fighting: 6
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Anubis
Subtitle: Reascended Jackal
Cost: Asc Asc Asc Tech Tech 5
Provides: Asc Tech
Fighting: 7
Text: Unique. Stealth. Gains +1 Fighting until he leaves play when any 
      Character is smoked.
Tag:  "Death provides many answers."
Artist: Diego Candia
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Ape Shall Kill Ape
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Jam Jam 0
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Arcanomoth
Subtitle: Metamorphic Abomination
Cost: 2
Provides: Arch Tech
Fighting: 2
Text: If you have [Arch][Arch][Arch] 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
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Arctic Fortress
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Body: 8
Generates: 1
Text: Takes no damage from Characters that are the subject of States.
Tag:  Too tough to storm, too cold to besiege.
Artist: Mike Jackson
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Black Belt Rebels
Subtitle: Fanatic Nationalists
Cost: Hand 3
Provides: Hand
Fighting: 4
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Black Helicopter Squad
Subtitle: Pledged Agents
Cost: 1
Provides: Asc
Fighting: 1
Text: +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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Botzilla
Subtitle: Behemoth Mechanical Lizard
Cost: Jam Jam Jam Jam Tech 6
Provides: Jam Tech
Fighting: 10
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Bouncing the Rubble
Subtitle: Edge
Cost: Jam Jam 0
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Box of Bones
Subtitle: Edge
Cost: Lot Lot Mag 1
Text: Turn when a Character is healed :: Inflict X damage on a 
      Character. X= the amount of damage healed.
Artist: Alex McVey
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Bull Market v2
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Asc Asc Asc 0
Text: 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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Burning Man
Subtitle: Fire Secret Agent
Cost: Mon 4
Provides: Mon Chi
Fighting: 6
Text: Stealth. Play only if you control at least one <Secret> card. +2 
      damage.
Tag:  Sent by Li Ting to 2068 to bring back the Syndicate's technology.
Artist: Cristian Saksida
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Bush Pilot
Subtitle: Rugged Hero
Cost: 2
Provides: Dra
Fighting: 2
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Buzzsaw Arm
Subtitle: Brutal Weapon State
Cost: Tech Tech 1
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Cannibal Army
Subtitle: Albino Horde
Cost: 2
Provides: Lot
Fighting: 2
Text: 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
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Cannibal's Banquet
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Lot Mag 0
Text: 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
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Catching Bullets
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Syn 1
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Cheng Hu Bai
Subtitle: Red Master
Cost: Hand Hand Hand 4
Provides: Hand Chi
Fighting: 7
Text: Unique. Superleap. Can attack back-row Sites. Cannot be declared 
      as an attacker on front-row Sites.
Artist: Regis Moulun
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Christine Winter
Subtitle: Fractured Sorcerer Prodigy
Cost: Pur Pur Mag 2
Provides: Pur Mag
Fighting: 3
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Cloaca
Subtitle: Demon King of the Hong Kong Sewers
Cost: Lot Lot Lot 5
Provides: Lot Mag
Fighting: 8
Text: 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
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Corporate Warfare
Subtitle: Edge
Cost: Syn 1
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Crane Stance
Subtitle: State
Cost: Hand Hand 0
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Cybermod Parlor
Subtitle: Site
Cost: 2
Provides: Syn Tech
Body: 6
Generates: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Cyborg Mermaid
Subtitle: Aquatic Saboteur
Cost: Jam Jam 4
Provides: Jam Tech
Fighting: 5
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Delay the Inevitable
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Pur Pur 1
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Devendra Chalal
Subtitle: The Burning Hand
Cost: Syn Syn Syn Tech 5
Provides: Syn
Fighting: 7
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Dimitri Lyapunov
Subtitle: Cybernetics Mastermind
Cost: Syn Syn 2
Provides: Syn Tech
Fighting: 2
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Echo Distortion
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Pur 1
Provides: Pur
Text: Copy a Site's rules text to target Site until the end of the turn.
Tag:  "There are no perfect reflections."
