Ryan Bank Ninja-MWYHL

Ryan Bank Ninja-MWYHL is the Light constructed list Ryan Bank posted on DeckTech.

Deck info

• Player: Ryan Bank
• Published: 27 April 2001 (DeckTech)
• Published title: Ninja-MWYHL
• Format: Premiere - Reflections II
• Side: Light
• Starting Card: Mind What You Have Learned
• Starting Interrupt: Heading For The Medical Frigate
• GEMP Importable deck: Download
• Strategy: A heavy-retrieval MWYHL with big Jedi after the flip.

Decklist

Objective 1x Mind What You Have Learned Character 1x Chewbacca, Protector 1x Corran Horn 2x Daughter Of Skywalker 1x General Calrissian 2x Han With Heavy Blaster Pistol 2x Luke With Lightsaber 2x Obi-Wan With Lightsaber 1x Tawss Khaa 1x Yoda Device 1x Bionic Hand 1x Electrobinoculars 1x Mercenary Armor Weapon 1x X-wing Laser Cannon Starship 2x Artoo-Detoo In Red 5 2x Gold Leader In Gold 1 1x Gold Squadron 1 2x Red Leader In Red 1

Location 1x Dagobah 1x Cloud City: Lower Corridor 1x Dagobah: Bog Clearing 1x Dagobah: Jungle 1x Dagobah: Training Area 1x Dagobah: Yoda's Hut Effect 1x The Way Of Things 1x Wise Advice 1x Draw Their Fire 1x Aim High 1x Battle Plan 1x Disarmed 2x Frozen Assets 1x Honor Of The Jedi 1x Ounee Ta 1x Reflection 1x Traffic Control 1x Yoda's Hope Interrupt 1x Heading For The Medical Frigate 2x Fallen Portal 3x On The Edge 2x Out Of Commission & Transmission Terminated 1x Run Luke, Run! 2x The Signal Jedi Test 1x A Jedi's Strength 1x Domain Of Evil 1x Great Warrior 1x It Is The Future You See 1x Size Matters Not

Original post

Ninja-MWYHL

• Author: Ryan "nameless" Bank
• Published: April 27, 2001
• Rating: 4.0
• Description: A heavy-retrieval MWYHL with big Jedi after the flip.

Strategy

This deck uses a lot of retrieval to outlast the opponent, while providing small but indefensible force losses each turn through Draw Their Fire and EPPs who deploy then get forfeit after killing two or more characters.

Getting a stacked 7 on Test 5 is crucial, so take an extra turn to get it setup. The best way in my experience is to isolate one of the 7's at the bottom, then activate everything else. That way, if the opponent shuffles your deck, then the 7 is still there.

During the first six to eight turns, not much is gonna happen. They'll drain you, you'll lose force and train DOS. Big problems for this are direct damage, namely Court, Search and Destroy and Visage. Hunt Down overall is a horrible thing for this deck, so there are a lot of anti-HD cards included. It's okay to take early force damage, since you'll be retrieving 10 force once you flip. NEVER deploy any characters before you flip, even they drop a CHYBC on you (usually). If they do, you're in a little trouble, and probably have to go without retrieval when you flip. I'll repeat one of the basic tenets of the deck though. Get a 7 on Test 5, or you won't win. Take extra time testing if it means you are guaranteed the 7. OTE will get you back all the force you lose if the flip doesn't. The deck operates on the premise that you can cause a lot of attrition with EPPs, then forfeit them so they don't get battled back. Mercenary Armor is essential for this, since Imperial Barrier hurts a lot.

TIEs and Big Blue are bad matchups for the deck. ZiMH and Executor (which are in a lot of DS decks) are also bad news. The good news is that with the large amount of time you give them early on, they'll very likely overdeploy, and will probably be waiting for you to bring the ruckuss somewhere. Test 2 hurts ZiMH a lot, as does X-Wing Laser Cannon. Either use Gold Squadron 1 with 7 ability, or Red Leader with an X-Wing Cannon to take down Zuckuss. For Executor, it's trickier. If Guri's on it, it's impossible to take down. To beat that, you'll have to just keep retrieving what it drains away, and do your drains on the ground. Otherwise, try to get EPP Han on the Falcon with either Luke or Chewie. 14 attrition later (from two 7 draws), Executor drops dead. To beat TIEs, you need to use the X-Wing Cannon a lot, along with Aim High.

The deck is strongest against aliens. Court, MKOS and Black Sun all use a lot of aliens, and aliens have low forfeit. With a little luck, a lone Luke will retrieve you one force, make them lose one, and kill 4 guys. Even with Secret Plans out, you have enough force to retrieve and deploy at the same time.

Original card list

As posted on DeckTech

Mind What You Have Learned/Save You It Can Dagobah Heading for the Medical Frigate The Way of Things Wise Advice Draw Their Fire Jedi Tests (5) A Jedi's Strength Domain Of Evil Great Warrior It Is The Future You See Size Matters Not Starships (7) 2 Artoo-Detoo In Red 5 2 Gold Leader In Gold 1 Gold Squadron 1 2 Red Leader In Red 1 Characters (13) Chewbacca, Protector Corran Horn 2 Daughter Of Skywalker General Calrissian 2 Han With Heavy Blaster Pistol 2 Luke With Lightsaber 2 Obi-Wan With Lightsaber Tawss Khaa Yoda Weapons (1) X-wing Laser Cannon Devices (3) Bionic Hand Electrobinoculars Mercenary Armor Effects (13) Aim High Battle Plan Disarmed 2 Frozen Assets Honor Of The Jedi Ounee Ta Reflection Traffic Control Yoda's Hope Interrupts (11) 2 Fallen Portal Heading For The Medical Frigate 3 On The Edge 2 Out Of Commission & Transmission Terminated Run Luke, Run 2 The Signal Unknown Type Cloud City Lower Corridor Dagobah Bog Clearing Dagobah Jungle Dagobah Training Area Dagobah Yoda's Hut

See also

• Ryan Bank
• DeckTech decks
• Decklists
• Premiere - Reflections II

Sources

• Ninja-MWYHL, decktech.net
• Ninja-MWYHL, stephenskilton.com
• Ninja-MWYHL (GitHub Pages)