Resource

A Resource is a lasting card type within The Spoils. You use resources to pay for your cards. The more resources you accumulate, the bigger and better things you can play.

Staple Resources
Staple resources are the simplest kind of resource and your deck is usually full of them. Each trade has its own staple resource type. Arcanist uses Obsession, Banker uses Greed, Gearsmith uses Elitism, Rogue uses Deception, and Warlord uses Rage.

Resource Icons & Threshold
Every staple resource card provides you with a distinct resource icon. These icons appear prominently on the resource and correspond to the threshold icons in the upper left corner of your other cards. You can’t play a card until you’ve met its threshold. For example, if a card has a threshold of 2 Rage icons, you can’t play it until you control at least 2 Rage resource cards. But once you control those resources, you can play any number of cards with a threshold of 2 Rage icons.

Face-Down Resources
When a card lets you play a resource, you don’t always need an actual resource card. You can instead put any card from your hand into play face-down. While they don’t provide any resource icons, face-down resources do everything else regular resources can do. So why play face-down resources? Well, sometimes you don’t draw enough regular resource cards and it’s important to keep playing resources throughout the game. It can be hard to give up a cool card by putting it face-down, but if you don’t continue to play resources you’ll fall behind later in the game. Remember that your faction lets you draw extra cards, so there’s no limit to the number of resources you can effectively use.