Artist: Dan Harding
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Elephant Style
Subtitle: State
Cost: Hand Hand Chi 1
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Everything Falls Apart
Subtitle: Edge
Cost: Asc Asc Asc 0
Text: 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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Feral Regression
Subtitle: State
Cost: Asc Asc 1
Text: Subject Character's rules text is blank. It gains +X Fighting if 
      it is <Lodge> or <Transformed>. 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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Flambards
Subtitle: Fire Secret Society
Cost: Mon 3
Provides: Mon Chi
Fighting: 4
Text: 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
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Floating Teeth
Subtitle: Darkness Horrors
Cost: Mon 3
Provides: Mon
Fighting: 4
Text: 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
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Forgotten Temple
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Body: 7
Generates: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Freelance Platoon
Subtitle: Abandoned Pledged Agents
Cost: Asc 2
Provides: Asc
Fighting: 2
Text: 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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Frenzy Engine
Subtitle: Arcanowave State
Cost: Arch Tech 1
Text: 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
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Gathering the Fire
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Mon 1
Text: Inflict X damage on target card. X= the number of <Fire> cards in 
      play.
Tag:  "Focus yourself, then strike with incendiary fury."
Artist: Dan Harding
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: General Gog
Subtitle: Abomination Mastermind
Cost: Arch Arch Arch Tech 5
Provides: Arch
Fighting: 9
Text: 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
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Geoffrey Smythe
Subtitle: Cultist Traitor
Cost: Arch Arch Arch 2
Provides: Arch Pur Mag
Fighting: 3
Text: 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
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Habbakuk
Subtitle: Floating Feng Shui Site
Cost: Asc Asc Asc 3
Provides: Asc
Body: 7
Generates: 1
Text: Unique. All <Lodge> 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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Harbinger
Subtitle: Secret Herald of the Fire King
Cost: Mon Mon 5
Provides: Mon Chi Tech
Fighting: 9
Text: Unique. Play only if you control a <Secret> card. When this card 
      enters combat, inflict 2 damage on every card it is in combat 
      with.
Artist: Eric Williams
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Haunted
Subtitle: Ghost State
Cost: Lot 0
Text: 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
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Hirake Kazuko
Subtitle: Corporate Mastermind
Cost: Syn Syn Syn Syn 3
Provides: Syn
Fighting: 3
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Hit Squad
Subtitle: Violent Gangsters
Cost: Asc 1
Provides: Asc
Fighting: 1
Text: Turn :: Turn target Character.
Tag:  A carload of heavily armed gunmen makes a great diversion.
Artist: Jon Hodgson
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Homicide Detective
Subtitle: Jaded Cop
Cost: Dra Dra 4
Provides: Dra
Fighting: 6
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Hot Zone
Subtitle: Wasteland Site
Cost: 2
Body: 4
Generates: 1
Text: Turn and maintain :: Cancel target Site.
Tag:  A nanotech accident reduced most of North America to gray goo.
Artist: Wes Jones
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Howling for Blood
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Arch 1
Text: 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 <Abomination>.
Tag:  "The foaming spittle means they're ready."
Artist: Brian England
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Hydroponic Garden
Subtitle: Martian Feng Shui Site
Body: 7
Generates: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Ice Blessing
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Mon 0
Provides: Mag
Text: 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
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Ice Carvers
Subtitle: Netherworld Mystics
Cost: Mon 1
Provides: Mon Mag
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Impossible Men
Subtitle: Self-Made Paradoxes
Cost: Pur Pur Mag 4
Provides: Pur
Fighting: 6
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Improvised Weapons
Subtitle: State
Cost: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Inside Man
Subtitle: Connected Hood
Cost: Syn Syn 4
Provides: Syn
Fighting: 5
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Iron Hands Ma
Subtitle: Rebel Martial Artist
Cost: Hand Hand 2
Provides: Hand
Fighting: 2
Text: Unique. Toughness: 1. +3 damage to Characters.
Tag:  The law is strong, but the outlaws are ten times stronger.
