Star Wars: Unlimited - Secrets of Power: Spotlight Deck: Padme Amidala

Padme Amidala plays the long game. Her Spotlight Deck is built around holding cards back and cashing them in at the moment they hurt most, which is a very different rhythm from the aggressive lists most new players meet first.

Fifty cards, already built, ready to shuffle. No deckbuilding, no collection needed, no second purchase to make it legal. Everything the list wants is in the box, including her leader card and the base she plays on.

This one belongs to Secrets of Power, the sixth Star Wars: Unlimited set, whose card pool leans into intelligence work, political manoeuvring and the criminal underworld. Padme sits at the respectable end of that spectrum, which makes her the natural counterpart to the Chancellor Palpatine deck released alongside her.

A sealed Secrets of Power booster is packed in as well, so the deck arrives with a small on-ramp into the wider set.

Where a Spotlight Deck fits:

• A first deck for someone who has never played
• A loaner kept in the bag for teaching games
• An inexpensive way to try an aspect before committing to singles

It is a finished product rather than a starting point, and it plays perfectly well against other Spotlight Decks with nothing added.