by Scott Heise aka HomerJr and Rick DeMille aka Darklighter
Updated to include the High Alert Requisition and Heroes.
by Scott Heise aka HomerJr and Rick DeMille aka Darklighter
Updated to include the $8 Command Deck ships and High Alert Tech.
by Scott Heise aka HomerJr and Rick DeMille aka Darklighter
With Frontiers Promos being released in the digital app, we have updated the card tier list to include the cards from Frontiers Promos.
by Scott Heise aka HomerJr and Rick DeMille aka Darklighter
With the release of Stellar Allies to the digital app on Dec. 4, 2019; we have updated the card tier list to include the cards from Stellar Allies.
The quick access card tier “app” as also been updated. That “app” can be accessed here.
This update includes one set:
Previous Updates:
Before we get to the updated card tier lists, let’s talk quickly about the cards introduced with the Stellar Allies expansion.
by Scott Heise aka HomerJr and Rick DeMille aka Darklighter
FINAL UPDATE! [until the next one]
With this update the Card Tier List includes all expansions available in the digital app as of Nov. 2019 (except Events, Gambits, Missions). We will add new sets to the Card Tier List as they are released to the digital app.
This update includes one sets:
Previous Updates:
Before we get to the updated card tier lists, let’s talk quickly about the cards introduced with the Colony Wars expansion.
-Original by Scott Heise aka HomerJr
-Recent additions by Rick DeMille aka Darklighter
This update includes two sets:
Previous Updates:
Before we get to the updated card tier lists, let’s talk quickly about the new cards introduced in the Year 2 Promos & United Heroes expansions.
-Original by Scott Heise aka HomerJr
-Frontiers, Command, & Assault content by Rick DeMille aka Darklighter
This update includes the first two multi-faction sets:
Before we get to the updated card tier lists, let’s talk quickly about the new cards introduced in the Command and Assault expansions.
(If you want to skip to the update Tier Lists, they’re in the chart below)
Original by Scott Heise aka HomerJr
Frontiers content by Rick DeMille aka Darklighter
Since HomerJr’s last update to the card tier ranking, Star Realms has added several new expansions. We’re working on updating the card tier list to include all expansions, but we’ll do so one or two expansions at a time; so it will take a few posts.
Our first update will include the most recent expansion to hit the digital app: Frontiers!
For a brief discussion of each card in the Frontiers set, check out Megahaulin podcast Episode 81, where Dustin and Rick discuss Frontiers.
The intent of these Tier Lists is to provide a quick reference to help players, especially newer or less experienced players, when deciding which card(s) in the trade row they should buy (or whether to buy a card at all). Every card included in the V, 1, B, H, F, & R sets is contained within these lists and grouped into one of three tiers based on the overall value of the card relative to the cost of the card.
HomerJr originally wrote the Tier Lists for the V, 1, B, H, & F sets. I (Darklighter) have not changed any of HomerJr’s original rankings, and have just added rankings for Frontiers (“R”) using HomerJr’s methodology (as best I could).
While every card in the game can be valuable and help you win, not every card will have equal value over the course of the game thus there are separate Tier Lists for different phases of the game (opening buys, mid game, late game). Furthermore, many cards are highly situational or valuable only in certain decks. Please note that this is all the personal opinion of the authors, so don’t take anything in here as law. 🙂 We are always open to feedback, criticism, and discussion.
We rank each card into one of three tiers as follows:
by Scott Heise aka HomerJr
A lot has happened since I originally wrote this card tier ranking almost a year and a half ago. Not only have four new expansions containing 16 new ships/bases been released (B&B, Heroes, and F&F), but I played about 5500 more games in that span. Both of these demand a lot of discussion and necessitate an update to my Tier Lists, so let’s get into it!
Before we get to the updated card tier lists, let’s talk quickly about the new cards introduced in the B&B, F&F, and Heroes expansions. I think these cards are still new enough to many players that it’s worth going into each card in a little detail.
(If you want to skip to the update Tier Lists, they’re down below with my original ranking concept description.)
by Scott Heise aka HomerJr
As fun as it is to debate Star Realms strategy, theory craft factions, and run countless simulations, sometimes there is no substitute for real-world empiricism. As much as I love playing the Star Realms app (and I do LOVE playing the app), one disappointment is I have is that there there is a gold mine of hundreds or thousands of games worth of data out there with no way to get at it: which cards do you buy, how many times have you played each card, opening hand distributions, opening buys, number of turns, number of cards scrapped, bases destroyed, faction preferences, etc. This kind of post-game summary data is just begging to be mined for correlations to win rate for both the individual player and the entire player community.
Unfortunately, currently the only way to get this kind of data is to keep track of it yourself using a spreadsheet or other tool, which can be quite laborious and difficult to keep error free over a large games . Nevertheless, my thirst for some kind of empirical data to sink my teeth into drove me to look for an opportunity to collect some meaningful real world data. Luckily, I was recently a proud participant of the Star Realms Pan-Galactic League s#1 and #2, founded by Remy aka Aweberman and generously run by Brendan aka Carnie. Given the league’s closed player pool, locked league format, and relatively large number of games, what better opportunity would I have to gather some data?
Megahaulin Blog for Star Realm Strategy 