power build question

[Kefrem]

How would one say take a tarot deck. and make the toons mystical powers are that she can draw a card and it summons the image on the card to fight and have each card a different power? a multipower summon? some could be fireballs called from the card...etc.

[Funk Thompson]

Summon has options for "Expanded Class(es) of Beings" 

 

You could do this with a single summon power with the above advantage, or with a multipower of different summons options for each critter summoned.  

 

Most likely, some of these critters will be more powerful than others.  So either the smaller cards just don't use all of the summon's max power, or again you have separate, smaller slots in the MP for those.

[eepjr24]

If this is the characters entire shtick, I would probably go with either a multipower or a VPP. Note that for full deck you are talking about 78 different powers, which is pretty over the top for most games.

 

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[ghost-angel]

This looks like a great example for a VPP, as noted by others. Each card is basically a Special Effect for a different Power/Mechanic.

[dsatow]

There are 21 trump cards + 1 fool card (major arcana) and 56 minor arcana aligned in 4 suits.  The minor arcana aligns with our standard poker deck but with wand, cups, swords, and pentacles instead of clubs, hearts, spades, and diamonds respectively.

 

It could be an interesting character design akin to card captor Sakura to only a few major arcana and all the minor arcana instead of trying to get all the cards at once.  The minor arcana could be from 4 powers to 4+(4x4) powers if you make the named cards (ace, king, queen, jack) slightly different.  If the minor arcana are your basic attack, defend, util powers, the major arcana can be your one off specials.  As you gain experience, you can discover or get more major arcana.