# Game Zones - Material Deck

#### General Rules:

1. The Material Deck is a private zone owned by a player. Each player has their own Material Deck zone. 

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The Material Deck zone is referred to by the term “material deck.”
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2. A player’s starting material deck starts the game in the Material Deck zone.
3. Cards in the material deck must be kept in a single, uniform pile.
4. The material deck must have at least one Level 0 champion card.
5. Constructed formats require that the material deck only contain unique copies of cards.
6. Players may look at their own material deck at any time.


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