Marker

In Magic: The Gathering, a marker is an object used to represent anything that isn't represented by a card.
The most common markers are tokens, emblems, and counters. Tokens and emblems are usually represented on the back side of marketing cards found in Magic boosters, while counters are often represented by marbles or dice. Any small object that can be placed on cards or the game surface can serve as a marker, as could notes jotted on paper, even if official markers are available.
==Rules==
==Designations==
Some designations are described as "to act as marker".
*Monstrous Monstrosity - Applies to creatures. The +1/+1 counters applied by the ability serve as a physical marker but are not the same thing as the designation itself.
*Renowned Renown - Applies to creatures. Also uses +1/+1 counters in the same way as Monstrous.
*City's Blessing Ascend - Applies to players. A helper card was included in some relevant products (Rivals of Ixalan).
Other designations are not described as a marker by the rules.
*Commander Applies to cards chosen during deck construction. No physical marker, but the designation remains the same throughout the game.
*Day/Night Applies to the game as a whole. A helper card was included in some relevant products (Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Innistrad: Crimson Vow initially).
*Monarch Applies to players. Marker cards were included in relevant booster packs (Conspiracy: Take the Crown).
*Initiative Applies to players. Marker cards were included in relevant booster packs (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate).
*Level Applies to Class enchantment cards. Has no official or implied marker.
*Locked / Unlocked Applies to Room enchantment cards.
**A Room can have either left half unlocked, right half unlocked, both designations or neither.
*Goaded Applies to creatures.
*Protector Applies to players.
*Ring-bearer Applies to creatures.
*Speed / Max speed Applies to players.
*Suspected Applies to creatures. Punch cards with markers were included in relevant booster packs (Murders at Karlov Manor).
==Player counters==
When counters are placed on a player instead of an object it is often helpful to have a marker card to place these counters on.
*<c>Acorn Stash</c> (Silver-bordered)
*<c>Energy Reserve</c> 
*<c>Experience</c>
*<c>Poison Counter</c> 
*<c>Radiation</c>
*<c>Ticket Bucket-Bot</c> 
==Named markers==
===Turn marker===
The Grand Melee variant places great emphasis on turn markers.
===Venture marker===
Venture markers were introduced in Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms. If you venture into the dungeon for the first time you put a dungeon of your choice into the command zone and put a venture marker on the first room, at the top. Your venture marker is a way for you to track which room you're in. A venture marker is something small that you can use to keep track of what room you are in, for example, a coin, a bead, a die or a miniature.
===Zone marker===
Some marker cards were printed to highlight the placement of a card in a zone or other game area.
*<c>On an Adventure</c> (Exile) Adventure 
*<c>Companion</c> (Sideboard) Companion
*<c>Foretell</c> (Exile) Foretell
*<c>Plot</c> (Exile) Plot
===Gameplay trackers===
On the Mystery Booster 2 test card , play aids such as dungeons, city’s blessing, and monarch are defined as gameplay trackers. (When you destroy it, the associated object or designation is removed from the game.)
==Rulings==
*As of the release of Mystery Booster 2, the following gameplay trackers can be destroyed with Naturalize 2: The monarch, city's blessing, dungeons, day, night, and the initiative.
==Gallery==
===Designations===
File:Day.jpg|Day marker
File:Night.jpg|Night marker
File:City's Blessing.png|<c>City's Blessing</c>
File:Initiative.jpg|<c>The Initiative</c>
File:The Monarch ONC.png|<c>The Monarch</c>
File:AFR Dungeons.png|The three Dungeons
File:Undercity dungeon.jpg|The Undercity
File:Companion marker.png|<c>Companion</c>
File:Foretell helper card.jpg|<c>Foretell</c>
File:On an Adventure.jpg|<c>On an Adventure</c>
File:MTGA Ring-bearer designation.png|Ring-bearer icon from MTG Arena.
File:Plot helper card.png|<c>Plot</c>
File:Start Your Engines DFT.png|
File:Max Speed DFT.png|<c>Max speed</c>
===Markers===
File:UND Acorn Stash.jpg|<c>Acorn Stash</c>
File:KLD Energy Reserve.png|<c>Energy Reserve</c>
File:C15 Experience counter card.jpg|<c>Experience</c>
File:Poison counter ONE.png|<c>Poison Counter</c>
File:UNF Ticket Bucket-Bot.png|<c>Ticket Bucket-Bot</c>
File:The Ring.jpg|The Ring
File:Radiation PIP.png|<c>Radiation</c>
==References==