Artist: Diego Candia
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Jigsaw Beast
Subtitle: Modular Abomination
Cost: Arch Arch Arch X
Provides: Arch Tech
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Julienne Wong
Subtitle: Political Mastermind
Cost: Dra Dra 4
Provides: Dra
Fighting: 6
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Junior Executive
Subtitle: Corporate Agent
Cost: Syn 1
Provides: Syn
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Kamikaze Cosmonauts
Subtitle: Outer-Space Saboteurs
Cost: 1
Provides: Jam
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Keeper of Echoes
Subtitle: Recursive Spirit
Cost: Pur Pur 3
Provides: Pur Mag
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: LaGrange Four
Subtitle: Orbital Feng Shui Site
Body: 4
Generates: 1
Text: Unique. Turn :: Unturn target non-attacking Character.
Tag:  An entire city in space, designed to the principles of feng shui.
Artist: Matt Hughes
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Lenny Wu
Subtitle: Martial Artist Cop
Cost: Dra Dra 3
Provides: Dra Chi
Fighting: 4
Text: Unique. When this card enters combat with a Character, that 
      Character gains -1 Fighting until the end of the turn.
Artist: Scott Reeves
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Li Han
Subtitle: Kung Fu Prodigy
Cost: Dra Dra 3
Provides: Dra Chi
Fighting: 2
Text: Unique. Guts. +1 Fighting for each [Dra] Character in play.
Tag:  The third-greatest martial artist of his generation.
Artist: Brian England
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Lightning Strike
Subtitle: Thunder Event
Cost: Mon Mon 2
Text: Each Character at target location takes damage equal to its cost.
Tag:  "Don't worry! Lightning never strikes the same --"
Artist: Utakata
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: malloc()
Subtitle: Resurrected Hacker
Cost: Dra Dra Dra 4
Provides: Dra Tech
Fighting: 6
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Mars Colonist
Subtitle: Expendable Student
Cost: 1
Provides: Syn Chi
Fighting: 1
Text: (no text)
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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Master Yuen
Subtitle: Teacher of the Red Principle
Cost: Hand Hand 3
Provides: Hand Chi
Fighting: 4
Text: Unique. Toughness: 1. Turn two Sites you control :: Target [Chi] 
      Character gains Superleap until the end of the turn.
Artist: Matthew Laznicka
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Melting Flesh Squad
Subtitle: Unruly Abominations
Cost: Arch Arch 3
Provides: Arch
Fighting: 5
Text: Guts. Cannot turn to attack unless another [Arch] Character with 
      a different title is also attacking.
Tag:  The street sweepers quickly learned to always work in teams.
Artist: Scott Reeves
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Ming I's Chosen
Subtitle: Darkness State
Cost: Mon Mon 2
Text: 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 naive.
Artist: Mike Jackson
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Mistress of Blotted Moonlight
Subtitle: Darkness Spirit
Cost: Mon Mon Mon Mag 8
Provides: Mon Mag
Fighting: 9
Text: 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
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Moon Base
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Body: 7
Generates: 1
Text: Turn :: Inflict 1 damage on target attacker.
Tag:  Once a military base, now leased to the highest bidder.
Artist: Brian Rood
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Muscle Car
Subtitle: Homemade Tank State
Cost: Dra 2
Text: Vehicle. Subject Character gains +3 Fighting and Guts.
Tag:  Necessity is the mother of invention. This car's just a mother.
Artist: Matthew Laznicka
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Mystical Cosine
Subtitle: Edge
Cost: Pur Pur 0
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Nanovirus
Subtitle: State
Cost: Arch Arch 0
Text: 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
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: New Recruits
Subtitle: Netherworld Soldiers
Cost: Arch 2
Provides: Arch
Fighting: 2
Text: Choose a designator when this card enters play. All <Soldier> 
      Characters have Toughness: 1 against Characters with that 
      designator.
