The overall market is up this week. Could be the start of a trend. Hope you got your DJ Blatant Thief cards already. Total Value The value of a single copy of each legendary’s standard version TCGPlayer Market Value across all three sets rose to $516.34 over the past week with the average legendary price…
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Earlier this week Porg Depot launched our Porg Value Calculator (aka The Porgulator). This tool may be useful to you in comparing different units in the game. Here’s some of the ones we’ve seen so far from Jump to Lightspeed. Independent Smuggler Calculated Porg Value = 0.25 Piloting is a bit tricky to calculate currently,…
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What does it take to become a SWU Content Creator? What’s involved? How hard is it to do and maintain? “To be a successful content creator you have to love the work you’re doing.” -Mike Gemme aka BobbySapphire KTOD Intro Both myself and the others at Porg Depot do not claim to be the best…
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Finally, my favorite deck is almost complete! Cad Bane Green. I can’t wait to play, but I have one more big choice. Darth Vader or Maul? How do I choose?? Don’t worry, Sir or Ma’am! Porg Depot has you covered with the all new Porg Value Calculator. Now you can easily evaluate and compare cards…
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Bit of a downer for showcase pricing this week overall. There were a couple bright spots with The Mandolorian leading the way. Plus another one to watch after PQ week 2. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:15am EST. Full data set here. Also special thanks to SWU Competitive Hub for compiling PQ data over…
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We now what Prestige cards will be and it’s anyone’s guess as to how those cards plus the Carbonite packs in general will impact the single card market for Star Wars Unlimited. That would of course only be speculation and at least for now we’re going to stick to the facts. Total Value The value…
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The battle of the discarders. The Imperial defector goes up against the First Order spy. Bazine comes out swinging as a tremendous round one play, especially if you start with the initiative. Being able to make your opponent discard their potentially only round one or round two play can be a massive speed bump in…
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Guest writer Jawa Jeff Glazer gives us his first hand account of his positive experience on the way to a top 4 finish at the Curio Cavern Planetary Qualifier in Springfield, VA on January 5th, 2025. This weekend, I really enjoyed seeing the great variety of decks at the Curio Caven PQ in Springfield, VA. Out…
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The first PQ weekend completed. There are already a number of videos and certainly will be more breaking everything down, but we’re writing about it anyway. ** If you still want a video, you probably didn’t start here anyway, but check out our Where to Start With Streamers for a few good ones. Meta Health…
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First major Planetary Qualifier weekend has completed. However, not yet seeing an impact on Showcase listed values just yet as that could take another week to settle in. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:15am EST. Full data set here. Also special thanks to SWU Competitive Hub for compiling PQ data over the weekend. All…
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An up week for the Legendary market as we head into Planetary Qualifier season. This could easily represent players grabbing the last cards needed for their decks after franticly testing to figure out what works best for them. The value of a single copy of each legendary’s standard version across all three sets has gone…
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This weekend is going to be a doozy. Around the globe there will be eight Planetary Qualifiers on Saturday, January 4th followed up by another four on Sunday, January 5th. The meta has yet to be set and this could be a very open field of events. Who will end up on top? Will it…
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2024 was a generally successful year for Star Wars Unlimited. While there continue to be some detractors, the game is in a good state after the close of its first calendar year. (Porg Depot recently covered this in more depth here.) Here’s what we have to look forward to in year two… New Sets Collectible…
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Every game of Star Wars Unlimited needs something to signify which player has the initiative on each round. It is strategically important when figuring out the actions you want to take and even can be the deciding factor in a top cut tie breaker. Basically anything could be used as an initiative token. Here’s a…
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A very low Cad Bane listing has the overall showcase market down a tiny bit. Without that bizarre one, this would have actually been an up week for showcase pricing. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:15am EST. Full data set here. ** Updated at 12:10pm EST – Cheap Cad Bane sold for $200 as…
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The market overall seems to be stabilizing. Still some gains and loses on individual cards, but mostly flat on the week. Leveraging a collection tracker from https://sw-unlimited-db.com, a collection with a single copy of each legendary’s standard version across all three sets has dropped from $514.57 a week ago down to $510.34 as of this…
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Star Wars Unlimited has a ton of different things to track from round to round. Initiative, damage, experience, and shields. Up until now I’ve been using pretty generic six sided dice in different colors. Red for damage, green for experience, and blue for shields. While the colors make sense to me as a player, it…
