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{{Hatnote|Printed Decipher archive face. Default: [[Ion Cannon (PC Errata)]]. Bare: [[Ion Cannon]].}}
{{Card
|title=Ion Cannon (Original)
|card_uid=1_318o
|image=Premiere-D-ioncannon-decipher-archive.gif
|side=Dark
|type=Weapon
|subtype=Starship
|subtype_link=Starship Weapon
|set=Premiere Limited
|rarity=U1
|rarity_link=Rarity#Uncommon
|uniqueness=Unrestricted
|destiny=5
|icons=[[Weapon]]
|version_label=printed (Decipher archive)
|set_band=Decipher
|prev=Imperial Blaster
|next=Laser Projector
|lore=Fires blasts of ionized energy. Causes massive disruptions in weapon, engine and computer systems aboard a target. Disables starship defenses against tractor beams.
|game_text=Use 2 Force to deploy on any Star Destroyer. May target using 1 Force. Draw destiny. If destiny +2 > target's armor or maneuver, all weapons aboard target are lost, armor or maneuver = 0 and hyperspeed = 0.
|printings='''Printed Decipher face''' — this page (<code>1_318o</code>)<br />
[[Ion Cannon (PC Errata)]] — PC AR 2023 Appendix A<br />
[[Ion Cannon]] — 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 Weapon: Ion Cannon, Premiere, U1
|strategy=By [mailto:austin100@juno.com Brian Lee]<ref name="decipher-strategy">https://web.archive.org/web/20020804011354/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/premiere/dark/small/ioncannon.html</ref>

A great combo to do with the "[[Ion Cannon]]" and the "[[Turbolaser Battery]]" is to fire the "[[Ion Cannon]]" (preferably at a "Correlian Corvette" filled with passengers) at a capital Starship. Then, if you hit them, fire your "[[Turbolaser Battery]]" at the ship. It's near impossible to miss the ship considering it has an armor of 0. If you do this all in one turn the Light side can't do anything about it, which really could be nice if the starship is filled with troublesome characters like [[Luke Skywalker{{!}}Luke]], [[Obi-Wan Kenobi{{!}}Obi-Wan]], etc.
|rulings=* Whether fired during battle or at another time, the target starship is armor/maneuver and hyperspeed = 0 until it leaves play (or until something makes it 'restored to normal').<ref name="scomp" />
* Weapons aboard the starship are only lost as a one-time response to the Cannon firing. Weapons can subsequently be deployed on the starship without becoming lost.
|combos=* [[Ion Cannon]] + [[Turbolaser Battery]]<ref name="scomp">https://scomp.starwarsccg.org/?s=Ion%20Cannon</ref>
* [[Ion Cannon]] + [[I Want That Ship]]
* [[Ion Cannon]] + [[Tractor Beam]]
|pulled_by=* [[I Can't Shake Him!]]
|canceled_by=* [[Fire Extinguisher]]
|characteristics=* cannon
* ion cannon
|has_refs=1
|notes=* Decipher.com cardlists archive face (Wayback / 2004 backup). Game text from printed archive GIF.
* PC rewrite: [[Ion Cannon (PC Errata)]]. Side-by-side: [[Errata#PC_Errata|Errata — PC Errata]].

|see_also=* [[Errata]]
* [[Ion Cannon]]
* [[Ion Cannon (PC Errata)]]
}}

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