Premiere - Cloud City (Modified)
Premiere - Cloud City (Modified) is a retro constructed format: the Premiere - Cloud City card pool with a ban list, used each year since 2024 for Event 2 of the Retro League. The league's announcement says it "transports you back to 1997", to the last era of cards from A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back only and before starting interrupts, but with a series of cards banned, mostly from Dagobah, that lead to a negative player experience.[1][2]
- Type: constructed
- Defined by: Players Committee Retro League (2024)
- Card pool: Premiere through Cloud City, with a ban list
- In use: 2024 –
- Also called: P-Cloud City (modified), Premiere to Cloud City (modified), PCCM[2][3]
- GEMP: Premiere - Cloud City (Modified) (
premiere_cc_m) on both the Players Committee GEMP and play.swccg.com
Card pool
Its card pool is the same as Premiere - Cloud City, Decipher set ids 1–5 and premium ids 101–105, with a ban list.[1] The GEMP format definition sets no deck size, so GEMP uses its default of 60 cards.[4][5]
Ban list
- Light Side: Never Tell Me The Odds, Asteroid Sanctuary, Anger, Fear, Aggression, Clouds
- Dark Side: 3,720 To 1, A Dangerous Time, Defensive Fire, Clouds, Scanning Crew
The 2024 Retro League used the first seven.[7] Clouds (Dark) and Scanning Crew were added for 2025,[8][2] and the list was unchanged in 2026.[3]
History
The format joined the Retro League in 2024 as Event 2.[7] It has been used for:
- 2024 Retro League Event 2, 24 March – 8 May 2024, won by Paul Todd Feldman.[9]
- 2025 Retro League Event 2, 16 March – 27 April 2025, won by Paul Todd Feldman.[2]
- 2026 Retro League Event 2, 29 March – 10 May 2026, won by Joe Horbey.[3][10]
For 2025, Retro League player Andy Talaga wrote a metagame guide to the format, attached to the event thread.[2]
Tournaments
3 tournaments on List of SWCCG tournaments used this format, newest first.
| Tag | Event | Dates | Site | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05 | 2026 Retro League Event 2 | 29 March – 10 May 2026 | GEMP | Joe Horbey |
| 2025-04 | 2025 Retro League Event 2 | 16 March – 27 April 2025 | GEMP | Paul Todd Feldman |
| 2024-05 | 2024 Retro League Event 2 | 24 March – 8 May 2024 | GEMP | Paul Todd Feldman |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 swccgFormats.json, GEMP source code (PlayersCommittee/gemp-swccg-public, commit 5e26dd19), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Event #2 - 2025 Retro GEMP League - P-Cloud City (modified) Constructed, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Event #2 - 2026 Retro GEMP League - P-Cloud City (modified), forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ swccgFormats.json, GEMP source code (billbisco/swccg-gemp, commit 16168b26), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ SwccgoFormatLibrary.java, GEMP source code (billbisco/swccg-gemp, commit 16168b26), GitHub. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ Card names from Dark.json (Preserved copy: Internet Archive) and Light.json (Preserved copy: Internet Archive), swccgpc/swccg-card-json, GitHub, matched by GEMP card id.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 2024 SWCCG Online Retro League, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ 2025 SWCCG Online Retro League (& Cumulative Standings), forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ PRIZE SUPPORT: 2024 Retro League, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
- ↑ Email from Stephen Sanders to Retro League participants, 18 May 2026 (provided by Bill). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.