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Formats are the card pools and deck rules that Star Wars CCG games and tournaments are played under. Every format the wiki documents is listed with where it comes from and how many recorded tournaments used it. Each format has its own page with its card pool, history and tournaments. What "format" and "constructed" meant to Decipher and the Players Committee over the years is told in History of Star Wars CCG formats.

How to read this page

  • Four sources. A format can come from Decipher (1995–2002), from the Players Committee (PC, 2002–), from the PC's GEMP server, or only from this wiki's own GEMP at play.swccg.com.[1] Many formats belong to more than one: the 2000 World Championship pool, Premiere - Death Star II, is also a GEMP format on both servers.
  • Historical card pools are named for what was legal. Decipher did not name its constructed pools: each new expansion simply became legal, and the Players Committee likewise points players to the latest pool. But the game played at the 1999 World Championship is not the game of 2001, so the wiki names each period's pool after the last set it contains: Premiere - X means every Decipher set from Premiere through X; Premiere - Original VSn adds the Players Committee's original Virtual Sets 1–n (2002–2009 slips), which are not the post-2014 Virtual Set n. These names let a reader rebuild and replay a deck as it was legal at the time.
  • Fixed formats keep their originator's name. A format whose definition never changed (a sealed product, a closed environment) uses Decipher's or the PC's own wording, with other names noted on its page: Death Star II Closed Environment, First Anthology Sealed.
  • (Modified) means the same card pool with a ban list.

All formats

Sort by any column. Decipher and PC mark who defined or ran the format; the GEMP columns give its name on each server; Tournaments counts the events on List of SWCCG tournaments whose page gives this format.

