MPistone System Overload (Admiral Ozzel Superstar) (ISB)

MPistone System Overload (Admiral Ozzel Superstar) (ISB) is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: MPistone
• Published: 9 December 2001 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Theed Palace
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: ISB Operations
• Strategy: ISB Operations
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits You've Never Won A Race?: not in GEMP)

Introduction

Deck design by Michael Pistone and Eric Hunter.

The published list has 67 cards.

Decklist

Objective 1x ISB Operations Character 5x Outer Rim Scout 1x 5D6-RA-7 (Fivedesix) 2x Admiral Ozzel 1x Officer Evax 1x Commander Merrejk 1x Grand Admiral Thrawn 1x Admiral Chiraneau 1x Guri 1x Darth Maul, Young Apprentice 1x Admiral Piett 1x Boba Fett, Bounty Hunter 1x Darth Vader With Lightsaber 1x 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle 1x You've Never Won A Race? Weapon 2x Boosted TIE Cannon Starship 1x Executor 1x Chimaera 1x Avenger 1x Devastator 2x TIE Interceptor 1x Zuckuss In Mist Hunter 1x Dengar In Punishing One Vehicle 1x Blizzard 1

Location 1x Coruscant 1x Fondor 1x Kashyyyk 1x Executor: Holotheatre 1x Executor: Docking Bay 1x Spaceport Docking Bay Effect 1x Imperial Decree 1x Mobilization Points 1x Imperial Arrest Order & Secret Plans 1x Fear Is My Ally 1x His Name Is Anakin 2x Bad Feeling Have I 1x Lateral Damage 1x There Is No Try 1x Oppressive Enforcement 1x Battle Order 1x You Cannot Hide Forever 1x Do They Have A Code Clearance? 1x Come Here You Big Coward Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 1x Dark Maneuvers 1x Imperial Artillery 1x Ghhhk & Those Rebels Won't Escape Us 3x Imperial Command 2x Projective Telepathy 2x We Must Accelerate Our Plans 3x Overload 1x Abyssin Ornament Admiral's Order 1x Battle Deployment

Strategy

So if you want a really tight deck that is incredibly fun to play look no further. This thing is incredibly solid, works well in the current meta and also is probably unexpected.

First, about card choices: Mob Points: They can cancel it with the shield...great. Just pull Executor as your first action, and later on, you will get a battleground system.

Decree: Canceling Drain bonuses is good.

Spaceport DB: For wherever you need it...basically use it at Naboo, with 5-D6 aboard Blizzard 1 to subtract from drains of Lightsaber combat. And they can’t do anything about it!

Admiral Ozzel: Best deploy/forfeit ratio in the game. Pull him with Imperial command. He is an ISB agent. Lose him to drains, retrieve him during draw phase, pull him with Imperial command. Track him and use Overload. All this makes him a Superstar.

Guri: Maybe unnecessary for this deck, but she just reinforces the whole idea about controlling your opponent.

Epp Maul: He’s good...if you don’t have him, use a Tatooine Maul.

Fett Bounty Hunter: When your opponent spreads thin and doesn’t think you will come to the ground, send him and Vader down and just win the game that way.

4-Lom W/Gun: Incredibly powerful, adds w/ Zuckuss...helps Fett add destinies, and can cancel anyone’s game text.

Blizzard 1: For 5-D6 to cancel drains on.

Battle Deployment: To deploy Blizzard 1

2x Tie Interceptor: Shoot down all of QMC and WYS ships = you win the game.

Dengar in ship: SOOOO Powerful, cancel immunity and add to destinies. This card makes them actually have to lose something in battle.

Dark Maneuvers: Trackable 6 that makes it harder for your ship to be shot down.

Artillery: Trackable 7 that deals damage. How is that NOT good.

Ghhk/Those Rebels: This card is so useful in the environment right now where Light runs from everything.

2x Projective Telepathy: If you notice...i give little force, this helps that especially against LS combat.

3x Overload: INCREDIBLY good card. Qui-Gon’s new saber, and X-Wing Cannon’s are both destiny 5’s and being heavily played right now. Use this and it really hurts. Track Admiral Ozzel Superstar around, and it REALLY REALLY hurts.

His Name Is Anakin/Bad Feeling Have I: These help aid the force denial even more.

Ok so this deck has a few major themes. 1. Force Denial Think about it, the 3 major ls decks right now are: LS Combat (activates about 9-10 force on average) WYS (activates about 12 force on average) QMC (activates about 12 force on average)

When you kick them out of space, you are making them pay to drain. Combine that w/ Bad Feeling and/or His Name Is Anakin, plus the fact i’m giving them 1-2 force MAX, that really puts this deck at an advantage. Against Lightsaber combat, my activation is ridiculous and I can get set up fast. With Bad Feeling and Battle Order, the LS is really limited on their options, while I can run rampant with mine.

2. Superb space power With the tie cannons, the ls doesn’t stand a shot in space with the Imperial Commands.

3. Overload Such an incredibly good card, if you can track well this will win you games.

As far as matchups go...i’ve basically explained it but here’s a little more:

WYS: Start His Name Is Anakin instead of Decree. If you get Bad Feeling out fast you have the definate edge in this game. The overloads are huge in this matchup against, as well as the Tie Cannons. Get the system and you win the game.

QMC: Same as WYS except no His Name Is Anakin. Ghhhk/Those Rebels is huge this game.

LS Combat: You screw them over on force, while they give you a good amount to get started with. Set up the Kashyyyk drain, reduce their drain w/ 5D6 and smack them if you can.

Feel free to contact me with question/comments

Props to: Brad Reinhold and Alan Sagan (who came up with the Blizzard 1 and 5D6 against lightsaber combat idea) And anyone else who might have given Brad some of the ideas for this deck, bcuz he is the one that told me the idea.

See also

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

Sources

• System Overload (Admiral Ozzel Superstar) (ISB) (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 60 (Wayback, 20050430203312)