Manifest

Manifest (顕現; kengen) is a keyword introduced in SD68 that serves as the main gimmick of Contract Saga: True. The effect name matches with the divine nature of the Contract Grandwalkers (Contractors), which are often the targets of Manifest. 
The general effect is written as follows: 
Flash - By sending your to the Trash, pay one cost from the target to summon this card from the Hand. 
As the name implies, the keyword is a special summoning effect that allows players to summon high cost Spirits, often the key Spirits, with a low cost when specific conditions are met. While in many ways it is similar to , including the use of Soul Core and bypassing the regular cost of summon, the nature of the effect is a Summon. Hence, any effects that restrict the summon of cards would be relevant. 
On the plus side, however, since it is a "one cost summon", it won't be stopped by effects like Zero Counter. As it is a "summon", Neo-Core Charge would also be able to react to Manifest. Since the general Manifest effect pays the cost from the Contractors, and you can +1 core to the Contractor after summoning the Devotee/Concluser cards via Manifest, it is essentially a "free summon" at the cost of one Soul Core. Being a summon but not also means it won't be stopped by effects that restrict advent and the player doesn't need to prepare a separate Spirit to serve as the advent base. 
As a set to come with Mainfest, a new effect timing, (When Manifests) (『このスピリットの顕現時』), is also introduced. Effects with that timing could only proc when the card is summoned via Manifest, but not other summon methods. 
== Q&A ==
No.	Question 	Answer
1 	What is Manifest? 	It is an effect that allows you to summon the designated card from Hand when you have the required number of counters or more by sending your Soul Core from Life/Field/Reserve to the Trash, and sending one core from the designated Granwalker Nexuse as stated in the condition to the Trash. Just like regular summons, you can put any amount of cores onto the card summoned this way from your Reserve/Field.
2 	Does Manifest count as "paying one cost to summon via effect"? 	Yes, it does.
3 	After a Spirit is summoned via Manifest, can you activate Neo-Core Charge if the condition is met? 	Yes. Manifest is a type of summon, so you can.
4 	Can you Manifest a card from the Removed Zone? 	No, you can't. However, if the card comes with an effect that says "You can Manifest this card from the Removed Zone", you can do so.
5 	When you are under an opposing effect that says "the opponent can't use cards from their Hand", can you Manifest? 	No, you can't.
6 	If your Soul Core/cores from your Grandwalker Nexus can't be moved, or you have no cores to put onto the card that Manifest, what will happen to the card that you declared activating Manifest with?	It would be treated as a case that you mistakenly declared a card that can't be used, so the card itself would return to your Hand, and the board state will return to what it was before you declare Manifest.
7 	When exactly does effects with the timing (When Manifests) activate? 	Such effect only activates when the card is summoned via Manifest. Just like (When Summoned) effects of Spirits, it takes place at the same time as any effects that take place when the card is summoned.
8 	If (When Summoned) effects can't be activated due to other effects, can (When Manifests) effects be activated? 	Yes, (When Manifests) effects be activated. (When Manifests) effects are NOT treated as (When Summoned) effects.
== See Also: ==
* List of cards with Manifest
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