Format Type Source Card pool Years Decipher PC PC GEMP name play.swccg.com name GEMP code Tournaments
Premiere (format) constructed Decipher card pool Premiere (with the Jedi Pack, Rebel Leader cards and Introductory Two-Player Game) Dec 1995 – Jul 1996 ✓ ✓ Premiere Premiere premiere
Premiere - A New Hope constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through A New Hope Jul – Nov 1996 ✓ ✓ Premiere - A New Hope Premiere - A New Hope premiere_anh 39
Premiere - Hoth constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Hoth Nov 1996 – Apr 1997 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Hoth Premiere - Hoth premiere_hoth 5
Premiere - Dagobah constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Dagobah (and First Anthology) Apr – Nov 1997 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Dagobah Premiere - Dagobah premiere_dagobah 50
Premiere - Cloud City constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Cloud City Nov 1997 – Apr 1998 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Cloud City Premiere - Cloud City premiere_cc 2
Premiere - Jabba's Palace constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Jabba's Palace (and Official Tournament Sealed Deck) Apr – Nov 1998 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Jabba's Palace Premiere - Jabba's Palace premiere_jp 10
Premiere - Special Edition constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Special Edition (and Enhanced Premiere) Nov 1998 – Jun 1999 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Special Edition Premiere - Special Edition premiere_se 8
Premiere - Endor constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Endor (and Enhanced Cloud City / Jabba's Palace, Reflections, Third Anthology) Jun 1999 – Jul 2000 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Endor Premiere - Endor premiere_endor 278
Premiere - Death Star II constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Death Star II Jul – Oct 2000 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Death Star II Premiere - Death Star II premiere_ds2 126
Premiere - Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through the Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck product Oct 2000 – Jan 2001 ✓ ✓ Premiere - JPSD Premiere - JPSD premiere_jpsd 87
Premiere - Reflections II constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Reflections II Jan – May 2001 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Reflections II Premiere - Reflections II premiere_ref2 248
Premiere - Tatooine constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Tatooine May – Aug 2001 ✓ ✓ Premiere - Tatooine Premiere - Tatooine premiere_tatooine 110
Premiere - Coruscant constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Coruscant Aug – Oct 2001 ✓ 80
Premiere - Reflections III constructed Decipher card pool Premiere through Reflections III (first Defensive Shields) Oct – Dec 2001 ✓ 39
Premiere - Theed Palace constructed Decipher card pool every Decipher-printed card Dec 2001 – Mar 2002 ✓ ✓ Decipher Cards Only Decipher Cards Only open_no_virtual 35
Death Star II Closed Environment closed Decipher format Endor and Death Star II cards plus the Death Star II Starter Deck reprints 2000 ✓ ✓ 7
Episode I Closed Environment closed Decipher format only cards with the Episode I icon 2001 – 2002 ✓ ✓ 16
First Anthology Sealed sealed Decipher format one First Anthology box per player 1997 ✓ 1
Premiere - Original VS1 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Set 1 from 9 March 2002 ✓ 9
Premiere - Original VS2 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–2 from 1 June 2002 ✓ 12
Premiere - Original VS3 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–3 from 20 September 2002 ✓ 1
Premiere - Original VS4 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–4 from 5 February 2003 ✓
Premiere - Original VS5 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–5 from June 2003 ✓ 1
Premiere - Original VS6 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–6 from 12 January 2004 ✓ 2
Premiere - Original VS7 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–7 from 4 December 2006 ✓
Premiere - Original VS8 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–8 from 4 December 2006 ✓
Premiere - Original VS13 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–13 from 6 August 2007 ✓ 6
Premiere - Original VS16 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–16 from 15 August 2008 ✓ 2
Premiere - Original VS17 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–17 from 6 February 2009 ✓ 5
Legacy Open constructed PC championship Decipher cards plus the pre-2014 Virtual Block cards, fixed after the 2014 reset (2009–2014 events used the dated Premiere - Virtual Block pools) from 2014 (fixed) ✓ Legacy Legacy legacy
Open constructed PC championship Decipher cards plus current Virtual Sets and Defensive Shields 2014 – ✓ Open Open open 27
Open (40 cards) constructed PC alternate the Open pool, 40-card decks ✓ Open (40 cards) Open, deck size 40 open40card
Open (45 cards) constructed PC alternate the Open pool, 45-card decks ✓ Open (45 cards) Open, deck size 45 open_45_card