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If you are very plugged into social media for Star Wars Unlimited it is currently difficult to go more than 24 hours without seeing a post or comment about the game’s impending demise. This was also technically posted to those same locations so apologies for feeding the beast. The game is in a rather healthy state…
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An overall down week for showcases. Generally this still makes sense as more and more product is opened, the Twilight meta starts to settle, and we are thick in the holiday season. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~8:30am EST. Full data set here. All Showcase Trend A set of one of each showcase across…
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Mostly a down week with a couple of bright spots. Leveraging a collection tracker from https://sw-unlimited-db.com, a collection with a single copy of each legendary’s standard version across all three sets has dropped from $529.94 on 12/16 down to $514.57 as of this morning. **Note: Pricing data is from TCGPlayer lowest listed cost just prior to the…
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The battle of the astromechs. Ornery little fellas that would surely throw insults at each other given the chance and without whom the entire Star Wars saga surely just falls apart. Let’s take a look at the feisty rollers and see who might come out on top. Both of these little cans come in at…
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Chances are good if you are reading this already that you yourself are a Star Wars Unlimited aficionado or you have one in your life that must have shared this post with you. Here’s a quick list of where you could start for some gift ideas for the SWU player in your life. ** Note…
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Will any of the showcase cards make major moves as we move through the holiday season? They aren’t exactly stocking stuffers, but could easily be on players’ wish lists. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:30am EST. Full data set here. Current Top 10 Jango Fett pulled back again for the third straight week. No…
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While we wait to know what the Prestige card variants are and the impact of the Carbonite Packs on the legendary card market, things may have settled down a bit for the near term. **Note: Pricing data is from TCGPlayer lowest listed cost just prior to the writing and posting of this article. Full data set here. Top of…
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** If you want to dive straight into an online hypergeometric calculator go here. There is so much math involved in a card game. The number of cards in a deck, the number of each card that deck contains, the probability of drawing certain things at specific times. In this article, we’ll explore how probability…
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The battle of the heavyweights. The star from Mustafar. The Darth burned in the hearth. Vader, the one-time crusader and relentless invader. Darth Vader goes up against the Sith with the scythe. Maul who took a fall after the brawl with Obi Wan. Will this be a one-punch knockout or will they go the distance? The tale of…
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PAX Unplugged took place in Philadelphia this past weekend. It was another great event for the global gaming community. Game designers, vendors, players and fans took over the convention center space and invaded Reading Terminal Market for multiple meals. Fantasy Flight Games of course was there including a crew from the Star Wars Unlimited team.…
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Some interesting movements over the past week for showcase pricing. Boba Fett, Collecting the Bounty still suspended but going up in price doesn’t make a ton of sense but is happening. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:00am EST. Full data set here. Current Top 10 Jango Fett continued to pull back from his recent…
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Some weird things happening this past week in the Legendary pricing market. We’ve gotten standard versions running higher than the hyperspace of the same card. Let’s dig in on the data… **Note: Pricing data is from TCGPlayer lowest listed cost just prior to the writing and posting of this article. Additional data here. Top of the Market Strange things…
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FFG Revealed four tokens yesterday during their live stream. Two returning ones with new art in Shield and Experience, plus two new ones, X-Wing and TIE Fighter. We have ten total tokens now which means it’s absolutely time to break them down into an art tier list. S Tier Shadows of the Galaxy Shield –…
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FFG confirmed via a website post, social media feeds and a live stream that pilots are indeed coming to SWU. The pilots will take two forms, units that have the option of being deployed either to the ground arena or to a vehicle as a pilot. The second and more anticipated is a similar optional…
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Battle of the turn one heroic space units. Ready? Fight! The tale of the tape show tremendous similarities between these two units. Same cost, same aspect, same traits, same rarity. The differences are subtle but worth digging into to help determine which of these spacecrafts should earn the slot in your Star Wars Unlimited deck.…
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The dictionary definition of “proxy” is focused solely on people acting on behalf of others. Proxies are stand ins for something else with the purpose of acting like the original but not completely taking its place. Proxy [ prok-see ], noun1. the agency, function, or power of a person authorized to act as the deputy or substitute…
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The Twilight of the Republic meta has been taking form over the last few weeks. We are seeing the showcase prices adjust accordingly. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:30am EST. Full data set here. Current Top 10 Jango Fett pulled back a bit this week. Only two sales at $399 and $390. Seems like…
