Empowered
A dependent keyword: while this has the Empowered status, it gains the dependent ability. The status lasts until this leaves the board or is disempowered.
Active while this is Empowered.
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It is formatted as "[Empowered][>] [Text]". Starting from the keyword to the end of the clause, the entire statement is the Empowered Ability.
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It is functionally short for "While I have the Empowered status, this card gains '[Text]'." The [Text] is the Dependent Ability.
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As long as the Game Object has the Empowered status, the Dependent Ability will be active.
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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.
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Empowered is a binary state: a Game Object is Empowered or it is not. The status lasts until the card leaves the board or is disempowered.