Hero Realms: Fantasy Deckbuilding Duels and Expansions

Hero Realms launched in 2016 from White Wizard Games, the same studio that produced Star Realms, as a fantasy-themed deck-building game with a shared-deck combat mechanic that rewards aggressive play and comeback strategies. The game's base set supports two players out of the box with character packs adding asymmetric starting decks for different player archetypes - the Cleric, Fighter, Ranger, Thief, and Wizard packs each providing a distinct strategic identity. The Dungeon Deck expansion added cooperative and campaign play, extending the game beyond the competitive head-to-head format of the core product and creating a design that supports groups rather than just pairs.

Hero Realms Collecting occupies a niche within the deck-building game collector market where completeness is achievable in a way that living card games and expandable TCGs don't allow - the character pack and expansion catalog is bounded and the total investment for a complete collection is modest relative to open-ended games. The kickstarter-exclusive materials from the original Hero Realms campaign and subsequent expansions create a secondary market tier for collectors who want the complete experience including backer-exclusive content.

Two practical habits. Track Kickstarter-exclusive components separately from retail-available content when assessing collection completeness - some promotional cards, alternate-art character packs, and campaign-exclusive materials were only available to backers of the original or expansion campaigns and require secondary market sourcing for collectors who came to the game after those campaigns closed. And sleeve cards from day one; Hero Realms cards go through high shuffle counts in the deck-building format, and unsleeved cards show wear quickly in a game where the same deck is reshuffled multiple times per session.

The deck-building long game

Learn the Trading Cards fundamentals - Hero Realms base set and expansion chronology, how Kickstarter-exclusive content creates secondary market tiers for campaign-only materials, and which character packs and campaign expansions have the most documented demand from collectors completing the full Hero Realms catalog - and keep notes on expansion, exclusivity tier, and sleeve status at acquisition.

Find the other Hero Realms collectors

Niches like Hero Realms Collecting grow sharper when collectors tracking Kickstarter exclusives can compare sourcing approaches and campaign histories. Amassable lets you log sets with expansion and condition notes, display the collection like a gallery, and meet others completing the same Hero Realms catalog. Early members help shape how this specialty develops.

Your turn

Log the sets, document the exclusivity tiers, sleeve the cards. Amassable is built for Hero Realms collectors - catalog what you own, track the expansion gaps, and start conversations about the Kickstarter-exclusive materials worth finding. Download Amassable from the official store links on our homepage, and help bring the Hero Realms community together, one character pack at a time.