Early Elevation: This is looking to be one of the strongest cards in the set, despite not even being part of "spoiler season".
Obviously it's a slightly cheaper Hedge Fund split over two turns with the downside of being pseudo-Priority (though you can play it with things like Humanoid Resources or Subcontract as long as it's your first click.)
Hedge Fund is pretty good and most corps run it, so this card makes money.
More interesting is the interaction with cards like Nebula Talent Management: Making Stars and Plutus, where the click gain turns this into a viable fast-advance tool. It's even a unique action for MirrorMorph: Endless Iteration, which might help that often-experimental identity out.
There's some counterplay: Cupellation can take this hostage for a time, and Heliamphora is a particularly big threat; however Cupellation tends to have better things to do and Heliamphora has not been very good for its life so far. Transfer of Wealth is also particularly good due to the adjusted priority clause.
Overall, I'd expect this to show up heavily at this year's World Championship.
There's no official Ruling yet afaik, but I'd say yes. Which actually would make trashing this from HQ almost as valuable as playing it from HQ. A great synergy with everything that asks you to trash from HQ as a cost. Like Plutus.
— KramsWhen playing it from Archives, how do I determine whether or not I pay the three credits also? If I do, then it's inferior to Hedge Fund in every way as both net 4 credits, but this one is spread over two turns and has restrictions. If I don't have to pay the 3 credits when playing from Archives, then it seems ridiculously good as it's a net gain of 7 credits, which outperforms even Government Subsidy.
— korricThat question has been answered; I just read the accompanying card in Elevation that specifies that I do pay the 3 credits when playing Petty Cash.
— korric
Can the Click ability be used even if Petty Cash is facedown in archives?
— scantrell24