Cam Solusar This Deal Is Getting Better All The Time

Cam Solusar This Deal Is Getting Better All The Time is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: Cam Solusar
• Published: 10 September 2004 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS7
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Carbon Chamber Testing
• Starting Interrupt: Prepared Defenses
• Starting Effect: Sudden Impact (V)
• Strategy: Carbon Chamber Testing
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Dengar (V) (Virtual Set 5), Bossk (V) (Virtual Set 5), Tarkin (V) (Virtual Set 3), Boba Fett (V) (Virtual Set 6), Zuckuss (V) (Virtual Set 7), Lando Calrissian (V) (Virtual Set 6), Hound's Tooth (V) (Virtual Set 5), Punishing One (V) (Virtual Set 5), Sudden Impact (V) (Virtual Set 5), Kuat Drive Yards (V) (Virtual Set 6), Special Delivery (V) (Virtual Set 6), Imperial Decree (V) (Virtual Set 6), Flagship (V) (Virtual Set 5), Despair (V) (Virtual Set 6), Take Evasive Action (V) (Virtual Set 5), IT-O (Eyetee-Oh) (V) (Virtual Set 3), Mist Hunter (V) (Virtual Set 5), Slave I (V) (Virtual Set 7): not in GEMP)

Introduction

My rendition of balanced CCT space.

Decklist

Objective 1x Carbon Chamber Testing Character 1x Jabba's Prize 1x IG-88 With Riot Gun 1x Dengar (V) 1x Bossk (V) 1x Baron Soontir Fel 2x Darth Vader With Lightsaber 1x Darth Maul With Lightsaber 1x Tarkin (V) 2x Emperor Palpatine 2x Janus Greejatus 1x Boba Fett (V) 1x Zuckuss (V) 1x Lando Calrissian (V) 1x U-3PO (Yoo-Threepio) 1x Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand Device 1x Carbonite Chamber Console Weapon 1x Mara Jade's Lightsaber 1x SFS L-s9.3 Laser Cannons Starship 1x Saber 1 1x Executor 1x Hound's Tooth (V) 1x Punishing One (V)

Location 1x Cloud City: Security Tower 1x Cloud City: Carbonite Chamber 1x Bespin 1x Kessel 1x Kashyyyk 1x Fondor 1x Cloud City: East Platform (Docking Bay) Effect 1x Sudden Impact (V) 1x Kuat Drive Yards (V) 1x Special Delivery (V) 1x You Cannot Hide Forever & Mobilization Points 1x Imperial Decree (V) 1x Flagship (V) 1x They Must Never Again Leave This City 1x Combat Response 1x All Too Easy 1x Despair (V) Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 2x Imperial Barrier 1x This Is Some Rescue! 1x Tarkin's Orders 1x Weapon Of An Ungrateful Son 1x Shut Him Up Or Shut Him Down 2x Oo-ta Goo-ta, Solo? 1x Levitation Attack 2x Force Lightning 1x Projective Telepathy 1x Take Evasive Action (V) Droid 1x IT-O (Eyetee-Oh) (V) Starfighter 1x Mist Hunter (V) 1x Slave I (V)

Defensive Shields

These cards were posted as Defensive Shields outside the deck.

• 1x Firepower (V)
• 1x Secret Plans

Five cards dashed under Sudden Impact (V) (a Starting Effect), outside the 60: Firepower (V), Secret Plans, Carbonite Chamber Console, Deflector Shield Generator (V), Restraining Bolt. Only the two shields are listed here; the other three are not shields and are not destined (no original-era 'Deflector Shield Generator (V)' exists).

Notes

• Posted 'I-TO (V)' dested IT-O (Eyetee-Oh) (V) (VS3) (the strategy drains with 'the (V) I-TO').
• Original-era (V): IT-O (V) (VS3); Tarkin (V) (VS4); Sudden Impact (V), Dengar (V), Bossk (V), Mist Hunter (V), Hound's Tooth (V), Flagship (V), Take Evasive Action (V) (VS5); Kuat Drive Yards (V), Special Delivery (V), Boba Fett (V), Lando Calrissian (V), Imperial Decree (V), Despair (V) (VS6); Zuckuss (V), Slave I (V), Punishing One (V) (VS7, dated 2004-07-19).
• Posted 'Oo-ta Goo-ta Solo? x2' (no V mark) dested the printed Oo-ta Goo-ta, Solo?. Unique Emperor Palpatine, Janus Greejatus, Darth Vader With Lightsaber posted x2; dested as posted.
• Original-era printing corrected: Punishing One (V) (Virtual Set 7) -> Punishing One (V) (Virtual Set 5); Tarkin (V) (Virtual Set 4) -> Tarkin (V) (Virtual Set 3) (an earlier dest had linked the modern virtual card of the same name).

