Icebreath I've Just Seen A Face

icebreath I've Just Seen A Face is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: icebreath
• Published: 14 February 2004 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS1
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: My Lord, Is That Legal?
• Starting Interrupt: Prepared Defenses
• Strategy: My Lord, Is That Legal?
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Blaster Rack (V) (Virtual Set 1): not in GEMP)

Introduction

DS Senate deck with... well... just take a look, will ya?

Decklist

Objective 1x My Lord, Is That Legal? Character 3x Lott Dod 2x Orn Free Taa 2x Yeb Yeb Adem'thorn 2x Edcel Bar Gane 1x Aks Moe 1x Baskol Yeesrim 1x Passel Argente 1x Tikkes 1x Toonbuck Toora 1x Lord Vader 2x Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith 2x Darth Maul, Young Apprentice 2x Grand Admiral Thrawn 1x Boba Fett, Bounty Hunter Weapon 1x Maul's Lightsaber 2x Vader's Lightsaber Starship 1x Visage 3x Victory-Class Star Destroyer

Location 1x Coruscant: Galactic Senate 1x Tatooine: Desert Landing Site 1x Hoth: Wampa Cave (7th Marker) 1x Dagobah: Cave 1x Death Star II: Throne Room Effect 1x Colo Claw Fish 1x There Is No Try & Oppressive Enforcement 1x Blaster Rack (V) 1x This Is Outrageous! 1x Our Blockade Is Perfectly Legal 2x Presence Of The Force 1x After Her! 3x There'll Be Hell To Pay Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 5x Trinto Duaba 1x Limited Resources 1x Imbalance 1x I Have You Now 1x Maul Strikes 1x Squabbling Delegates 2x Vote Now! 1x Ghhhk & Those Rebels Won't Escape Us

The strategy says the deck plays no shields.

Notes

• Original-era (V): Blaster Rack (V) (Virtual Set 1).
• Posted Ghhhk combo dested Ghhhk & Those Rebels Won't Escape Us; There Is No Try combo dested There Is No Try & Oppressive Enforcement; Vic-Star dested Victory-Class Star Destroyer; Hoth: Wampa Cave dested Hoth: Wampa Cave (7th Marker).
• The author's 'thinking of dropping' remarks are not applied (dested as posted).

Strategy

First things first, please please PLEASE read the entire strat section all the way through before giving a review. This deck has a LOT of meta-gaming and mind games going on here, so email me or post a message in the forums if you don't understand what's going on with something or why I have something-or-other in here.

This deck is, first and foremost, a manipulation deck. Not just card manip, mind you, but manipulating every aspect of the game, from what's going on with the cards to what's going on in your opponent's head. That mind-manip starts at the very beginning of the game when you drop the Desert Landing Site... most people expect you to drop Maul there and use it for draining, or to drop the Cantina and move him over. But that just ain't gonna happen. That very same kind of mind-manip goes on with a lot of the deck's play. People see that I'm not playing shields, and will feel like they can play their interrupts without worrying about them being grabbed... wrongo!

Another thing about the deck is the fact that while it looks like crap on paper (even I'm more than willing to admit that!), it plays like gold in the right hands. It's a skill deck... period.

Well, on to the strat. Drop the essential senators as you pull 'em (Lott Dod, Yeb Yeb, Edcel, Toonbuck), and keep whatever extra ones you find in hand for use with the political effects, which you'll be using like a madman. Every single turn, be sure to use the flipside text of the objective to pull a political effect, drop cards from your opponent's hand, and pull cards back into your deck off of the political effects. Also, be sure to use Yeb Yeb and Lott Dod each turn as well.

Play the twix's as you find 'em, as well as the Presence's (one Presence to the senate, one to the Dagobah Cave), so that you can keep your activation potential up.

Beyond that... play 'em as you see 'em! Use Trinto Duaba to cause some damage (track a few of your destinies, pay attention to what your opponent is putting into used pile, and try to get down to the tracked destiny that can cause the most damage), use Limited Resources near mid/end-game, Imbalance on opponent's big retrievals.

A few card choices that're probably making you scratch your head:

Vic-Stars - Cheap SD's to put Thrawn on. While some people might think that two force isn't that big a deal, in a deck that is this intensive on saving a bit of force for this and that, every little bit counts... especially near the start of the game and nearing endgame, when your life force is getting so low.

Visage - While "cheap" isn't the word to describe this run-of-the-mill SD, it's ability to drop to non-BG-systems could be useful.

After Her! - A retrieval source that people don't often expect to see. The fact that it's a destiny 5 that also helps a bit on multi-destiny beats is very nice.

Like I said, feel free to send me a message if you've got any questions about the deck, and keep in mind that I AM planning on changing a few cards around (as listed in the decklist).

Enjoy!

David Kangas

Shadow 31

Ophidian Agent

Vancouver, WA

See also

• Game Players Network decks
• icebreath
• Game Players Network
• GEMP importable decklist

Sources

• I've Just Seen A Face (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 10 (Wayback, 20050430203312)