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Star Wars: Unlimited Suspends Chimaera, Koska Reeves, Neel and Aggressive Negotiations
Fantasy Flight Games suspended four Star Wars: Unlimited cards from the Premier format, effective immediately on November 9, 2026: Chimaera, Koska Reeves and Neel from Ashes of the Empire, and Aggressive Negotiations from Secrets of Power, per its official announcement. Game Developer Aaron Miles wrote that in pushing Ashes of the Empire's power level, "it seems we overshot in some areas."
The Four Suspended Cards
Per the announcement and the official card database:
- Chimaera, A Frightening Reality (Ashes of the Empire 52): Legendary, cost 7, Vigilance and Villainy. FFG says it is the best 7-cost card in Premier, trading one of your units for an enemy non-leader unit and then healing your base as enemy units fall
- Koska Reeves, Warrior of Mandalore (Ashes of the Empire 79): Rare, cost 4, Vigilance. FFG says it appears to be the most efficient of the hard-to-remove 4-cost Sentinels and the most flexible, since a single aspect fits it into more decks, and that with the Director Krennic leader its condition is almost automatic
- Neel, The Cutest Boy (Ashes of the Empire 248): Rare, cost 1, Heroism. FFG says it lets aggressive decks, such as Ahsoka Tano and Wicket, start too fast
- Aggressive Negotiations (Secrets of Power 179): Uncommon, cost 3 event, Aggression. FFG says it went from the 138th most played card to the most played card after A Lawless Time and the first rotation
"Chimaera is simply doing too much," Miles wrote.
What a Suspension Means
When FFG introduced Premier suspensions in November 2024, it said a suspended card is not legal in any event in that format, Competitive or Casual tier, while it stays on the list. In an April 2026 update, FFG said it chose the word suspend to signal that the loss of legality is temporary, while noting that every Premier suspension so far stayed in place until the card rotated out.
Earlier Premier Suspensions
- November 2024: Boba Fett, Collecting the Bounty, the first Premier suspension, per FFG's announcement
- April 2025: Triple Dark Raid, Jango Fett and DJ, per FFG
- September 2025: Force Throw (Spark of Rebellion 167), effective September 22, 2025, per FFG
- August 2026: Cad Bane, Still Faster Than You, an Ashes of the Empire leader, per FFG
What It Means for Collectors
Three of the four cards come from Ashes of the Empire, released July 17, 2026, the set FFG says was its first built by a dedicated development team from start to finish. For collectors, a suspension changes where a card is legal, not the card itself. FFG's February 2026 rotation article says cards suspended in Premier stay legal in Eternal unless they are also on Eternal's own list. Our take: no Premier suspension has been lifted before rotation so far, per FFG's April 2026 update, so plan these four as Eternal cards for now. Icons 2027 Edition adds a different card named Chimaera, Grand Admiral's Might, which is not on the November 9 list. The next product is Icons 2027 Edition on November 20, 2026. Our Icons 2027 Edition story covers that set, and our Homeworlds delay story covers the current main set.
Where to Go From Here
The four Premier suspensions took effect November 9, 2026. Between rebuilds, you can open a free mystery pack when you sign up on the Polkastarter marketplace, and every Lootbox lists its contents, values, and chances before you open it.
Details checked November 10, 2026. Format rules are as announced by Fantasy Flight Games on the dates given and can change. Nothing here is financial advice. Polkastarter is not affiliated with Fantasy Flight Games, Asmodee, Lucasfilm, Disney or the other companies named.
Sources
- Star Wars: Unlimited: Premier Format Update, November 2026, published November 9, 2026, accessed November 10, 2026
- Star Wars: Unlimited: A Leader Suspended, published November 6, 2024, accessed November 10, 2026
- Star Wars: Unlimited: Eternal Format Update, April 2026, published April 15, 2026, accessed November 10, 2026
- Star Wars: Unlimited: Suspension Update, April 2025, published April 9, 2025, accessed November 10, 2026
- Star Wars: Unlimited: Throwing the Meta for a Loop, published September 15, 2025, accessed November 10, 2026
- Star Wars: Unlimited: Cad Bane Leader Card Suspended, published August 24, 2026, accessed November 10, 2026
- Star Wars: Unlimited: Eternally Unlimited, published February 18, 2026, accessed November 10, 2026
- Star Wars: Unlimited: Ashes of the Empire (product page), accessed November 10, 2026
- Star Wars: Unlimited: Icons 2027 Edition (product page), accessed November 10, 2026
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