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Reflections II: Expanding the Galaxy. Tournament Foils. Reflections Gold. Virtual Block 1 - A New Hope. Virtual Block 3 - Return of the Jedi. Virtual Block 4 - Expanded Universe. Virtual Block 5 - The Old Republic. Virtual Block 6 - Reflections IV. Virtual Block 7 - Darkness Rising. Virtual Block 8 - Scoundrels. Virtual Block 9 - Sanctuary Moon. Virtual Shields - Defensive Shields. Through this system, a skillful player can legally count cards, remembering where the high-destiny cards are in the deck.
Finally, the stronger or rarer cards generally had lower Destiny values though there were exceptions ; as a result, less-experienced or economically challenged players are more likely to find that "The Force is with [them]. While Decipher oversaw the game, no card was ever banned from tournament play. Instead, when a card or strategy was deemed abusive or too powerful, Decipher chose to release "magic bullets," new cards which were specifically designed to counter the offending strategy.
In some cases, Decipher also used errata , modifications to game text of a card that supersede the actual printed version. The use of errata also contributes to a steep learning curve, since players need to be aware of the current meta-game at all times. Finally, the game was known for its quirky humor and inside jokes: one card, depicting Luke's protracted hand-stand during The Empire Strikes Back , was printed with all text upside-down.
Another described a character as being Boba Fett 's twin brother, since the same actor Jeremy Bulloch played both roles. These reprinted cards sometimes had slightly different game text or other parts of the card to reflect errata that had been issued, and all of them had white borders which indicated an unlimited edition. Also, packs of revised A New Hope and Hoth were sold in 9-card packs rather than the original Several other products were released that did not include any cards unique to the set or were otherwise introductory game products:.
Decipher's prize support for sanctioned tournaments initially consisted of unique t-shirts with card images printed on them along with some product premiere packs. As time went on, these were replaced with the more economical but still appreciated FOIL versions of popular cards.
State championships were also held annually, and Decipher supported these events with prizes including exclusive carrying cases and binders, which have become tough-to-find collectors items. Despite the release of The Phantom Menace in , Decipher planned to continue to release expansions based on the original trilogy. This decision was changed following the success of the Death Star II expansion and urging from both fans and LucasFilm. Three expansions and one mini-expansion were planned for release through to the end of their license agreement with LucasFilm at the end of Initially, the Player's Committee released virtual cards in numerically identified sets.
These sets were numbered as Virtual Sets In August , the existing 18 sets were reorganized thematically into 5 virtual blocks. What were to have been Virtual Sets became known as Virtual Block 6 instead. New Virtual Sets are now released using the block numbering system. There are two major constructed formats for tournament play — Open and Classic, which differ only in deck construction rules. In the Open format, every card is legal. The only deck restrictions are that each deck must contain 60 cards from the same side of the Force and no more than 1 Objective card.
Classic format is intended to recreate the environment of the game before the Episode I sets Tatooine, Theed Palace, Coruscant, and Reflections III , which many players viewed to have unbalanced game mechanics and broken continuity.
The Classic format has the same deck construction rules as the Open format, but includes the following list of banned cards:. Another type of tournament was a sealed deck tournament. This would consist of players purchasing a Sealed Deck box see above and using its contents to construct a deck.
People from all over the world would have an opportunity to design the card they always wished were a part of the Star Wars Customizable Card Game.
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