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What’s changed in the Legendary card pricing over the past week? **Note: Pricing data is from TCGPlayer lowest listed cost just prior to the writing and posting of this article. Additional data here. Top of the Market Luke Skywalker stayed at the top of the list this week. The hyperspace version remains unchanged while the standard one comes in…
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As the US hits Thanksgiving this year there are many things related to Star Wars Unlimited to be thankful for. Here are some that are worth considering. Boba Suspension Having a healthy meta is good for any game. It may even be considered necessary. A few weeks ago on November 8, FFG took the step…
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The General versus The Admiral. We’ll consider the pros and cons of General Dodonna from Spark of the Rebellion and the new Admiral Yularen from Twilight of the Republic as they would relate to inclusion in a heroic leader deck. The quick tale of the tape lays out some simple stats where we can start.…
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The Cunning aspect can clearly be viewed as the one which could easily and directly use events to boost its units. All of these cards can be useful in the correct deck and they each boost the stats of a unit and most immediately trigger an attack of that unit. There are no clear “better”…
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Big event in the UK and multiple other decent sized events around the World. Let’s take a look at the impact to Showcase pricing. ** Data gathered from TCGPlayer at ~7:30am EST. Full data set here. Current Top 10 Jango Fett maintains the top spot as most valuable showcase leader by price. He represented a…
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Please don’t cheat. Cheating at a game is silly. The level of the event should not matter. Weeklies, Showdowns, Planetary Qualifiers, etc. Heck, even playing for fun at the kitchen table. People should rely on their deck building and play skill to overcome their opponents in each round. Honest mistakes do happen. I’ve played on…
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Some interesting pricing changes this week in the Legendary card space. **Note: Pricing data is from TCGPlayer lowest listed cost just prior to the writing and posting of this article. Additional data here. On the plus side of the market Hyperspace Cad Bane is the winner of the week by percentage increase going up almost…
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There is one thing in the galaxy that can bring everyone together to the holiday dinner table. Friends and foes. Jawas and droids. Ewoks and gungans. Alderaneans and, well…nobody anymore. What is this one thing you ask? It is the wonderful smell of a perfectly roasted porg. In this series we will dive into the world of porg…
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A recent Discord discussion came about with the question “Does FFG do enough?” The two main areas where the question seemed most relevant were Communication and Organized Play. Communication is the key to so many things in life. It’s how we interact with each other through spoken words, written content, body language and other non-verbal…
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Seen it asked a few times in various forums along the lines of “I’m new to SWU, where should I start with streamer content?” So today we’re talking about streamers. There are many to choose from. The below list is not intended to be comprehensive. I am not specifically leaving anyone off the list. Searching…
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There have been major changes in the showcase prices over the past couple of weeks. Causes include Boba Fett, Collecting the Bounty getting suspended, some major events including SCG Con Columbus. Let’s dive in on some data from TCGPlayer. (Data Located Here.) Current Top Ten Commentary The Boba Fett suspension had a massive impact to…
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The idea of prize splitting is that the players who get to the top eight or top four of an event take the prize pool and equally split it between them. This means there is basically a tie between those four or eight players. Ties are no fun. Who wins when it’s a tie? Where…
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FFG basically just released the third set for Star Wars Unlimited. Of course that means it’s time to start speculating on the fourth one. ** Small disclaimer up front. This is all entirely speculation. Porg Depot has no insider knowledge of things contained or not in the upcoming set nor anything happening internally at FFG…
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The Gamegenic Bastion 50+ is a tremendous deck box, perfectly suited for limited events of SWU. The box itself is made out of acrylic that comes in a pretty wide variety of colors for $7.99 on Amazon at the time of this post. The Bastion 50+ feels very solid. The box says that it is…
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Attended my first ever draft. Well to be more specific, it was the first ever Star Wars Unlimited draft as I’ve been involved in more limited events for other games and cube drafts than I can recall. The event was hosted in New Jersey by The Golden Dice crew. Tremendous event. Three full eight person…
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FFG just announced that the leader Boba Fett: Collecting the Bounty would be suspended from Premiere play. Admitting the early game development mistake and taking corrective action makes a ton of sense when the single leader accounted for 55% of the winner from the initial Planetary Qualifier season. Many people are making videos and chatting…
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Recently I wrote about how tier lists in general are goofy. (Please see prior post.). However, tier lists about art are 100% subjective, completely open to argument with zero factual basis and therefore awesome. Here is the Twilight of the Republic showcase art tier list according to me, a cranky boomer gamer. S Tier Chancellor…
