If you like strategy card games and Star Wars, Amazon’s deal on the official Star Wars deckbuilding game should be on your radar. Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game is discounted to only $16.67, which is the best price this year. Created by Fantasy Flight Games, this stellar adaptation of Star Wars released in 2023 with a $38 MSRP. It often sells for around $30, so Amazon’s current deal is very good.
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game adapts the Galactic Civil War of the original Star Wars trilogy into a two-player card game with one player controlling the Galactic Empire and the other the Rebel Alliance. Players create custom decks with cards that feature iconic Star Wars characters, vehicles, and locations, and face off in head-to-head matches (lasting roughly 30 minutes) to decide the fate of the galaxy.
Everything you need to play comes in the box, including 140 cards players use to create their own decks, a rulebook, damage counters, resource counters, and a gameboard for tracking each player’s progress as they either save or conquer the Star Wars galaxy.
Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game would make for a great gift for Star Wars fans this holiday. If you’re a big fan of the Clone Wars, check out the Clone Wars Edition of this deckbuilder, which Fantasy Flight released in August. Star Wars: The Deckbuilding Game – Clone Wars Edition also carries a $38 list price, but it hasn’t received any discounts yet.
The deckbuilder isn’t the only Star Wars card game created by Fantasy Flight. Earlier this year, Fantasy Flight released a collectible trading card game set in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars: Unlimited TCG debuted in March with Spark of the Rebellion. It was followed up by Shadows of the Galaxy in July. The third set, Twilight of the Republic, just released last week on November 8.
Twilight of the Republic focuses on the Clone Wars and includes characters such as General Grievous, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker, Captain Rex, and more. Unlimited cards have a cool art style resembling animated Star Wars TV shows.
Booster boxes and starter sets haven’t always been easy to find at major retailers, but Amazon has some deals on them right now, including $25-$30 discounts on Shadows of the Galaxy and Twilight of the Republic Booster Boxes. Each box contains 24 packs with 16 cards per pack (384 cards total).
All three starter sets are available at Amazon, too. Each starter set comes with two pre-made decks: one led by a hero from the light side of the Force, another led by a major character from the dark side. Starter sets also contain themed deck boxes, poster playmats, counters, and the rulebook–everything you need to get up and running with ease. One interesting thing about the starter sets is that each deck features 10 exclusive cards. Here are the heroes and villains each starter deck is framed around:
Star Wars: Unlimited is designed for players ages 12 and up. Like the deckbuilder, Unlimited is a fast-paced card game with matches typically lasting less than 30 minutes.
Fantasy Flight has already confirmed three expansions for next year: Jump to Lightspeed, Legends of the Force, and Secrets of Power.