2001 New Jersey State Championship Michael L. Dalton Dalton's Hidden Mains

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2001 New Jersey State Championship Michael L. Dalton Dalton's Hidden Mains is the Light constructed list Michael Dalton posted on DeckTech after finishing 1st at 2001 New Jersey State Championship. The post calls this an improved version of the Hidden Mains deck he used to win NJ States: since the event he took out Obi-Wan's Lightsaber, two Ben Kenobi and the Tatooine docking bay and put in a second Luke's Lightsaber, two more EPP Obi-Wans and the Endor docking bay.[1]

Deck info

Decklist

Objective

Character

Weapon

Starship

Location

Effect

Interrupt

Original post

Dalton's Hidden Mains

  • Author: Michael "faramir" Dalton
  • Published: May 21, 2001
  • Rating: 4.5
  • Description: An improved version of the Hidden Mains deck used to win NJ States.

Strategy

Thanks to Voice of Law for pointing out Alter combo doesn't cancel Uttini Effects, make them both non-combos cause Lat. Damage is bad, m'kay.

This is not exactly what I played at States, I'll list the changes for you

Took out

Obi's Saber

2 Ben Kenobi

TatDB

Put in

Luke's Saber

2 EPP Obi

EndorDB

Why? I felt w/ only 1 of each Saber I had Ben and Luke running around w/out a saber too often, this makes it much more likely to have them w/ their weapons. Additionally the inclusion of the EndorDB allows for the conversion of the DS version of this location which makes DB transit very costly. You sacrifice Ben Kenobi's obscenely powerful game text. I think if you expect a lot of Tatooine based DS decks that Ben might be better, but this version I think will stand up a bit better to Dark Surgeon and ISB/Imp. Command which I think are the stonger decks right now (also might be better against Hunt Down).

Some tech Looking at Hunter's Hidden Mains I see he uses Correlia as his HB Marker, so I tried to find a way to make use of this wasted card slot. Instead play Endor, and you can choose whether to use Corulag or Endor as your HB marker based on what your opponent plays. If he's playing Endor Ops (or you know he's going to play Endor) you can use Corulag as your base and just wait to convert his Endor for the better game text.

I'm posting this deck cause I wasn't really able to find a good Hidden Mains deck that was updated, Hunter's Hidden Mains is a bit out of date really (pre-Ref2). I made a decent number of changes, the most important of which is the inclusion of Sense/Alter combo cards. I think the current environment favors LS's use of S/A to counter Imperial Command and other nasty DS interrupts. The Do Or Do Not/Oppressive E combo card doesn't really bother me. 1st off, you can play Honor to limit the damage. 2nd, a well timed Sense of Imperial Command, along w/ tracked destinies and the Super Falcon can turn the tide in space (maybe a little anyway). Sometimes it's just well worth losing 3 force to cancel a card. Lastly, the other uses for both of these cards are good. Recoil in Fear can get you a new hand when you need one, making the appearance of cards much more likely. Unfriendly Fire (or whatever the other half of Alter is) can help lessen a beatdown.

The inclusion of S/A also makes the Savrip playable. With all the extra mains floating around you are often in plenty of forfeit fodder.

The Gift of the Mentor is in there to fetch a saber or on occasion add some battle destinies, if DS weapons are really popular this could be replaced w/ a 2nd Weapon Levitation.

2 Luke's Lightsaber because I think the +1 defense value on Jedi Luke is helpful. Makes those bounty hunter permanent weapons need a 7 to hit him (unless YCHF is in play).

The recycleable 6s are scaled down a bunch, you can retrieve just fine w/ a tracked 5 (but I think inclusion of 2 6s is well worth it).

I'm not entirely sold on the space package, I'd like some improvement in this area but it's very difficult to find. The 61st card of the deck is Chewie Protector, great card, but I couldn't find the room for it.

That's it, hope you like it. If I was going to states this weekend, this is what I'd play. - Mike D.

Original card list

As posted on DeckTech
Objective1 Hidden Base Locations 8 Rendezvous Point Endor (usual HB Marker) Corulag (alternate HB Marker) Dagobah Yoda's Hut Home OneDB CCDB EndorDB Characters 14 Jedi Luke x3 EPP Obi x3 Capt. Han EPP Han EPP Leia x2 Lando w/ Axe Corran Horn Melas Orrimaarco Ships 4 Falcon x2 Home One Spiral Weapons 2 Luke's Lightsaber x2 Interrupts 23 Heading for Frigate Fallen Portal x2 Trans Term/OOC x2 SatM/Blaster Prof. x2 Bith Shuffle/Desp. Reach Throw Me Another Charge Fall of a Legend The Signal Sense/Recoil in Fear x3 Alter/Friendly Fire x2 Rebel Barrier On the Edge x2 Off the Edge x2 Weapon Levitation Gift of the Mentor Effects 8 Insurrection Staging Areas YISYW Menace Fades Honor of the Jedi Mantellian Savrip Order to Engage WAYTTPOU


See also

Sources

References

  1. ↑ Dalton's Hidden Mains, DeckTech (Michael "faramir" Dalton, 21 May 2001). Preservation copies: Stephen Skilton; GitHub Pages.
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