Andrew Howard ROPS is NOT Old School

Andrew Howard ROPS is NOT Old School is the Dark constructed list Andrew Howard posted on DeckTech.

Deck info

• Player: Andrew Howard
• Published: 24 May 2001 (DeckTech)
• Published title: ROPS is NOT Old School
• Format: Premiere - Reflections II
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Ralltiir Operations
• Starting Interrupt: Prepared Defenses
• GEMP Importable deck: Download
• Strategy: I built this deck because everyone is telling me that ROPS is old school and cant be played any more because of Ounee Ta. Unfortunately for them most people dont pack Ounee Ta so they will get bent over.

Decklist

Objective 1x Ralltiir Operations Character 1x Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand 1x Admiral Chiraneau 1x Admiral Piett 2x AT-ST Pilot 4x Biker Scout Trooper 1x Captain Gilad Pellaeon 1x Commander Igar 1x Commander Merrejk 1x Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith 1x General Tagge 1x General Veers 1x Grand Admiral Thrawn 1x Lieutenant Arnet 1x Lord Vader 2x Emperor Palpatine Weapon 1x Mara Jade's Lightsaber 1x Vader's Lightsaber Starship 1x Chimaera 1x Executor 1x Hound's Tooth 1x Dengar In Punishing One 1x Zuckuss In Mist Hunter

Vehicle 1x Blizzard 1 4x Speeder Bike 1x Tempest 1 1x Tempest Scout 1 1x Tempest Scout 6 Location 1x Carida 1x Fondor 1x Ralltiir 1x Forest 1x Spaceport Docking Bay 1x Spaceport Prefect's Office Effect 1x Imperial Decree 1x Mobilization Points 1x Overseeing It Personally 1x Reactor Terminal 1x Royal Escort 1x Search And Destroy 1x Secret Plans 1x You Cannot Hide Forever 1x Lateral Damage Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 2x Twi'lek Advisor 3x High-speed Tactics 2x Imperial Command 1x Trample

Original post

ROPS is NOT Old School

• Author: Andrew "Yoda Killa" Howard
• Published: May 24, 2001
• Rating: 4.0
• Description: I built this deck because everyone is telling me that ROPS is old school and cant be played any more because of Ounee Ta. Unfortunately for them most people dont pack Ounee Ta so they will get bent over.

Strategy

Update #1 For everyone who throws ounee ta at this deck, i would just like to say that although it does hurt this deck, it doesnt counter it completely. Their rebels are only deploy minus 1 and if you use bad feeling have i(great for ounee ta counter) their mains are still plus one.

Starting

ROPS

Ralltiir

Prepared Defenses

Mobilization Points

Secret Plans You Cannot Hide Forever Imperial Decree =optional

This deck was just constructed, so I have yet to know how it does against certain deck types, however i plan to run it in a tourney this weekend so i should know then. For now i will outline the basic strategy and hope you will rate me on the deck, and give suggestions about card changes.

If you see your opponent is running something that is high retrieval, run secret plans, if you think numbers, run YCHF, if you suspect big drains(i.e. EBO) run Decree.

Before you activate pull one of the following Executor or Carida. Usually pull Executor unless you pulled that in your hand.

Get your AT-STs and Biker Scouts down ASAP. First turn use your objective to pull the DB, for the extra activation second turn. If you got 1 or two biker scouts in hand throw them down to the DB, Put your AT-STs down(remember your objective allows you to pull the AT-ST pilots).

Use Imperial Command to pull Piett, put him on the Executor, use him to pull Merrejk, put him down to pull Carida and Fondor(usually i pull Piett and put him at a site, then pull Merrejk and pull Fondor with him, so Executor deploys -5). Setup Decree, Empy with Overseeing it Personally, and drain like mad, while they cant do anything. Remember, speeder bikes react, so leave force, AT-STs react for free, so leave force. Also if you draw Tempest Scout 6, leave it in your hand and always leave at least one force becuase it DEPLOYS as a react -2.

Cards I want to add

Imperial Command (three is a good number)

Twi'lek Advisor (see above)

Rendili

Jungle/Swamp

Trample (kicks when you track)

Any suggestions on how to get these cards in, what to pull out, or any other cards that will help are appreciated. Please dont say Ounee Ta kills this deck because i dont think so, it might hurt but doesnt kill.

Original card list

As posted on DeckTech

Vehicles (8) Blizzard 1 Speeder Bike x4 Tempest 1 Tempest Scout 1 Tempest Scout 6 Starships (5) Chimaera Executor Hound's Tooth Dengar In Punishing One Zuckuss In Mist Hunter Characters (20) Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand Admiral Chiraneau Admiral Piett AT-ST Pilot x2 Biker Scout Trooper x4 Captain Gilad Pellaeon Commander Igar Commander Merrejk Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith General Tagge General Veers Grand Admiral Thrawn Lieutenant Arnet Lord Vader Emperor Palpatine x2 Weapons (2) Mara Jade's Lightsaber Vader's Lightsaber Effects (9) Imperial Decree Mobilization Points Overseeing It Personally Reactor Terminal Royal Escort Search And Destroy Secret Plans You Cannot Hide Forever Lateral Damage Interrupts (9) Prepared Defenses Twi'lek Advisor x2 High-speed Tactics x3 Imperial Command x2 Trample Locations (6) Carida Fondor Ralltiir Forest Spaceport Docking Bay Spaceport Prefect's Office Objective Ralltiir Operations/In The Hands Of The Empire

See also

• Andrew Howard
• DeckTech decks
• Decklists
• Premiere - Reflections II

Sources

• ROPS is NOT Old School, decktech.net
• ROPS is NOT Old School, stephenskilton.com
• ROPS is NOT Old School (GitHub Pages)