Open (100 cards) constructed PC alternate the Open pool, 100-card decks ✓ Open (100 cards) Open, deck size 100 open_100_card
Open (no shields) constructed PC alternate the Open pool without Defensive Shields ✓ Open (no shields) Open (no shields) open_no_shields
Open (no shields / no v-cards) constructed PC alternate Decipher cards only, no Defensive Shields ✓ Open (no shields / no v-cards) Open (no shields / no v-cards) open_no_shields_no_virtual
Open (no Episode VII) constructed PC alternate the Open pool without Episode VII icon cards ✓ Open (no Episode VII) Open (no Episode VII) open_no_episodevii
Classic constructed PC alternate Decipher and current virtual cards, without Defensive Shield, Episode I or Maintenance icon cards ✓ Classic Classic classic
Classic (no v-cards) constructed PC alternate Classic with Decipher cards only ✓ Classic (no v-cards) Classic (no v-cards) classic_no_virtual 1
Classic (no v-cards) (Modified) constructed PC alternate Decipher cards without Episode I or Maintenance icon cards, with all Reflections III Defensive Shields and their two Starting Effects 2025 – ✓ Classic (no v-cards) (Modified) Classic (no v-cards) (Modified) classic_no_virtual_m 1
Premiere - Cloud City (Modified) constructed PC alternate Premiere through Cloud City with a ban list 2024 – ✓ Premiere - Cloud City (Modified) Premiere - Cloud City (Modified) premiere_cc_m 3
Premiere - Reflections II (Modified) constructed PC alternate Premiere through Reflections II with a ban list 2023 – 2024 ✓ Premiere - Reflections II (Modified) Premiere - Reflections II (Modified) premiere_ref2_m 2
Decipher Cards Only (Modified) constructed PC alternate every Decipher card with a ban list 2025 ✓ Decipher Cards Only (Modified) Decipher Cards Only (Modified) open_no_virtual_m 1
Premiere - Virtual Set 3 constructed PC alternate every Decipher card plus current Virtual Sets 0–3 ✓ Premiere - Virtual Set 3 Premiere - Virtual Set 3 premiere_set3
Jawa Format constructed PC alternate a ban list that removes the top of the power curve 2019 – ✓ Jawa Jawa jawa 1
Scavenger Format constructed PC alternate Decipher cards of common rarities only (Premiere – Death Star II) ✓ Scavenger Scavenger scavenger_premiere_ds2 2
Utinni! (Jawas Only) constructed PC alternate characters restricted to Jawas ✓ Utinni! (Jawas Only) Utinni! (Jawas Only) utinni
Limited Resources Format constructed PC alternate Decipher cards minus the most abusive, plus some virtual cards ✓ Limited Resources Limited Resources limited_resources
Sealed sealed PC alternate GEMP sealed league product, 40-card decks ✓ Sealed Sealed sealed
Cube cube PC alternate Watto's Chance Cube pool (45-card decks on the PC; 40 on play.swccg.com) ✓ Cube Cube cube
Playtesting casual GEMP the Open pool plus the Playtesting set ✓ Playtesting Playtesting playtesting
Dream Cards casual GEMP the Open pool plus the Dream Cards set ✓ Dream Cards Dream Cards dream_cards
Anything Goes casual GEMP every set, 40–60 cards (default casual and AI format) Anything Goes anything_goes
Ewok constructed GEMP Premiere – Death Star II with a long ban list (PC forum: Premiere - Death Star II (Ewok)) 2026 – Ewok ewok
Premiere - A New Hope Sealed sealed GEMP Premiere and A New Hope product Premiere - A New Hope Sealed premiere_anh_sealed
Endor - Death Star II Sealed sealed GEMP Endor and Death Star II product Endor - Death Star II Sealed endor_dsII_sealed
Reflections Sealed sealed GEMP Reflections product Reflections Sealed reflections_sealed
Episode I Sealed sealed GEMP Episode I product Episode I Sealed episode_i_sealed
All Of The Jedi Sealed sealed GEMP All Of The Jedi product All Of The Jedi Sealed all_of_the_jedi_sealed
Novelty - Space Sealed sealed GEMP space-only novelty product Novelty - Space Sealed novelty_sealed
Premiere - Death Star II Draft draft GEMP Premiere – Death Star II booster draft Premiere - Death Star II Draft basic_premds2_draft
Premiere - Virtual Set 13 Draft draft GEMP Premiere – Virtual Set 13 booster draft Premiere - Virtual Set 13 Draft basic_premv13_draft
Premiere - Virtual Set 25 Draft draft GEMP Premiere – Virtual Set 25 booster draft Premiere - Virtual Set 25 Draft holocron_premv25_draft
Cube v7 + Objectives Draft draft GEMP Cube v7 with objective packs Cube v7 + Objectives Draft c7obj_draft
Watto's Cube with objective packs Cube cube GEMP Watto's Cube with objective packs Watto's Cube with objective packs Cube wattos_cube_with_objective
Watto's Cube with fixed pack Cube cube GEMP Watto's Cube with a fixed pack Watto's Cube with fixed pack Cube wattos_cube_with_fixed
Premiere to Virtual Set 3 constructed Wiki-named Decipher cards plus Virtual Sets through Virtual Set 3, as used by the 2025 Online Retro Event for Charity 2025 ✓ 1
Sealed Deck sealed Decipher format one unopened Premiere starter deck per player (later any starter plus named packs); 40-card decks 1996 – 2002; 2015 (AFG) ✓ ✓ 32
Enhanced Format Sealed Deck sealed Decipher format one Official Tournament Sealed Deck per player; 40-card decks 1998 – 2015 (AFG) ✓ ✓ 3
OTSD Booster Draft draft Decipher format one Official Tournament Sealed Deck per player; boosters drafted, 18 premiums kept; 40-card decks 1999 – 2015 (AFG) ✓ ✓ 1
EPP Overdrive sealed Decipher format one Enhanced Premiere pack per player; 30-card decks; 15-minute games 1999 – 2015 (AFG) ✓ ✓ 8
