For new players of Concrete Jungle, this guide is a reference for cards in starter deck and new starter cards which be unlocked for you after.
Your First Deck
Laney’s initial starter deck in solo mode is the following:
- Houses x4
- Shop x2
- Supermarket x1
- Restaurant x1
- Factory x2
- Green x2
Score 3+ points to clear a column while earning economic points to get better cards before the expenditure threshold goes up too high. Clearing multiple columns together gives you a bonus multiplier to your score. Managing the red squares will be key, which will require you to place your scoring houses in different rows for each column.
Alternatively, if you would like to use a deck with a repeatable row-based pattern, I might recommend using something like the following level zero deck instead:
- Houses x4
- Car Wash x2
- Factory x2
- Brewery x2 (replace with Wholesaler x2 when available)
- Green x2
This deck has more industry than the default deck which will allow you to get purchase points faster. It also has an easier to execute pattern based on consistent rows: Reserve the top two rows for industry and separate them from your houses with a row of Greens as a buffer. Then, score points in the bottom four rows with a Green->, House, <- Car Wash ->, House setup. As you earn economic points for purchases, shape the deck as you wish. Over the course of finishing different runs for experience, you will unlock more starter cards to choose from.
Unlock Order List
There are 39 starter cards in the game, 12 of which are already available at level zero. Card details are in the following sections.
Starter Cards Available at Level Zero
- Houses
- Car Wash
- Garage
- Gardening Suppliers
- Restaurant
- Shops
- Supermarket
- Brewery
- Factory
- Green
- Farmland
- Market Garden
Starter Card Unlock Order Per Level
- Wholesaler
- Grove
- Youth Club
- Religious Building
- Coal Power Plant
- Cemetery
- Gym
- Canal
- Electronics Plant
- Telephone Exchange
- Substation
- Clinic
- Workshop
- Homeless Shelter
- Motel
- Golf Course
- Diner
- Tennis Court
- Community College
- Sell Land
- Greenhouse
- Dairy
- Resident Parking
- Outlet Store
- Pumping Station
- Retirement Home
- Drive-In Cinema
– Residential –
Card
Unlock Level
Type
Economic Points
Expenditure Cost ↓
Text
Cardshop?
Houses
0
Residential
0
1
Collects points.
No
Homeless Shelter
14
Residential
0
1
Collects points (min 1, max 1).
No
Resident Parking
23
Residential
0
1
+2 to this max block size.
No
Retirement Home
26
Residential
0
3
Collects points. On placement: Transfer points to this from all empty adjacent tiles.
No
– Commercial –
Card
Unlock Level
Type
Economic Points
Expenditure Cost ↓
Text
Cardshop?
Shops
0
Commercial
1
1
Yes
Garage
0
Commercial
1
1
Yes
Car Wash
0
Commercial
1
1
Yes
Gardening Suppliers
0
Commercial
1
1
+1 to a random empty tile.
No
Gym
7
Commercial
1
2
+1 to a random owned point-collecting building.
No
Supermarket
0
Commercial
1
3
Yes
Restaurant
0
Commercial
1
3
Yes
Outlet Store
24
Commercial
1
3
No
Diner
17
Commercial
1
4
No
– Industrial –
Card
Unlock Level
Type
Economic Points
Expenditure Cost ↓
Text
Cardshop?
Factory
0
Industrial
3
1
Yes
Wholesaler
1
Industrial
3
1
No
Coal Power Plant
5
Industrial
0
1
+7 to expenditure threshold, add a ‘Pollution’ card to pick-ups. *Single Use*
No
Telephone Exchange
10
Industrial
0
1
+1 to expenditure threshold, -1 to opponent’s exp threshold.
No
Electronics Plant
9
Industrial
X
1
+1 Economy for each other building in this block.
No
Pumping Station
25
Industrial
1
1
Refresh the cards available in the card shop.
No
Brewery
0
Industrial
2
2
Yes
Workshop
13
Industrial
2
2
Discard the above card.
No
Substation
11
Industrial
1
2
+2 to this max block size.
No
– Government –
Card
Unlock Level
Type
Economic Points
Expenditure Cost ↓
Text
Cardshop?
Youth Club
3
Government
0
0
Draw 2 cards.
No
Sell Land
20
Government
0
0
+Economy equal to build location points. Builds a random building.
No
Community College
19
Government
0
1
+1 build option for 4 placements.
No
Religious Building
4
Government
0
1
Link: An adjacent building cannot be manipulated by opponent’s ordinances or link effects.
No
Clinic
12
Government
-1
3
No
– Recreation –
Card
Unlock Level
Type
Economic Points
Expenditure Cost ↓
Text
Cardshop?
Grove
2
Recreation
0
0
Link: If an adjacent tile’s points are 0 or lower, set to 1.
No
Tennis Court
18
Recreation
1
0
Link: Add build location’s points to an adjacent tile.
No
Canal
8
Recreation
0
0
Link: +1 to an adjacent point-collecting building, +1 to this max block size. Block can only consist of canals.
No
Green
0
Recreation
0
1
Link: +1 to an adjacent tile.
Yes
Cemetery
6
Recreation
0
2
Discard the following card.
No
Golf Course
16
Recreation
X
3
Link: +1 to an adjacent tile, +1 economy for each other building in this block.
No
– Rural –
Card
Unlock Level
Type
Economic Points
Expenditure Cost ↓
Text
Cardshop?
Farmland
0
Rural
0
0
+1 to this block.
Yes
Motel
15
Rural
0
1
Collects points, any points above 1 will be added to economy instead.
No
Greenhouse
21
Rural
1
1
+1 to this block.
No
Dairy
22
Rural
1
1
+3 Economy if a ‘Pasture’ is in the play area.
No
Market Garden
0
Rural
2
3
+1 to this block.
No
Drive-In Cinema
27
Rural
1
4
No
That’s all we are sharing today in Concrete Jungle Starter Card Quick Reference Guide, if you have anything to add, please feel free to leave a comment below, you can also read the original article here, all the credits goes to the original author Wraith