Strategy

• • Strategy**

<Overview>

This deck follows the usual CCT Space strategy of first turn Executor + Lando (V). The way it wins is pretty standard; drain at systems and at the same location as Jabba’s Prize with (V) Despair and the (V) I-TO.

My deck is different than the usual CCT space in that it utilizes bounty hunter ships instead of the destiny-drawing Imperial class Star Destroyers. Since most LS decks these days pack the token Bright Hope (V) + Tantive IV and/or Spiral space package, I feel that the bonus traits of the bounty hunter ships like adding destinies and reducing the opponents’ draws are more useful than bigger drains with Chiraneau. The bounty hunters can be used on the ground in a pinch with Oota Goota Solo to inflict some extra attrition, too.

My main ground-pounders are Vader, Maul, Tarkin, Palpatine, Mara and Janus. I’ve included U-3PO to mess with my opponents’ drains at battlegrounds, since (V) Imperial Decree will cover me as far as non-BG drains and damage go. IG-88 can either go in space with another bounty hunter to add a destiny or stick to the ground as a support/capture character.

<Card Selections>

All Too Easy- It’s hit and miss, but a nice destiny five and can put a character out of commission for the game.

Weapon of an Ungrateful Son- This card is good vs. TIGIH, Profit, and any other deck that likes to take advantage of lightsaber drain bonuses. Destiny 5 and can get me some pseudo-retrieval late in the game by circulating devices back into my life force.

Shut Him Up Or Shut Him Down/ This Is Some Rescue!- These are my token high destiny counter-cards. I usually just use them with Janus, but every once in awhile they come in handy to cancel something.

Fondor- Like I indicated above, Spiral and Tantive IV are popular. Deploy +1 and forfeit -4 will hurt them. I definitely won’t pull this one until after I’ve gotten Executor out.

Tarkin’s Orders- A destiny four that cancels a variety of annoying interrupts, but also is useful for the drain canceling. Since I have early control of Bespin, I can use this function to its fullest.

Levitation Attack (V)- pulls replacement Carbonite Chamber Console, Restraining Bolt, and (V) Deflector Shield Generators from under my Starting Effect. Choose two.

Take Evasive Action (V)- Cancels T-47 Battle Formation, Fly Casual and Fallen Portal. It can also be used to mess with permanent weapon targeting, potentially useful.

Projective Telepathy and Imperial Barrier- These both can be used to mess up my opponent’s offensive battling by forcing them to wait a turn or two to finally have all of their deployed characters available. Projective Telepathy works on their force drains as well. Imperial Barrier works well with (V) Firepower.

• • Wrap-up**

Well, that’s about all I can think of right now. The deck is pretty easy to play and is versatile, being able to effectively combat many of the lightside strategies out there. Any constructive advice/criticism would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for reading, God bless, and MTFBWY.

• • • EDIT***

moogle: Thanks for the review. Any DS deck is going to have a bit of a struggle against LS space like HB, so I feel mine is just as up to the challenge as another is. Also, see the comments below directed at sithborg (and you).

sithborg: I appreciate your comments, but as I stated in my strategy section, I chose the bounty hunter ships because of a number of factors that in my mind made them better than star destroyers. I originally had destroyers in this deck, but the Bright Hope + Tantive IV combo was wiping the floor with them during playtesting. They have a much harder time against the bounty hunter ships, though. As far as Chiraneau goes, he only adds one to the drains and the bonuses are cancelable by Menace Fades, Great Warrior, etc. In my mind that really isn't worth it for a deck that is balanced for both ground and space.

See also

• Game Players Network decks
• Cam Solusar
• Game Players Network
• GEMP importable decklist

Sources

• This Deal Is Getting Better All The Time (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 3 (Wayback, 20050430203312)