2001 Vancouver Open Keith Watabayashi Vancouver Open 4th place DS

2001 Vancouver Open Keith Watabayashi Vancouver Open 4th place DS is the Dark constructed list Keith Watabayashi posted on DeckTech after finishing 4th at 2001 Vancouver Open.

Deck info

• Player: Keith Watabayashi
• Event: 2001 Vancouver Open
• Finish: 4th
• Published: 19 August 2001 (DeckTech)
• Published title: Vancouver Open 4th place DS
• Format: Premiere - Tatooine
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Tatooine: Desert Landing Site
• Starting Interrupt: Combat Readiness
• GEMP Importable deck: Download
• Strategy: THE Maul Deck.

Decklist

Character 2x Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith 1x Mighty Jabba 1x Boelo 1x Dr. Evazan & Ponda Baba 1x Prince Xizor 4x Darth Maul 1x Darth Vader With Lightsaber 1x IG-88 With Riot Gun 1x 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle 1x Aurra Sing 1x Gailid 1x Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand 1x Boba Fett With Blaster Rifle Weapon 2x Maul's Lightsaber 1x Mara Jade's Lightsaber 1x Vader's Lightsaber Starship 1x IG-88 In IG-2000 1x Zuckuss In Mist Hunter 1x Bossk In Hound's Tooth Location 1x Tatooine: Desert Landing Site 1x Tatooine: Jabba's Palace 1x Jabba's Palace: Lower Passages 1x Jabba's Palace: Audience Chamber 1x Jabba's Palace: Dungeon

Effect 1x No Escape 1x Secret Plans 1x Blast Door Controls 1x Bad Feeling Have I 1x You Cannot Hide Forever 1x Hutt Influence 1x First Strike 1x Search And Destroy Interrupt 4x Sense (Dark) (Premiere) 1x Combat Readiness 2x Alter (Dark) (Premiere) 2x Weapon Levitation 1x Jabba's Through With You 1x Twi'lek Advisor 1x Operational As Planned 1x Elis Helrot 1x Sniper & Dark Strike 1x Monnok 2x Imperial Barrier 1x Omni Box & It's Worse 1x You Are Beaten 1x Masterful Move 1x I Have You Now Podracer 1x Teemto Pagalies' Podracer

Original post

Vancouver Open 4th place DS

• Author: Keith "Gen" Watabayashi
• Published: August 19, 2001
• Rating: 4.5
• Description: THE Maul Deck.

Strategy

Response to Reviews ”Not good enough to beat WYS”

Sorta. I mean, what deck is? Huntdown has the best chance, but WYS has beat HD just as much as HD has beat WYS. I think that to beat WYS it all comes down to skill. This deck gives you the tools to control ground, and if you play well enough, controlling the ground will give you the win over WYS.

”Post-Coruscant Choices aren't good enough” (See below)

Okay, okay, I did change more than those 2 cards, I added P-59, We Must Accerlate our Plans, and Maul's ship. I still didn't include The Phantom Menace because with tracking and saber swings, I have never had a problem getting rid of Jedi, and I don't really ”need” the 7 destiny, this deck does just fine without it. (Besides, it doesn't really help against WYS, and when was the last time you saw a Qui-Gonn or non-Epp Obi?) But hell, add it if you want, I just don't play with it.

End Response

This is card-for-card what I played at Vancouver, before Coruscant was tourney legal. I've been playing this deck all summer, and it's current record is 11-1, losing to Charles Hickey due to me not getting a Maul until like turn 20. This deck is a machine that can (and has) beaten everything. But, since Coruscant has come out, some little changes need to be made. Here they are

REMOVE

Darth Maul x1

Teemto's Podracer

ADD

Darth Maul, Sith Apprentice

They're Still Coming through

And that's it. Maul Strikes is waaay to exclusive to be effective, and I have Weapon Lev. for sabers. The Phantom Menace just sucks in a deck that can't start with it, and putting destroyer droids, Nemoidians, or Senators is a very, very, VERY bad idea.

For more strategy on this thing, go read my lastest TR, ”The Vancouver Open”, or go look at ”THE Maul Deck”, posted on my page. For now, I will address some issues that came up during reviews of ”THE Maul Deck”

”Why No Emperor Palpatine”

This deck wants to capitalize on Hit-and-Run tactics, not Sit-and-drain tactics. Guess which one the Emperor is good for?

”Teemto's Pod is Stupid”

No, it's not, it has proved very useful, but with C. out, I won't be needing it anymore.

”Hidden Base flip will kill you”

True, very true....until I added Hutt Influence, now HB flip stands NO chance. (For more on this, go read my Vancouver TR)

I'm not going to go into deck match-ups, I mean crap, this is just a solid mains deck. Play it right and you beat everything, play it wrong and you lose to everything. Plain and simple, no secret tech needs to be explained. Once again this deck is 11-1 (not counting pick-up games, then it's like 25-3), and it went 3-0 in Vancouver. It's good.

Later,

Keith ”Gen” Watabayashi

Original card list

As posted on DeckTech

Locations(5) TatooineDesert Landing Site (S) TatooineJabba's Palace (S) Jabba's PalaceLower Passages Jabba's PalaceAudience Chamber Jabba's PalaceDungeon Characters(18) Darth Vader, DLOTS x2 Mighty Jabba Boelo Dr.E & Ponda Baba Prince Xixor Darth Maul x4 (Tat) EPP Vader ECC Iggy ECC 4-Lom Aurra Sing Gailid Mara Jade TEH EPP Fett Effects(8) No Escape Secret Plans Blast Door Controls Bad Feeling Have I YCHF Hutt Influence First Strike Search and Destroy Weapons(4) Maul's Saber x2 Mara's Saber Vader's Saber Starships(3) Iggy in Ship Zuckuss in Ship Bossk in Ship Interrupts(21) Sense x4 Combat Readiness (S) Alter x2 Weapon Lev. x2 Jabba's Through w/You Twi'Lek Advisor Operational as Planned Elis Helrot Sniper & Dark Strike Monnok Imperial Barrier x2 Omni Box & It's Worse You are Beaten Masterful Move I Have You Now Podracer(1) Teemto's Pod

See also

• Keith Watabayashi
• 2001 Vancouver Open
• DeckTech decks
• Decklists
• Premiere - Tatooine

Sources

• Vancouver Open 4th place DS, decktech.net
• Vancouver Open 4th place DS, stephenskilton.com
• Vancouver Open 4th place DS (GitHub Pages)