Star Wars: Unlimited

How to Build a Star Wars: Unlimited Deck

A Star Wars: Unlimited deck is a Leader, a Base and a main deck of at least 50 cards, with no more than 3 copies of any card. Most of the real choices come from aspects: your Leader and Base decide which cards you can play at their printed cost. This guide covers the Premier rules, a build order for a first deck, and how the TurnZero HQ deck builder checks a list.

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Premier Deck Rules Aspects and Cost Building Your First Deck Twin Suns The TurnZero HQ Deck Builder Publishing a Deck

The Premier deck rules

Premier is the standard constructed format, and these are its deck rules as of September 2026. They are also the rules TurnZero HQ checks. The publisher updates its rules, so confirm them before an organized event.

RuleWhat it meansWhy it is there

One LeaderYou start with one Leader card in play. It sits outside the main deck.The Leader's ability shapes your plan, and it supplies most of your aspects.

One BaseYou play one Base, also outside the main deck. Its printed HP is how much damage you can take.The Base is your life total, and it supplies an aspect too.

At least 50 cardsThe main deck has 50 or more cards. There is no upper limit.The minimum sets a floor on deck size. Going over 50 makes your best cards less likely to show up.

3 copies by full nameNo more than 3 cards with the same full name, title and subtitle together.It caps how often any one card can show up.

Sideboard up to 10Up to 10 cards beside the main deck, swapped in between games of a match.It lets you adjust to the opponent without rebuilding.

Current sets onlyEvery card must have a printing in a Premier-legal set: Jump to Lightspeed, Legends of the Force, Secrets of Power, A Lawless Time, Ashes of the Empire or Homeworlds, as of October 2026.Rotation keeps the card pool to recent sets. Three sets rotate out together each March.

The Leader and Base are not counted in the 50. A deck with 50 main-deck cards, a Leader and a Base is a legal Premier deck size.

Rotation goes by the card, not the printing. Spark of Rebellion, Shadows of the Galaxy and Twilight of the Republic left Premier when A Lawless Time released in March 2026, but a card from those sets that was reprinted in a current set is legal in every printing, the old one included. TurnZero HQ checks this for you: a card with no printing in a current set is flagged as rotated out.

Premier also has a suspended list, cards the publisher has restricted from the format. As of October 2026 it holds one card, the Leader Cad Bane, Still Faster Than You, suspended in August 2026. TurnZero HQ flags a suspended card. Its list is kept by hand from the publisher's announcements, so check the publisher's current list before an event as well.

Aspects change cost, not legality

There are six aspects, shown as icons on cards: Vigilance, Command, Aggression, Cunning, Heroism and Villainy. Your Leader and Base supply aspects, and a card whose aspects they cover costs its printed amount. A card with an aspect icon they don't supply is off-aspect. You can still play it, but each missing icon adds 2 resources to its cost.

Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight

Spark of Rebellion #051

Vigilance and Heroism. Under a Luke Skywalker Leader and a Vigilance Base, it costs its printed 7.

Darth Vader, Commanding the First Legion

Spark of Rebellion #087

Command and Villainy. Under the same Leader and Base, both icons are missing, so it costs 11.

In the TurnZero HQ deck builder, an off-aspect card says what it costs in your deck, such as Costs 8 here (+2 off-aspect), and the curve lens has a second chart of these real costs beside the printed ones.

A Star Wars: Unlimited deck in TurnZero's Deck Lab under a Luke Skywalker Leader and a Vigilance Base, where AT-ST reads Costs 8 here (+2 off-aspect) and Tactical Advantage reads Costs 3 here (+2 off-aspect) — Under Luke Skywalker and a Vigilance Base, AT-ST's Villainy icon isn't covered, so it costs 2 more than its printed 6. View full size

Mixing aspects is allowed, and it costs tempo. One off-aspect card can be worth the extra 2 in a deck that needs its specific effect. A deck full of them plays everything a turn or two late, because you gain only about one resource a round. Reading a card's cost, aspects and traits is covered in How to Read a Star Wars: Unlimited Card, and what each aspect is good at in the aspects guide.

Building your first deck

This build order works for a first deck. It tells you what to decide in which order; which cards fill each step depends on your Leader and the decks you play against.

StepWhat to do

1. Pick a LeaderStart with the Leader you want to play. Read its ability, its aspects and how it deploys, because the rest of the deck exists to support it.

2. Pick a BaseChoose a Base whose aspect fits your plan. Check its HP and its ability, since some bases have less HP in exchange for a stronger ability.

3. Fill the main deck in your aspectsChoose cards that match your Leader's and Base's aspects first, so most of your deck costs its printed amount.

4. Look at the cost spreadA deck with only expensive cards does nothing in the first rounds, and one with only cheap cards runs out of strong plays later. Aim for enough cards at each cost that you can use your resources most rounds.

5. Reach 50 and stopFill the main deck to 50 and be honest about the last few slots. Each card past 50 makes the ones you want less likely to show up.

