Star Wars Unlimited: Secrets of Power Review
A new set of Unlimited has recently released, and the game continues to get better and better. I feel like Star Wars Unlimited is rarely taking time off or releasing lackluster sets. With each set, there seems to be new innovations or fixes for past problems. Secrets of Power, the latest in the trading card game, adds a new plot keyword, spies, and so much more!
Plot works a little bit like Smuggle from previous releases, but is tied to when your leader is deployed. It allows you to pull cards from your resource pile and play them paying their cost. What this does is allow you to pad your resource pile through the early and mid game, only to deploy your leader and potentially a few cards from said resource pile to make a solid late game push. The resourced cards aren’t lost either, as you replace those cards with cards from your deck. If you can build up a solid resource pool, you may be able to play multiple high cost cards all in one turn – that’s pretty powerful is executed properly, and can change the course of an encounter quite quickly. For example, Cade Bane can be put into play this way, and not only is he a nice high cost, highly effective character, but he can also instantly elliminate an enemy with 2 or less health. Not too shabby!
New spy tokens are included in this release as well, and while they don’t appear to be anything special, some cards can stack these spies really quickly, making them hard to ignore. The name of the game with spies is overwhelming your opponent, and when done effectively it can feel incredibly satisfying. Cards like “I am the Senate” work really well here as they don’t just create a single spy, they create 5!
The third major addition to Star Wars Unlimited in the Secrets of Power expansion is the opportunity to disclose your cards. So many of the new cards will provide you benefits if you have the right card combinations in your hand. You’ll need to show your opponent specific symbols, but if you do, you can pull off some extra opportunities that will only help you in the future. This also makes hand management more strategic, and perhaps with some of these cards you’ll want cards in your hand you might not have previously kept there in the past, and provides uses for cards you might not want to play until the mid or late game. Ultimately, it makes what is in your hand WAY more relevant than it ever has been.
I love these changes to Star Wars Unlimited, and I’m glad to see the team continuing to innovate with really cool ideas. Star Wars Unlimited continues to be my go-to trading card game experience, and for good reason: they innovate their game release after release, the theming is amazing, and the gameplay is approachable but deep. Secrets of Power just highlights all of these points for me!
Article By Adam