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A tier list, at least as far as collectible card games go, is a ranking that sorts things into what is considered the “best” or most playable down to the bottom. Starting with the top of the list for Star Wars: Unlimited leader choices, “S” tier are the truly broken leaders that win an excessive…
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The game designers at FFG have so far done a great job at developing Star Wars: Unlimited. They’ve found ways to fix some fundamental issues that other games have shown (I’m looking at you lands) while keeping the game interactive and engaging. The card design also captures specific flavors of characters, creatures, ships, etc. to…
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Power Creep has occurred in card games pretty much since their inception. From a sales standpoint it makes sense as each additional set needs to sell packs and if the newest set only has cards that are the same or worse than the prior sets people just are not going to want to buy them.…
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Decades ago, in the early days of the internet and e-commerce some friends and I started out as collectible card game vendors. We had a dealer table at some standing local events and eventually went to GenCon as vendors for a few years. It was a fun way to spend time with friends. There were some annoying aspects…
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A new R2-D2 card has been dropped as a spoiler. The little droid is one of my favorite Star Wars characters and very likely the absolute top of my personal list. Certainly happy to see another snapshot in time of the little droid. The card design here is really interesting, especially when comparing it to…
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Star Wars: Unlimited is an awesome game. Full stop. It fixes so many issues that other card games have. Getting screwed on resources by not having enough (or having too many) is never a thing and is just not possible based on the design that everything could be used as a resource and also that…
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I find it interesting that a tie result is referred to as a draw when, in the old West, two gunslingers drawing their weapons generally resulted in one of them losing everything. There have been ways for individual games to end in a draw previously. The simplest example would be a single card doing damage…
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The last time I was at GenCon was in 2006 as a vendor. Along with a couple friends, we set ourselves up as “Gone to Plaid Games” buying and selling TCG singles. The last time I was there as an event competitor was in 2003 for the World Championship of the Wizards of the Coast…
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I will admit to not completely understanding play mats, nor have I used one in all the years of playing collectible card games. I get it that they provide some protection for your cards. However, the cards are already in sleeves and sometimes more than one sleeve. Isn’t the entire point of the sleeves to…
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Store Showdown season is wrapping up at this point. I’ve been to three in Philadelphia and the immediate vicinity, with one more on the trailing end of the season coming up. If you’ll indulge me with the humble brag briefly: I’ve done well in these events. Top 8 in the first, winning the second, and…
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Extra of something is generally good. Extra money. Extra ice-cream. Extra credit. Extra days off. Extra lives (Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A). Extra turns are good too. Collectible card games have always seemed to have this idea of an extra turn as a card. Those cards have tended to be…
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The first really large tournament that I went to was roughly 1995 — before the Magic Pro Tour was even a thing. I don’t quite remember what I was playing in terms of a deck. I do remember that there were over two hundred players, and that the event was single elimination. The other major…
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Jumping back into collectible card games after nearly twenty years has been a blast. One big change, however, has been the increase in card rarities and variants. The first collectible card games had a relatively simple rarity system of Common, Uncommon, and Rare. Fifteen cards in a pack; One Rare, three Uncommon, and then Common…
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Spoiler season is upon us. Nearly every day we are getting to see at least one new card from the upcoming set. Sometimes, we are getting videos with the game developers at Fantasy Flight Games that show multiple spoilers at a time and discuss some of the design choices and theory that went into creating…
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We used to shuffle cards. It was not in the manner that happens today with splitting a sleeved deck into two parts and pushing them together. We truly shuffled. It was the same way that you would shuffle a fifty-two card poker deck. Riffling the cards, and then bridging the sides together to combine them…
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Trading for collectible card games is so amazingly different than it was twenty years ago. The entire process of finding a worthwhile trade partner and putting the actual trade together is like being on another planet now. In the mid-to-late 1990s, the magazine Scrye included a monthly price guide for Magic: The Gathering. That was…
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I think I may be a Boomer Gamer. Some background… I started playing Magic the Gathering in 1994 just as Unlimited was ending and Revised was starting its print run. I had dropped my first car off at a Jiffy Lube for an oil change and walked across the street to a Hobby Town USA…
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