Archives
A player’s archives is a facedown game area in front of that player’s Archon identity card. Card abilities are the only means by which a player is permitted to add cards to their archives. During step 2 of a player’s turn, after they select an active house, the active player is permitted to pick up all cards in their archives and add those cards to their hand.
Cards in a player’s archives are considered out of play. A player may look at their archives at any time. A player is not permitted to look at an opponent’s archives.
If the ability instructing a player to archive a card does not specify where the card is archived from, the archived card comes from that player’s hand. If an ability “puts” a card into a player’s archives, abilities that resolve when a card is archived will not resolve.
Related Topics: Out-of-Play Zones