Hey thank you it really does help to clarify !
It's funny it read a bit like some Yu-Gi-Oh or Magic card.
Follow-up question, how would you do power up ? The same way or would you do it a bit differently ? Like by ditching the EXILED maybe ?
I would do it similarly to the standard format, but I'd drop the EXILED part and switch it out for a temporary BOOST.
Like maybe instead of being EXILED, the player gains the ability to move without paying a POWER cost. Or, they gain up to 3 new ABILITIES. Stuff like that. Depending on the theming, I'd go wild with it!