Shewski RTP: Return of the Pullers

Shewski RTP: Return of the Pullers is a Light constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: Shewski
• Published: 4 February 2003 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS3
• Side: Light
• Starting Card: Rescue The Princess
• Strategy: Rescue The Princess
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo) (V) (Virtual Set 3), Commander Vanden Willard (V) (Virtual Set 3), Cell 2187 (V) (Virtual Set 3), Escape Pod (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour): not in GEMP)

Introduction

This deck aims to rescue the princess with assistance from some V4 cards that can pull most of the cards needed to flip the turn you free Leia.

The published list has 61 cards.

Decklist

Objective 1x Rescue The Princess Character 1x Prisoner 2187 1x Leia With Blaster Rifle 1x Princess Leia 1x 2-1B (Too-Onebee) 1x Captain Han Solo 1x Commander Luke Skywalker 1x General Dodonna 1x Chewie 1x Chewie, Enraged 1x Colonel Feyn Gospic 1x Dash Rendar 1x R2-D2 (Artoo-Detoo) (V) (Virtual Set 3) 1x Commander Vanden Willard (V) (Virtual Set 3) 1x General Carlist Rieekan 1x Obi-Wan With Lightsaber 1x Qui-Gon Jinn With Lightsaber 1x Wedge Antilles, Red Squadron Leader 1x Derek 'Hobbie' Klivian Weapon 1x Dual Laser Cannon 1x X-wing Laser Cannon Starship 1x Outrider 1x Millennium Falcon 1x Red Squadron 1 1x Red Squadron 4 Vehicle 1x Lift Tube 1x Rogue 1

Location 1x Death Star: Docking Bay 327 1x Death Star: Detention Block Corridor 1x Yavin 4: Docking Bay 1x Yavin 4: Massassi War Room 1x Yavin 4 1x Hoth: Echo Command Center (War Room) Effect 1x Cell 2187 (V) (Virtual Set 3) 1x Your Insight Serves You Well & Staging Areas 1x Strike Planning 1x An Unusual Amount Of Fear 1x Menace Fades 1x Honor Of The Jedi 1x Death Star Plans 1x Squadron Assignments 1x Echo Base Garrison 1x Bacta Tank 1x Projection Of A Skywalker Interrupt 1x Heading For The Medical Frigate 4x Lift Tube Escape 2x Rebel Barrier 2x Narrow Escape 1x Houjix 2x Inconsequential Barriers 2x Escape Pod (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour) 2x Fallen Portal Admiral's Order 1x I'll Take The Leader

Strategy

Ok, I realized that my last RTP did not do its job very well. Here's my first overhaul.

The RTP part:

Before the game starts, grab Rieekan and Dodonna. Deploy Riekkan. Use his GT to grab the H:WR, checking to see if R2/lift tube is in there. Drop Dodonna. Drop R2 to Y4:DB. Use a LTE to get your lift tube, deploy to DS:DB. DB transit move R2 to DS:DB, move him again to the corridor with the LT.

Next turn, you will be generating at least 2 more force. Use Dodonna to get Gospic (and check for Cmdr Luke and Rogue 1), free Leia (don't forget to drain for 4... he he he), use Gospic to get Luke, use Rieekan to get Rogue 1. Deploy Rogue 1 and Luke to DS:DB. Move R2 & Leia in LT, put Leia on R1 with Luke, DB transit them all back to Y4, then have Leia walk in to flip.

From here on out, you basically want to take the fight to the opponent. You can use many of your pullers to get lots of goodies.

YCHF & Staging Areas can be ditched to pull:

Menace Fades, Honor, or Squadron Assignments.

Cmdr Luke is the puller all star. He can pull:

Rogue 1, Dual Laser Cannons, Echo Base Garrison

Echo Base Garrison pulls:

Hobbie, Bacta Tank, and Cmdr Luke

General Dodonna pulls:

Gospic, AO, and Hobbie

Gospic pulls:

Cmdr Luke, Wedge RSL and Cmdr Willard, the Y4 and Leia Helper.

Rieekan grabs:

H: War Room, Capt. Han, and Rogue 1.

Use your interrupts to keep Leia alive, if necesary, as well as using the Pod to pull Houjixes in case the opponent threatens a beat down. You should be able to bust through your opponents' defenses with Inconsequential Barriers.

Please let me know if I have improved on my last RTP attempt!

EDIT- You are slightly true about the DBs... I may consider adding in a spaceport DB (pullable by Rieekan) to get to some planets. Rev says that BTD means Bite The Dust... although why, I don't know. I am planning on mainly hitting the opponent in space with my tiny fleet, and making them want to come to me and my drain of 4 at the corridor.

EDIT- Thanks for the review, Cam! I would add another plans, but I only have the one, and I figure that I will most likely be forced to pay for it via Secret Plans.

EDIT- Thanks for the review, Wedge! Activation has been tight, but it is manageable. I think that adding the holotable would be good. Romas would be good as well, but I couldn't justify adding him. I'll also look into adding some more ground battlers, like Orimmarko or Queen Amidala.

See also

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

Sources

• RTP: Return of the Pullers (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 38 (Wayback, 20050430203312)