Staking DEC

A Power Source is necessary to maintain the manifestations summoned through the use of cards. It can be thought of as a type of generator, and like all generators, it needs fuel in order to function. In this case the fuel will be Dark Energy Crystals (DEC), however the fuel will not be burned, instead it just has to be available for the Power Source to use - in other words, it needs to be staked. Please note that only DEC tokens may be staked and not DEC-B. DEC-B may only be used in places where DEC is spent and burned.

The amount of DEC that is necessary to be staked in order to power the worker cards will be 10,000 (10k) per max-level card. Cards that are below max level will require less staked DEC to power in proportion to their BCX as compared to the max BCX for that type of card.

For example, a 200 BCX Chaos Legion Common card will require 5k DEC to be staked since it has half of the max BCX for that type of card (400). Similarly, a 3 BCX Gold Foil Beta Legendary card will require 7.5k DEC to be staked since it has 3/4 of the max BCX for that type of card (4). Please note that over-combined cards (cards with more BCX than the max) will not require extra DEC to be staked nor will they provide extra production.

The foil, rarity, or edition of the card will not affect the amount of DEC that is needed to be staked in order to power them, even though those attributes may provide significant production bonuses (see the Production Points section).

DEC that has been staked to a particular land Region can be unstaked instantly and at any time as long as it is not being actively used to power workers on any plots in the Region. DEC staking is handled on a Region basis for each player, so players do not need to manage their DEC for each individual plot separately for plots within the same region. Please note that each player who has plots within a region will need to stake their own DEC in that region and their staked DEC will only affect their plots and not plots owned by other players in the region.

When a player begins production on a particular plot within a region, the required amount of staked DEC tokens in the Region to power the worker cards on that plot will be "locked", meaning that it cannot be unstaked from the Region until production is stopped on that plot. Please see the Beginning Production section of the document for more information.