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Wise Wizard Games Star Realms: Deckbuilding Card Game

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  • Engage in epic space battles with a fast-paced, strategic deck-building experience designed by Magic Pro Tour Champions.
  • Expand your fleet, dominate the galaxy, and outmaneuver your rivals in a game that blends the best of deck-building and trading card combat.
  • Easy to learn, endlessly replayable, and small enough to take anywhere—perfect for quick duels or multiplayer showdowns.
  • Build your deck with powerful ships, devastating bases, and tactical maneuvers to crush your opponent and claim victory.
  • A sci-fi adventure in every match, with stunning artwork that brings intergalactic warfare to life!
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Product Dimensions 2.8 x 1.8 x 3.8 inches
Item Weight 7 ounces
ASIN B00HRGMPIU
Item model number WW500
Manufacturer recommended age 12 - 15 years
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Star Realms is a spaceship combat deck building game designed by Magic Pro Tour Champions and Hall of Famers Darwin Kastle and Rob Dougherty (developer and cofounder of the Ascension Deck building Game). Star Realms offers all the thrills of traditional trading card game style combat, combined with the fun of a deck building game. Play powerful ships, destroy enemy bases or blast your opponent directly on your way to victory! CONTENTS 128 beautifully illustrated cards: 80 card main deck, 10 Explorer cards, Two 10 card personal decks, 18 double sided score cards And two full color rule sheet.

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Star Realms: Deckbuilding Game

  • Amazingly rich yet easy to learn game play. Build up your deck and blast your opponent away!
  • The whole game comes in a deck-box that can fit in your jacket pocket.
  • One copy supports 2 players. Add additional copies for multi-player games of up to 6 players.
  • Rich full color artwork brings this science fiction universe to life.

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    Customers find this deck-building card game addictive and easy to learn, with sub-15 minute gameplay that makes it perfect for quick sessions. Moreover, the game offers great replay value and is specifically designed for two players, featuring amazing artwork and a nice blend of chance and strategy. However, the deck builder quality receives mixed reviews, with some praising its solid construction while others find the cards flimsy.

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    409 customers mention "Fun to play"403 positive6 negative

    Customers find the game fun to play, describing it as a fantastic deckbuilder that is addicting. One customer mentions it provides hours of entertainment, while another notes it works well with multiple friends.

    "...Overall I feel that this game is well worth a try. If you are looking for a highly rated inexpensive game definitely give this one a look." Read more

    "Star Realms is an outstanding two-player deck-building card game. From conception to execution, this is a first-rate product...." Read more

    "...The different factions work well for a well-balanced game with unique play-throughs...." Read more

    "...Easy to learn. Varied in its strategy. It plays quick and set up and tear down times are all but nonexistent. And every game is different...." Read more

    261 customers mention "Ease of learning"235 positive26 negative

    Customers find the game easy to learn and set up, with simple rules that even kids can play.

    "...-Easy to learn. The instructions are fairly minimal and most cards to a good job describing themselves without additional explanation...." Read more

    "...But the rules come with multiple suggestions as to how to play multiplayer up to six. Sounds like a blast (pun intended?)!" Read more

    "Wow. I can't say enough good stuff about Star Realms. The game is so simple yet so competitive. The card art is simplistic but perfect...." Read more

    "...Very easy to set up and clean up. This deck works for two players ONLY - but there are a ton of multiplayer rules...." Read more

    133 customers mention "Pacing"129 positive4 negative

    Customers appreciate the game's pacing, noting that it is fast and takes less than 15 minutes to play, with one customer mentioning it plays similarly to Dominion.

    "...-Quick games...." Read more

    "...as Dominion, maybe even more so due to the sci-fi theme and the faster playing time...." Read more

    "...The card art is simplistic but perfect. The play is fast and understandable. The setup is quick but meaningful...." Read more

    "...Easy to learn. Varied in its strategy. It plays quick and set up and tear down times are all but nonexistent. And every game is different...." Read more

    99 customers mention "Value for money"97 positive2 negative

    Customers find the game offers good value for money, with great replay value and one customer noting it doesn't require a fortune to enjoy.

    "...If you are looking for a highly rated inexpensive game definitely give this one a look." Read more

    "...Certainly at this price point it's a no brainier...." Read more

    "...If your health is reduced to zero, you lose. All cards cost money, and there's two varieties of cards you can purchase...." Read more

    "...It’s well worth the twelve to fifteen bucks you can find it for on Amazon." Read more

    87 customers mention "Game size"83 positive4 negative

    Customers appreciate that the game is designed for 2 players and can be played in multiplayer mode, with one customer noting it works best with 3-4 players.

