A longer break than usual, but the Minnesota Meta gathered after the spring equinox for some more SWLCG drafting. We swore not to make any Navy super decks even if they were hampered by x2 Piett. Ethan and I decided not to give up on making Piett great again and made sure to include him given the opportunity. Today’s draft had a much higher inclusion of Navy cards than in the past and I only pushed one of the decks into Sith when the Navy streak was looking too strong—turned out the sith side was pretty good though! No MTFBWY inclusions this time, which Danny was happy about. Danny was also happy that he wasn’t sitting near me, which I still don’t get. Tyler and I were on the same brainwave with Black Market Exchange, which Danny also thinks is terrible but we love so it gets played x2. Once again the draft format proved to create very interesting decks that match up well again each other. The sides ended evenly 6-6 and what we thought were “bad†decks proved to be surprisingly effective.
1st (Mick)
Affiliation: Smuggler (8th pick, 3-0)
On the Run
Asteroid Sanctuary
The Broken Horn
Renegade Squadron Mobilization
Secret Weapons
Command and Control
Evacuation Procedure
Capital Cover
Engineering the Future
Preparation for Battle
Affiliation: Sith (1st pick, 2-1)
Heart of the Empire
Scouring the Empire
Order of Inquisitors
Admiral’s Assault
The Last Grand Admiral
Death and Despayre
Protect the Generator
Immeasurable Power
Pattern Analysis
Asteroid Pursuit
2nd (Ethan)
Affiliation: Smuggler (7th pick, 1-2)
Calling in Favors
Resistance and Rebellion
The Last Warrior
They’ll Never Stop Us
The Alliance’s Elite
Rogue Squadron Assault
The Lost Commander
Fleeing the Empire
Engineering the Future
Evacuation Procedure
Affiliation: Navy (2nd pick, 2-1)
Inexorable Destruction
Deploy the Fleet
Rapair and Refurbish
Hunter’s Flight
Out of the Mists
Hunter in the Night
The Hutt’s Menagerie
Patrolling the Wastes
Shadow of Nar Shaddaa
Sabotage in the Snow
3rd/4th (Tyler)
Affiliation: Smuggler: Desperate Allies (6th pick, 1-2)
Bait and Switch x2
Trust Me
House Edge
No Match for a Good Blaster
Hero’s Journey
Secret at Shantipole
Heroes and Legends
In You Must Go
Master’s Domain
Affiliation: Scum (3rd pick, 1-2)
Jabba’s Reach x2
Nar Shaddaa Drift x2
Lucrative Contract
Jabba’s Orders
Heartless Tactics
Shadowed Surveillance
Droid Droid Revolution
Patrolling the Wastes
3rd/4th (Danny)
Affiliation: Rebel (4th/5th pick, 1-2)
Mission to Talay
Forward Reconnaissance
Commando Operations
Explosives Artist
Hero’s Journey
Ties of Blood
Deep Commitment
Trust in the Force
Desert Recruitment
Secret of Yavin IV
Affiliation: Navy: Any Method’s Necessary (4th/5th pick, 1-2)
Technological Terror
Pattern Analysis
Entrenched Defenses
Enforced Loyalty
Admiral’s Assault
Unsavory Contracts x2
Bespin Exchange
The Best That Credits Can Buy
Hunt Them Down
What we liked playing x2
Jedi: Core Luke
Rebel: Hoodie Han, Blissex
Smuggler: Lak Sivrak
Sith:
Navy: Kallus, Piett
Scum: Klaatu and Barada, OG Jabba, Black Market Exchange, BK
Plays of the Day:
Tyler: Got out Jabba’s Pleasure Barge and 3 swoops. Played Race Circuit Champion on the Pleasure Barge and started going to town on offense with 2 copies of Black Market Exchange. Every time he unfocused to strike again with the Pleasure Barge the pilot would also ping one of my vehicles.
Ethan: Played Quick Hunt to capture Danny’s super Mon Mothma with 4 enhancements on her. Also attacked into 2 weequays and Dengar with Rex at a full health objective. Won edge and killed damaged weequay, focused Dengar and got a couple bombs. Other weequay struck, then Ethan played You’re Our Only Hope to sac Leia and strike again with Rex getting him enough bombs to finish things off.
Danny: Got the heat of battle stunning blow combo off on my 5th brother preventing him from one shotting Sabine. Went on the wreck my face with Leia
Mick: On my last turn I attack with Falcon, Independence and a Speeder Tank at a high health objective trying to win edge. I pass with edge one. Tyler bids a card. I throw in a card. Tyler goes deep in the tank and passes. Before edge stacks are revealed he switches them with Reversal of Fate and I wind up losing putting me off the bombs I need to win take the objective. He focuses out one of my units in the back preventing me from taking the other objective I needed to win. I start resolving my strikes. Falcon does 2 blast and kills one of his dudes. I draw a card with Renegade Squadron Mobilization. It’s Concentrated Firepower. The Independence focused to strike and tossed its shield to take the objective. I’m still out though because I don’t have the bombs in the 2nd attack. But the Independence is also now at 3 guns so it takes out a 2nd guy and I draw again. It’s Target of Opportunity. Tyler goes on tilt as the streak continues…