Icebreath Sand People Surprise

icebreath Sand People Surprise is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: icebreath
• Published: 29 December 2003 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Theme/Fun
• Format: Premiere - Original VS2
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Dagobah: Cave
• Strategy: Dagobah: Cave
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Bantha (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour): not in GEMP) (leaves out CZ-3 (Seezee-Three): Light card in a Dark list, as posted)

Introduction

A fun Tusken Raider deck with a bit of a twist.

The published list has 68 cards.

Decklist

Character 2x URoRRuR'R'R 1x RR'uruurrr 1x Ur'Ru'r 12x Tusken Raider 1x Captain Bewil 2x CZ-3 (Seezee-Three) Device 6x Restraining Bolt Weapon 3x Gaderffii Stick Vehicle 4x Bantha (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour) 1x URoRRuR'R'R's Bantha Location 1x Dagobah: Cave 1x Tatooine: Jundland Wastes 1x Tatooine: Tusken Canyon 1x Tatooine: Desert Heart

Effect 1x Fear Is My Ally 1x There Is No Try & Oppressive Enforcement 3x Location, Location, Location 1x No Escape 1x Bantha Herd 2x Presence Of The Force 3x Sandwhirl Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 1x Imbalance 1x Tusken Scavengers 2x Ghhhk & Those Rebels Won't Escape Us 2x Imperial Barrier 2x Abyssin Ornament 2x Bantha Fodder 4x Exhaustion 2x Levitation Attack 2x Weapon Of An Ungrateful Son

Strategy

This deck is a heck of a lot of fun to play, and no mistake! The thing is, it's also almost to the point of being tourney viable...

The deck title is "Sand People Surprise"... what's the surprise, you ask? Exhaustion! This is a little-played card from Hoth that does some pretty nifty damage. I'll save you the trouble of looking it up:

Exhaustion (destiny 5, unique)

Lost Interrupt

Opponent must lose 1 Force for each of opponent's missing characters on table. OR Select one missing character under "nighttime conditions" to be lost.

So now that you know what it does, it's pretty obvious that this is a bait-and-trap deck. Bait them in by doing some drain damage at your sites with your apparently weak ground force (Tuskens are surprisingly powerful if played right), drop a Sandwhirl, and let the damage begin!

While the bait-and-trap is pretty easy to spot, you're probably scratching your head over a few other things.

Levitation Attack (V) and Weapon o/a Ungrateful Son - drop those Restraining Bolts onto a CZ-4 and WoaUS them into your deck. This gives you an extra 6 destiny 6 cards in your deck. Woohoo!

Captain Bewil (V) - a bit out of place in a Tusken deck, you say? Well, I guess he is... but in an interrupt-reliant deck like this, he is the MAN! Odds are he'll drop to Tatooine and pull a few interrupts before your opponent decides to visit, so his usefulness is limited to a very specific timeframe. Choose wisely.

Imbalance - retrieval decks piss me off. Cut their retrieval in half with this. Woohoo.

The average destiny in this deck is absolutely amazing... about 3.38, to be exact. Once the Tuskens start dropping, it gets closer to something around 4.5... ouch. Add on the fact that you'll be drawing multiple destinies, and you've got some nasty damage goin' on.

Enjoy!

David Kangas

Shadow 31

Ophidian Agent

Vancouver, WA

See also

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

Sources

• Sand People Surprise (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 13 (Wayback, 20050430203312)