Emblem

An emblem is one of the most important card types in the game. Emblems are important to each faction, as they advertise what organization a person belongs to. It is like a badge, unit identifier, etc. Nearly everything in COE revolves around emblems. They are one of two main resources (the other is Gildans or Clink) used to pay for units, items, and actions.

Emblem Coloration
Emblems are identified by their banner color to determine which faction can use them. Factions can use any emblem with a matching banner color:
 * Outrider - black bannered emblemery
 * Crimson - red bannered emblemery
 * Legion - green bannered emblemery
 * Ravenhelm - violet bannered emblemery
 * Empire - orange bannered emblemery
 * Any Faction - blue bannered emblemery

The blue bannered emblems can be used by any faction, but they can only be used to pay for blue-bannered items, units, actions, hideouts, etc. Additionally, any colored emblem can be used to pay for a card with a blue banner. Blue emblems and cards with blue banners are considered generic.

Example:
 * You have a card that costs 2 blue emblems to put into play. You can either use 2 blue banners, 2 of any main color, or a combination of both to bring this card out.
 * You have a card that costs 2 red emblems to put into play. You can only use red emblems to pay for that card.

Faction Emblems
Most basic emblems used belong directly to the main factions, but there are emblems for other factions that can be used, some of which can be used only by certain colored decks (such as Special Service Legion, which is loyal to orange. Other emblems, however, are generic, like Brivatek and Tault. Blue emblems can be used by any deck to pay for generic items, units, actions, etc.