Cory Herndon Who's the Bossk?

Cory Herndon Who's the Bossk? is a Dark constructed list published in Reborn on the bayou in The Duelist #19 (October 1997).

Deck info

• Player: Cory Herndon
• Published: October 1997 (The Duelist #19, pages 84–85)
• Format: Premiere - Dagobah (from the card pool)
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Kashyyyk
• Strategy: Who's the Bossk?
• GEMP Importable deck: Download

Introduction

Herndon printed this Dark Side sample with the Dagobah feature Reborn on the bayou. The starting location is Kashyyyk. Boba Fett is the First Anthology preview of the later Cloud City card.

The Dark Side's best strategy, once again, is domination in space. Since you're going to seize control as quickly as possible, you'll want the System that provides you with the greatest possible Force Drain (neither side can Drain at the Dagobah System). Your starting location, therefore, will be the Wookee homeworld of Kashyyyk. If the Light Side manages to complete Great Warrior Jedi Test, they will cancel Kashyyyk's +1 bonus, so Drain early, and often.

No card deserves special mention more than Darth Vader's flagship, the Executor. With power and armor of 12, and immunity to attrition less than 12, this 8+ kilometer Super Star Destroyer is the last word in subjugation. You can deploy and carry starfighters on it, which is handy as you'll need the starfighters to make a landing on Dagobah, or to navigate the Asteroid Fields effectively.

Other than Vader, Tarkin, Piett, Needa, and Motti, you won't need any Imperials at all. Since the Independent starships currently require at least one Smuggler or Bounty Hunter to pilot, you'll be depending heavily on these new aliens (along with old Smuggler-standbys Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba). Bossk's ship, the Hound's Tooth, is a Capital starship that can carry several passengers and a vehicle, but deploys and moves like a starfighter. This ship or the Mist Hunter will be your best bet for a Dagobah landing.

Decklist

Location 1x Kashyyyk 1x Kessel 1x Tatooine 1x Anoat 1x Dagobah: Cave 1x Executor: Meditation Chamber Character 2x Darth Vader 1x Grand Moff Tarkin 1x Captain Needa 1x Captain Piett 1x Admiral Motti 1x Boba Fett 1x Dengar 1x Bossk 1x Zuckuss 1x Danz Borin 1x Dr. Evazan 1x Ponda Baba 1x WED15-l7 'Septoid' Droid Creature 2x Dianoga 1x Dragonsnake Starship 1x Executor 1x Avenger 1x Imperial-Class Star Destroyer 1x Vader's Custom TIE 1x Hound's Tooth 1x Mist Hunter 1x Punishing One

Weapon 1x Vader's Lightsaber 1x Dark Jedi Lightsaber 1x Bossk's Mortar Gun 1x Dengar's Blaster Carbine Effect 1x Image Of The Dark Lord 2x Disarmed 1x Failure At The Cave Interrupt 3x Imbalance 3x Tallon Roll 3x Alter 2x Sense 2x Dark Maneuvers 2x Lightsaber Deficiency 2x Control 2x I Have You Now 1x The Empire's Back 1x Voyeur 1x Those Rebels Won't Escape Us

Strategy

Each Bounty Hunter has special quirks, of course. Dengar, for instance, is power +1 for every Light character with him at a site. Boba Fett (currently available in the First Anthology as a preview card) only has ability of 2, but his armor is 5. In addition, any character hit by Fett with any weapon has a forfeit of 0, and he can fly three sites at a time—just try to catch him.

Another key to this deck is the Dagobah: Cave location. A domain of evil it is. Once it's out, play "Failure at the Cave." It suspends all Jedi Test effects, and if your opponent wants them back, an apprentice must go to the cave and draw Destiny. If the apprentice draws anything less than 4, you retrieve 2 Force—if they draw 0, the apprentice is lost.

Other than controlling space and arming your Bounty Hunters to the teeth, a few other tactics deserve mention. Whenever possible, carry your starfighters on the Executor—this way, you can save a starfighter's regular move for a Dagobah landing. Make ample use of those Lightsaber Deficiencies—they can be a nasty surprise for players who have the gall to give Han a lightsaber. Image of the Dark Lord will let you cut down on the Light Side's Force activation advantage on the swamp planet, and peep away all your opponent's Senses and Alters with Voyeur.

See also

• Reborn on the bayou · Cory Herndon Kamp Kenobi · Cory Herndon
• Miscellaneous Decklists · The Duelist · Magazines · First Anthology

Sources

• Cory Herndon, "Reborn on the Bayou", The Duelist #19 (October 1997), pp. 84–85. Scan: The Duelist #19, Internet Archive.