Kartakinesis

• Debut: Phantom Exorcist (Part II)

• Type: Innate Kinetic

• Capabilities: Offence, Defense, Support

The name "Kartakinesis" comes from the Greek word "Karta" that means "Card" and "Kinesis" meaning "Manipulation" forming the name "Kartakinesis" and meaning "Card Manipulation." Brandon has four different effects depending on the card's symbol.

Hearts - Explodes on contact with a surface or on demand.

Diamonds - Creates a defensive wall that absorbs projectiles.

Clubs - Boost the user's luck to pull an ace, spade, or joker.

Spades - Cuts though anything without fail.

This innate kinetic requires prior knowledge on the game rules of spades. We will not be going over that on this wiki; however, you can find the rules fairly easily and can figure out how Brandon's kinetic, Kartakinesis, works with said rules.

General: Brandon can not just summon a spade/joker instantly or play a whole different suit than what he has activated in that moment. 

Renege Mode: Reneging is when you play a different suit than what's on the table just to play it later on and two books are taken as punishment. In the case of Brandon, it happens if he attempts to play a spade/joker without the prerequisites or if he attempts to play multiple suits at once. His punishment is not being able to pull a card ranked higher than a "jack" for the rest of whatever fight he's in + kinetic energy cut in half and unable to use burst mode for a week. 

Numbers: Numbers is the simplest part besides the suits and that's just telling you how many uses Brandon has for that effect and also tells you the jack, queen, and king are just higher value numbers over 10.

Special Effects: Really just telling you the king of spades and diamonds are exempt from the "jack, queen, and king are just higher value numbers over 10" rule stated previously, instead giving the king's blade and king's shield respectively. It also explains what the ace of club and diamond does since you can't really have a unmissable attack with their effects. (Aces doesn't miss their intended target btw) Finally, Jokers just alter things but Brandon has to be in bust mode for that. 

Chance Calculation: All it's for is to tell you the formula in which cards are pulled. Ace of Clubs override said formula and guarantees an ace of another suit or a joker. 

"Kartakinesis, known as Card Manipulation, is the innate kinetic of Brandon Sangster. The effects of this kinetic and range depending on what cards are pulled." - Purify: Phantom Exorcist Part II

Phantom Exorcist

Part II

• Brandon pulls 3 cards and activates a 2 of hearts to blow up a portion of a building.

Part III

• Brandon activates the effect of the four of diamonds to form a barrier around himself, Aliyah, Koga, and Runa.

Part IV

• Brandon pulls a 5 of spade and 7 of hearts. He activates the 7 of hearts and fires off 5 of them on Guardian Sentries.

• He activates the 5 of spades and sends one of them to cut the side of Kani's cheek

Part V

• Brandon pulls the Ace of Spades and activates it, making a spade that cuts and can not miss the target.

• Brandon has the King's Blade and targets the cut to be the air in which Aliyah was using for Aerokinesis causing it to end up as distorted space when hitting Kani.

District Games

• Brandon uses his innate kinetic to use a 2 of hearts to set off an explosion where the Earth Phantom is incubating but it fails.

• Brandon would again use hearts and diamonds to set off explosions and defend himself in a confrontation against the unknown advisor.