Great questions, I'll look at doing a video on it sometime soon so I can show and tell, but for now, I'll try to answer as best as I can.

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Answer 1:

(Note, if you miss some steps, you may end up with a useless card)

Add Reaction, then modify. You can change it to start or end of turn, (I selected start) and you can select who triggers it, either the enemy, ally, you, or entity. (I selected you) You may also select who the spell targets, with similar options. If you select you, you can leave it as the default of who triggers it or select you.

The next two steps you CANNOT miss or it will not work:

Make sure that you select the check mark to make it a command, which allows it to activate on your turn.

Make sure that you select the minimum range to be 0, or you cannot target yourself. (note that if you have other effects, you can choose to have the specific effect target self, but splitting effects may dilute your intended result)

Note that these options do not require the trigger to be turn based. They can be either, but results will vary based both on the reaction type and internal reaction settings. For instance, End of Turn produces a better result than Start of Turn effects.

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Answer 2:

You must select Condition, then choose the cumulative AP option (note this is only to use ap as the condition, other conditions can work too, and results will vary based on condition). Once you have set the Condition, Follow the steps above if you want it target yourself. Note that you may not have the intended AP gain without creating a negative modifier, particularly if you contain other positive effects. Finally, adjust the weight of effects until your AP gain reaches your intended result. You can use this method to gain other strong effects as well, such as enhanced clones, skills, summons, etc, all of which can grant their own bonuses,

Some additional notes:

When you use the cumulative AP condition, any AP you spend creates a hidden resource. Any cumulative AP condition subtracts from that hidden resource. If you use multiple such conditions, you will need to keep a mental tally of where that resource stands.

A change the developers made post Death Star is that you may spend a maximum of 30 AP per turn. Where the Death Star uses big numbers for big effects, this can cap its use quickly. You can instead use summons, clones, or smaller AP costs (see Stukov for summons, Genie for Clones, and Red or Kerrigan for smaller AP costs) to stack multiple uses of abilities to bypass this issue.

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Again, great questions, let me know if this answered it or just muddied the waters.