Empowered — Riftbound Rules

Section 828 — 8 rules

828.1.: Empowered is a Dependent Keyword.
828.1.a.: It is formatted as “[Empowered][>] [Text].”
828.1.b.: Starting from the keyword to the end of the clause, the entire statement is the Empowered Ability.
828.1.b.1.: It is functionally short for “While I have the Empowered status, this card gains ‘[Text]’.”
828.1.b.2.: The [Text] here is the Dependent Ability.
828.1.c.: As long as the Game Object has the Empowered status, then the Dependent Ability will be active.
828.1.d.: If the Dependent Ability is a Triggered Ability whose condition is “When I become Empowered,” or a permutation thereof, it will be active and trigger when its source becomes Empowered.
828.2.: Empowered and whether or not a card has an Empowered Ability is a characteristic of the card that may be checked or referenced by other Game Effects.