I love Riftbound, and Unleashed is the most fun I've had in this game, so I say this with nothing but love; holy smokes does this game need a strict text layout formula.
Explaining to someone who's been playing since set 1, let alone a new player, that you can choose to resolve either half of the effect for no token, or both parts of the effect for a token, or that you're forced to use floating energy if you chose to use the effect at all, and explaining why it works that way, it's just way too confusing.
Thank you to
@grentontv and the others in the thread for thorough explanations. I understand why it works now, but the mental gymnastics I had to do to get there just isn't how things should be. I really wish the game was 90-99% interpretable from card text alone without having to reference the rulebook nearly as much.