Darth Hoth Agents of the Underworld v2.0

Darth Hoth Agents of the Underworld v2.0 is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

Player: Darth Hoth
Published: 8 August 2004 (Game Players Network)
GPN category: Standard
Format: Premiere - Original VS7
Side: Dark
Starting Card: Agents Of Black Sun
Starting Interrupt: Any Methods Necessary
Starting Effect: Fear Is My Ally
Strategy: Agents Of Black Sun
GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Prince Xizor (V) (Virtual Set 7), Boba Fett (V) (Virtual Set 6), IG-88 (V) (Virtual Set 5), Djas Puhr (V) (Virtual Set 2), Greedo (V) (Virtual Set 3), Bane Malar (V) (Virtual Set 7), Zuckuss (V) (Virtual Set 7), Boba Fett's Blaster Rifle (V) (Virtual Set 6), IG-88's Neural Inhibitor (V) (Virtual Set 5), Hound's Tooth (V) (Virtual Set 5), Punishing One (V) (Virtual Set 5), Desilijic Tattoo (V) (Virtual Set 5), Ket Maliss (V) (Virtual Set 3), Information Exchange (V) (Virtual Set 7), Jabba's Influence (V) (Virtual Set 6), Oo-ta Goo-ta, Solo? (V) (Virtual Set 3), Take Evasive Action (V) (Virtual Set 5), Frustration (V) (Virtual Set 7), Unexpected Interruption (V) (Virtual Set 7), Guri (V) (Virtual Set 7), IT-O (Eyetee-Oh) (V) (Virtual Set 3), Slave I (V) (Virtual Set 7), Mist Hunter (V) (Virtual Set 5): not in GEMP)

Introduction

Revised according to your reviews.

The published list has 59 cards.

Decklist

Objective 1x Agents Of Black Sun Character 2x Prince Xizor (V) 1x Boba Fett (V) 1x Guri 1x IG-88 (V) 1x Bossk With Mortar Gun 1x Dengar With Blaster Carbine 1x 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle 1x Djas Puhr (V) 1x Greedo (V) 1x Bane Malar (V) 1x Jodo Kast 1x Snoova 2x Vigo 1x Jabba The Hutt 1x Zuckuss (V) Weapon 1x Boba Fett's Blaster Rifle (V) 1x IG-88's Neural Inhibitor (V) 1x Vibro-Ax 1x Naboo Blaster Rifle Starship 1x Hound's Tooth (V) 1x Punishing One (V) Location 1x Coruscant: Imperial City 1x Coruscant 1x Jabba's Palace: Dungeon 1x Coruscant: Docking Bay 1x Tatooine: Docking Bay 94 1x Jabba's Palace: Audience Chamber	Effect 1x Fear Is My Ally 1x All Wrapped Up 1x Scum And Villainy 1x Bad Feeling Have I 1x Search And Destroy 1x Desilijic Tattoo (V) 1x Ket Maliss (V) 1x Information Exchange (V) 1x Jabba's Influence (V) 1x You Cannot Hide Forever & Mobilization Points Interrupt 1x Any Methods Necessary 2x We Must Accelerate Our Plans 1x Oo-ta Goo-ta, Solo? (V) 2x Sniper & Dark Strike 1x Jabba's Through With You 2x Take Evasive Action (V) 2x Frustration (V) 1x Unexpected Interruption (V) 1x Unexpected Interruption Admiral's Order 1x Fighters Coming In Droid 1x Guri (V) 1x IT-O (Eyetee-Oh) (V) Starfighter 1x Slave I (V) 2x Mist Hunter (V)

No Defensive Shields named.

Notes

Qty 59 as published: Characters (18) header but 17 characters listed.
'In Hand (3)': Boba Fett (V), his Blaster Rifle (V) and Jabba's Palace: Dungeon start in hand (pulled by Any Methods Necessary); counted in the 60.
Prince Xizor (V) is listed in Starting and again under Characters: 2 copies as posted (unique). Mist Hunter (V) x2 as posted.
Bad Feeling Have I is unmarked, so the printed Dagobah card. 'Vigo' x2 is the generic Vigo character.
Original-era (V) slips: VS7 Prince Xizor x2, Guri, Bane Malar, Zuckuss, Information Exchange, Frustration x2, Unexpected Interruption, Slave I, Punishing One; plus VS2-VS6 slips (Boba Fett and his rifle, IG-88, Djas Puhr, Greedo, IT-O, Desilijic Tattoo, Ket Maliss, Jabba's Influence, Oo-ta Goo-ta, Take Evasive Action x2, Mist Hunter x2, Hound's Tooth, IG-88's Neural Inhibitor).
Original-era printing corrected: Greedo (V) (Virtual Set 4) -> Greedo (V) (Virtual Set 3); Punishing One (V) (Virtual Set 7) -> Punishing One (V) (Virtual Set 5) (an earlier dest had linked the modern virtual card of the same name).

Strategy

First turn: activation-4. Deploy Fett and gun to Imperial City. Use his gun to pull Ket Maliss (V) and use that to pull Greedo and the Coruscant: Docking Bay. If the opponent gave you enough force, deploy Greedo. Deploy the Dungeon. Use Xizor's text to pull Unexpected Interruption (V). That makes Boussh all but useless, limiting how the opponent can deploy and battle Xizor.

Second turn: activation-6. If you didn't deploy him last turn, deploy Greedo, if you did, use him to pull Oo-ta Goo-ta, Solo? Ket Maliss (V) pulls Docking Bay 94. Use Fett's Gun to pull Information Exchange. Deploy whatever you can, make sure to save enough force to get Xizor and a small escort over to the docking bay.

Subsequent turns: activation-7+. Get out All Wrapped Up quickly and start capturing opponent's characters. If the opponent is coming to ground, save the Audience Chamber text to pull the extra Xizor.

Card choices:

All characters-there are few enough characters that can be played in this deck, so most of them are there so I don't end up short on them.

Bad Feeling Have I-make Luke expensive to deploy.

Search and Destroy-get the opponent to come to ground if they're sitting in the air.

Take Evasive Action(V)-good against speeders and Fallen Portal.

I realize activation is a little low. It seems to work out in all playtesting. I added Mob Points combo in an attempt at getting that up. I chose Any Methods Necessary over Prepared Defenses because Fett's gun can pull most of the effects I need to get.

I think the rest is self-explanitory.

Thanks for looking, and, hopefully, reviewing.

edit:

Cam-Thanks for the review. The bounties actually got taken out of the deck and I never removed them from the strat section, that's been fixed. I knew Greedo couldn't do that, it must have been an over-sight on my part when typing the strat section. I'm starting to think you're right with the Guri thing. I playtested against a Profit last night and found out that Xizor doesn't stick around long with weapons there.

Sources

Agents of the Underworld v2.0 (Wayback, 20051102154456)
GPN Star Wars Decks page 4 (Wayback, 20050430203312)

References