Oh my. I liked the changes to AST cards when I first heard about them, but seeing the full changes in the job guide got me thinking …

Could not a skilled AST potentially boost a party member (or 2) by up to 20% damage if I'm reading those cards accurately?

I don't see a warning about Divination and Lord/Lady not stacking with the base cards. If that's true, Could we not potentially setup a situation where we get max Divination on the party, Balance a target then immediately use a Sleeve Draw charge to acquire a second Balance while the first is still active with Divination ticking and convert that into a Lord to also apply to our chosen DPS to bring all 3 buffs (6+8+6) for a 20% damage boost for a single target?

Of course, none of that is possible if the various effects overwrite each other. But if they don't, That could be a fun replacement to the old card fiddling.