Gaffer Gamgee From Hoth, With Love (modified with help from other users)...

Gaffer Gamgee From Hoth, With Love (modified with help from other users)... is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: Gaffer Gamgee
• Published: 7 January 2004 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS6
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Imperial Occupation (V) / Imperial Control (V)
• Starting Interrupt: Prepared Defenses
• Starting Effect: Fear Is My Ally
• Strategy: Imperial Occupation (V)
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Imperial Occupation (V) / Imperial Control (V) (Virtual Set 4), Motti (V) (Virtual Set 3), The Emperor (V) (Virtual Set 6), General Veers (V) (Virtual Set 4), AT-AT Cannon (V) (Virtual Set 4), Blizzard 1 (V) (Virtual Set 4), Blizzard 2 (V) (Virtual Set 4), Imperial Decree (V) (Virtual Set 6), Ability, Ability, Ability (V) (Virtual Set 6), Imperial Domination (V) (Virtual Set 4), Death Squadron (V) (Virtual Set 4), I Am Your Father (V) (Virtual Set 6), Sunsdown (V) (Virtual Set 2), A Day Long Remembered (V) (Virtual Set 6): not in GEMP)

Introduction

"That's it. The Rebels are there.

That is the system. And I'm sure Skywalker is with them. Set your course for the Hoth system. General Veers, prepare you men."

Decklist

Objective 1x Imperial Occupation (V) / Imperial Control (V) Character 1x Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith 1x Motti (V) 1x Grand Admiral Thrawn 1x The Emperor (V) 1x Kir Kanos 1x Commander Igar 1x Grand Moff Tarkin 1x Admiral Piett 1x General Veers (V) 1x DS-61-2 1x DS-61-3 1x DS-61-4 Device 1x Electro-Rangefinder Weapon 1x Disruptor Pistol 1x Vader's Lightsaber 1x AT-AT Cannon (V) Starship 3x Victory-Class Star Destroyer 1x Vader's Custom TIE 1x Black 2 1x Black 3 1x Black 4 1x Executor

Vehicle 1x Blizzard 1 (V) 1x Blizzard 2 (V) 1x Blizzard 4 1x Blizzard Walker 1x Blizzard Scout 1 1x Tempest 1 2x Imperial Walker Location 1x Hoth 1x Hoth: Ice Plains (5th Marker) 1x Hoth: Main Power Generators (1st Marker) 1x Hoth: Defensive Perimeter (3rd Marker) 1x Hoth: North Ridge (4th Marker) 1x Hoth: Wampa Cave (7th Marker) 1x Hoth: Mountains (6th Marker) Effect 1x Imperial Decree (V) 1x Prepare For A Surface Attack 1x Ability, Ability, Ability (V) 1x Imperial Domination (V) 1x You May Start Your Landing 1x Fear Is My Ally 1x Death Squadron (V) 1x I Am Your Father (V) 1x Imperial Arrest Order 1x Search And Destroy 1x Sunsdown (V) 1x Ice Storm 1x Frostbite 1x A Day Long Remembered (V) Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 1x Exposure 1x I Have You Now 2x Walker Garrison Epic Event 1x Target The Main Generator

'(10 Shields)' listed with the starting cards; none named.

Notes

• Hoth: Main Power Generators posted '(light side)': Imperial Occupation (V) deploys the Light Side Main Power Generators; no Dark version existed in the 2004 pool (Dark MPG is a later virtual card).
• Posted 'Motti (V)' dested Motti (V) (Virtual Set 3) (not Admiral Motti (V), Virtual Set 2); 'The Emperor (V)' dested The Emperor (V) (Virtual Set 6).
• Original-era (V) slips: objective (VS4), Imperial Decree (VS6), Ability x3 (VS6), Imperial Domination (VS4), General Veers (VS4), Blizzard 1/2 (VS4), AT-AT Cannon (VS4), Death Squadron (VS4), I Am Your Father (VS6), Sunsdown (VS2), A Day Long Remembered (VS6).
• Posted 'Executer' dested Executor; 'Electro-Rangerfinder' dested Electro-Rangefinder; 'Hoth: Wampa Cave' dested Hoth: Wampa Cave (7th Marker).

Strategy

Strategy:

Turn 1: Use You May Start Your Landing to get the 3rd Marker (Defensive Perimeter). While you are cruising through your Reserve Deck, check to see if DVDLOTS and Blizzard 4 are in there. If they are in there then use the objective to upload Blizzard 4. Immediatly download and play for free DVDLOTS. Otherwise do this next turn when they should have recirculated into your reserve. Don't forget to pay the maintanace cost!

Turn 2:

Upload Blizzard 1 using the objective. Deploy it to the fifth marker. Move Vader on board.

Turn 3:

Upload the AT-AT Cannon (V). Deploy it on Blizzard 1 (V). Move Blizzard 1 to the third marker.

Turn 4:

Upload the Electro-Rangefinder if you are not confident that you can blow away the generator right now (ie Vader somehow got killed or you have lost control of some Hoth Sites). Otherwise do Turn 5's stuff this turn.

Turn 5:

Upload Target the Main Generator. Attempt to blow away the generator. You have a total of 10 before destiny is drawn. So the generator should be toast and the objective should be flipped.

This shouldn't really take five turns since you should be able to blow up the generator in turn 4 and some of those cards are bound to be drawn into hand making it not necessary to upload one each turn.

Basically, after its flipped just spread out over Hoth, use your Walker Garrisons twice during the game wisely for big drains and wait for them to come to you.

Notes: I dumped the troopers and added some more space as well as the weather stuff. The weather stuff should clean up any ground that gets away from the walkers.

I have considered adding a Maul to this deck, but that would cancel Imperial Domination (V). That card seems really powerful in that it can retrieve an Imperial in every battle that I start. Zuckuss would also cancel this effect. As soon as I get Darth Vader I will virtualize him and swap him into this deck. I will also swap in Fel and his ship once I acquire those in place of DS-61-4 and Black 4.

I am a little concerned about my pre-flip activation, but I can't think of any way to add more sites that I can pull without using Location, Location, Location (V) which would mess up my starting trio.

Somebody commented that Kir Kanos would not be good with Imperial Domination (V). I don't understand why.

Let me know what else I should do with this deck. Thanks!

See also

• Game Players Network decks
• Gaffer Gamgee
• Game Players Network
• GEMP importable decklist

Sources

• From Hoth, With Love (modified with help from other users)... (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 12 (Wayback, 20050430203312)