Douglas Harvilla HBX The High Frontier

Douglas Harvilla HBX The High Frontier is the Light constructed list Douglas Harvilla posted on DeckTech. The description says this is "the Hidden Base deck which qualified me for the Endor Regional" (the qualifying event is not named), with "some minor changes after Endor".

Deck info

• Player: Douglas Harvilla
• Published: 29 October 1999 (DeckTech)
• Published title: HBX The High Frontier
• Format: Premiere - Endor
• Side: Light
• Starting Card: Hidden Base
• Starting Effect: Yarna d'al' Gargan
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Indicator 1 (duplicate of one system), Indicator 2 (duplicate of another): not in GEMP)
• Strategy: This is the Hidden Base deck which qualified me for the Endor Regional, and then collected dust while I waited for someone to hold a non-prelim tourney. Some minor changes after Endor made it a little more effective.

Decklist

Objective 1x Hidden Base Character 2x Obi-Wan With Lightsaber 2x Luke With Lightsaber 1x Leia With Blaster Rifle 1x Tawss Khaa Starship 16x X-wing

Location 1x Rendezvous Point 1x Dagobah 1x Dagobah: Swamp 1x Coruscant 1x Kessel 1x Kiffex 1x Tatooine 1x Ralltiir 1x Bespin 1x Endor 1x Tibrin Effect 1x The Planet That It's Farthest From 1x Draw Their Fire 1x Yarna d'al' Gargan 1x Docking And Repair Facilities 1x S-foils 1x Rebel Fleet 1x Traffic Control 1x Ultimatum Interrupt 3x The Signal 3x Houjix 3x Organized Attack 2x It's A Hit! 2x All Wings Report In 1x It Could Be Worse 2x Out Of Nowhere

The post also lists 1x Indicator 1 (duplicate of one system), 1x Indicator 2 (duplicate of another), which matches no known card; it is shown as posted and counted in the published total.

Original post

HBX The High Frontier

• Author: Douglas "Douglas" Harvilla
• Published: October 29, 1999
• Rating: 3.5
• Description: This is the Hidden Base deck which qualified me for the Endor Regional, and then collected dust while I waited for someone to hold a non-prelim tourney. Some minor changes after Endor made it a little more effective.

Strategy

Apparently, I entered the strategy stuff in the deck list part of the submission. Oh well. Enjoy.

Original card list

As posted on DeckTech

Objective (1) Hidden Base/Systems Will Slip Through Your Fingers Locations (11) Indicator 1 (duplicate of one system) Indicator 2 (duplicate of another) Rendezvous Point Dagobah Dagobah Swamp Coruscant Kessel Kiffex Tatooine Ralltir Bespin Endor Tibrin Characters (6) Obi-Wan With Lightsaber x 2 Luke With Lightsaber x 2 Leia With Blaster Rifle Tawss Khaa Starships (16) X-Wing x 16 Interrupts (16) The Signal x 3 Houjix x 3 Organized Attack x 3 It's A Hit x 2 All Wings Report In x 2 It Could Be Worse Out Of Nowhere x 2 Effects (8) The Planet That It's Farthest From Draw Their Fire Yarna d'al'Gargan Docking And Repair Facilities S-Foils Rebel Fleet Traffic Control Ultimatum Start with Yarna d'al Gargan to protect those X-Wings. It should be pretty easy to make it immune to Alter early in the game, by dropping two X-Wings for free at the Rendezvous Point, moving one to Endor for free, and the other to Bespin, Tatooine, or Kessel for 1 force. This can be done on the first turn if you are expecting to see Alter and Monnok. As the early game progresses, don't pay more than you must for an X-Wing. Getting an X-Wing to most systems in here only requires 1 force, since they deploy free to the RP and can move for 1 force. Endor makes it even cheaper to spread out, by allowing the X-Wing to move free to Endor, and then for 1 force to Ralltir. Remember, every force saved is a card you get to draw. By this time, if you are facing an ISB Ops deck or similar high-drain swarm, you should be able to play The Signal and get The Planet That It's Farthest From or Draw Their Fire. Start dropping EPP mains to go smack the bad guys around. Out Of Nowhere and Houjix help keep the losses down and bite back when the Imperial Navy shows up. Fight back with S-Foils, Organized Attack, and your X-Wings, or just run away. Tibrin can keep those EPP mains coming back for a second or third helping of Outer Rim Scout liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti (slurp slurp), and when the decision is no longer in doubt, you can get back a ton of cards. Put the last of your X-Wings in orbit, play All Wings Report In to retrieve a bunch of force. Then, while keeping your opponent from draining, move most of your X-Wings to Dagobah. Your opponent cannot draw up while you are flipped, so you are free to land those X-Wings at the DagobahSwamp and 'sink' them to the Used Pile. And what exactly is the point of having two indicators? Well, it seemed to me an entire evening could be ruined if the first person I played in a tourney exclaimed 'It's Bespin? On the first try?' for all to hear. Or if my opponent whispered the name of my hidden base to a friend. So put in two copies of two different systems, and use a different one for the rest of the tournament if someone lets the cat out of the bag. This is a very good deck to test against if you are concerned about your Dark Side deck's effectiveness against Hidden Base. Douglas

See also

• Douglas Harvilla
• DeckTech decks
• Decklists
• Premiere - Endor

Sources

• HBX The High Frontier, decktech.net
• HBX The High Frontier, stephenskilton.com
• HBX The High Frontier (GitHub Pages)
• HBX The High Frontier (Wayback of decktech.net)