Artist: Matthew Laznicka
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Northern Long Fist
Subtitle: State
Cost: Chi Chi 0
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Orange Divination
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Hand Hand Chi Chi 0
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Palace of Virtual Light
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Body: 9
Generates: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Panzer X
Subtitle: Tank State
Cost: Arch Arch Tech 2
Text: 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
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Petal's Attendant
Subtitle: Eunuch Sorcerer Assassin
Cost: 3
Provides: Lot Mag
Fighting: 3
Text: 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
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Probability Soldiers
Subtitle: Agents of the Uncertainty Principle
Cost: Pur 3
Provides: Pur
Fighting: 4
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Project Apocalypse
Subtitle: Doomsday Site
Cost: Jam Jam Jam Tech 3
Provides: Jam
Body: 5
Generates: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Rainforest Ruins
Subtitle: Feng Shui Site
Body: 8
Generates: 1
Text: +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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Reascension Spy
Subtitle: Undercover Salaryman
Cost: Asc Asc 3
Provides: Asc
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Rebel Without a Cause
Subtitle: Disaffected Saboteur
Cost: 2
Provides: Jam Tech
Fighting: 2
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Reentry Squad
Subtitle: Space Monkeys
Cost: Jam Jam Tech 3
Provides: Jam
Fighting: 3
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Rei Okamoto
Subtitle: Hacker Mastermind
Cost: Syn 2
Provides: Syn Tech
Fighting: 2
Text: Unique. Influence: 4. Turn :: Change the target of an Event.
Tag:  Everybody uses her code. Nobody spots the backdoors.
Artist: Dan Murray
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Reprogramming
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Syn 0
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Rogue Shaper
Subtitle: Netherworld Mercenary
Cost: Mon Mon 4
Provides: Mon
Fighting: 6
Text: Mobility and cannot be intercepted while at the location of a 
      <Netherworld> Site.
Tag:  "Sure, I can reverse gravity in the antechamber, but it'll cost 
      you."
Artist: Ron Rousselle
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Safety Third!
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Jam 0
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Scramble Suit
Subtitle: State of the Art Tech
Cost: Tech Tech 1
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Secret Plans for World Domination
Subtitle: Edge
Cost: Asc Asc 1
Text: 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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Security Officers
Subtitle: Corporate Cops
Cost: 1
Provides: Arch
Fighting: 1
Text: Toughness: 1 while you control any other <Cop> Characters.
Tag:  "Private police. Private army. What's the difference?"
Artist: Mikael Noguchi
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Sewer Demon
Subtitle: Noxious Monster
Cost: Lot Lot 4
Provides: Lot
Fighting: 6
Text: Once per turn, you may sacrifice a Character :: Unturn this card.
Tag:  There is great power in what modern society discards.
Artist: Quinton Hoover
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Shadowy Mentor v2
Subtitle: State
Cost: Asc 4
Text: You control subject Character. Subject gains the designator 
      <Pledged>.
Tag:  "I have done you many favors in the past, my young friend. Now I 
      have one to ask in return..."
Artist: Dennis Detwiller
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Shaolin Saboteur
Subtitle: Agent of the Blue Principle
Cost: Hand 1
Provides: Hand Chi
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Sidekick
Subtitle: Scrappy Teenager
Cost: Dra 2
Provides: Dra
Fighting: 2
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Silverback
Subtitle: Revolutionary Monkey Leader
Cost: Jam Jam Jam Tech 5
Provides: Jam Tech
Fighting: 8
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Smugglers
Subtitle: Black-Market Operators
Cost: Dra 1
Provides: Dra
Fighting: 1
Text: Turn when a Character you control is smoked :: Gain 1 Power.
Tag:  To live outside the law, you must be honest.
Artist: Banu Adhimuka
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Solar Flare
Subtitle: Event
Cost: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Soul of the Wolf
Subtitle: State
Cost: Asc Asc 1
Text: Subject Character gains Stealth and +1 Fighting
Tag:  "We all have fangs; some of us just need to sharpen them."
Artist: Chris Quilliams
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Squadron-Leader Holz
Subtitle: Retired Soldier
Cost: Arch Arch 4
Provides: Arch
Fighting: 6
Text: 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
Faction: Architects of the Flesh
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Street Sensei
Subtitle: Hood Martial Artist
Cost: 2
Provides: Syn Chi
Fighting: 2
Text: Influence: 1.
Tag:  He's forgotten more about combat than you'll ever learn.
Artist: Brian England
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Stunt Driving
Subtitle: Death-Defying Event
Cost: Dra 1
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Summer Fire Palace
Subtitle: Netherworld Site
Cost: Mon Mon 2
Provides: Mon Chi Mag
Body: 7
Generates: 1
Text: Unique. When an attack you declared ends, you may inflict 2 
      damage on any card.
