Overload
| Title | Overload |
|---|---|
| Side | Dark |
| Type | Interrupt — Lost Interrupt |
| Set | Premiere Limited |
| Rarity | C2 |
| Uniqueness | Unrestricted |
| Destiny | 4 |
| Icons | Interrupt |
| card_uid | 1_263 |
| Version | printed |
| Printings | Premiere Limited (1995, black border) — this page Premiere Unlimited (1995/96, white border) — same art and text Japanese Takara Premiere |
Overload is a Dark Interrupt (Lost Interrupt) from Premiere Limited.
Card Text
Target any weapon (except a Gaderffii Stick or any Ewok weapon). Draw destiny. Weapon lost if destiny < weapon's destiny number. If destiny = 0, the character or starship carrying weapon is also lost.
Lore
Weapons like lightsabers, turbolasers and blasters run on powerful energy cells or generators. Occasionally, these cells overheat causing the weapon to unexpectedly explode.
Strategy
David A. Nanninga
This card can be one of the deadliest cards in the game when used properly. The card text states that you can destroy a weapon by drawing destiny less than the destiny of the weapon. Also, if the destiny is 0 the character carrying the weapon is also lost. Overload is the best way to take care of those pesky saber weilding characters hiding out on Dagobah. All you have to do is draw a 0 and Son Of Skywalker carrying his saber and Lightsaber Proficiency are all gone.
And if your opponent is training SOS, then he's going to have to lose about four cards to your one Overload. That's good card economy there. So, how hard is it to rig that 0? Well, there are a number of good ways to get it done. If using an odds deck, then you could use R2-Q2 who lets you look at the top three cards during your draw phase. One of the most popular ways is by using the Dark Path. I'm not a real big fan of this card though, as it requires that you lose 2 cards in the process.
Another way to rig the destiny is through the use of Labria, who lets you look at top card of your reserve deck during your control phase. If the top card is Ozzel or a location, it's goodbye Anakin's stick and Luke! As is R2-Q2, Labria is a destiny of 3 and fits quite nicely into an odds deck. When playing a deck such as asteroid-odds in which you're probably going to have about 15 locations you should definitely include a couple of overloads in your arsenal (especially since a Dagobah deck can hurt the drain bonuses up in the fields).
Overload can also be used to take out those nasty Power Harpoons, which have seen more and more action since Imperial Decree has come into the game. With Power Harpoon being a destiny of 5 it is fairly easy to accomplish the Overload.
Well, if nothing else this card is one of the most fun cards in the game. It gives you such a feeling of power to eliminate a Great Warrior such as Luke and his saber with one swift stroke.
Combos:
OVERLOAD + R2-Q2 = DEAD LUKE OR OBI!
OVERLOAD + DARK PATH = SAME RESULT
OVERLOAD + LABRIA = SAME RESULT[1]
Rulings
- May even target weapons not carried by a character or starship (such as a vehicle weapon, artillery weapon, automated weapon, etc).[2]
- May target a card with a permanent weapon, but only has a result if the destiny draw = 0 (character or starship with the permanent weapon is lost); otherwise nothing happens.
Canceled by
- Hear Me Baby Hold Together (V) helps against a 0
Counterpart
See Also
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: Overload, Premiere, C2