Shewski Let's Blow This Thing And Go Home!.... take 2! (MBO)

Shewski Let's Blow This Thing And Go Home!.... take 2! (MBO) is a Light constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: Shewski
• Published: 9 May 2003 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS3
• Side: Light
• Starting Card: Massassi Base Operations
• Strategy: Massassi Base Operations
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Luke Skywalker (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy), Rebel Tech (V) (Virtual Set 3), Advance Preparation (V) (Virtual Set 3): not in GEMP)

Introduction

This revised deck aims to quickly blow up the Death Star, and then to drain at multiple systems, while retreiving from 3 different sources!

Decklist

Objective 1x Massassi Base Operations Character 1x Lieutenant Naytaan 2x Luke Skywalker (V) (Virtual Set 1: Legacy) 1x Lieutenant Blount 1x Tycho Celchu 1x Wedge Antilles, Red Squadron Leader 1x Derek 'Hobbie' Klivian 1x Mon Mothma 1x Colonel Feyn Gospic 1x General Dodonna 1x Romas "Lock" Navander 3x Rebel Tech (V) (Virtual Set 3) 1x Lando Calrissian, Scoundrel 1x Qui-Gon Jinn With Lightsaber 1x Obi-Wan With Lightsaber Weapon 3x X-wing Laser Cannon Starship 2x Artoo-Detoo In Red 5 1x Tala 2 1x Green Squadron 3 1x Han, Chewie, And The Falcon 1x Tantive IV 1x Liberty 1x Home One 1x Red Squadron 1 1x Red Squadron 4 1x Red 9

Location 1x Yavin 4 1x Yavin 4: Docking Bay 1x Yavin 4: Massassi Headquarters 1x Yavin 4: Briefing Room 1x Yavin 4: Massassi War Room 1x Death Star 1x Endor 1x Aquaris Effect 1x Strike Planning 1x Squadron Assignments 1x Draw Their Fire 1x An Unusual Amount Of Fear 1x Strikeforce 1x Entrenchment 1x Great Shot, Kid! Interrupt 1x Heading For The Medical Frigate 2x Inconsequential Barriers 2x Rebel Barrier 1x Houjix & Out Of Nowhere 1x All Wings Report In & Darklighter Spin 2x Advance Preparation (V) (Virtual Set 3) 2x We Wish To Board At Once 1x Fly Casual 1x Slight Weapons Malfunction

Strategy

Ok, normally I don't like to post a deck again so soon after trotting it out initially, but a fun discussion on the PC boards has made me rethink my approach.

Start of game: Pull Dodonna. Also pull a Y4 Location with your obj, then deploy the general there. If you have another Y4 location in hand, you may pull Mothma and put here there. Next turn, pull Gospic and another Y4 site. Don't flip yet! While you are getting less force due to the objective, you will be more protected on the +2 deploy for Imps, as well as Gospic's 1 Imp per turn restriction. You can also pull Lock, who will pull Endor and Aquaris for more generation. Try to get an Advance Prep (V) into hand with Mon Mothma-Rebel Tech.

Your main catalyst for flipping is Luke Skywalker. Once you are able to get Luke/r2 in Red 5, you are set to attack. You have tons of options on getting to the Death Star and killing it in one turn.

1. Use Fly Casual to deploy Luke/R2 straight to the D*. You can't use this and Squad Assign, so it's a little harder.

2. Spy pilots. You can pull them with Dodonna, and they can use any empty ship. Easiest way to do this, IMO.

3. Tantive IV. Can pull w/ Fly Casual, and deploy direct to D*.

Basically you want to flip, pull the D*, pull some techs, use Advance Prep to get out the pieces, and then make it happen. It usually is very easy to get the Death star. Assume you have 2 techs out. You total before destiny would be 14.

From there, you want to make sure that you have pulled Great Shot Kid with your We Wishes to lay the hurt on. If you are worried about pulling it in time, you can start it instead of DTF. Retrieve and battle in space- you should be activating plenty to pay for it all.

Card Choices:

Rebel Tech Fun- This is what I was alluding to above. The techs can be used to keep you in better position to blow away the Happy Fun Ball. Get out Entrenchment. When your opponent drains you, put a tech on to cancel. Then on your turn, deploy to where your opponent is. Start a battle. With DTF, ping opponent 1/retrieve 1. Then, since you started the battle, you get the first action druing the weapons phase. Use you Tech's GT, and send him to Used Pile. Repeat as often as you can to annoy and hurt your opponent!

Endor/Aquaris- Generation for you, little/none for opponent. You just need to hold Aquaris with a starfighter, which should not be hard.

Inc. Barriers- protection against someone barriering Luke.

AWRI combo- can be continually pulled by Luke. Get out ships or use for a massive destiny draw.

Slight Weapons Malf- To add battle destiny in space.

The non spy pilots: Red squaron is the best! Wedge can cancel destiny, Hobbie fires the gun for cheap, as does Naytaan (he adds 1 to total)

Thanks for looking and (hopefully) reviewing!

EDIT

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Thanks for the review, PEGD! I think that the Entrenchment drain canceling is the best I can do for now. What do you recommend to take out for some POAS? Let me know on the boards....

Thanks for the review, Icebreath! DTF is in my starting lineup as more of a personal choice. The safe thing would be to start GSK, but in reposting this deck I was more excited about the Rebel Tech "trick" so I opted to go with DTF from the get go. Plus with it starting (in theory) I can send techs out against a early draining opponent- in hopes of having enough time to pull GSK.

Thanks for the review, SWcironecg! Yeah, I can see your point with the X Wing Cannon. It was in it mainly for destiny/utility, but maybe something cool like Spiral or another Mon Cal will do the trick.

See also

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

Sources

• Let’s Blow This Thing And Go Home!.... take 2! (MBO) (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 26 (Wayback, 20050430203312)