Leia Seeker
| Title | Leia Seeker |
|---|---|
| Side | Dark |
| Type | Weapon — Automated |
| Set | A New Hope |
| Publisher | Decipher |
| Era | Decipher era |
| Rarity | R2 |
| Uniqueness | Unrestricted |
| Destiny | 3 |
| GEMP ID | 2_160o |
| Versions | Decipher — this page (2_160o)PC Errata — Leia Seeker (PC Errata) ( 2_160)Virtual Original — Leia Seeker (V) (Virtual Set 3: Revolution) ( 1103_39)Virtual Legacy — Leia Seeker (V) ( 1210_85) |
Leia Seeker is a Dark Weapon (Automated) from A New Hope.
Card Text
Use 1 Force to deploy on opponent’s side at any unoccupied site. Moves during your control phase, like a character, at normal use of the Force. When present with Leia or a warrior of ability < 3, choose one to be lost. Seeker also lost.
Lore
Military version of a 'remote.' Programmed to stalk specific targets or secondary targets. Heat and light sensors track with fatal accuracy. Can stow away on starships.
Strategy
By Tom Lischke[1]
Dark Side Rare 2 (A New Hope)
Leia Seekers can do a great deal to strengthen Death Star site defense. They actually work best in a deck that intends to use the Death Star Mobile System to do some planet busting. The Leia Seekers, combined with Death Star Gunners and Imperial Trooper Guards, can provide a pretty formidable first line of defense. With some luck, the Leia Seekers will come up in time to deploy them on the Death Star sites, and then deploy DS characters. This brand of seeker also has no effect on any of the DS spies, so the DS can also deploy Labria, Garindan, 5D6-RA-7, and U-3PO as a security force, along with some Nevar Yalnal in hand to prevent the LS spies from gaining a foothold.
Leia Seekers can also be utilized as a formidable offensive weapon. Almost all Rebel characters are warriors of ability less than three, so they are all subject to the Leia Seeker. As the ruling presently stands, it is legal to transport seekers using Elis Helrot, so no site is out of reach. A round of seeker transports can make a fine lead in to an attack. The DS can get rid of the high forfeit Rebel pilot/warriors with a few Leia Seekers, and then declare a battle and use the attrition to get rid of Han or Luke.
Cards to watch out for: Remote
Combos:
Leia Seekers + DS Spies + Nevar Yalnal. Total DS site defense. Of course, it doesn't hurt to include Vader and Tarkin in case the Death Star: Docking Bay, Trash Compactor, or Level 6 sites are deployed by the LS.
Leia Seekers + Elis Helrot. Hey, what's that humming noise?
Leia Seekers + All three Docking Bays. With the DBs out, there is really no way for the LS player to escape from the Seeker, save Nabrun Leids. Just walk across the site line until the Seeker catches up. This brings new meaning to the term 'Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.'
Hey, you can't do that Combo:
Leia Seekers + Corellian Corvette or Millenium Falcon + LS Unique Starfighters with pilots. When the LS brings the Rebel Navy to Tatooine with some Corellian backup, use the ship docking capability to shuttle the Seekers onto the various starfighters.
Combos
- Leia Seekers + Dark Side Spies + Nevar Yalnal Total Dark Side site defense.[2]
Canceled by
Sources
- Original printed face: Leia Seeker, Decipher (archived 12 May 2008).
- Complete Card List (Decipher PDF, archive 28 September 2007) — Dark Weapon: Leia Seeker, A New Hope, R2
- Printed face: Decipher.com card image (Wayback copy of decipher.com/starwars/cardlists)
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040811123219/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/anewhope/dark/small/leiaseeker.html
- ↑ Players Committee, swccg-card-json Dark.json, Leia Seeker (GEMP ID 2_160, commit d4e661ec735dcb111266fbda98704f2181e1cfab), combo record: Leia Seekers + Dark Side Spies + Nevar Yalnal, described there as "Total Dark Side site defense." This attributes the modern strategy recommendation; it is not original printed text or a ruling that Leia Seeker is a spy. The separately named Dark Side spies can meet Nevar Yalnal's own-spy condition; the original Seeker independently targets Leia or a warrior of ability below 3. Preserved copy: Internet Archive (20 October 2026). Lookup: Scomp: Leia Seeker.