6. Add a sideboard if you want oneUp to 10 cards for the matchups you expect. It is optional for casual play.

7. Play it and adjustA few games will show you which cards you never want to draw. Swap those out.

Twin Suns

Twin Suns is the publisher's format for more than two players, and its construction rules differ from Premier's. TurnZero HQ's Twin Suns format checks for two Leaders, at least 80 cards, one copy of each card, and no mixing of Heroism and Villainy cards. Rotation doesn't apply to it, and the Twin Suns guide covers how a game plays. To keep score while you play one, see the damage tracker.

How the TurnZero HQ deck builder works

Star Wars: Unlimited decks are built in the Deck Lab, the same builder that Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, Riftbound and Lorcana decks use. You choose Star Wars: Unlimited when you add a deck, name it, pick Premier, Eternal or Twin Suns, and either start empty or paste a decklist.

A Star Wars: Unlimited deck list in TurnZero's Deck Lab with Leader, Base and main deck sections, units and events grouped, and how many copies of each card you own — The Deck Lab files the Leader and Base apart from the main deck and marks cards you don't own yet. This demo deck is a short stub, so the header shows it well under 50. View full size

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Search and add cards, and each one is filed in its own section: Leader, Base, main deck or sideboard

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A rules verdict on every screen, Legal or a count of things to fix, such as no Base, a short deck, a fourth copy, a card rotated out of Premier or a suspended card

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What each off-aspect card costs in your deck, and a makeup lens, a cost curve lens with those real costs, and an aspects lens

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Opening-hand chances, calculated from your list

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Cards you own and cards you're missing, checked against your collection, with the value of what's missing

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Recommended templates, target counts per slot that you can change for your deck

TurnZero comparing a Star Wars: Unlimited deck with the recommended Balanced template: target ranges for units, events, upgrades, cards costing 2 or less and cards costing 6 or more — The Template lens measures the list against a recommended template, slot by slot, with a range to aim for in each. You can change any target to suit your deck. View full size

Your edits stay in a draft until you save, and the numbers you see while editing are the numbers you get after saving. The builder does not suggest cards, because deck advice is Magic only today.

The owned and missing readings use the cards in your Star Wars: Unlimited collection, so scan or import what you have first. The card scanner and CSV import both fill it. Cards are matched by set code and collector number, so a Hyperspace copy and a standard copy are separate printings of the same card. Tokens are left out of the search, since they aren't deck cards.

Publishing a deck

A deck stays private until you publish it. Publishing is opt-in, from the deck's menu, and puts the list on the Star Wars: Unlimited deck gallery at turnzerohq.com. The gallery is for Star Wars: Unlimited decks only. You can also copy the decklist as text to share it elsewhere.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cards are in a Star Wars: Unlimited deck?

In Premier, the main deck is at least 50 cards, not counting your Leader and Base, which start in play beside it. There is no maximum, but every card past 50 makes your best cards less likely to show up, so most decks run exactly 50. That is the rule as of September 2026; check the publisher's current rules before an event.

How many copies of a card can I play?

Up to 3 copies of a card with the same full name in Premier. The full name matters: two cards that share a first name but have different subtitles are different cards, so each gets its own 3 copies. TurnZero HQ counts copies by full name.

Can I play cards that aren't in my Leader's or Base's aspects?

Yes. An off-aspect card is legal. Each aspect icon on it that your Leader and Base don't supply adds 2 resources to its cost. TurnZero HQ shows what each of these cards costs in your deck, such as Costs 8 here (+2 off-aspect), as a warning, not as a rule you have broken.

What is the sideboard for?

Premier lets you bring up to 10 cards beside the main deck. They aren't in your deck during a game, but you can swap them in between games of a match to answer what your opponent is playing. The builder keeps them in their own section and checks the count.

Which sets are legal in Premier?

Premier rotates. Since A Lawless Time released in March 2026, Spark of Rebellion, Shadows of the Galaxy and Twilight of the Republic are out of Premier, and Jump to Lightspeed through Homeworlds are in. A card reprinted in a current set is legal in every printing. TurnZero HQ flags a card that has rotated out, and the publisher's rules are the final word.

Does TurnZero HQ check the suspended list?

Yes. A suspended card is flagged in the format it is suspended from. As of October 2026 that is Cad Bane, Still Faster Than You in Premier. The list is kept by hand from the publisher's announcements, so check the publisher's current list before an event too.

What is Eternal?

Eternal is a constructed format with Premier's deck rules and every set legal, including the ones that have rotated out of Premier. It has its own suspended list. TurnZero HQ has an Eternal format: pick it when you start the deck, or switch an existing deck to it.

Does TurnZero HQ suggest cards for a Star Wars: Unlimited deck?

Not yet. Deck advice and card suggestions are Magic only today, with more games coming. For Star Wars: Unlimited, the builder checks the rules, shows lenses on the list such as the cost curve and aspects, and shows which cards you own. You choose the cards.

What is Twin Suns, and can I build one?

Twin Suns is the publisher's format for more than two players. The builder has a Twin Suns format that checks for two Leaders, at least 80 cards, one copy of each card and no mixing of Heroism and Villainy cards. Pick it when you start the deck.

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