Josh Grace Grace's Vengeance

Josh Grace Grace's Vengeance is the Dark constructed list Joshua Grace posted on DeckTech.

Deck info

• Player: Joshua Grace
• Published: 23 April 2001 (DeckTech)
• Published title: Grace's Vengeance
• Format: Premiere - Reflections II
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Agents Of Black Sun
• Starting Interrupt: Prepared Defenses
• GEMP Importable deck: Download
• Strategy: An Agents of Black Sun / Vengeance of the Dark Prince deck that lets you have lots of fun with pasty-face.

Decklist

Objective 1x Agents Of Black Sun Character 3x Prince Xizor 2x Emperor Palpatine 2x Guri 2x Boba Fett With Blaster Rifle 2x IG-88 3x Vigo 1x 4-LOM 1x Snoova 1x U-3PO (Yoo-Threepio) Weapon 1x Vibro-Ax Starship 2x Zuckuss In Mist Hunter 2x Bossk In Hound's Tooth

Location 1x Coruscant 1x Coruscant: Imperial City 1x Carida 1x Spaceport Docking Bay 1x Death Star II: Docking Bay 1x Cloud City: East Platform (Docking Bay) Effect 1x Mobilization Points 1x Imperial Arrest Order 1x Crush The Rebellion 1x Search And Destroy 1x Oppressive Enforcement 1x Secret Plans 1x Something Special Planned For Them 1x No Escape 1x You Cannot Hide Forever 2x Presence Of The Force Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 1x Hidden Weapons 1x Young Fool 1x Put All Sections On Alert 1x Jabba's Through With You 1x Twi'lek Advisor 2x Imperial Barrier 3x Force Lightning 2x Evader & Monnok 2x I Have You Now 5x A Dangerous Time

Original post

Grace's Vengeance

• Author: Joshua "Stormcrow" Grace
• Published: April 23, 2001
• Rating: 4.5
• Description: An Agents of Black Sun / Vengeance of the Dark Prince deck that lets you have lots of fun with pasty-face.

Strategy

General stuff

Crush the Rebellion is the centerpiece of the deck, allowing you to manipulate your opponent's hand with Monnok, solidify the Emperor's site with I Have You Now and limit your opponent to 2 destiny maximum at the CC and DS docking bays. Always start it.

If you draw an opening hand Barrier, or if your opponent won't generate enough force to beat down Xixor, move him over to the spaceport DB for a first-turn flip. Start peeking at your force pile (count down how many force you can use before you need to draw key cards) and reserve deck (during your battle phase). Always peek. Knowledge is good for you.

Try to keep Luke off the table. You can manipulate him with A Dangerous Time and Monnok. You can capture him with Snoova, Iggy or Fett. Or you can place him out of play with Young Fool (someone posted an AoBS deck somewhat like this but without Young Fool; Young Fool is key. In the last tournament I played in, I placed Luke out of play TWICE with Young Fool).

Against various decks.

TIGIH

Place Emperor down for the force choke ASAP. Losing 2 a turn from I Can Save Him is not as bad as taking a 2-drain every turn and allowing your opponent extra generation. Plus, if you get You Cannot Hide, track a 6, and Force Lightning Luke, you can place him out of play with Young Fool. That's always fun. As soon as Luke is captured, you're going to do more damage with your objective, plus you'll have the upper hand in battles, knowing when to deploy and what your opponent has coming.

EBOX, Alien Swarm, anything with multiples

Put the multiples together with A Dangerous Time. When they draw, Monnok them. Do direct damage, and drain.

Hidden Mains, Throne Room Mains, etc

Try to do quick damage, but don't be foolhardy in your efforts. Back Xixor up with Guri and a load of Bounty Hunters. The Emperor can pretty much hold his own. Stop retrieval with Something Special and Secret Plans. Attempt to capture Luke. The key to this match-up is knowing what's coming into your hand and what's going to be drawn into your opponent's hand. This lets you react to their move, not vice versa. This game will likely be decided in two or three key battles. Use your knowledge of your opponent's deck to determine the outcome of those battles. Peek at your reserve deck if you can before you initiate a battle to decide if you can capture or hit a character. If your destiny are bad when you must battle, attempt to reshuffle by searching with Crush or the Emperor's game text.

Heavy space

Do lots of damage on the ground fast with drains and the objective and Search & Destroy. Draw for your retrieval killers. Learn what's going to show up in your opponent's hand, then initiate key battles or stop key drains with your BH ships.

The only loss this deck took was a game where I played miserably and didn't draw either of my anti-retrieval cards (I normally deploy both). I must have caused at least 50 damage, but my opponent retrieved at least that much.

Hint Force Lightning used against Luke, IG88 captures.

At least it's not another Scum, Hunt Down or BHBM deck.

Joshua "Stormcrow" Grace

Original card list

As posted on DeckTech

Starting (8) Agents of Black Sun Xixor Coruscant that site... does anyone know its name? Prep Def Moby Points IAO Crush the Feeble Rebellion Locations (4) Carida DB DS DB CC DB Ships (4) Zuckus in MH x2 Bossk in Bus x2 Weapon (1) Vibro-Ax (it's for Snoova, see?) Characters (16) Destiny 6 Emperor x2 Xixor x2 Guri x2 Fett w/Blaster x2 IG-88 x2 Vigo x3 4Lom Snoova U3P0 Red (the remainder) Search & Destroy Opp Enf Secret Plans Something Special Hidden Weapons No Escape You Cannot Hide Young Fool Put All Sections on Alert Jabba's Through With You Twi'lek Imperial Barrier x2 Force Lightning x3 Evader/Monnok x2 I Have You Now x2 Presence of the Force x2 A Dangerous Time x5

See also

• Joshua Grace
• DeckTech decks
• Decklists
• Premiere - Reflections II

Sources

• Grace's Vengeance, decktech.net
• Grace's Vengeance, stephenskilton.com
• Grace's Vengeance (GitHub Pages)