Endor Draft draft Decipher format 6 Endor packs per player; 40-card decks 1999 – 2015 (AFG) ✓ ✓ 4
Death Star II Booster Draft draft Decipher format 3 Endor and 3 Death Star II boosters per player; 40-card decks (Decipher) 2000 – 2002; 2015 (AFG) ✓ ✓
Death Star II Sealed-Deck Starter Format sealed Decipher format one Death Star II pre-constructed starter deck (60 cards) per player 2000 –; 2015 (AFG) ✓ ✓ 1
Reflections Booster Draft draft Decipher format 3 Reflections boosters and an Enhanced Premiere pack (Decipher, 2000); 4 Reflections, Reflections II or Reflections III boosters plus six battleground locations (Players Committee) 2000 – 2015 (AFG) ✓ ✓ 6
JPOTSD Booster Draft draft PC alternate one Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck per player; boosters drafted, premiums kept 2015 (AFG) ✓
Secret Squirrel sealed PC alternate one Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck per player, played as opened 2002 – 2015 ✓ 1
Booster Draft draft PC alternate set by each draft format 1999 – ✓ 2
Team Tournament Formats constructed PC alternate not set; two-player teams, one Dark and one Light deck 2015 (AFG) ✓
The Bith Shuffle (format) constructed PC alternate the decks played in the main event, reassigned at random 2015 (AFG) ✓
Constructed Deck constructed Decipher format every released card; one Light Side and one Dark Side 60-card deck 1996 – 2002 ✓
Junior Constructed Deck constructed Decipher format the constructed pool; players 14 and younger; 40-card decks (1999 rules) 1998 – 2001 ✓
Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck (format) sealed Decipher format one Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck box per player; 40-card decks; JPSD ability rule 2000 – ✓ ✓ JP Sealed Jabba's Palace Sealed jp_sealed 9
Japanese Sealed Deck sealed Decipher format Japanese Premiere starter, 1 Premiere and 3 A New Hope Japanese boosters (2000) 1999 – 2000 ✓ 3
Easy Come, Easy Go Sealed Deck sealed Decipher format 3 Premiere Unlimited boosters, 2 Jabba's Palace boosters, 1 Enhanced Premiere pack; lost cards destroyed 2000 ✓ 1
Highlander constructed Decipher format the constructed pool, one copy of each card title or persona 2000 ✓ 1
Kibitzing constructed Decipher format the constructed pool; advice allowed during games 2000 ✓ 1
Race for Alderaan Constructed constructed Decipher format the constructed pool; deck built around a Third Anthology objective; modified win unless the objective flips 2000 ✓ 1
Turning of a Skywalker Constructed constructed Decipher format the constructed pool; deck built around a Death Star II objective; modified win unless the objective flips 2000 ✓
Team Event Format constructed Decipher format the host event's pool; teams of 3–4 scored on their three best places 1999 – 2000 ✓ 1
Iron Man constructed Decipher format the constructed pool; four decks each played once; lost cards destroyed 1999 ✓ 1
No Such Thing As Luck constructed Decipher format the constructed pool; every second game with the opponent's deck 1999 ✓ 4
The Gauntlet: Dual Formats constructed Decipher format 4 constructed games, then a 3-game OTSD sealed final for the top 8 1999 ✓ 1
Reflections II Booster Draft draft Decipher format 4 Reflections II boosters per player plus 6 battleground locations (6 per side from mid-2001); 40-card decks 2001 – 2008 (PC guide); folded into Reflections Booster Draft (AFG 2015) ✓ ✓ 11
Progressive Sealed Deck sealed Decipher format a sealed product ('the sealed box') plus one A New Hope booster added after each game (Akesson's report) 1999 (DecipherCon 1999) ✓ 1
Premiere - Virtual Block 6.1 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–5 and Virtual Block 6.1 16 Sep – 20 Dec 2009 ✓ 1
Premiere - Virtual Block 6.2 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–5 and Virtual Block 6.1–6.2 21 Dec 2009 – Mar 2010 ✓ 1
Premiere - Virtual Block 6.3 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–5 and Virtual Block 6.1–6.3 Mar – 1 Jul 2010 ✓ 3
Premiere - Virtual Block 7.1 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–6 and Virtual Block 7.1 (with the July 2010 V7 preview cards) 2 Jul – 28 Dec 2010 ✓ 5
Premiere - Virtual Block 7.2 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–6 and Virtual Block 7.1–7.2 29 Dec 2010 – Jun 2011 ✓ 5
Premiere - Virtual Block 7.3 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–6 and Virtual Block 7.1–7.3 Jun – Dec 2011 ✓ 6
Premiere - Virtual Block 7.4 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–6 and Virtual Block 7.1–7.4 Dec 2011 – May 2012 ✓ 2
Premiere - Virtual Block 8.1 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–7 and Virtual Block 8.1 May – Sep 2012 ✓ 6
Premiere - Virtual Block 8.2 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–7 and Virtual Block 8.1–8.2 (from Jan 2013 with the 8.3 Preview Set) Sep 2012 – Mar 2013 ✓ 2
Premiere - Virtual Block 8.3 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–7 and Virtual Block 8.1–8.3 (from mid-2013 with the V9.1 Preview Set) Mar 2013 – 9 Jan 2014 ✓ 1
Premiere - Virtual Block 9.1 constructed PC championship every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–8 and Virtual Block 9.1 10 Jan – 24 Sep 2014 ✓

