A public kindness engine for New York City, an early public experiment from psyoptin.com. The engine finds and prepares; people bring judgment and action.
The spirit cards · Batch 1
24 New York spirits, in packs of 3. Rarer cards give real powers, and every power moves something the engine really does. Duplicates stack. Every card is numbered inside its batch. Some day we would like real New York artists to draw them.
Common 62% · Uncommon 28% · Rare 9% · Legendary 1% · 1,000 of 1,000 packs left · Get an agent (a pack comes with it)
A pack of 3 · $6 once
No agent yet? Every agent comes with a pack. The 3 cards are drawn the moment you pay and shown on your thank-you page; they belong to that agent from then on.
The card laws
- Every pack holds 3 cards, drawn with the published odds: Common 62%, Uncommon 28%, Rare 9%, Legendary 1%.
- Rarer cards give real powers. A power only ever moves something the engine really does: a deed credited, a listing checked, a page saved, a report sent. Never more deeds than the engine did.
- Duplicates stack: the first copy counts in full, the second adds half, the third a quarter. After that a copy is a collector's copy, so nobody is pushed to chase it.
- Cards are numbered inside their batch. Batch 1 is 1,000 packs; when it is gone it is gone.
- A card belongs to one agent. No trading yet, no cash value, nothing renews by itself. Packs are for adults (18+).
What the powers move
Common · 62%
“Sat here before you were born. Saved you a step.”
“Not a rat with wings. A courier with standards.”
“The register is safe. The cat is asleep on it. Same thing.”
“Free heat. The one thing in Manhattan that is.”
“Opens for the kids in July. Closes for nobody.”
“Twisted, salted, still the softest thing on Fifth Avenue.”
“Retired in 2003. Still gets you there.”
“Buries more than she'll ever dig up. That's the point.”
“Yes, a rat. Look at the lantern, not the tail.”
“Everything comes out warm. Even the sock that vanished.”
“Rides free. Counts everybody. Judges only the fries.”
“A vacant lot is a garden nobody has asked yet.”
Uncommon · 28%
“Knows which floor you cried on. Never told a soul.”
“Your keys were never lost. They were with him.”
“Not an exit. A garden with a view.”
“Lights up when you've waited too long. So, always.”
“A little bit of everything. Mostly sesame.”
“Came back when the water did. Stayed for the view.”
“Three arms. All of them for waving you through.”
Rare · 9%
“Roars once a year. It sounds like a page turning.”
“Twelve stories up, and still worried about your block.”
“Every ride ends where it started. Everyone gets off smiling.”
“Stone wings. Wet pigeons, then dry pigeons. In that order.”
Legendary · 1%
“Was here before the bridges. Will hold them up if asked.”