Ewok

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Ewok is a retro constructed format: the Premiere - Death Star II card pool with a ban list of about a hundred cards. The Players Committee forum names it Premiere - Death Star II (Ewok), or PDS2E for short.[1] Bill Bisco created it for the 2026 Retro Ewok Championship and announced it on the forum on 20 March 2026, calling the event "a first of its kind tournament to explore a new Retro 'Ewok' Format".[1]

  • Type: constructed
  • Defined by: Bill Bisco, Players Committee forum (2026)
  • Card pool: Premiere through Death Star II, with a ban list
  • In use: 2026 –
  • Also called: Premiere - Death Star II (Ewok), PDS2E[1]
  • GEMP: Ewok (ewok) on play.swccg.com; none on the Players Committee GEMP

Card pool

On GEMP it is named Ewok (code ewok). Its card pool is the same as Premiere - Death Star II, Decipher set ids 1–9 and premium ids 101–111, with a ban list of 101 card printings. The definition links to the forum announcement.[2][3] The GEMP format definition sets no deck size, so GEMP uses its default of 60 cards.[2][4]

Goals

The announcement lists these goals for the format:[1]

  1. Create a new Retro Format that adds twists to an existing popular Retro Format.
  2. Ban cards and strategies that are too popular and/or too powerful.
  3. Get people playing decks and using strategies that have not been seen in PDS2 tournaments.
  4. Get people to play "Bad" Objectives.
  5. Tone back Power Creep.
  6. De-escalate the Battle Destiny and Immunity to Attrition Arms Race.
  7. Reduce must have starting effects and must have defenses in decks.

Ban list

The two sources give different ban lists. The forum list, as preserved on 21 October 2026, has five cards that are not on the GEMP list at commit ec48dc19. They are Bossk In Hound's Tooth, Dengar In Punishing One, Imperial Command and Ralltiir Operations (Dark Side) and Honor Of The Jedi (Light Side). Every card on the GEMP list is also on the forum list.[1][2] Both versions are given below.

GEMP

GEMP bans these cards:[2][5]

  • Light Side: Alderaan Operative, Anger, Fear, Aggression, Anoat Operative, Artoo-Detoo In Red 5, Asteroid Sanctuary, Beggar, Ben Kenobi, Bothawui Operative, Captain Han Solo, Chewie With Blaster Rifle, Clak'dor VII Operative, Clash Of Sabers, Corellia Operative, Echo Base Garrison, Echo Base Operations, General Calrissian, Goo Nee Tay, Han With Heavy Blaster Pistol, Hidden Base, Home One, I'll Take The Leader, Insurrection, Kashyyyk Operative, Ketwol, Kiffex Operative, Kirdo III Operative, Lando With Blaster Pistol, Leia With Blaster Rifle, Lost In The Wilderness, Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, Luke With Lightsaber, Maneuvering Flaps, Mind What You Have Learned, Nabrun Leids, Never Tell Me The Odds, Obi-Wan With Lightsaber, Oola, Order To Engage, Ralltiir Operative, Red Squadron 1, Revolution, Scramble, Staging Areas, There Is Good In Him, Tibrin Operative, Uncontrollable Fury, Wedge Antilles, Red Squadron Leader, Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room, You Can Either Profit By This...
  • Dark Side: 3,720 To 1, 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle, Always Thinking With Your Stomach, Anoat Operative, Bad Feeling Have I, Baron Soontir Fel, Boba Fett With Blaster Rifle, Brangus Glee, Bring Him Before Me, Cloud City Sabacc, Commander Igar, Corporal Drelosyn, Corulag Operative, Counter Assault, Court Of The Vile Gangster, Dantooine Operative, Darth Vader With Lightsaber, Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith, Dengar With Blaster Carbine, Dune Sea Sabacc, Elis Helrot, Emperor Palpatine, Eriadu Operative, Executor, Fighters Coming In, He Hasn't Come Back Yet, Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi, IG-88 In IG-2000, IG-88 With Riot Gun, Imperial Arrest Order, ISB Operations, Janus Greejatus, Kashyyyk Operative, Kessel Operative, Kiffex Operative, Lateral Damage, Lord Vader, M'iiyoom Onith, Mobilization Points, Much Anger In Him, Nal Hutta Operative, Ord Mantell Operative, Put All Sections On Alert, Raithal Operative, Responsibility Of Command, Scanning Crew, Sergeant Major Enfield, That Thing's Operational, The Circle Is Now Complete, Trooper Sabacc, You Are Beaten, Zuckuss In Mist Hunter

