Encounter card

Encounter cards (formerly Challenge cards) are a category of cards that are used to decide encounters. They are played face down during the planning phase and revealed during the reveal phase. Each main player must play one encounter card per encounter; allies do not play encounter cards. Encounter cards form the bulk of the contents of the cosmic deck.

Most encounter cards are attack cards, which have numerical values on them; these are added to the ships on the player's side to determine their side's total in an encounter. The second common type of encounter cards are negotiate (formerly compromise) cards, which are used to make deals or receive compensation. Other types of encounter cards, such as morph, are much more rare, and their text explains how to use them.

Encounter card distributions

Eon

Set	1	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	20	30	40	C	Total
Base		2		8		8		6	4		2	2			1	2	1		10	46
E3					1		2			1				1					1	6
E8	1		2		3				1			2	1					1	4	15
Total	1	2	2	8	4	8	2	6	5	1	2	4	1	1	1	2	1	1	15	67

Mayfair

Set	-8	-6	-5	-4	-1	0	1	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	30	40	C	Total
Base							1	2	2	8	4	8	2	6	2	5	1	2	4	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	17	72
MCE	1	1	1	1	1	2		3	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1			11	54
Total	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	5	3	9	7	9	6	9	5	7	4	3	6	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	28	126

AH

Set	4	6	8	10	12	14	15	18	20	30	N	Total
Base	2	8	8	6	4	2	2	1	2	1	10	46

CEO

Set	-4	-1	4	8	10	12	13	14	15	18	20	23	30	40	N	Total
Base	1	1	2	8	6	4	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	11	52

FFG

Cosmic deck

Set	00	01	02	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	20	23	30	40	N	M	Total
Base	1	1		4	1	7	1	7	1	4	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	15	1	55
CA	1		1	1		2		2		1		1		1		1		1		5	1	18
Total	2	1	1	5	1	9	1	9	1	5	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	2	1	20	2	73

Reward deck

Set	-07	-04	-01	02/20	03/30	08	10	12/21	16	17	18	19	20	21/12	23	O	N	M	R	Total
CI	1	1	1				3		1	1	1	1			1		3	1		15
CD				1	1			2						1			4	1	2	12
CO reward deck						1											2	1
CO ultra rewards													1			1	1	1
Total	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	4	2	27