Stars

Stars have no cap, no decay, and no starting value. You begin each combat with 0 Stars and only earn them when a card says 'gain Stars.' NamuWiki's Regent database states the resource value precisely: 3 Stars is worth about 2 Energy when you compare cards that spend Stars against cards that spend Energy for similar output.

There is one subtle wording rule players trip on. If a card says 'play without cost,' both its Energy and Star costs become 0. If a card says 'cost becomes 0 Energy,' only the Energy cost drops — you still pay the full Star cost. Big Bang and Quasar copies behave differently because of this wording.

Venerate is Regent's fourth starter and the first Star faucet you will see: 1 cost, gain 3 Stars, replaces a generic starter slot. Glow is the uncommon centerpiece at 1 cost, gain 1 Star and draw 2 cards (patched to 1 draw + next-turn 1 draw in v0.100.0 beta). Gather Light splits block and a Star on the same 1 cost card at 7 block / 10 upgraded.

Hidden Cache is the gain-next-turn variant, and Convergence is the 2-cost skill that stores Energy and a Star for next turn while Retaining your hand. At the rare end, Big Bang is the 0-cost card that draws 1, grants Energy and Stars, applies Forge 5, then exhausts — it is the single most-wanted Star engine piece in the class.

Seven Stars is Regent's signature AoE finisher: 7 damage × 7 hits = 49 total, cost 2 Energy (upgrades to 1) and consumes 7 Stars. Comet is the single-target bomb at 33 damage plus 3 Weak and 3 Vulnerable, upgrades to 44 damage with the same debuffs. Meteor Shower is the ancient AoE at 14 damage to all + 2 Weak + 2 Vulnerable, upgrades to 21 damage.

Radiate is the scaling AoE that deals 3 damage (4 upgraded) to all enemies per Star you gained this turn. Crescent Spear is the 1-cost attack that does 6 damage plus 2 extra per Star-cost card still in your deck (3 upgraded). Dying Star is Volatile: 9 damage AoE plus enemies lose 9 Strength this turn (11/11 upgraded).

Three powers convert Stars into a feedback loop strong enough to win Ascension 10 runs. Child of the Stars grants 2 block (3 upgraded) every time you consume a Star, which turns Seven Stars into a 14-block swing on the spot. Black Hole deals 3 AoE damage (4 upgraded) every time you gain or consume a Star, so a 7-Star spend triggers 7 separate AoE pulses.

Alignment is the skill that converts stored Stars into Energy, and the Sealed Throne ancient power adds a Star every time you play any card. Stacking Alignment with Sealed Throne on a draw engine is the A10 infinite-stars shell that Gamersky's tommyya17 guide documents — Astrae Sequence plus Glow plus Alignment cycle through the deck until you spike with Seven Stars.

Gamersky's A10 clear report from author tommyya17 names the build: two Glow, one Astrae Sequence (rare), one Alignment, and enough filtering (Cosmic Indifference, Prophesize, Glimmer) to recycle draws. Glow gains the Star and draws 2 to fetch Alignment; Alignment converts banked Stars to Energy to cast the next Glow. Cost-reduction relics like Red Bull plus Radiate or Stardust convert the loop into a whirlwind-style AoE.

Author abrahamiltion's tier analysis adds three key relic flags: Royal Seal turns Particle Wall into a one-card defense, Mirror duplicates one broken card like Decisions, and Europans is the S-tier Ancient pairing for Regent because it offers Meteor Shower and upgrades to starter relics. Without at least one rare Star generator, the deck never crosses the break-even point and collapses on Ascension 9+.

The first mistake is spending Stars on the first available finisher. Seven Stars without Child of the Stars or Black Hole in play is a 49 AoE that does nothing for defense or scaling. Save your stored Stars for the turn a power is active or the boss is Vulnerable.

The second mistake is mixing Stars with Forge. Forge is a Regent sub-theme that builds up Sovereign Blade damage — it does not consume Stars and does not benefit from Child of the Stars, Black Hole, or Alignment. NamuWiki's archetype list names Stars, Forge, and Minion as three separate decks; a Forge card slot is a Star-deck slot you did not take.