Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game

Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game was an online trading card game available to former subscribers of the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided. The first game set, Champions of the Force, was released in August 2008, followed by the game's first expansion, Squadrons Over Corellia, in December of the same year. A second expansion, titled Galactic Hunters, was released in March 2009, followed by Agents of Deception in June 2009 and The Shadow Syndicate in September of the same year. The game client was available for download on the official game website, allowing non-subscribers to access a free trial mode that offered access to limited content.

Players were able to purchase virtual cards and trade them with each other. Each set included up to 300 cards, with more sets being released every few months. Both former and current Galaxies subscribers received a single 58-card starter deck when they signed up; all active subscribers also received five free 15-card booster packs per month after that, with the option to purchase more available for all players.

A non-subscriber using the trial mode could sign up for at least a one-month subscription to Star Wars Galaxies. This allowed access to the complete gameplay modes and enabled trading with other players. Suspending the subscription afterwards made the account stop receiving free monthly packs, but full access to the game content remained.

The trading card game, along with Star Wars Galaxies MMORPG, was shut down on December 15th, 2011.

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