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Rolling to a Stop
Hey, Tyler (@DJStormtrooper) here, You may have noticed that it’s been quiet here at GarbageRollers lately. We lost our colleague Jayson earlier in the year, and recently Justin (@Inception) told me that he wasn’t going to be able to come back to content creation since he added kid #3 on top of a busy tax Read more
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The Best of Garbage Rollers
Our team has produced a lot of SWU content since we started just after GenCon in August of 2023 (7 months before release!) Since we’re closing up shop, one of the things I wanted to do was highlight some of the best articles we’ve produced in our two years of operation. We hope y’all enjoy Read more
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Meta Monday – December 29th, 2025
We’re now well into the Secrets of Power meta and Planetary Qualifiers have been in full swing with tournaments taking place all over the world. For a detailed breakdown of the results, check out SWU Competitive Hub. The meta continues to be largely in line with our Snapshot: However, there is one deck that isn’t Read more
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Meta Monday – December 15th, 2025
Welcome to week five of the Secrets of Power! Over the last two weeks, Planetary Qualifiers have been in full swing with tournaments taking place all over the world. For a detailed breakdown of the results, check out SWU C.ompetitive Hub. The meta continues to be largely in line with our Snapshot: There is an Read more
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Meta Monday – November 17th, 2025
Welcome to week three of the Secrets of Power! The last two weeks have seen invitational tournaments in both Europe and America. While neither of these was tremendously large, both featured a number of the world’s best players, so attention is warranted. The first was the Two Moons Invitational Championship in Zurich, which was won Read more
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Understanding the Cost Curve: Secrets Edition
When SWU launched, I wrote an article on SWU’s cost curve and how units from Set 1 fit into it. Now that Secrets of Power is upon us, it’s time to expand that series with an examination of Set 6’s cards and mechanics. Let’s have a look at the new mechanics and cost trends hitting Read more
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The Garbage Rollers Set 6 Meta Snapshot (Tier List)
Today, we’re rolling out our first Meta Snapshot for Star Wars: Unlimited constructed play incorporating Set 6, Secrets of Power. We’re really excited about this moment as it’s the culmination of weeks of work by our team to play and learn as much as we can about Set 6. If you want to skip straight Read more
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4 Decks I Wish We Had: My SWU Archetypes Wishlist
I’ve been playing card games for over 30 years now, and there’s been a lot of time to explore different deck archetypes and strategies. Different deck types are the spice of life and keep deckbuilding and gameplay new and fresh. Now that SWU is coming up on its first rotation, it’s a good time to Read more
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The Garbage Rollers Best Set 6 Cards Fantasy Draft
Tyler @DJStormtrooper — Welcome to the Garbage Rollers Fantasy Draft! We’re taking a gamified approach to making a tier list today by doing it snake-draft style. For those unfamiliar, on their turn, each competitor will pick a card from the existing pool. The card goes onto their “team.” Once everyone has picked once, the order will Read more
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Are Secrets of Power Leaders Playable? (Pt 2)
Back in January, my colleague Jayson wrote an excellent article about leader design in SWU. If you haven’t read it already, I highly recommend taking a few minutes to do so! To recap, he outlined some common traits that good leaders usually have (solid stats, useful leader sides, resource cheating) and ones that not so Read more
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