Dark Maneuvers

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Info

Title	Dark Maneuvers
Side	Dark
Type	Interrupt — Used Interrupt
Set	Premiere Limited
Rarity	C2
Uniqueness	Unrestricted
Destiny	6
Icons	Interrupt
card_uid	1_241
Version	printed
Printings	Premiere Limited (1995, black border) — this page Premiere Unlimited (1995/96, white border) — same art and text Japanese Takara Premiere

Dark Maneuvers is a Dark Interrupt (Used Interrupt) from Premiere Limited.

Card Text

Add 2 to maneuver and 1 to power of any starfighter for the remainder of this turn. If it has hyperdrive, also add 2 to hyperspeed. (Interrupt may even affect the result immediately after a destiny draw targeting the starfighter's maneuver.)

Lore

Imperial TIE fighters, while easily damaged, are very fast and agile. Sophisticated tactics are executed to take advantage of Rebel X-wing and Y-wing weaknesses.

Strategy

Decipher card strategy (starred on the Premiere Dark card list).

From Greg Bole :

Dark Maneuvers (6 Destiny) (C2,Dark)

Imperial TIE fighters, while easily damaged, are very fast and agile. Sophisticated tactics are executed to take advantage of Rebel X-wing and Y-wing weaknesses.

Used Interrupt

Add 2 to maneuver and one to power of any starfighter for theremainder of this turn. If it has hyperdrive, also add 2 tohyperspeed. (Interrupt may even affect the result immediately after a destiny draw targeting the starfighter's maneuver.)

Dark Maneuvers, everyone plays with them, or should. :) A basic necessity in those 'mediocre' decks which don't have 4 Star Destroyers. If you are relying upon your TIEs for space superiority, or at least defence, these cards are a necessity.

These cards operate on two levels, offensively and defensively. There's the extra 1 power, which isn't that exciting, but in the case of underestimated or overestimated chances, it makes a difference of three force per card. If you have a hand of three of these babies, that's 9 force, not bad for a used interrupt.

Defensively, well there's no way to MISS a tie scout with proton torpedoes unless you use this card. It's nice to be able to protect your ships in a time of need. (I know that's not in keeping with the Empire's philosophy of throwaway ships, but I never said the game was perfect)

The fact that it's a 6 destiny and a USED interrupt are a big bonus in my mind, the more you use them, the more often they come up, the more damage you're doing. It's a great card as long as it's not in a deck with lots of low destiny required such as those with a lot of Sense/Alters.

Best Combo: Obviously, TALLON ROLL. A bonus of 4, for free. Plus an extra power in the ensuing battle after you've killed Pops in gold 5 with his r2, the proton torpedoes, and a rebel pilot. Just make sure to have enough Dark Maneuvers. The more the better!

Greg's Rating............................................9

Source: Dark Maneuvers strategy at Decipher.com (archive)

Rulings

Combos

• Dark Maneuvers + Tallon Roll

From Scomp Link Access (swccg-scomp / card JSON). Players Committee card database, not Decipher printed text.

See Also

• Interrupt
• X-wing
• Y-wing

Sources

• Premiere Dark Side card list at Decipher.com (archive, 11 June 2002)
• Star Wars CCG cardlists index at Decipher.com (archive, 25 December 2008)
• Complete Card List (Decipher PDF, archive 28 September 2007) — Dark Interrupt: Dark Maneuvers, Premiere, C2