Commence Primary Ignition

Info
Title	Commence Primary Ignition
Side	Dark
Type	Epic Event
Set	A New Hope
Publisher	Decipher
Era	Decipher era
Rarity	R2
Uniqueness	Unrestricted
Destiny	0
GEMP ID	`2_130`
Versions	Decipher — this page (`2_130`) Decipher (Japanese) — Commence Primary Ignition (Japanese) (`1302_130o`), A New Hope (Japanese), September 1997 Virtual Legacy — Commence Primary Ignition (V) (Virtual Block 7) (`1271_18`) Virtual Modern — Commence Primary Ignition (V) (`209_45`)

Commence Primary Ignition is a Dark Epic Event from A New Hope.

Card Text

During your control phase, fire superlaser as follows: Name the System: Use X Force to target a planet system Death Star is orbiting. You May Fire When Ready: Draw destiny. Stand By: If (destiny + Y - Z) > 8, target system is 'blown away' and this card is lost. Otherwise, this card is used and one Death Star Gunner on table is lost (your choice). X = total sites at target. Y = total Death Star sites where opponent has no presence. Z = opponent's choice of X or total sites at one Rebel Base (Yavin 4 or Hoth).

Rulings

This is both an epic event destiny draw and a weapon destiny draw.^[1]

Pulled by

A Million Voices Crying Out

Canceled by

Planetary Defenses (V) - Defensive Shield (unless Death Star: Docking Bay 327 on table)

Also known as

CPI

Underlying card for

Commence Primary Ignition (V)

Sources

Original printed face: Commence Primary Ignition, Decipher (archived 20 May 2008).
Complete Card List (Decipher PDF, archive 28 September 2007) — Dark Epic Event: Commence Primary Ignition, A New Hope, R2

References

↑ Players Committee, Star Wars CCG Advanced Rulebook (2023), p. 158, "Commence Primary Ignition": Appendix C, Blown Away - Planet Systems explicitly classifies the destiny draw made using Commence Primary Ignition as both an Epic Event and a weapon destiny draw. This is a rules interpretation, not a quotation of original printed game text. Preserved copy: Internet Archive (22 April 2026). Lookup: Scomp: Commence Primary Ignition.

[scomp-1] Players Committee, Star Wars CCG Advanced Rulebook (2023), p. 158, "Commence Primary Ignition": Appendix C, Blown Away - Planet Systems explicitly classifies the destiny draw made using Commence Primary Ignition as both an Epic Event and a weapon destiny draw. This is a rules interpretation, not a quotation of original printed game text. Preserved copy: Internet Archive (22 April 2026). Lookup: Scomp: Commence Primary Ignition.

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