Icebreath Ralltiir's Little Shop Of Horrors, Reopened

icebreath Ralltiir's Little Shop Of Horrors, Reopened is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: icebreath
• Published: 9 November 2003 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS2
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Ralltiir Operations
• Strategy: Ralltiir Operations
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Black 2 (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy), Death Star Sentry (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour), Imperial Reinforcements (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour): not in GEMP) (leaves out He's A Coward: Light card in a Dark list, as posted)

Introduction

That's right, it's our grand re-opening! Come buy these adorable creatures at a discount that'll make you ferocious!

The published list has 69 cards.

Decklist

Objective 1x Ralltiir Operations 1x He's A Coward Character 1x Darth Maul With Lightsaber 1x Emperor Palpatine 1x Biker Scout Trooper 1x Sergeant Barich 1x Sergeant Irol 1x Corporal Drelosyn 1x Sergeant Elsek 1x Corporal Avarik 1x Corporal Misik 1x General Veers 1x Commander Igar 1x Barquin D'an 1x Grand Admiral Thrawn 1x Captain Godherdt 1x DS-61-2 1x Zuckuss 1x 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle 1x Bossk Creature 3x Womp Rat 1x Dragonsnake 1x Dianoga 1x Bubo 1x Krayt Dragon Starship 1x Chimaera 1x Black 2 (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy) 1x Mist Hunter 1x Hound's Tooth

Vehicle 1x Blizzard 1 1x Tempest 1 1x Blizzard Scout 1 4x Speeder Bike Location 1x Ralltiir 1x Carida 1x Yavin 4: Docking Bay 1x Spaceport Docking Bay 1x Tatooine: Desert 1x Swamp 1x Jungle Effect 1x Fear Is My Ally 1x Krayt Dragon Bones 1x Imperial Arrest Order & Secret Plans 1x You Cannot Hide Forever & Mobilization Points 1x Resistance 1x Oppressive Enforcement 1x Fanfare 1x Battle Order 1x Death Star Sentry (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour) 1x Security Precautions 1x Overseeing It Personally 1x Organa's Ceremonial Necklace 1x Pride Of The Empire Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 3x High-speed Tactics 2x Trinto Duaba 1x Short Range Fighters & Watch Your Back! 1x Ommni Box & It's Worse 1x Imperial Barrier 1x Force Lightning 1x Imperial Reinforcements (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour)

Strategy

I guess the best way to get a feel for this deck is to take a look back at the original Little Shop Of Horrors strat section. Other than the creatures, it plays like a regular RalOps Speeders/Necklace deck. Drop the sites, drop the creatures, keep your walkers and speeders patrolling the Desert, Swamp, and Jungle while everybody else (ie Palpy) sits at the Docking Bay, and drain away. If they come to you on the ground, 'react' around with your speeders which should ideally be holding:

Misik piloting, Barich back-seating

Avarik piloting, Elsek back-seating

Irol piloting, Drelosyn back-seating

Biker Scout Trooper piloting, possibly Maul back-seating

That gives you the best pairs, with the best pilots up front. Also, if they decide to pay a visit to Ralltiir, odds are any battle survivors are gonna get chomped (with the high destiny average this deck is getting and the large number of nasty buggers all over the planet, you've got an auto-chomp on almost anything). If they come at you in space, they've got a nasty surprise waiting... 4 destiny draws, reduction of all their destinies by 3, and possibly a capper on the number of destinies they're drawing if Chewie or a smuggler is there. Oh, and power up the wazoo.

There's a few trick cards in here to keep your opponent on their toes. Quick explanation on some:

Dianoga - anti-MWYHL. If they're setting up pretty fast, you may have to end up using Dragonsnake instead to prevent Test 1 from passing. Chomp-chomp!

Barquin D'an - got some good destinies in the deck, so why not use them to help you get a bit of retrieval? Place your bets!

Trinto Duaba - Just so you don't have to go running to the cardlists to figure out what this does, here you go:

non-unique, destiny 5, used. "If there are cards in the opponent's Used Pile during your battle phase, draw one destiny. All cards there with the same destiny number are lost." So, a destiny 5 recyclable that can cause some damage. If you have both copies in hand and you just finished battling, play 'em. With this deck, odds are you'll draw a 5, 4, and/or a 3... so that 5 they just drew for battle destiny? Buh-bye! That Chewie, Enraged they put back with 2-1B? Buh-bye! That Rebel Leadership they played? Buh-bye! Get the picture?

All in all, it's got strong ground, strong space, good direct damage, adequate retrieval, awesome drains, limits their drains, adds to your battle destiny totals, pulls cards from your deck, and eats. A lot.

Enjoy!

David Kangas

Shadow 31

Ophidian Agent

Vancouver, WA

See also

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

Sources

• Ralltiir's Little Shop Of Horrors, Reopened (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 16 (Wayback, 20050430203312)