Shewski Armed to the Teeth (HB)

Shewski Armed to the Teeth (HB) is a Light constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: Shewski
• Published: 22 August 2003 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS3
• Side: Light
• Starting Card: Hidden Base
• Strategy: Hidden Base
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Luke Skywalker (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy), Bo Shek (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy), Wokling (V) (Virtual Set 3): not in GEMP)

Introduction

This deck aims to win through costly confrontations across the galaxy (at least for your opponent), where your B-Wings will outshoot, outdamage, and overpower anything in their paths.

The published list has 59 cards.

Decklist

Objective 1x Hidden Base Character 1x Obi-Wan With Lightsaber 1x Luke Skywalker (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy) 1x Dash Rendar 1x Ten Numb 1x Bo Shek (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy) 1x Qui-Gon Jinn With Lightsaber 1x Lando Calrissian, Scoundrel 1x Wedge Antilles, Red Squadron Leader Device 1x Targeting Computer Weapon 2x SW-4 Ion Cannon 3x Intruder Missile 3x Enhanced Proton Torpedoes Starship 2x B-wing Bomber 2x B-wing Attack Squadron 3x Blue Squadron B-wing 1x Blue Squadron 5 1x Han, Chewie, And The Falcon 1x Outrider 1x Artoo-Detoo In Red 5 1x Red Squadron 1

Location 1x Rendezvous Point 1x Aquaris 1x Roche 1x Kessel 1x Kiffex 1x Tibrin 1x Kashyyyk Effect 1x Wokling (V) (Virtual Set 3) 1x Squadron Assignments 1x Your Insight Serves You Well & Staging Areas 1x An Unusual Amount Of Fear 1x Superficial Damage 1x Aim High 1x Slayn & Korpil Facilities Interrupt 1x Heading For The Medical Frigate 2x We Wish To Board At Once 3x Slight Weapons Malfunction 2x Hit And Run 1x Hyper Escape 1x Power Pivot 1x Stay Sharp! 2x Rebel Artillery Admiral's Order 1x Concentrate All Fire 1x Let's Go Left

Strategy

First of all, thanks go to the granddaddy of B-Wings, Catman. Your decks have been a big inspiration, and I hope you approve.

At one point, I was planning on using Strike Planning to pull Rieekan-Lock Planets to flip faster…. Would this be a good thing to use?

As it is now, you just use the objective to pull planets and then set up to flip, when it is most advantageous for you. First and foremost is to get Roche out and then use Wokling to get S & K running.

If your opponent is going to try and play your game in space, you'll want to set up your weaponry. S & K pulls weapons, you can ditch YISYW for either remaining effect as needed.

With Aim High and Concentrate All Fire, your power gets pretty high quickly. SWM will add a destiny in most battles.

The real kicker (IMO) is the other Admiral's Order. I got this idea from David Destefanis aka DDM, who won Italy states with something similar, as well as prompting the errata on Advance Prep (V).

If your ships hit the opponent, they lose 1 Force. If they get hit with Proton Torps, they lose 2. B-Wings can shoot all day long…. Provided you can pay for it. Plus, the bombers can usually make a ship defense 0 with their Ion Cannons. Use BoShek to pull the Targeting Comp to fire twice with one weapon… even if it is –1, your B-Wings will more than make up for it. With Hit and Run you can do some direct damage and run away… Did I mention that for every hit you can retrieve 2 Force?

All in all, if they are playing ground, you can drain for a good bit, and slow them down with your two drain canceling per turn. Accelerate the damage with Rebel Artillieries. You should be able to get a foothold on a weak site with Lando, Qui and Obi.

CARD CHOICES

Planets

I chose to go with 6, 2 common, 2 uncommon, and 2 rare. This can open up to some fun mindgames.

Commons are Aquaris and Kashyyyk. Aquaris is there for some extra generation. Big K is easier to defend due to their GT.

Uncommons are Kessel (drain) and Roche.

Rares are Tibrin, just in case I lose a vital card, and Kiffex, for the drain.

I think I've covered the rest above. Please weigh in on the Rieekan pull strain here or on the feedback thread. Thanks for reading, and hopefully, reviewing!

EDIT

Thanks for the review, Wonder. Against a dedicated ground deck, it would be a drain race. With my flip side, I can cancel there two largest drains, and if they spread out to get cute, I can also send my ground crew for a visit. I was considering using Menace/Honor to keep me going, but with my retrieval, I don't think it's necesary. Since ground is more popular than space, I'm sure I will get some good experience in seeing if I can handle the drain race.

Thanks for the review, Cam! I tried this out last night against IO (V), a ground deck. It did become a drain race. However, with my canceling I was able to largely nullify his Garrisons. They did 4 damage each. I was unable to get my ground dudes out... if I was able to get one in hand, I wouldn't have to pay for Battle Plan. I won by 10, since I couldn't retreive since he didn't stay in space.

See also

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

Sources

• Armed to the Teeth (HB) (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 18 (Wayback, 20050430203312)