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{{Hatnote|Printed Decipher archive face. Default: [[Baniss Keeg (PC Errata)]]. Bare: [[Baniss Keeg]].}}
{{Card
|title=Baniss Keeg (Original)
|card_uid=1_209o
|image=Premiere-D-banisskeeg-decipher-archive.gif
|side=Dark
|type=Effect
|set=Premiere Limited
|rarity=C2
|rarity_link=Rarity#Common
|uniqueness=Unrestricted
|destiny=5
|icons=[[Effect]]
|version_label=printed (Decipher archive)
|set_band=Decipher
|prev=A Disturbance In The Force
|next=Blast Door Controls
|lore=Duros are famous spacers and starship engineers. Many are forced to work for the Empire. Some, like Baniss Keeg, train pilots for deep space missions.
|game_text=Deploy on any non-pilot character (except droids) to give that character [Pilot] skill. Adds 2 to power of any starship that character pilots. OR Deploy on any pilot. Adds 1 to power of any starship that character pilots. (Immune to Alter.)
|printings='''Printed Decipher face''' — this page (<code>1_209o</code>)<br />
[[Baniss Keeg (PC Errata)]] — PC AR 2023 Appendix A<br />
[[Baniss Keeg]] — bare/default
|sources=* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020611184117/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/premiere/dark/index.html Premiere Dark Side card list] at Decipher.com (archive, 11 June 2002)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081225225012/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/index.html Star Wars CCG cardlists index] at Decipher.com (archive, 25 December 2008)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014432/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/swallcards.pdf Complete Card List] (Decipher PDF, archive 28 September 2007) — Dark Effect: Baniss Keeg, Premiere, C2
|strategy=By Johan de Jong<ref name="decipher-strategy">https://web.archive.org/web/20001011100820/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/premiere/dark/small/banisskeeg.html</ref>

Now here's a card that could see interesting uses.

First of all, it's destiny 5. Even [[Obi-Wan Kenobi]] would get scared if too many of these show up during Battle Destiny Draws. Want to have a useful card in your deck that severely increases average destiny? Take a [[Baniss Keeg]] or two.

Next, this card has two uses:

The first gives any non-pilot/non-droid character piloting skill. That character gets to add 2 to power of any starship he pilots. Are you running out of different pilots and is the cumulative rule bugging you ? Use [[Baniss Keeg]] to 'train' your characters and make hordes of different pilots, all capable of adding their pilot power bonus. Why, even a lowly [[Stormtrooper]] could become a power in his own right. And remember, pilots also enhance the power of combat vehicles. With 2 variants of basic AT-ATs and two named ones plus a named AT-ST ([[Blizzard 1]], 2 and [[Blizzard Scout 1]]), the Empire could use a lot of pilots (even if only to counter [[Snowspeeder]] threat). With Cloud City cloud sectors have become dominant. Basically, this card offsets the power reduction from clouds.

The second use is devious. Deploy on any pilot to increase his pilot bonus even more. Basically, you could make any 'add 2 to power' character an 'add 3 to power' character, like [[Darth Vader]] or [[Danz Borin]]. Why not take this a step further and deploy [[Baniss Keeg]] on [[Danz Borin]]. He would then 'Add 4 to power of any starship' he pilots. Think of [[Darth Vader]] 'trained' by [[Baniss Keeg]] on [[Vader's Custom TIE]]. [[Darth Vader{{!}}Vader]] would then get: "On [[Vader's Custom TIE]], adds 5 to power and....." can your Light Side opponent say: "OUCH !" ?

In short: [[Baniss Keeg]] is a wonderful card, because it increases destiny draws or has its own bonuses which are hard to pass up to.

Strong Points:

* [[Baniss Keeg]] = Destiny 5, only two unmodified numbers are higher at the time I write this (6 and 7).

* [[Baniss Keeg]] = Common. Can you say 'great pilots at low cost' ?

* [[Baniss Keeg]] = Free to deploy. There is no deploy cost.

* [[Baniss Keeg]] = Usable on any character as long as it is not a droid. There are ... many characters.

* [[Baniss Keeg]] = (Immune to [[Alter (Dark){{!}}Alter]]). Need I even mention why this is a strong point ?

Weak Points:

* [[Baniss Keeg]] = Not cumulative. Twelve Baniss Keegs on one pilot do not make the ultimate super-pilot.

* [[Baniss Keeg]] = Limited in use. It only adds to power, not to maneuver or hyperspeed. It does not allow battle destiny when not able to draw otherwise.

Combos:

* [[Baniss Keeg]] + [[Baniss Keeg]] + non-pilot = Interesting. First use of [[Baniss Keeg]] doesn't collide with second use and thus dodges the cumulative rule. First use makes a pilot, second use enhances a pilot. (third would have no effect though).

* [[The Dark Path]] + [[Baniss Keeg]] chosen and then drawn for destiny = Add 5 to power (and attrition) of any battle for which Ellorrs is drawn as battle destiny, then recycle the card into Life Force and later deploy him for his bonuses.

* [[Baniss Keeg]] + [[Darth Vader]] + [[Vader's Custom TIE]] = Better than a mini Star Destroyer ( you can always use [[Dark Maneuvers]] to increase the Hyperspeed).
|rulings=* If canceled while character is piloting, character moves to a passenger slot if available, otherwise character is placed in Used Pile.<ref name="scomp">https://scomp.starwarsccg.org/?s=Baniss%20Keeg</ref>
|pulled_by=* [[Twi'lek Advisor]]
* [[We Must Accelerate Our Plans]]
|counterpart=* [[Ellorrs Madak]]
|underlying_card_for=* [[Baniss Keeg, Pilot Instructor]]
|has_refs=1
|notes=* Decipher.com cardlists archive face (Wayback). Game text from printed archive GIF.
* PC rewrite: [[Baniss Keeg (PC Errata)]]. Side-by-side: [[Errata#PC_Errata|Errata — PC Errata]].

|see_also=* [[Errata]]
* [[Baniss Keeg]]
* [[Baniss Keeg (PC Errata)]]
}}

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