Index -> Playing the Game -> Types of Cards -> Item

Item cards are used when your avatar is in combat. Items have attributes like units and avatars. Items usually don't have health.

Weapons

Items that have the weapon trait often have attack and damage bonus attributes.

Armor

Items that have the armor trait often have a defense attribute.

Many item cards have an archetype, limiting them to decks that are using an avatar that has a matching archetype. Some are generic, having no archetype, and they can go into any deck.

Restrictions

Many item cards have a restriction. You can have only one card for each restriction on the playmat.

Items that have the starship restriction also have a health attribute, much like the health attributes on units and avatars.

When you play a card that has the same restriction as another card you already have on the playmat, two things happen.

1. The card you have in play is destroyed.
2. You draw a card.