All cards are placed in one of these zones:

• Treasury: Your deck begins in this zone after it is shuffled before the game and whenever you shuffle your landfill into the treasury. All cards in the treasury are placed face down in one pile.
• Council: Whenever you draw a card, you put it into your hand, also called council. Keep cards in your council hidden from other players.
• Map: All cards (except events) you deploy (or play) are put in this zone. Cards in this zone is where the main action happens. Cards on the map are placed face up unless otherwise noted.
• Landfill: Cards that die, are destroyed, or are discarded and events that have finished resolving, are put into its owner's discard pile, also called landfill. Whenever your treasury is empty, shuffle your landfill into your treasury.