Altered Glossary
1.2.2 Objects
1.2.2.a Objects are the game pieces of Altered.
1.2.2.b Most things in a game of Altered are either objects, properties of objects or sets of objects.
1.2.2.c Objects have characteristics:
- Type (Character, Emblem, Hero, Permanent, Region, Spell)
- Sub-type
- Name
- Rarity (common
, rare 
, unique 
) - Version
- Hand Cost
- Reserve cost
- Faction (Axiom
, Bravos 
, Lyra 
, Muna 
, Ordis 
, Yzmir 
) - Statistics (one number for each of
, 
, 
) - Abilities
- Reserve limit (only for Heroes)
- Landmark limit (only for Heroes)
- Duration (only for Emblems)
1.2.2.d An object may lack some of these characteristics.
2.1 Objects
2.1.a Objects exist in every visible zone. Each object belongs to a single zone at any given time.
2.1.b Objects can be represented in different ways: Altered cards, tokens, Adventure cards, halves of Tumult cards, and emblems.
2.1.c Objects never change zones. When a cost or an effect "moves" an object, it moves the item representing that object, which becomes a new object with a new timestamp if it ends up in a visible zone. Effects relating to the old object do not apply to the new one (see Rule 2.1.e).
Example. Lithium has Haven, Bravos Bastion and plays Kuwat, the Dissenter from Reserve. This triggers the two reactions of Kuwat, its native "
Sacrifice a Character" and the one granted by Haven "
I gain 1 boost". If Lithium decide to play the reaction first and to sacrifice Kuwat, then the reaction will not boost Kuwat in the Discard pile as it is not the same object as Kuwat in the Expedition zone which triggered the reaction.
2.1.d If a token would leave the Expedition zone, it ceases to exist immediately after joining its new zone. This is an additive event-modifying rule.
2.1.e If an ability refers to a card or an object moving from any zone to a visible zone (as part of a cost, a trigger, or an effect), that ability can find the new object in its destination zone. This is an exception to Rule 2.1.c .
++Example. Moonlight Jellyfish has the reaction "When I'm sacrificed, if I'm not Fleeting — Put me in Reserve".
- If Moonlight Jellyfish is sacrificed, its reaction triggers and is able to find it in the Discard pile even though it is a different object than the one whose reaction just triggered.++
2.1.f Rule 2.1.e can apply through more than one zone change, as long as they all come from the ability itself.
Example. Coppélia has the reaction "When I go to Reserve from your Handl You may play me for free and I gain Asleep"
. Coppélia in Reserve, Coppélia in Limbo, and Coppélia in the Expedition zone are three different objects, but the effect of Coppélia's reaction in Reserve can act on the two other Coppélias as it is that effect that moved the card from Reserve to Limbo and to the Expedition zone.2.1.g Cards in hidden zones are not objects.
2.1.h Zones are not objects: they are sets of objects or cards.
2.1.i Counters are not objects: they are markers placed on objects.
2.2.8 Faction
2.2.8.a A faction is one of the following: Axiom, Bravos, Lyra, Muna, Ordis, Yzmir.
2.2.8.b Some objects have no faction. They are called neutral.
2.2.8.c The faction of an object represented by a card is defined by its faction symbol and its background color.
2.2.8.d Tokens, reactions, and emblems have no faction.
Remark. The tokens printed by Equinox have a background color and a faction symbol. This is purely for aesthetic reasons and has no rules implications.
7.1.3 Faction symbol
7.1.3.a The symbol represents the Axiom faction.
7.1.3.b The symbol represents the Bravos faction.
7.1.3.c The symbol represents the Lyra faction.
7.1.3.d The symbol represents the Muna faction.
7.1.3.e The symbol represents the Ordis faction.
7.1.3.f The symbol represents the Yzmir faction.