    "...I also like that you can expand the number of players by simply buying another deck of cards. We've played with up to 6...." Read more

    "...Very easy to set up and clean up. This deck works for two players ONLY - but there are a ton of multiplayer rules...." Read more

    "...depths, great art and a coherent, cohesive theme that the game play supports very well...." Read more

    "...deck-building games, this is a quick to learn, fairly versatile, two person version...." Read more

    65 customers mention "Art quality"62 positive3 negative

    Customers appreciate the artwork of this deck-building card game, noting its amazing design and theme, with one customer specifically praising its streamlined iconography.

    "Star Realms is a well designed space themed deck building game where two or more players compete to be the last person with authority points...." Read more

    "...The artwork is top-notch, but it would be nice if the cards were printed on stronger stock...." Read more

    "...The game is so simple yet so competitive. The card art is simplistic but perfect. The play is fast and understandable...." Read more

    "...The game is fast, fun, has tons of depths, great art and a coherent, cohesive theme that the game play supports very well...." Read more

    64 customers mention "Strategy"64 positive0 negative

    Customers enjoy the game's strategic elements, appreciating its blend of chance and strategy, with one customer noting its interesting dynamic approach.

    "...to build a deck which can be used to: buy more cards, attack opponents, and draw more cards among other actions...." Read more

    "...action" and "buy." I also like the aggressive, attack-based mechanics..." Read more

    "...It encourages players to put some strategy into their decks and focus on a couple factions..." Read more

    "This was our first deck building game. Good strategy with a little bit of luck!..." Read more

    Prefect Game for Bored Adult Nerds
    5 out of 5 stars
    Prefect Game for Bored Adult Nerds
    Bought to play during quarantine! The directions were a little unclear but we found a 3min YouTube Video. It’s a ton of fun. The more you play the more cool card combos you can up with. It’s as complex or as simple as you make it. Totally fun.
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    • cole da mole
      5.0 out of 5 stars SAVED MY MARRIAGE!
      Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2025
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      This game saved my marriage.
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    • Eric H.
      5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, easy to learn deck building game
      Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2015
      Style: ClassicVerified Purchase
      Star Realms is a well designed space themed deck building game where two or more players compete to be the last person with authority points. Note, one deck supports two players, two decks supports up to four players, and three decks supports up to six players.

      The basic idea of the game is to purchase cards from the trade row of six shown cards (five are random and one is static) to build a deck which can be used to: buy more cards, attack opponents, and draw more cards among other actions. Each player starts with 50 authority points, and when attacked will lose authority, and may gain authority from actions on purchased cards or events (if using the events expansion). The last player with authority wins.

      With this base version of the game (no expansions) if there are more than two players are several variants which allow for co-op play. One where players team up with other players to beat the other teams, and another "hydra" version where all players are working together to destroy one more powerful player.

      Unlike many other build-a-deck style games, this game allows players to do most actions in any order. For example if a player has two cards that allow them to draw a card and other cards to spend 10 coin, they can draw a card, buy a some cards, then draw their other card. Or they could draw their two cards first, then spend their money. Or they could spend their money then buy two cards, and so

      Pros:
      -Easy to learn. The instructions are fairly minimal and most cards to a good job describing themselves without additional explanation.
      -Quick games. Once all players have played several games and understand the basic game mechanics a two player game tends to be about a half hour or less.
      -High quality cards with beautiful detailed graphics
      -High replay value

      Cons:
      The only downside that I have discovered with this game is by the end of a game it can be difficult to keep track of which parts of each card have already been resolved and which parts can still be activated.

      Personal thought: It seems that there are enough trade cards to support more than two players with one deck but there are not enough authority or starting hand cards (money an attack) to support more so it wouldn't be too difficult to just reduce the number of starting hand cards and count authority via dice or some other means to support more players with one deck.

      I also own all expansions which each add something worth while to the game if you like the base set. If I had to pick two to buy (hard to pick just one) I would get Events and Gambit.

      Events adds... you guessed it... event cards to the game. They are shuffled in to the trade deck and randomly pop up during game play. When an event card is revealed its effects are immediately executed. Some hurt everybody, some help everybody, but all effect everybody.

