We have a few lurkers and subscribers, what have you all been playing? Whether you’ve only had the chance to play the starter decks or jamming some jank at your local store share your experience with the game! Or just say hi.
I updated the sidebar, changing the database link from sw-unlimited-db.com to swudb.com. I initially liked the layout of the former, but the later has a bit more functionality in the search and is much more popular. SWUDB also is used for Karabast.net for deck building which has also been added to the sidebar. Karabast is a great resource for deck testing and fun. It’s basically open beta as there are bugs with some interactions, heavy action economy sometimes glitches and I’ve seen a unit die with a shield when the shield should have just popped, but the devs seem really engaged and are working on those issues.
If general discussion actually generates some conversations I’ll make a monthly thread and pin it. I don’t think pinned threads appear in feeds so for the time being I will hold off on that for visibility.
Locally most in store events have been free play here in the Seattle area, mostly because of limited product most stores are just trying to be welcoming to new players and trying to build the community. This last week however I was able to play in a Premier constructed event and my first draft on the 4th.
For Premier I brought Vader Vigilance as it’s the strongest deck I have the cards for.
Match 1 was against an Iden Aggresion deck, who was not playing the card Vigilance. I took some early hits I didn’t need to thinking he was on event Iden and lost G1 due to that assumption. G2 and G3 went much differently as I answered his threats and went all in on aggressively milling his deck, him not being able to mirror that game plan lead to me winning the match. We were both happy to have just finished our games before time. 2-1
Match 2 was a true mirror match against another Vader Blue. My opponent was playing really well and I think what gave me the edge was 2 Search Your Feelings in the main 50. Search combined with Restock allows you to shuffle cards that would normally be stuck on the bottom of your deck from Restock and see them faster. Game 3 he was down to no cards in deck and I hade 3 with one being a Vigilance, I had misplayed earlier and he managed to mill my Restocks. I needed to draw the Vigilance in order to mill out his restock after he played it or he was setup to loop me out, 2/3 chances and I hit it ftw. 2-1
Match 3 Cunning Luke, this deck was a beast and seeing my opponent thread the needle with his lines of play was really impressive. Spark of the Rebellion turn 4 stripping my Vigilance, turn 7 stripping my Superlaser Blast were back breaking. He brought in his entire sideboard against me, the biggest MVP was off aspect Force Throw which just for the discard alone kept me in top deck mode combined with Spark, but he even managed to 2 for 1 me when I had an Inferno chipping him away in space. Force Throw also took out Vader on the flip in game 2 with a discarded Redemption when I had a Vader’s Lightsaber in hand that was prepared to take over the board state. Crazy plays, super fun games and he deserved the win. 1-2 Placing second won me back the entry fee so it was a free night out which is nice for a first outing.
For draft I picked a Chewie, then a Tarkin to try and keep me open for heroic or villainous, and then a Sabine. I ended up focusing in on Blue/Red Heroic, the big cards were 2x Kanan, 2x The Ghost, and a Jedi Lightsaber with a decent amount of various blue/red removal. The Ghost was really able to close out games when paired with Kanan or Sabine leader, I even ran an off aspect Ezra for more potential targets but he ended up being resource fodder as it was really easy to hit Kanan in a 30 card deck. Ended up 2-1 in my matches losing to a Boba Command list that was nuts, he had ECL, Firespray, and a Change of Heart that stole a lightsaber wielding Kanan to seal one game that I had just turned the corner against. Entry fee was $20 and I earned $10 back in store credit, plus pack 1 pick 3 I was passed a Devastator which covers the other $10, so every other card was gravy. Another successful outing!