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Every Type of Sabacc Deck

  • Mar 1
  • 3 min read

Updated: Apr 27

A Guide to Getting the Right Sabacc Deck for the Right Sabacc Game



In the Star Wars Galaxy, if you want to play Sabacc, you'll be spoiled for choice. There are four primary kinds of Sabacc game - Classic, Corellian Spike, Coruscant Shift and Kessel - and a fistful of lesser known variants as well.


Watch out though - to play these games, you need the right kind of Sabacc deck! They aren't all the same, and each has unique features that come into play. This is our guide to getting the right Sabacc deck for the games you want to try out:



62 CARD SABACC SPIKE OR SHIFT DECK

WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN IT? - The Star Wars: Solo film, Galaxy's Edge Resort

WHAT CAN YOU PLAY WITH IT? - Corellian Spike, Coruscant Shift


WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT IT? - It uses 3 suits instead of the traditional four; each suit is split into positive and negative cards; it has two wild cards called 'Sylops' (the Corellian word for 'Idiot')


WHERE CAN I GET ONE? - The 62' Sabacc Deck: Fire, Sky and Dunes Edition is available from us here at Multiversal Exports.



76 CARD CLASSIC SABACC DECK


WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN IT? - In the Expanded Universe and Legends era, and in Star Wars: Rebels


WHAT CAN YOU PLAY WITH IT? - Old-style 'Classic' or 'Traditional' Sabacc



WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT IT? - It has 4 primary suits called Flasks, Staves, Sabers and Coins, and a special fifth suit of Aspect cards, containing The Idiot, The Queen, Endurance, Balance, Demise, Moderation, the Evil One and The Star.


WHERE CAN I GET ONE? - The 76/78 Classic Sabacc Deck is available from us here at Multiversal Exports.



44 CARD KESSEL SABACC DECK


WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN IT? - In the Star Wars: Outlaws game.


WHAT CAN YOU PLAY WITH IT? - Kessel Sabacc, the break-out tactical Sabacc game.


WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT IT? - The deck is split into two suits - Blood and Sand - which are subtracted from each other in your hand. It has two kinds of wild card - the Imposter and the Sylop. The Multiversal Export deck also includes the games' Shift Tokens as a third suit of cards.


WHERE CAN I GET ONE? - The 44 Kessel Sabacc Deck: Blood, Sand and Stone Edition is available from us here at Multiversal Exports.



78 CARD CENTRAN ORACLE DECK


WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN IT? - In the 1983 Lando Calrissian novels - The Mindharp of Sharu, The Flamewinds of Oseon, and The Starcave of Thonboka. The first ever depictions of the game.


WHAT CAN YOU PLAY WITH IT? - Centran Sabacc, a twist on Classic that uses 'Wild Fives' to change the balance of everyone's hand.


WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT IT? - It's identical to the Classic Deck, except that the special Aspect Suit has 22 cards with unique identities. The deck can also be used as an Oracle Deck for fortune-telling, which Lando does in the novels. You can buy the Oracle version of this deck, or our Classic Deck converts between Classic and Centran.


WHERE CAN I GET ONE?

The 76/78 Classic Sabacc Deck is available from us here at Multiversal Exports.

The Lothal Oracle Deck is available through our store front on Card Game Maker.


For more information about all the different Sabacc variants out there, we recommend visiting the Sabacc Section of the Games of the Galaxy Holodex - there you can read and download complete rules for these and other versions of Sabacc!



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