Shewski Black Ops (ISB)

Shewski Black Ops (ISB) is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: Shewski
• Published: 20 November 2003 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS3
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: ISB Operations
• Strategy: ISB Operations
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Darth Vader (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy), Tarkin (V) (Virtual Set 3), Admiral Motti (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour), Imperial-Class Star Destroyer (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour): not in GEMP)

Introduction

This deck aims to win through enhanced drains and power in space coupled with drain denial and blocking on the ground.

Decklist

Objective 1x ISB Operations Character 1x Darth Vader (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy) 1x Tarkin (V) (Virtual Set 3) 1x Admiral Chiraneau 1x Admiral Motti (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour) 1x General Veers 1x Admiral Piett 1x Admiral Ozzel 1x Grand Admiral Thrawn 1x Commander Merrejk 1x 5D6-RA-7 (Fivedesix) 1x Arica 5x Outer Rim Scout 1x Zuckuss 1x Darth Maul 1x Boba Fett, Bounty Hunter 1x 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle 1x Chall Bekan Starship 3x Imperial-Class Star Destroyer (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour) 1x Chimaera 1x Executor 1x Dengar In Punishing One 1x Maul's Sith Infiltrator 1x Mist Hunter Vehicle 1x Blizzard 2 1x AAT Assault Leader

Location 1x Coruscant 1x Fondor 1x Kashyyyk 1x Sullust 1x Tatooine 1x Executor: Docking Bay 1x Spaceport Docking Bay Effect 1x You Cannot Hide Forever & Mobilization Points 1x Imperial Arrest Order & Secret Plans 1x Imperial Decree 1x Fear Is My Ally 1x Lateral Damage 1x Den Of Thieves 1x Come With Me Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 1x Masterful Move & Endor Occupation 1x Ghhhk 2x Abyssin Ornament 1x We Must Accelerate Our Plans 4x Imperial Command 1x Trample 1x Unsalvageable 1x Short Range Fighters & Watch Your Back! Admiral's Order 1x Battle Deployment

Strategy

This is my first attempt at ISB, so I decided to try arguably the best form of it- ISB Space. I did not realize how many different version of this deck existed, and I look forward to more experimentation with it in the future.

To start you will likely grab either the Executor ot Fondor w/ Mob Pts, depending on your hand. You will want to deploy the Exec DB, and hopefully use Imp Command to grab Piett and set up Merrejk to pull your systems.

From there, get out your ISDs and systems, and spread and drain. Come With Me (V) helps get out pilots if you don't want Command grabbed. At the same time, you obviously want to flip. To do that, you use the ever-popular ORS and the other asterixed characters (ISB Agents) to flip. Be sure to lose ISBs at every opportunity to so you can constantly retrieve them.

If they come to fight in space, all the better! You can use your V ISDs to come down cheaply to overpower your opponent. You don't have great destiny in the deck, so overpowering them is key. Lat Damage helps, as does limiting their destiny w/ Imp Com. Vader and MH (V) reduce destiny in case they are relying upon it to make up the power difference.

On the ground you must pick your battle carefully. You can use Battle Deployment to limit their destinies. Veers and Bliz 2 are heavy hitters, but you can use others like BFBH, Vader, 4 LOM, Zuck and Tarkin to add destinies. IMO, you are far better to use AAT Leader to hide 5D6 and reduce drains. Arica and Darth Maul can also block drains and eliminate presence in many cases.

Thanks for reading and hopefully reviewing!

EDIT

Thanks for the review, Cam. I'm gonna evenutally do and ISB Scum deck and incorporate your ideas. As noted attrition is a problem in this version- I think it will be much easier to pull off in the Scummy version.

Thanks for the review, Borg!

See also

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

Sources

• Black Ops (ISB) (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 15 (Wayback, 20050430203312)