Choose a leader. Defend your base. Fight across ground and space. Fantasy Flight Games' trading card game also has a growing collector market of alternate-art, premium and promotional cards.
Follow the current main expansion and the next announced entry-level release. Product availability can vary by region and distributor.
Planets, their defenders and invading armies take center stage. New mechanics include Fortify, Beast tokens and Weakness tokens. The Chewbacca and Grand Moff Tarkin Spotlight Decks offer prebuilt routes into the set.
Carbonite Edition boosters contain premium variants, including Prestige treatments. Fantasy Flight Games announced distribution delays for some products and regions.
Read the official Homeworlds guide ↗A smaller introductory set featuring familiar heroes, villains and straightforward mechanics. The Starter Box teaches the game through Leia Organa and Darth Vader decks; Icons boosters contain nine cards rather than the standard set's 16.
See the official Icons preview ↗Unlike traditional turn-based card games, players alternate taking individual actions. A good deck needs a plan for both offense and survival.
These determine your aspects. A standard Premier deck has at least 50 draw-deck cards, plus its leader and base.
Place cards into your resource area during the regroup phase. Exhaust available resources to pay card costs.
Deploy ground troops and space units. Alternate actions to play cards, attack, use abilities or pass.
Deal damage equal to the opposing base's HP before your opponent destroys yours.
For exact timing, keywords and edge cases, consult the current official rules.
Leader and base aspect icons determine which cards are easiest to include. Choose an aspect to see its typical role.
Defend, heal damage and remove enemy threats. Favor careful positioning and endurance rather than a fast race.
Competitive and casual modes use different deckbuilding pools and player counts. Choose a format to compare them.
The primary constructed competitive format. Bring a leader, a base and at least 50 draw-deck cards. The legal card pool rotates: the first three 2024 expansions left Premier when A Lawless Time released in March 2026.
All nine main expansions through Homeworlds, plus the announced Icons 2027 Edition. This is a navigational set archive, not a claim that IDS has every card image indexed.
Rebellion and Empire. The launch set that established Unlimited's core card pool.
Official product guide ↗ 2024 · Set 02Bounty hunters, criminals and the Outer Rim.
Official product guide ↗ 2024 · Set 03Clone Wars armies and Separatist conflict.
Official product guide ↗ 2025 · Set 04Starfighters, capital ships and space battles.
Official product guide ↗ 2025 · Set 05Jedi, Sith and characters linked to the Force.
Official product guide ↗ 2025 · Set 06Political intrigue and hidden agendas.
Official product guide ↗ 2026 · Set 07Heists, outlaws, and criminal organizations. First Premier rotation.
Official product guide ↗ 2026 · Set 08The fall of Imperial rule and the struggle for what comes next.
Official product guide ↗ 2026 · Set 09 · ReleasedPlanets, alien cultures, fortified bases and invading armies.
Explore Homeworlds ↗ 2026 · Mini-set · Nov 20 plannedA smaller introductory release built around familiar Star Wars characters.
Preview Icons ↗Important: A set's original release date does not determine current Premier legality on its own. Check rotation, suspension and errata before playing sanctioned events. Official rotation policy ↗
A playable common and an expensive collector variant can feature the same character. Record the set, card number, treatment, condition and whether the card is a promotion.
Hyperspace treatments extend the illustration beyond the standard card frame. Foil treatments change the surface finish. Confirm both traits when identifying a variant.
Showcase leader cards feature special illustrated treatments and are distinct from ordinary leader cards. Use the official card list to verify the exact printing.
Prestige variants are found in special premium Carbonite products. Distribution and limited-print details depend on the set. Do not assume every variant is available in standard boosters.
For resale values, use recent completed sales of the exact edition rather than unsold asking prices. Card condition, language, region and promotional provenance can change comparability. Unlike our traditional trading card archive, this hub covers the game as both a collectible and a playable system.