Forum

The forum announcement bans these cards:[1]

  • Light Side: Alderaan Operative, Anger, Fear, Aggression, Anoat Operative, Artoo-Detoo In Red 5, Asteroid Sanctuary, Beggar, Ben Kenobi, Bothawui Operative, Captain Han Solo, Chewie With Blaster Rifle, Clak'dor VII Operative, Clash Of Sabers, Corellia Operative, Echo Base Garrison, Echo Base Operations, General Calrissian, Goo Nee Tay, Han With Heavy Blaster Pistol, Hidden Base, Home One, Honor of the Jedi, I'll Take The Leader, Insurrection, Kashyyyk Operative, Ketwol, Kiffex Operative, Kirdo III Operative, Lando With Blaster Pistol, Leia With Blaster Rifle, Lost In The Wilderness, Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight, Luke With Lightsaber, Maneuvering Flaps, Mind What You Have Learned, Nabrun Leids, Never Tell Me The Odds, Obi-Wan With Lightsaber, Oola, Order To Engage, Ralltiir Operative, Red Squadron 1, Revolution, Scramble, Staging Areas, There Is Good In Him, Tibrin Operative, Uncontrollable Fury, Wedge Antilles, Red Squadron Leader, Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room, You Can Either Profit By This...
  • Dark Side: 3,720 To 1, 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle, Always Thinking With Your Stomach, Anoat Operative, Bad Feeling Have I, Baron Soontir Fel, Boba Fett With Blaster Rifle, Bossk In Hound's Tooth, Brangus Glee, Bring Him Before Me, Cloud City Sabacc, Commander Igar, Corporal Drelosyn, Corulag Operative, Counter Assault, Court Of The Vile Gangster, Dantooine Operative, Darth Vader With Lightsaber, Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith, Dengar In Punishing One, Dengar With Blaster Carbine, Dune Sea Sabacc, Elis Helrot, Emperor Palpatine, Eriadu Operative, Executor, Fighters Coming In, He Hasn't Come Back Yet, Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi, IG-88 In IG-2000, IG-88 With Riot Gun, Imperial Arrest Order, Imperial Command, ISB Operations, Janus Greejatus, Kashyyyk Operative, Kessel Operative, Kiffex Operative, Lateral Damage, Lord Vader, M'iiyoom Onith, Mobilization Points, Much Anger In Him, Nal Hutta Operative, Ord Mantell Operative, Put All Sections On Alert, Raithal Operative, Ralltiir Operations, Responsibility Of Command, Scanning Crew, Sergeant Major Enfield, That Thing's Operational, The Circle Is Now Complete, Trooper Sabacc, You Are Beaten, Zuckuss In Mist Hunter

The forum thread explains each ban and keeps a log of changes to the list, dated from 21 March to July 2026. For example, Asteroid Sanctuary was banned on 20 April 2026 after feedback that it would be abused in the format, and a July 2026 update added Honor Of The Jedi.[1]

History

When Bisco announced the format it was not yet coded on GEMP; the announcement says a GitHub pull request had the code.[1] play.swccg.com now has it as Ewok; the Players Committee format list does not.[2][6]

2026 Retro Ewok Championship

The announcement describes match play: each match is two games, one on each side of the Force, and the player with the higher net life force across both games advances, with fewer cards in the Lost Piles as the tiebreaker. Games use 60-minute timers per player. Entry was free, and the posted prizes were cash and playmats. Bisco funded the event himself.[1] No source on this wiki gives its dates or results yet.

Tournaments

No tournament on List of SWCCG tournaments is recorded in this format yet. Events are added here when their page gives this format.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2026 Retro Ewok Championship, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 swccgFormats.json, GEMP source code (billbisco/swccg-gemp, commit 16168b26), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ ExpansionSet.java, GEMP source code (billbisco/swccg-gemp, commit 16168b26), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ SwccgoFormatLibrary.java, GEMP source code (billbisco/swccg-gemp, commit 16168b26), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ Card names from Dark.json (Preserved copy: Internet Archive) and Light.json (Preserved copy: Internet Archive), swccgpc/swccg-card-json, GitHub, matched by GEMP card id.
  6. ↑ swccgFormats.json, GEMP source code (PlayersCommittee/gemp-swccg-public, commit 5e26dd19), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
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