Ranks aren't associated with the categories, just with the stats within them. The catergories are used to determine which suit is trump or a test, which are neutral and which is antithetical. (More on this later).

The stats are:

Stat Ranks		Size Examples
Rank 0	Quantum	Electron, Neutron
Rank 1	Molecular	H20
Rank 2	Bacterial	Amobea, Cells
Rank 3	Insect	Dust Mites
Rank 4	Small Animal	Bird, Mouse, Cat
Rank 5	Human	Human
Rank 6	Large Animal	Bear, Ogre
Rank 7	House	Giant Man
Rank 8	Skyscraper	Ultraman
Rank 9	City	NYC
Rank A	Planet	Earth
Rank B	Sun	Sirius
Rank C	Solar System	Sol System
Rank D	Galaxy	Milky Way
Rank E	Galactic Cluster	Virgo Cluster
Rank F	Cosmos	The Universe

Mechanics

Basic Mechanics
The basic mechanic for resolving any action whose outcome is in doubt is fairly simple. First the GM chooses which attribute the test will be made against. To bust through a locked door for example the GM would probably choose strength (unless the character was using a super power like 'Optic Blast' in which case it would be the power level of the optic blast). If the player is content that his base stat is good enough to pull off the action then he can simply tell the GM his value and be done. If the player wants the hero to invest extra energy into getting the job done they can play cards from their hand to raise the heroes total. Cards count as follows:

• Matching Suit : If the suit of the card played matches the suit of the test (for example playing the 10 of Swords for a Physical test) then the full value of the card is added to the hero's level.
• Non-matching Suit : If the suit of the card does not match the suit of the test (a 10 of Cups for a Physical test for example) then the card only adds 1 point to the hero's level.
• Face Card : If the heroes level has been increased to 15, a face card can push the total into the next Rank. To improve it further within that next rank additional face cards must be played with each adding 1 point to the level in that rank.
• Major Arcana : The Major Arcana can also push the hero's total to the next rank if his level in the current rank has been increased to 15. The Major Arcana adds only 1 level to to the total otherwise.

Examples

UltraKnight has a strength of 6/4 and wants to rip an iron door off it's hinges. The GM asks for a strength check. UK can either rely on his 6/4 Strength to be enough to get the job done or he can throw one or more cards from his hand out and add their values to the total.

Still at the door UltraKnight is ready to kick some inanimate booty. With the lives of his friends depending on his success UK plays a 10 of Swords, a 10 of Wands and Strength.

• Swords is the Physical suit and this is a physical action so the 10 of swords brings UK's strength of 6/4 up to 6/14.
• The 10 of wands is an offsuit card so it only adds 1 to UK's strength which brings it to 6/15.
• Strength is part of the Major Arcana and so adds only 1 but because it is a Major Arcana that is enough to bring UK's strength up to 7/0.

Resolution

Ultimately its up to the GM to provide some meaning to these numbers.

If the situation only requires a yes/no answer the GM only needs to check whether the hero's final total exceeds the total of his opponent or of a target difficulty the GM assigned to the action.

If the situation can have various degress of success then the GM can make a judgement call based on how close the got the the target difficulty (or by how much they exceeded it). It's important to keep in mind that Ranks are fairly major steps in this game though, so a character who is a rank or more away from the target value has probably either succeeded or failed spectacularly.

More Mechanics
Heroes have to deal with some unusual stresses so they've got some other options available to them if the cards just aren't where they need to be.

Pushing
When a heroes fat is really in the fire they can push themselves to greater effects than the cards in their hand would normally allow. To push a total the hero flips a card over from the top of his deck. The cards add to the total as normal except if the card is of the opposition suit to the test. If an opposition card is drawn then all of the cards which have been pushed so far (including the opposition card) count as a negative against the hero's total. Also once an opposition card has been drawn the hero may not push any further.

Example : UltraKnight with a Dex of 5/11 needs to hit UltraMasher really hard so he decides to push himself and turns over the top card of his deck. It's a 3 of swords so he gets to add 3 to his total. This isn't enough though so he pushes harder and flips over another card. Unfortunately this is the 3 of cups, the opposite suit. This means that his total is dropped by 6 points instead of raised giving him a final total of 5/5.

Sizing up the situation / Catching your breath
Normally a character can only draw 1 card per round to replenish their hand. If can get a free round where they do nothing other than rest or size up the situation they can draw two cards instead.