Christopher Johnson Senate Retrieval

Christopher Johnson Senate Retrieval is the Light constructed list Christopher Johnson posted on DeckTech.

Deck info

• Player: Christopher Johnson
• Published: 26 March 2002 (DeckTech)
• Published title: Senate Retrieval
• Format: Premiere - Original VS1
• Side: Light
• Starting Card: Plead My Case To The Senate
• Starting Interrupt: Heading For The Medical Frigate
• Starting Effect: An Unusual Amount Of Fear
• GEMP Importable deck: Download
• Strategy: No one in your area plays a Senate deck. This deck uses the senate to retrieve big time.

Decklist

Objective 1x Plead My Case To The Senate Character 1x Supreme Chancellor Valorum 2x Mas Amedda 2x Sei Taria 2x Yarua 1x Senator Palpatine 1x Liana Merian 1x Horox Ryyder 1x Padme Naberrie 1x Coruscant Guard 1x Yoda, Master Of The Force 1x Master Qui-Gon 1x Qui-Gon Jinn With Lightsaber 1x Mace Windu 1x Luke With Lightsaber 1x Obi-Wan With Lightsaber 1x Captain Panaka 1x Caldera Righim 1x Deneb Both Weapon 1x Panaka's Blaster Starship 10x X-wing

Location 1x Coruscant: Galactic Senate 1x Coruscant 1x Coruscant: Docking Bay 1x Malastare 1x Naboo 1x Tatooine Effect 1x Insurrection 1x Menace Fades 1x An Unusual Amount Of Fear 1x Bacta Tank 1x Legendary Starfighter 1x Rebel Fleet 1x Senate Hovercam Interrupt 1x Heading For The Medical Frigate 4x Hyper Escape 2x Houjix & Out Of Nowhere 2x Mindful Of The Future 2x The Signal 1x A Few Maneuvers 1x Might Of The Republic 1x Stay Here, Where It's Safe

Defensive Shields

These cards were posted as Defensive Shields outside the 60. They do not count toward the 60.

• 1x Ultimatum
• 1x Wise Advice
• 1x Aim High
• 1x A Close Race
• 1x A Tragedy Has Occurred
• 1x Your Ship?
• 1x Your Insight Serves You Well
• 1x Ounee Ta
• 1x Don't Do That Again
• 1x Do, Or Do Not

Original post

Senate Retrieval

• Author: Christopher "Jedi Silk" Johnson
• Published: March 26, 2002
• Rating: 4.0
• Description: No one in your area plays a Senate deck. This deck uses the senate to retrieve big time.

Strategy

This deck is not designed to face off against another Senate deck. I designed it in hopes of catching everyone at my local tournament (in Nurenburg, Germany) by surprise. Why? Because, let's face it, if your opponent has no senators you can get any bonus you want from your senators, and what I wanted was retrieval. I got mad retrieval in all the play test games I played with it and the tournament except in the only two games that I played vs. another Senate deck, which were this decks only to losses.

That was the results of the original deck. This is the updated deck with the new cards. Still not designed to face off with another Senate deck.

Stars of the show Mas Amedda, Sei Taria, and Yarua. For this deck to work Yarua and Mas Amedda must be in the majority, throw in Sei Taria and unless your opponent has ”Imperial Decree in play, you get massive force drains also.

Always get the Coruscant Guard to the Senate; this prevents your opponent (with no senators) from deploying someone to get a destiny draw just to get rid of your senators.

Pull the docking bay and deploy it first turn. All other characters (besides the senators of course) deploy here so you can meet the system + site requirement. With Caldera Righim at the docking bay the opponent won't be able to deploy enough characters there to start a battle to take the bay away from you.

Always use Liana Merian's game text.

Save Senator Palpatine's text for space battle's you can't Hyper Escape from.

Supreme Chancellar Valorum's text is a nasty surprise for anyone who tries to take your docking bay. Especially if Caldera Righim is there.

Use The Signal to pull effects in the following order. 1) Rebel Fleet, 2) Bacta Tank, 3) Legendary Starfighter, 4) Senate Hovercam.

Always deploy X-Wings from Rebel Fleet unless you can get one on table and Hyper Escape early.

The Bacta Tank will help you hold the docking bay. Just redeploy your lost character (oh, say someone with a lightsaber) back to the docking bay.

Use Might Of The Republic to get the stars of the show first, then a Guard, then to retrieve.

If anyone has suggestions on how to improve this deck, please let me know.

Original card list

As posted on DeckTech

STARTING CARDS (7) An Unusual Amount Of Fear Plead My Case To The Senate / Sanity And Compassion Coruscant Galactic Senate Coruscant (EP1) Heading For The Medical Frigate Insurrection Menace Fades STARTING EFFECT & SHIELDS (10) Ultimatum Wise Advice Aim High A Close Race A Tragedy Has Occurred Your Ship? Your Insight Serves You Well Ounee Ta Don't Do That Again Do, Or Do Not CHARACTERS (21) Supreme Chancellor Valorum Mas Amedda (x2) Sei Taria (x2) Yarua (x2) Senator Palpatine Liana Merian Horax Ryyder Padme Naberrie Coruscant Guard Yoda Master Of The Force Master Qui-Gon Qui-Gon Jinn with Lightsaber Mace Windo Luke With Lightsaber Obi-Wan With Lightsaber Captain Panaka Caldera Righim Deneb Both SHIPS (10) X-Wing (x10) LOCATIONS (4) Coruscant Docking Bay (EP1) Malastare Naboo Tatoonie (EP1) INTERRUPTS (13) Hyper Escape (x4) Houjix & Out Of Nowhere (x2) Mindful Of The Future (x2) The Signal (x2) A Few Maneuvers Might Of The Republic Stay Here Where It's Safe EFFECTS (4) Bacta Tank Legendary Starfighter Rebel Fleet Senate Hovercam WEAPONS (1) Panaka's Blaster

See also

• Christopher Johnson
• DeckTech decks
• Decklists
• Premiere - Original VS1

Sources

• Senate Retrieval, decktech.net
• Senate Retrieval, stephenskilton.com
• Senate Retrieval (GitHub Pages)
• Senate Retrieval (Wayback)