      Gambit adds solo variances, co-op variances, and cards which can be given to players at the beginning of the game to give them an edge. My wife and I like to use gambits to help players who have been in a slump. On the first game we each start with one random gambit. Every game after the player who most recent won only gets one gambit, but the other player gets one card for each game in a row they have lost since last winning. So if my wife has won the last three games in a row she gets one gambit card and I get four. There are countless ways that these gambit cards can be used like this.

      Overall I feel that this game is well worth a try. If you are looking for a highly rated inexpensive game definitely give this one a look.
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    • Shamen
      5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Exciting Deck Building on a Budget
      Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2015
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      Star Realms is an outstanding two-player deck-building card game. From conception to execution, this is a first-rate product. My son and I enjoy it as much as Dominion, maybe even more so due to the sci-fi theme and the faster playing time. I like the fact that you play your entire hand each turn and can spend all credits played, instead of having to decide on a single "action" and "buy." I also like the aggressive, attack-based mechanics (you are trying to reduce your opponent to zero Authority, whereas in Dominion you are trying to accumulate the most Victory Points). The various factions (Empire, Blob, Machine, Federation) have beneficial interactions when you play two or more, but you can't limit yourself to just one faction or you'll miss out on key attributes unique to each faction.

      You really get a sense of escalating power as you acquire the most expensive cards. Outpost bases function like "taunt" cards and provide you with a certain level of protection...for a time. Eventually, though, firepower escalates and you can wipe your opponent out in one devastating turn if the right cards come your way. In that sense, Star Realms (like all deck-building games) has a fairly strong luck component -- you need to be able to buy the right cards at the right time (trashers early in the game; bases ASAP; and high-powered attack cards mid- to late-game). There is more luck in Star Realms than Dominion because in Dominion the Kingdom supply is fixed and fully available to all; in Star Realms the supply is five cards replenished by the deck at random as soon as one is purchased. But don't think for a minute that luck is the primary factor -- try playing on-line against experienced opponents and you will see how good strategy trumps luck 90+% of the time.

      If I could have one wish as to game mechanics, it would be to have the power to "Scrap" (trash) an opponent's card from time to time. Instead, the best you can do is send them to their discard pile, so you will see them again (and again and again).

      The artwork is top-notch, but it would be nice if the cards were printed on stronger stock. I wouldn't say the cards are flimsy, but I can see them getting worn down over time (and one we already bent underfoot when it accidentally wound up on the floor).

      Can more than two people play? Yes...sort of. This basic deck only has enough starting cards (Scouts and Vipers) for two players. So you either need to modify the starting conditions for 3+ players, or buy multiple decks. But the rules come with multiple suggestions as to how to play multiplayer up to six. Sounds like a blast (pun intended?)!
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    • Drager85
      5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo gioco di carte per 2 persone dai 15-20 minuti a partita
      Reviewed in Italy on August 5, 2015
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      Partiamo dalla consegna. Tutto ok, Amazon solita garanzia. Arrivato nei tempi; personalmente ritirato all'ufficio postale, modalità che consiglio a tutti se hanno vicino casa un ufficio aperto post 18.
      Andiamo al gioco: deckbuilding fantastico. Detto che altre recensioni hanno spiegato abbastanza bene le regole, faccio comunque un breve recap.
      Fondamentalmente le meccaniche sono quelle dei vecchi giochi di carte collezionabili MA non si necessità di acquisti di bustine per costruire il mazzo.
      Comperando il mazzo base si ha tutto quello che serve per giocare in 2 (in realtà anche in 4 con qualche piccola modifica - google è vostro amico ;) ).
      I mazzo va "costruito" al volo.
      Entrambi partono con un mazzo di 8 navi che valgono una "moneta", e 2 che valgono 1 "attacco".
      Al centro del tavolo, la trade row: 5 carte (+1, sempre acquistabile) che il giocatore può "acquistare" tramite le "monete" giocate durante il turno.
      Le carte acquistate vanno sul mazzo degli scarti; quando si finisce il mazzo di pesca, si rimescolano gli scarti per creare quello nuovo (e quindi le carte acquistate sono disponibili ad essere pescate).
      Per tutti i dettagli vi rimando al sito del gioco, aggiungo solo che le carte (basi e navi) sono di 4 fazioni differenti, tutte con le proprie peculiarità.

