There are two types of cards in this game: Combat cards and Objective cards. Combat cards can be played only during a combat action, and they have special effects on the battle. Objective cards mainly can be used only in the home zone of the player that the card belongs to, and grant special bonuses to certain units. With the release of the "Scum and Villainy" expansion, new objectives, called Forward Objectives have special abilities allowing them to be played elsewhere. Objective cards represent essential resources that opponents will seek to destroy.