It Could Be Worse

For the playtest team, see It Could Be Worse (team).

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Info

Title	It Could Be Worse
Side	Light
Type	Interrupt — Used Interrupt
Set	Premiere Limited
Publisher	Decipher
Era	Decipher era
Rarity	C2
Uniqueness	Unrestricted
Destiny	4
Icons	Interrupt
GEMP ID	1_90
Versions	Decipher — this page (1_90) Decipher (Japanese) - It Could Be Worse (Japanese) (1301_90o), Premiere (Japanese), April 1997

It Could Be Worse is a Light Interrupt (Used Interrupt) from Premiere Limited.

Card Text

If you must lose Force for any reason, reduce the loss by X amount by using X Force.

Lore

After escaping Detention Block AA-23. Rebels found themselves in the trash compactor. Leia pointed out, 'It could be worse.' It soon was.

Joke

In Star Wars, Leia says "It could be worse..." in the Death Star trash compactor, and Han answers "It's worse." The lore ends "It soon was", and the Dark Side card It's Worse, named after Han's answer, cancels this card. See Jokes.

Strategy

By Michael Sharp, Gold 29

It Could Be Worse should be a must for just about any Light Side deck, allowing you to save lost Force by using it instead.

The benefits of this card far outweigh using Control to cancel Force drains. Firstly, it is used and not lost. This is most important. At the end of the game you want to have as many cards left as you possibly can.

Secondly, it has a destiny value of 4 while Control has a destiny of only 2. If you play with 4 or 5 in your deck, you will find them popping up very often allowing for very nice destiny draws.

It is susceptible to It's Worse, but all you need to do is protect yourself with a few Controls if your dealing with Force drains, and a few Senses if you are using this card for any other purpose.

Rulings

• May be played to reduce battle damage (may use multiple Force to reduce multiple points of battle damage).
• If It's Worse is then played to increase Force loss, this increases battle damage. Damage segment continues normally, with Light still able to forfeit cards to cover battle damage.
• See It's Worse for additional rulings.

Canceled by

• It's Worse
• Ommni Box & It's Worse
• Tarkin's Orders

Also known as

• ICBW

Underlying card for

• I Think I Can Handle Myself

Sources

• Original card list entry (title, side, type and rarity): Premiere Light Side card list, Decipher (archived 21 October 2008). Listed as It Could Be Worse, Light Side, Used Interrupt, C2.
• Premiere Light 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) — Light Interrupt: It Could Be Worse, Premiere, C2

References