Cards And Zones
How Does Show Off Work?
Show qualifying cards from hand and/or pick qualifying friendly objects on the board while playing the card. The information it uses is fixed then.
RiftPal explanation · Answer first
The short answer
While completing a card’s play steps, you may Show OffAn optional choice while playing a card: reveal qualifying cards from your hand and/or pick qualifying friendly objects on the board. Referenced information is recorded then, ignoring later changes.View in Glossary the objects its text asks for. Reveal qualifying cards from your hand, pick qualifying friendly objects on the board, or combine both if a group is required. Picking a board object for Show Off does not target it.
RiftPal explanation
How it works
Match every stated requirement, such as type, Energy cost or different names. Showing Off is optional; it is not an extra payment unless separate text requires one.
Information referenced from the shown objects is recorded when you Show Off. Later Might changes, moving a shown unit or discarding a shown card do not change that recorded information. You may use a shown card to pay a separate discard cost if that cost allows it. Multiple Show Off instances are separate and their linked text determines which one a later instruction uses.
In practice
Example
You Show Off a friendly unit with 4 Might for an effect that uses its shown Might. A response reduces it to 2 or returns it to hand. The effect still uses the recorded 4.