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[Hulan]

While partly correct, the time you spend hoping to draw a proper card you could've easily been DPSing instead, guaranteeing extra DPS, rather than hoping for it. You also won't be healing in that time frame, either.

Even if the card abilities are oGCD, you still won't be able to use them at the same time as GCD abilities like SCH can with Embrace etc.

Also, it only states "Attack Speed" and "Attack Damage"; this could only mean auto-attacks rather than Skill or Spell Damage. 10% on a single target is also a very small amount, compared to the amount you could've actually added by DPSing yourself.

I see it a little like stance dancing. That is to say, if you were going to use - as you say - guaranteed extra damage, you would first want to use Cleric Stance - an action with a time cost approximately the same as drawing a card - then return back to normal stance the next time you need to heal - the same as using/Shuffling/Spreading/Royal Roading (now that's a stupid made up word and I feel bad having said it) for ultimately a larger effect as long as you use a damage buffing card (20% cooldown reduction for instance being more overall damage on a DD than what a AST could put out in that time).

As an aside, the same phrase "Attack Speed" is used on MNK's Grease Lightning which reduces GCD and autoattack speed.