      La componente fortuna, trattandosi di carte, è media (anche se la scelta delle carte da inserire nel mazzo è quasi totalmente ad appannaggio ai giocatori)
      La lingua è in inglese, ma al massimo saranno 3-4 parole in tutto da imparare ("draw", "scrap", "discard" "hand").
      Consiglio le bustine di qualità medio-alta per le carte, visto che in una partita si rimescolano anche una 10-15ina di volte.
      Unico difetto: alle carte per segnare i punti autorità (ovvero i punti vita del gioco) preferisco un semplice foglio di carta.

      Acquisto consigliato, soprattutto se cercate un gioco per 2 rapido ma profondo.
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    • Sebastian
      5.0 out of 5 stars Super Deckbuilding Spiel zu fairem Preis
      Reviewed in Germany on November 20, 2015
      Style: ClassicVerified Purchase
      -== Die Karten ==-

      Die Karten haben eine super Qualität. Sie fühlen sich hochwertig an und sind wunderschön gezeichnet! Es sind gesamt 128 Karten in der Box. Davon sind jedoch 18 nur zum anzeigen der Autority, also des Lebens der Spieler vorgesehen. Zu diesem Zweck empfehle ich jedoch eher eine App oder Stift und Papier. Trotzdem schön, dass an sowas gedacht wurde.

      -== Das Spiel ==-

      Star Realms spielt sich sehr angenehm! Mit ca. 20 Minuten spielt sich eine Runde angenehm schnell, sodass auch gerne mehrere Runden hintereinander gespielt werden können. Dabei ist folgt es dem klassischen Ansatz "easy to learn, hard to master", wobei man auch etwas unkonzentrierter Spaß an den Runden haben kann ;) darüber hinaus ist das Spiel leicht erweiterbar und lässt sich auch leicht mit mehr als 2 Personen spielen (vorausgesetzt man hat mehre Decks), dazu werden verschiedene Spielmodi vorgeschlagen.

      -== Fazit ==-

      Bei dem günstigen Preis ist das Spiel eigentlich ein Pflichtkauf für jeden mit Interesse an Kartenspielen. Vergleichbare Spiele kosten meist doppelt so viel, und Star Realms braucht sich hier nicht verstecken!
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    • PLUSH HYENA of DOOM
      5.0 out of 5 stars Very Easy Game to Customize.
      Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2023
      Style: ClassicVerified Purchase
      Though there are an assortment of expansions for this Trading Card Game out there, you don't NEED any of them; this base set has all you require for a fully functional game. That said, I would recommend pairing it with the 'Colony Wars' expansion for a much-expanded experience.
      The game as played by the rules - assorted variants for assorted numbers of players are given in the provided rule sheets - is fun and reasonably easy to learn and get used to.
      However, I find one of the best things about it to be the fact that you can very easily come up with your own rules and your own game. The cards almost beg you to do so, in fact. (I've made various custom dice and tokens for it).
      The set consists of cards (with some very nice artwork) belonging to four factions vying to colonize and expand within the universe. The organic, so-called 'Blob' faction - whose rather beautiful bio-craft mostly look like weirdly mutated sea creatures - the Trade Federation, essentially just out to make a profit, the Machine Cult, mechanistic and more or less robotic, and the warmongering Star Empire... Totally love the Blob faction myself.
      The cards portray both spaceships for each faction and bases (planetary and orbital), each faction having different strengths but being basically evenly matched.
      Trade and alliances between factions can be fostered, as well as just trying to blast each other to perdition. The set also contains some cards featuring unaligned vessels that can be captured and employed by any faction - or used a space pirates or such, depending how you customize the game. There are also score cards.
      A cheap option as opposed to some TCGs (at the time of writing) and excellent value for money. A highly adaptable sci-fi TCG.
      With this and the Colony Wars Set, there's great scope for galactic adventure.
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    • Jose Martha
      5.0 out of 5 stars Juego divertido y portatil
      Reviewed in Mexico on May 17, 2021
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      Las tarjetas son rigidas y se ven muy bien. El empaque es muy compacto y portatil. El unico detalle esta en las cartas para contar vida, son algo molestas de manejar, pero eso se arregla con algun otro metodo para contar o incluso en la expansion Frontiers se usa un metodo diferente mas comodo.
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    • Roseman
      5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and easy game
      Reviewed in the Netherlands on September 7, 2022
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      Fun game which can be played in 15-20 minutes. Seems complicated at first but really easy to get into, especially with all the youtube videos out there and the free app (with in-app purchases). There is a fair bit of luck involved but strategy certainly plays a role too.
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