Artist: Dan Murray
Faction: Four Monarchs
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Symphonic Disciples
Subtitle: Insane Orchestra
Cost: 1
Provides: Pur
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Taiko Drummer
Subtitle: Martial Arts Student
Cost: Hand 2
Provides: Hand Chi
Fighting: 2
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Temporal Anomaly
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Pur Pur Mag 1
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: The Blind
Subtitle: Sorcerer Assassin
Cost: Pur Pur 3
Provides: Pur Mag
Fighting: 2
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: The Gray
Subtitle: Spirit of Absence
Cost: Pur Pur Pur Mag 5
Fighting: 7
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: The Hand of the Underworld
Subtitle: Killer Demon
Cost: Lot Mag 2
Provides: Lot Mag
Fighting: 4
Text: 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
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: The Hegemeister
Subtitle: Tank State
Cost: Tech Tech 3
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: The Inner Garden
Subtitle: Site
Cost: Hand Chi Chi 2
Provides: Chi
Body: 7
Generates: 1
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: The Iron Palace
Subtitle: Secret Feng Shui Site
Body: 7
Generates: 1
Text: Unique. Turn and maintain :: Target Character gains Toughness: 1.
Tag:  Xin Kai Sheng wanted a more defensible capital.
Artist: Adam Bray
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: The Library of Souls
Subtitle: Site
Cost: Lot Lot 2
Provides: Lot
Body: 5
Generates: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: The Unspoken Name (PAP)
Subtitle: Pledged Renegade
Cost: Asc Asc Asc Asc 4
Provides: Asc
Fighting: 8
Text: 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
Faction: Ascended
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Three Days to Retirement
Subtitle: Cop State
Cost: Dra 1
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Triumphant Heroes
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Dra Dra 0
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: True Believer
Subtitle: Indoctrinated Pawn
Cost: 1
Provides: Pur Mag
Fighting: 1
Text: 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
Faction: Purists
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Turbo Boost
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Jam Tech 0
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Turing Machine
Subtitle: Chi-Hating Silicon
Cost: Jam 3
Provides: Jam
Fighting: 4
Text: 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
Faction: Jammers
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Twelve Thousand Skulls
Subtitle: Edge
Cost: Lot Lot 2
Text: Unique. When an opponent's Character is smoked, you may give a 
      Character you control +1 Fighting until it leaves play.
Artist: Chris Quilliams
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Wailing Apparition
Subtitle: Vengeful Ghost
Cost: 1
Provides: Lot Mag
Fighting: 1
Text: Turn and maintain and target an opponent's Character :: Target 
      cannot be healed.
Tag:  Her haunting cry lets no one rest.
Artist: Chris Quilliams
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: C

Title: Willow Step
Subtitle: Event
Cost: Chi Chi 0
Text: 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
Faction: Unaligned
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Xin Ji Yang
Subtitle: Evil Princess
Cost: Lot Lot 4
Provides: Lot Mag Mag
Fighting: 5
Text: 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
Faction: Eaters of the Lotus
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Xu Mei, The Dragon
Subtitle: Cybernetic Martial Arts Master
Cost: Syn Syn Syn Syn Tech 7
Provides: Syn Chi Tech
Fighting: 8
Text: 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
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Zero-G Sumo
Subtitle: Enhanced Colonist
Cost: Syn Tech 3
Provides: Syn Tech
Fighting: 4
Text: Toughness: X. X= the number of Unique and Limited Sites 
      controlled by opponents.
Tag:  Mass times acceleration is still force.
Artist: Mike Jackson
Faction: Shadow Syndicate
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: U

Title: Zheng Yi Quan (PAP)
Subtitle: Master of the World
Cost: Dra Dra Dra Dra Dra 7
Provides: Dra Dra Chi
Fighting: 10
Text: 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
Faction: Dragons
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R

Title: Zhu Maichen
Subtitle: Martial Arts Mastermind
Cost: Hand Hand 4
Provides: Hand Chi
Fighting: 6
Text: 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
Faction: The Guiding Hand
Set: Critical Shift
Rarity: R