The Gate vs other games

Every deck has one Gate. Once per turn, tap it to portal an untapped entity from your Alley into your Garden; then the Gate’s effect happens, sized by that entity’s Gate Power. The Gate costs no IKZ and can’t be attacked or destroyed.

Is it like…

Hero Power in HearthstonePartly

Partly. Both are a once-a-turn ability every deck brings. A Hero Power usually costs 2 mana and needs nothing else; the Gate is free but needs an entity in your Alley to move forward.

What’s the same and what’s different

Retreating in Pokémon TCGPartly

Partly. Retreating swaps your Active Pokémon with a Benched one for an Energy cost. The Gate moves an Alley entity up for free, once a turn, and adds an effect, but nothing moves back.

What’s the same and what’s different

Other mechanics

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