Index -> Playing the Game -> Types of Cards -> Avatar

Each deck contains exactly one avatar. Your avatar represents the character you've chosen to play in Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game. The item and ability cards you play are usable only by your avatar. Your character persuades the denizens of the galaxy, called units in the game, to join your cause.

Your avatar is a card that's played to the playmat as soon as you enter the game. Next to that are its attributes, a red health bar, and a blue power bar. Right-click this portrait to see a larger version of your avatar card. Click that again to make it go away.

This avatar represents you, the player, and you lose the game if it is destroyed.

Attributes

Avatars have three different attributes:

• Attack - Used when you're attacking to increase your chance of winning a combat.
• Defense - Used when you're defending.
• Damage Bonus - Used to increase the amount of damage you'll deal when you hit an enemy in combat.

Exerting

All three attributes on your avatar don't do anything until you exert your avatar to use one of them. To use the attribute on a card, you have to exert that card.

Like many decisions in Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game, exerting your avatar is a trade-off. If you exert for attack during a combat, you won't be able to exert for damage bonus later in that same combat. If you exert for defense during your opponent's turn, you won't be able to exert for attack in your next Quest Phase.

Health

Your avatar also has a limited amount of Health - this is the amount of damage that must be dealt to the avatar to destroy it. When your avatar runs out of health, you lose the game. Health is represented on your avatar card with a heart icon, and on the playmat it's a red bar to the left of your avatar picture.

Archetypes

Each avatar is one of four archetypes:

• Jedi - Those devoted to the light side of the Force.
• Rebel - Soldiers of the Alliance like Officers and Medics.
• Imperial - Soldiers of the Empire like Commandos and Spies.
• Sith - Those who worship the power of the dark side.

Any other cards in your deck that belong to one of those four archetypes must be compatible with the archetype of your avatar.

Traits

Just below your avatar's card title is a line that has traits (including card type). A trait is a label on a card that can be referred to by the game text of other cards. Your avatar has a species trait, such as "Twi'lek" on Rachi Sitra's card.

Game Text

At the bottom of your avatar card is a box that has game text, which adds strategic options with actions you can take to help you win the game.