

In the Prisma Illya universe, the class cards (cf. below) are physically real
magical items. But what about in the "main" Fate universe, where Fate/stay
night is set? Do the class cards physically exist there (even perhaps in some
non-magical capacity)?

![Archer class card](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OjXwTm.jpg)

We do see a fair bit of them in the VN, but never "in-universe", per se, at
least as far as I remember - we mostly see them as illustrations to accompany
explanations given to Shirou, without any actual indication that they are
physically present.

I would have thought that the class cards don't physically exist there, but I
just had a look at the first OP for DEEN/stay night, and there's a shot there
of Kirei holding the cards (cf.
[video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlu8Ce2PP_8#t=0m48s)). Not that
DEEN/stay night should necessarily be taken at face value, but it does make me
wonder.

![Kirei discarding the class cards](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mpEUZ.jpg)


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Do the class cards physically exist in the main Fate universe?


These cards only appear in the Prisma Illya universe as physical objects. In
all other works in Nasuverse (Fate/stay night, etc.), these cards are only
used to explain the situation of the Servants and the Holy Grail War. They
never appear as physical objects, but only as visual aid to the story.


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