Redoing AST Card System

[YusiKha]

I don't really see how you can make it worthwhile to use one of the Support cards when they compete with DPS cards.

If Royal Road only decreased the power of a card rather than discarding it - that would allow them to be played as well as RR fodder.
That system could be worked as Sleeve Draw’s purpose. Salvaging Royal Roaded cards (like the ‘bottom draw’ card trick, to match Spread’s ‘second draw’ card cheat). Sort of like a second spread, it would let you save mitigation for exactly when you wanted it.

What are your thoughts?