Decipher era (1995–2002)

Era hub: Decipher era. Decipher's sanctioned constructed play used every printed set legal on the event day, so the pool grew with each expansion; its events were described as Constructed Deck or Sealed Deck rather than by a named card pool, and "Open" meant an event anyone could enter (see History of Star Wars CCG formats).

Constructed card pools

Format Card pool In use
Premiere (format) Premiere (with the Jedi Pack, Rebel Leader cards and Introductory Two-Player Game) Dec 1995 – Jul 1996
Premiere - A New Hope Premiere through A New Hope Jul – Nov 1996
Premiere - Hoth Premiere through Hoth Nov 1996 – Apr 1997
Premiere - Dagobah Premiere through Dagobah (and First Anthology) Apr – Nov 1997
Premiere - Cloud City Premiere through Cloud City Nov 1997 – Apr 1998
Premiere - Jabba's Palace Premiere through Jabba's Palace (and Official Tournament Sealed Deck) Apr – Nov 1998
Premiere - Special Edition Premiere through Special Edition (and Enhanced Premiere) Nov 1998 – Jun 1999
Premiere - Endor Premiere through Endor (and Enhanced Cloud City / Jabba's Palace, Reflections, Third Anthology) Jun 1999 – Jul 2000
Premiere - Death Star II Premiere through Death Star II Jul – Oct 2000
Premiere - Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck Premiere through the Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck product Oct 2000 – Jan 2001
Premiere - Reflections II Premiere through Reflections II Jan – May 2001
Premiere - Tatooine Premiere through Tatooine May – Aug 2001
Premiere - Coruscant Premiere through Coruscant Aug – Oct 2001
Premiere - Reflections III Premiere through Reflections III (first Defensive Shields) Oct – Dec 2001
Premiere - Theed Palace every Decipher-printed card Dec 2001 – Mar 2002

