Star Wars: Unlimited TCG Gets Its Own Pokemon Battle Academy-Style Intro Game
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Steven Petite
2025-10-27
Intro Battle Hoth is a $20 standalone experience for new Star Wars: Unlimited Trading Card Game players.
Star Wars: Unlimited TCG - Intro Battle Hoth
Asmodee has taken a page out of the Pokemon playbook with its latest addition to the Star Wars: Unlimited TCG catalog. Intro Battle Hoth is a standalone experience geared toward new players of the official Star Wars trading card game. It's very similar in concept to Pokemon TCG: Battle Academy and Disney Lorcana: Gateway. The fast-paced spin on Star Wars: Unlimited is available now for $20. As an added bonus, the game is themed around the Battle of Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back.
Intro Battle Hoth is a head-to-head game for two players that takes roughly 20 minutes to play. Asmodee recommends Star Wars: Unlimited for players ages 12 and up.
The $20 "New Player Game" comes with two pre-built, 50-card decks. Princess Leia and the Rebel forces must defend Echo Base from Darth Vader and his Imperial Army. Much like Pokemon Battle Academy, Intro Battle Hoth comes with an illustrated game board with labeled spots for cards.
There's also a full rulebook and all accessories needed to play. Here's the full list of contents inside the box:
Star Wars: Unlimited TCG debuted in March 2024 with a 252-card set called Spark of Rebellion. Asmodee has since released four more sets, and the next one, Secrets of Power, is slated for November 7. The prolific card/board game manufacturer has already confirmed three Star Wars: Unlimited TCG sets for 2026: A Lawless Time, Ashes of the Empire, and. Homeworlds.
If you're interested in collecting Star Wars: Unlimited cards, we've rounded up the Booster Boxes, Prerelease Boxes, Spotlight Decks, and Starter Sets you can buy now below.
Star Wars: Unlimited Trading Card Game
Starter Sets, Spotlight Decks, Booster & Prerelease Boxes.
The first three Star Wars: Unlimited sets had $35 Starter Sets with two pre-built decks.
Each Starter Set comes with two 50-card decks--10 of the cards are exclusive--and deck boxes with character art of the named leaders. The Starter Sets also come with a quickstart rules guide and various damage counters.
Asmodee ditched the Starter Sets for a pair of individual decks called Spotlight Decks in 2025.
Each Spotlight Deck comes with a 50-card deck--four of the cards are exclusive--and a booster pack with 16 cards. It's worth noting that the 50-card decks include some cards from previous sets. Each deck has a named leader
Spotlight Decks are also available in 6-packs. These are mainly designed for tournament play and for larger groups of friends, since you get three of each Spotlight Deck in the carton.
Booster Boxes come with 24 packs featuring 16 cards each for a total of 384 cards. Booster Packs retail for $6 each, so Booster Boxes net you four packs free at MSRP. That said, most of the Booster Boxes sell for around $90, which breaks down to less than $4/pack. The 2025 Booster Boxes are the cheapest right now, with Jump to Lightspeed sitting at $73 and Legends of the Force at $88. If you want the original Spark of Rebellion set, the Booster Box for $91 is the way to go.
Each Star Wars: Unlimited Booster Pack comes with: 9 common cards, 3 uncommon cards, 1 rare or legendary card, 1 leader, 1 base/token, and 1 foil card.
Despite the moniker "Prerelease Box," these aren't exclusive, limited-time bundles. The Prerelease Box is essentially the Elite Trainer Box or MTG Bundle, albeit on a smaller (and cheaper) scale. Each Prerelease Box comes with six Booster Packs with 16 cards in each pack. You'll also get two exclusive promo codes for the Rebel and Empire leaders in the set. Along with the cards, Prerelease Boxes come with damage counters and a quickstart guide.
On November 5, Asmodee is releasing a 2025 Gift Box for Star Wars: Unlimited. It's not available to preorder at Amazon, but you can secure one from Walmart. The Gift Box is $30 and includes eight Booster Packs, two exclusive variant cards, and an oversized leader card. You'll get two Boosters from each of the following sets: Secrets of Power, Legends of the Force, Jump to Lightspeed, Twilight of the Republic.
Star Wars: Unlimited TCG - 2025 Gift Box
$30 | Releases November 5
broken_umbrella
Jan 03, 06:51 AM
skill issue 😆
ghostPacket
Dec 23, 11:11 AM
Feels like nostalgia. I listened to it 😅
tinyLaptop
Dec 16, 08:39 AM
😅 i lost it. no cap Maybe worth it. nah
lostInSoup
Nov 21, 02:08 AM
Bought it, no regrets. 🐧 Depends on your expectations.
quantumNoodle
Nov 12, 08:54 AM
blazing
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