Emblem

Game terms · beginner

An emblem is an ability with nowhere to live, parked in the command zone. Nothing in the game can remove it.

How it works

• An emblem is a marker representing an object that has one or more abilities but usually no other characteristics. [114.1]
• "[Player] gets an emblem with [ability]" means that player puts an emblem with that ability into the command zone, owned and controlled by them. [114.2]
• An emblem's abilities function from the command zone. [114.4]

Rules notes

• An emblem has no characteristics beyond its abilities: no types, no mana cost, no color, and usually no name. [114.3]
• An emblem is neither a card nor a permanent, and "emblem" is not a card type. [114.5] Destroy, exile, sacrifice and bounce effects have nothing to work with.
• Because emblems are not permanents, effects that count or copy permanents never see them.

Rule reference

[114.1] [114.2] [114.3] [114.4] [114.5]