Decipher's special formats

  • Death Star II Closed Environment — Endor and Death Star II cards plus the Death Star II Starter Deck reprints (2000); also called Battle of Endor Environment (Players Committee)
  • Episode I Closed Environment — only cards with the Episode I icon (2001 – 2002); also called Type II (players), Episode I Only Environment
  • First Anthology Sealed — one First Anthology box per player (1997)
  • Sealed Deck — one unopened Premiere starter deck per player (later any starter plus named packs); 40-card decks (1996 – 2002; 2015 (AFG)); also called Decipher Sealed Deck Tournament Format (1999), Premiere Sealed (Players Committee)
  • Enhanced Format Sealed Deck — one Official Tournament Sealed Deck per player; 40-card decks (1998 – 2015 (AFG)); also called OTSD Sealed (Players Committee)
  • OTSD Booster Draft — one Official Tournament Sealed Deck per player; boosters drafted, 18 premiums kept; 40-card decks (1999 – 2015 (AFG)); also called OTSD Booster Draft Format (Decipher, 2001)
  • EPP Overdrive — one Enhanced Premiere pack per player; 30-card decks; 15-minute games (1999 – 2015 (AFG)); also called EPP Overdrive Sealed Deck Format (Decipher, 2001)
  • Endor Draft — 6 Endor packs per player; 40-card decks (1999 – 2015 (AFG)); also called Endor Draft Tournament (Decipher)
  • Death Star II Booster Draft — 3 Endor and 3 Death Star II boosters per player; 40-card decks (Decipher) (2000 – 2002; 2015 (AFG)); also called Death Star II Closed Environment Booster Draft, Death Star II Sealed Booster Draft, Death Star II/Endor Draft, Endor/Death Star II Booster Draft Format (Decipher, first name)
  • Death Star II Sealed-Deck Starter Format — one Death Star II pre-constructed starter deck (60 cards) per player (2000 –; 2015 (AFG)); also called Endor/Death Star II Sealed-Deck Starter Format (Decipher, first name), Death Star II Sealed (Players Committee)
  • Reflections Booster Draft — 3 Reflections boosters and an Enhanced Premiere pack (Decipher, 2000); 4 Reflections, Reflections II or Reflections III boosters plus six battleground locations (Players Committee) (2000 – 2015 (AFG)); also called Reflections Sealed Booster Draft (DecipherCon 2000)
  • Constructed Deck — every released card; one Light Side and one Dark Side 60-card deck (1996 – 2002); also called The Decipher System (1996), Swiss (1998), Decipher Swiss format (1999), Standard Constructed Deck (2001)
  • Junior Constructed Deck — the constructed pool; players 14 and younger; 40-card decks (1999 rules) (1998 – 2001); also called Junior Swiss (1998), Decipher Junior Tournament Format (1999)
  • Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck (format) — one Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck box per player; 40-card decks; JPSD ability rule (2000 –); also called JPSD, Jabba's Palace Sealed (GEMP), JP Sealed (Players Committee GEMP)
  • Japanese Sealed Deck — Japanese Premiere starter, 1 Premiere and 3 A New Hope Japanese boosters (2000) (1999 – 2000); also called Japanese Sealed
  • Easy Come, Easy Go Sealed Deck — 3 Premiere Unlimited boosters, 2 Jabba's Palace boosters, 1 Enhanced Premiere pack; lost cards destroyed (2000)
  • Highlander — the constructed pool, one copy of each card title or persona (2000); also called Highlander Constructed
  • Kibitzing — the constructed pool; advice allowed during games (2000); also called Kibitzing Constructed
  • Race for Alderaan Constructed — the constructed pool; deck built around a Third Anthology objective; modified win unless the objective flips (2000); also called Race for Alderaan
  • Turning of a Skywalker Constructed — the constructed pool; deck built around a Death Star II objective; modified win unless the objective flips (2000); also called Turning of a Skywalker
  • Team Event Format — the host event's pool; teams of 3–4 scored on their three best places (1999 – 2000); also called DecipherCon Team Challenge, DecipherCon Constructed Team Event
  • Iron Man — the constructed pool; four decks each played once; lost cards destroyed (1999); also called Iron-Man Events
  • No Such Thing As Luck — the constructed pool; every second game with the opponent's deck (1999)
  • The Gauntlet: Dual Formats — 4 constructed games, then a 3-game OTSD sealed final for the top 8 (1999); also called The Gauntlet Dual Format
  • Reflections II Booster Draft — 4 Reflections II boosters per player plus 6 battleground locations (6 per side from mid-2001); 40-card decks (2001 – 2008 (PC guide); folded into Reflections Booster Draft (AFG 2015)); also called Reflections II Sealed Deck: Booster Draft Format (Decipher rules page title), Reflections II Booster Draft Format (Decipher tournament resources)
  • Progressive Sealed Deck — a sealed product ('the sealed box') plus one A New Hope booster added after each game (Akesson's report) (1999 (DecipherCon 1999))

Players Committee (2002–)

Era hubs: Virtual Original, Virtual Legacy, Virtual Modern.[2] From March 2002 championship constructed added the Players Committee's Virtual Sets to the Decipher pool. Each original Virtual Set cutoff is its own format. From the 2009 reorganization each Virtual Block release is a dated pool (Premiere - Virtual Block 6.1 to Premiere - Virtual Block 9.1); the 2014 Virtual Card Reset led to today's Open (the PC's Standard), and the pre-reset Virtual Block pool survives fixed as Legacy Open.

