Program Trap
| Title | Program Trap |
|---|---|
| Side | Dark |
| Type | Effect |
| Set | A New Hope |
| Publisher | Decipher |
| Era | Decipher era |
| Rarity | U1 |
| Uniqueness | Unique |
| Destiny | 4 |
| GEMP ID | 2_124o |
| Versions | Decipher — this page (2_124o)PC Errata — Program Trap (PC Errata) (2_124)Virtual Legacy — Program Trap (V) ( 1262_10) |
Program Trap is a Dark Effect from A New Hope.
Card Text
Use 2 Force to deploy on an opponent's droid (except R2-D2 and C-3PO), 1 on your droid. The next time either player draws a destiny matching the number of characters at same site, droid explodes, causing all characters present to be lost.
Lore
Imperial slicers embed a secret command in a droid's primary performance banks. A predetermined trigger causes a power overload, destroying the droid and anything nearby.
Strategy
By Mike Guertin[1]
The "Figrin D'an Killer"...This card is one of the best counters to the Rebel's sure fire Force Regeneration Strategy using Figrin D'an. Played in combination with U-3PO, and you can move an infected droid wherever the Rebels try to run. Since no Rebel would dare leave Figrin D'an alone at a site, your sure to Trap multiple Rebel characters in the explosion. Should they dare use Figrin D'ans Force Regeneration ability, they risk five destiny draws, each with the potential of setting off the explosion. A simple two card combo that is extremely effective.
Combos
Pulled by
Canceled by
Sources
- Original printed face: Program Trap, Decipher (archived 12 May 2008).
- Complete Card List (Decipher PDF, archive 28 September 2007) — Dark Effect: Program Trap, A New Hope, U1
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20040811123219/http://www.decipher.com/starwars/cardlists/anewhope/dark/small/programtrap.html
- ↑ Players Committee, swccg-card-json Dark.json, Program Trap (GEMP ID 2_124, commit d4e661ec735dcb111266fbda98704f2181e1cfab), combo record: Program Trap + U-3PO (Yoo-Threepio). Preserved copy: Internet Archive (20 October 2026). Original Program Trap permits deployment on your droid; original U-3PO is an undercover droid. The 2023 Advanced Rulebook, p. 174, permits Effects to deploy on your undercover spy. This supports the named combination, not every later wording change. Lookup: Scomp: Program Trap.