Keith Watabayashi THE Maul deck

Keith Watabayashi THE Maul deck is the Dark constructed list Keith Watabayashi posted on DeckTech.

Deck info

• Player: Keith Watabayashi
• Published: 14 July 2001 (DeckTech)
• Published title: THE Maul deck
• Format: Premiere - Tatooine
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Tatooine: Desert Landing Site
• GEMP Importable deck: Download
• Strategy: What every DS mains lover should be playing.

Decklist

Character 4x Darth Maul 1x IG-88 With Riot Gun 1x Gailid 1x 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle 1x Prince Xizor 1x Dr. Evazan & Ponda Baba 1x Boelo 2x Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith 1x Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand 1x Dengar With Blaster Carbine 1x Boba Fett With Blaster Rifle 1x Darth Vader With Lightsaber 1x Aurra Sing 1x Mighty Jabba Weapon 1x Mara Jade's Lightsaber 1x Vader's Lightsaber 2x Maul's Lightsaber Starship 1x IG-88 In IG-2000 1x Zuckuss In Mist Hunter 1x Bossk In Hound's Tooth Location 1x Tatooine: Desert Landing Site 1x Tatooine: Jabba's Palace 1x Jabba's Palace: Audience Chamber 1x Jabba's Palace: Dungeon 1x Jabba's Palace: Lower Passages

Effect 1x Combat Response 1x Bad Feeling Have I 1x You Cannot Hide Forever 1x Security Precautions 1x No Escape 1x Secret Plans 1x First Strike 1x Search And Destroy 1x Blast Door Controls Interrupt 1x I Have You Now 1x Jabba's Through With You 2x Imperial Barrier 1x Monnok 1x Sniper & Dark Strike 2x Weapon Levitation 1x Masterful Move 1x Omni Box & It's Worse 1x Elis Helrot 1x You Are Beaten 4x Sense 1x Twi'lek Advisor 1x Operational As Planned 2x Alter Podracer 1x Teemto Pagalies' Podracer

Original post

THE Maul deck

• Author: Keith "Gen" Watabayashi
• Published: July 14, 2001
• Rating: 4.5
• Description: What every DS mains lover should be playing.

Strategy

”I need a brand new friend who doesn't bother me. I need a brand new friend who doesn't trouble me. I need someone, (yeah) who doesn't need me.”

Jim Morrision sums up this deck in those brilliant lyrics (from ”Hyacinth House”) This deck is strong, can force drain, can battle, and can be played by anybody.

The idea is to get lots of force for mains and battle your opponent's characters away. Maul for free, move him over to Jabba's Palace, then get Jabba/Xixor in the AU for a nice drain of 2 or 3, while everyone else goes and battles wherever my opponent is if they are not on Tatooine. That is the ideal situation, but it varies. I don't use the Emperor since he can't deploy for a beatdown, and I don't have room for his support cards, and I feel this deck is solid without him. I know it is hard to get 3 mains with their matching sticks, but the ratio is just right, (2 Maul's saber 4 Mauls, 1 Mara's Saber 1 Mara, 1 Vader's Saber 2 DLOTS) and with Mara grabbing her saber and with 2 Weapon Levitations, it's not an issue. Finally, on character choice, I use the ”Jabba Crew” instead of Imperial main, walkers, whatever, because I feel they are more versatile due to built in weapons, and setting up double-destiny combos is incredibly easy. (Fett + IG, Fett + Jabba, IG + 4-Lom, IG + Dengar, IG + Aurra, Xixor + Jabba, 4-Lom + Jabba).

Recently (today) at a tourney, I beat a AITC/Elom/Podracing deck with only Maul, Mighty Jabba, Xixor, Mara, and Vader. The red is that strong. I beat Douglas Harvilla's ”Kessel Mein Kampf” (whatever, I don't know German) with just Maul, EPP Vader, Mara, Jabba, and EJP Dengar. The red is that strong (monnok 2nd turn for two EPP Hans and two Jedi Luke's). I also beat Walter Zylowski's RST deck with just Maul, Mara, DLOTS, 4-Lom, and Jabba. (see a pattern here?). Yes, the red is that strong.

The interrupts are designed soley for battle and protection. Jabba's Through w/You works with 4 of my characters (5 if Aurra has stolen a saber since it doesn't specify), and is a used 5. I Have y/Now is great in a deck with 7 Jedi, but I only use 1 since people tend to avoid Maul, and although it works with 7 characters, it only works with two different characters. You are Beaten/Sniper&Dark Strike are GAME WINNERS Nuff. said. Blast Door Controls/Search and Destroy are anti-cheese and anti-Hidden Base, while First Strike is great for it's surprise factor. The 2 Weapon Levs. are used 4s' that get me Lightsabers...be they mine or my opponent's Finally, the last Red card that I feel needs justification is...Teemto's Podracer.

I never try to win a Podrace, since LS will win pretty much every time, so I try to stall them while I set up and damage them. I chose Teemto over Sebulba for 3 reasons

1) Teemto's Pod is a higher destiny if you don't see Podracing.

2) With destiny 5, Teemto's Pod is near impossible to play Losing Track on.

3) Teemto adds 2, close enough to Sebulba, and it lets me recycle high-destnies I might need while at the same time, could replace low destinies with high ones.

I would go into deck match-ups, but it's late, and this is just a mains deck. What do mains decks usually beat? Other Mains, Throne Room, TIGIH, and RST. What does it usually lose to? EBO and Hidden Base flip. And, what decks sometimes beat it, and it sometimes beats? QMC, WYS, and Profit.

Well, that's it. If this strategy is too short, just build it and play it, you'll get the jist of it. (Remember what Jim said?) If this strat section is too short, and you don't have the cards to build it, too bad for you, guess you just don't understand mains... ;). Whatever. It's mains, that's all, but a very solid mains deck.

Later,

Keith ”Gen” Watabayashi

Original card list

As posted on DeckTech

Locations(5) TatooineDesert Landing Site (S) TatooineJabba's Palace (S) Jabba's PalaceAudience Chamber Jabba's PalaceDungeon Jabba's PalaceLower Passages Characters(18) Darth Maul x4 ECC Iggy Gailid ECC 4-Lom Prince Xixor Dr.E&Ponda Paba Boelo DLOTS x2 Mara Jade EJP Dengar EPP Fett EPP Vader Aurra Sing Mighty Jabba Weapons(4) Mara's Saber Vader's Lightsaber Maul's Saber x2 Interrupts(21) I Have You Now Jabba's Through w/You Imperial Barrier x2 Monnok Sniper/Dark Strike Weapon Lev. x2 Masterful Move Omini Box/It's Worse Elis Helrot Combat Response (S) You are Beaten Sense x4 Twi'Lek Advisor Operational as Planned Alter x2 Starships(3) Iggy in Ship Zuckuss in Ship Bossk in Ship Podracer(1) Teemto Pagalies' Podracer Effects(8) Bad Feeling Have I YCHF Security Precautions No Escape Secret Plans First Strike Search and Destroy Blast Door Controls

See also

• Keith Watabayashi
• DeckTech decks
• Decklists
• Premiere - Tatooine

Sources

• THE Maul deck, decktech.net
• THE Maul deck, stephenskilton.com
• THE Maul deck (GitHub Pages)