How does a Gold Gear token work?

How Gold Gear Tokens Work

Basic Function: A Gold gear token is a gear token that gives you 1 Power when you exhaust and kill it. According to the official patch notes, Gold tokens debuted in the Spiritforged set.

Key Details:

1. It's a Gear Token — Gold tokens are gear, so they:

   • Enter play Ready (like all gear)
   • Can only be played to your Base
   • Can be chosen, affected, or killed by effects that target gear
   • Count as gear for abilities like Pit Crew or Ornn, Forge God

2. Activation Sequence — To use a Gold gear token:

   • Activate its ability (exhaust and kill it)
   • Pay the cost by killing the token
   • The ability resolves and adds 1 Power to your Rune Pool
   • You can then use that Power to pay for other card abilities or costs

3. Important Limitations:

   • Gold tokens only provide Power, not Energy or other resources
   • Gold tokens do NOT count toward Legion (they're tokens, not Main Deck cards)
   • If a Gold token moves to a non-board zone (like your hand), it ceases to exist immediately

Related FAQs:

• You can target a Gold gear token with costs that require returning gear to hand — the token moves to your hand (satisfying the cost), then ceases to exist
• You can use Pickpocket to kill a Gold token (treating its cost as 0)

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