How to Play Star Realms: Command Deck – The Alignment

Game Objective

When playing with the Alignment Command Deck, you take on the role of Divine Admiral Le, the legendary commander of the Alignment. Your objective is to defeat your opponents, who can be another player using a Command Deck or two players using standard starter decks. While you can acquire and play cards from any faction, your starting deck and gambit cards work particularly well with cards from the and factions.

Setup

1. Place your Divine Admiral Le card, along with your Alignment Ingenuity and Le's Foray gambit cards, face up in front of you. The Divine Admiral Le card is for reference only and does not count as a card or in play for activating Ally Abilities.
2. You start with 64 Authority. You can use the included scorecards to track your Authority. To represent a change in the tens digit, rotate and/or flip the card. To represent a change in the units digit, slide and/or flip the card. Add the two numbers in the circle to get your Authority score.
3. Shuffle the Mech Battleship card into the Trade Deck before assembling the initial Trade Row.
4. Shuffle the other 12 cards (Imperial Talon, Imperial Viper, Ranger, Salvage Drone, Scout, Scout Bot, Stellar Falcon, Viper, and Welder Drone) to create your Personal Deck.
5. Your starting hand is six cards.
6. If you are the first player, you receive a starting hand of three cards. If you are the second player, you receive a starting hand of six cards.

2 vs 1: When playing against two players, these players use standard starter decks (eight Scout cards and two Viper cards). They play as a Hydra team with a total of 75 Authority. Hydra teams share a turn, can share trade and combat, but have separate decks and ally triggers.

Game Flow

Refer to the manual for details on this section.

Actions and How to Play

Alignment Faction Symbol

This faction symbol represents both and .

Mech Battleship

The Mech Battleship card counts as a card of both factions ( and ), and will activate the Ally Abilities of either. Its own Ally Ability can be activated by a or card.

Alignment Ingenuity (Gambit)

This gambit remains face up in front of you throughout the game. When you use the ability of a ship or base, first resolve the ability's effect. Then, you may draw a card and then discard a card.

Le's Foray (Gambit)

This gambit remains face up in front of you until you use it. You may use it by scrapping it at any time during your Main Phase. When you use it, you count as having an additional and card in play that turn for activating Ally Abilities.

End of Game and Scoring

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Tips for Winning

• The Mech Battleship card is a great card for you to acquire, but your opponents can also acquire it, so be aware.
• Your starting deck and your gambits work particularly well with cards from the and factions, so consider focusing on these factions when acquiring new cards.