Championship constructed

  • Premiere - Original VS1 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Set 1 (from 9 March 2002); also called POVS1
  • Premiere - Original VS2 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–2 (from 1 June 2002); also called POVS2
  • Premiere - Original VS3 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–3 (from 20 September 2002); also called POVS3
  • Premiere - Original VS4 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–4 (from 5 February 2003); also called POVS4
  • Premiere - Original VS5 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–5 (from June 2003); also called POVS5
  • Premiere - Original VS6 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–6 (from 12 January 2004); also called POVS6
  • Premiere - Original VS7 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–7 (from 4 December 2006); also called POVS7
  • Premiere - Original VS8 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–8 (from 4 December 2006); also called POVS8
  • Premiere - Original VS13 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–13 (from 6 August 2007); also called POVS13
  • Premiere - Original VS16 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–16 (from 15 August 2008); also called POVS16
  • Premiere - Original VS17 — every Decipher card plus original Virtual Sets 1–17 (from 6 February 2009); also called POVS17, Original Virtual Open
  • Legacy Open — Decipher cards plus the pre-2014 Virtual Block cards, fixed after the 2014 reset (2009–2014 events used the dated Premiere - Virtual Block pools) (from 2014 (fixed)); also called Legacy
  • Open — Decipher cards plus current Virtual Sets and Defensive Shields (2014 –); also called Standard (Players Committee, from 2014)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 6.1 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–5 and Virtual Block 6.1 (16 Sep – 20 Dec 2009)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 6.2 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–5 and Virtual Block 6.1–6.2 (21 Dec 2009 – Mar 2010)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 6.3 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–5 and Virtual Block 6.1–6.3 (Mar – 1 Jul 2010)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 7.1 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–6 and Virtual Block 7.1 (with the July 2010 V7 preview cards) (2 Jul – 28 Dec 2010)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 7.2 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–6 and Virtual Block 7.1–7.2 (29 Dec 2010 – Jun 2011)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 7.3 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–6 and Virtual Block 7.1–7.3 (Jun – Dec 2011)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 7.4 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–6 and Virtual Block 7.1–7.4 (Dec 2011 – May 2012)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 8.1 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–7 and Virtual Block 8.1 (May – Sep 2012)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 8.2 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–7 and Virtual Block 8.1–8.2 (from Jan 2013 with the 8.3 Preview Set) (Sep 2012 – Mar 2013)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 8.3 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–7 and Virtual Block 8.1–8.3 (from mid-2013 with the V9.1 Preview Set) (Mar 2013 – 9 Jan 2014)
  • Premiere - Virtual Block 9.1 — every Decipher card plus Virtual Blocks 1–8 and Virtual Block 9.1 (10 Jan – 24 Sep 2014)

Alternate formats

The PC's Alternate Format Tournament Guide and its formats pages define these.[3]

GEMP

GEMP is the online client. Each GEMP format has a display name and a code; the table above gives both servers' names.[4][5]

Differences from the Players Committee GEMP

The format list on play.swccg.com (billbisco/swccg-gemp, commit 16168b26) has 51 formats. The Players Committee format list (PlayersCommittee/gemp-swccg-public, commit 5e26dd19) has 37.[4][5] The differences are:

Differences in sealed league products and draft files are listed at GEMP sealed league products and GEMP draft and cube products.

Formats only on play.swccg.com

Formats named by this wiki

  • Premiere to Virtual Set 3 — Decipher cards plus Virtual Sets through Virtual Set 3, as used by the 2025 Online Retro Event for Charity (2025)

Rules documents

See also

Star Wars CCG Eras
Decipher
1995–2001 		Virtual Original
2002–2009 		Virtual Legacy
2009–2014 		Virtual Modern
2014–
Premiere - Theed Palace Premiere - Original VS17 Legacy Open Open


References

  1. ↑ play.swccg.com, GEMP. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Star Wars Players Committee, starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Star Wars CCG Alternate Format Tournament Guide (revised 09/2015), Players Committee. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 swccgFormats.json, GEMP source code (billbisco/swccg-gemp, commit 16168b26), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 swccgFormats.json, GEMP source code (PlayersCommittee/gemp-swccg-public, commit 5e26dd19), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ swccgFormats.json, GEMP source code (billbisco/swccg-gemp, commit e0fb37f2), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
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