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

Rank 0	Quantum	Quarks, SubAtomic Worlds, Atoms
Rank 1	Molecular	Molecules
Rank 2	Bacterial	Amobea, Cells
Rank 3	Insect	Dust Mites, Ant
Rank 4	Small Animal	Bird, Mouse, Cat
Rank 5	Normal Human	Aunt May, Batman
Rank 6	Enhanced Human	Deathstroke, Bane
Rank 7	Meta Human	Spiderman
Rank 8	SuperHuman
Rank 9	Powerhouse	The Thing
Rank A	Titan	Superman, The Hulk
Rank B	Planetary Force	Silver Surfer, Molecule Man
Rank C	Solar Force
Rank D	Galactic Force
Rank E	Nebular Force
Rank F	Cosmic Diety

Scale
Related to the variations in stat ranking there is also a table for scale rankings. This defines not only the size of something but also a general area of effect. A Solar Force energy beam would be able to effect things on a solar system level scale - think the Death Star's main weapon for example.

The Scale Ranks are as follows:

Scale Ranks

Rank 0	Quantum	Quarks, SubAtomic Worlds, Atoms
Rank 1	Molecular	Molecules
Rank 2	Bacterial	Amobea, Cells
Rank 3	Insect	Dust Mites, Ant
Rank 4	Small Animal	Bird, Mouse, Cat
Rank 5	Large Animal	Human, Elephant
Rank 6	Skyscraper	Ultraman
Rank 7	Mountain	Mountains, Large Cities
Rank 8	Continental	Australia
Rank 9	Planetary	Ego the Living Planet, Earth
Rank A	Stellar	A Star
Rank B	Solar	The Oort Cloud
Rank C	Nebula	Stellar Nusery
Rank D	Galactic	Andromeda
Rank E	Cluster	Galactic Cluster
Rank F	Cosmos	The Universe

Mechanics

Basic Mechanics
Each player start with a hand of cards drawn from whatever sort of Tarot deck they prefer. Whenever the GM needs the character to create a result total the player may add cards from his hand to augment the value of that stat being used.

Example : 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 6/5 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.

Used this way, a card will add it's full value to the total if it's the correct suit for the test or 1 point if it's an off-suit card. The Major Arcana are always offsuit but they do offer one special advanatge. When the total is generated values add to the base normally until the top of the range is reached at 15 (or F). Thereafter it takes 10 points of card value to advance the total by 1 point. Major Arcana are an exception to this and will always add 1 to the total regardless of what the current value is.

Example : Back 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.

The GM then compares this total either to a difficulty value or to an opponents stat to determine the final outcome.

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.

• If the card's suit matches the suit of the test it adds it's full value.
• If it's an unrelated suit the card adds 1 point to the total.
• If the card's suit is the opposite suit as that of the test then the hero has pushed too hard. This means they can't push any further and the value of all the cards they've turned over is treated as a negative.

Example : UltraKnight needs to hit UltraMasher really hard so he decides to push himself and turns over the top card of his deck. It's a 5 of swords so he gets to add 5 to his total. This isn't enough though so he pushes harder and flips over another card. Unfortunately this is the 5 of cups, the opposite suit. This means that his total is dropped by 10 points instead of raised. (5 points from the 5 of cups and 5 from the 5 of swords).

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.