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The Garbage Rollers Best Set 5 Cards Fantasy Draft
Tyler (@DJStormtrooper) — Welcome to the Garbage Rollers Fantasy Draft! We’re taking a gamified approach to making a tier list today by doing it snake-draft style. For those unfamiliar, on their turn, each competitor will pick a card from the existing pool. The card goes onto their “team.” Once everyone has picked once, the order will Read more
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Meta Monday – June 30th, 2025
Planetary Qualifiers for Jump to Lightspeed are now complete! The final week of results didn’t markedly change the meta. Now that the results are in, let’s take a look back at where we started and see where we ended up. I’m going to be a forgiving to myself and compare against the post-Jango ban version Read more
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What Should Get Reprinted?
With the release of set 5, Legends of the Force, around the corner, the SWU community is starting to look ahead to rotation. With the release of set 7 in March 2026, sets 1-3 will leave the Premiere cardpool. For those of us who’ve been actively playing with Spark of Rebellion for nearly two years Read more
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Meta Monday – June 23rd, 2025
June is the final month of Planetary Qualifier events for set 4 and there were 16 PQs around the globe this last week. The results of those events were largely in line with the known meta, so we don’t have any decks to add to the snapshot. Next week is the final week of PQs, Read more
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How to Survive the Galactic Championship
Tyler: Today, we’re joined by our guest author, Jesse! @jj_swinsanity A big thanks to Jesse for sharing with us all. We hope y’all enjoy his guide to preparing for a large tournament like the Galactic Championship! _________________________________ With Sector and Regional Qualifiers in the rearview mirror, all eyes are now on the inaugural Galactic Championship, coming up Read more
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The GarbageCast | Episode 5 | The Spoils of War
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tyler (@DJStormtroooper): Alright crew, welcome back for another episode of the Garbage Cast! Today we’re talking about the full spoiling of Set 5, Legends of the Force, and what it means for SWU. First off, there was some minor controversy around this release. Here’s what showed up on socials: We do know that some Read more
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Meta Monday – June 16th, 2025
June is the final month of Planetary Qualifier events for set 4 and there were 14 PQs around the globe this last week. The results of those events were largely in line with the known meta, so we don’t have any decks to add to the snapshot. I would like to highlight the winner of Read more
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Are Legends of the Force Leaders Playable? (Pt 2)
Probably! If you missed Part 1, check it out! Back in January, my colleague Jayson wrote an excellent article about leader design in SWU. If you haven’t read it already, I highly recommend taking a few minutes to do so! To recap, he outlined some common traits that good leaders usually have (solid stats, useful Read more
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Meta Monday – June 9th, 2025
June is the final month of Planetary Qualifier events for set 4 and there were 16 PQs around the globe this last week. The results of those events were largely in line with known meta, so we don’t have any decks to add to the snapshot. However, I would like to highlight the winner of Read more
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Meta Tuesday – June 2nd, 2025
The largest tournament this weekend was the UK Games Expo in Birmingham, United Kingdom. It featured 156+ players over two days and ended with the indomitable Yehosera taking the title with Qi’Ra Green. There were also a whopping 19 Planetary Qualifiers in locations around the globe spanning five different continents. The results of those events Read more
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