Shewski Venerable & Rugged (HB)

Shewski Venerable & Rugged (HB) is a Light constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: Shewski
• Published: 29 January 2004 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS6
• Side: Light
• Starting Card: Hidden Base
• Starting Interrupt: Heading For The Medical Frigate
• Starting Effect: An Unusual Amount Of Fear
• Strategy: Hidden Base
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Rayc Ryjerd (V) (Virtual Set 5), Luke Skywalker (V) (Virtual Set 1), Bright Hope (V) (Virtual Set 6), Gold 1 (V) (Virtual Set 1), Rebel Planners (V) (Virtual Set 6), Wokling (V) (Virtual Set 3), Flash Of Insight (V) (Virtual Set 5), Escape Pod (V) (Virtual Set 2): not in GEMP)

Introduction

This deck aims to win via steady drains in space coupled with retrieval of a good portion of my well-armed fleet. Y-Wings can still pull out a win or two….

The published list has 63 cards.

Decklist

Objective 1x Hidden Base Character 1x Obi-Wan With Lightsaber 1x Lando Calrissian, Scoundrel 1x Dutch 1x Threepio With His Parts Showing 1x Lieutenant Lepira 1x Hol Okand 1x Rayc Ryjerd (V) 1x Colonel Salm 1x Kin Kian 1x Lieutenant Telsij 1x Karie Neth 1x Dash Rendar 1x Luke Skywalker (V) 1x Wedge Antilles, Red Squadron Leader Weapon 1x Enhanced Proton Torpedoes 1x X-wing Laser Cannon 1x Intruder Missile 2x SW-4 Ion Cannon Starship 1x Bright Hope (V) 1x Gold 1 (V) 1x Gold 4 1x Gold 6 1x Pulsar Skate 1x Gray Squadron 1 1x Gray Squadron 2 1x Han, Chewie, And The Falcon 1x Outrider 1x Artoo-Detoo In Red 5 1x Red Squadron 1 1x Spiral

Location 1x Rendezvous Point 1x Aquaris 1x Naboo 1x Kessel 1x Ralltiir 1x Kiffex 1x Kashyyyk 1x Forest Effect 1x Rebel Planners (V) 1x Squadron Assignments 1x Wokling (V) 1x An Unusual Amount Of Fear 1x Flash Of Insight (V) 1x Kessel Run 1x Legendary Starfighter 1x Honor Of The Jedi 1x Koensayr Manufacturing 1x Menace Fades Interrupt 1x Heading For The Medical Frigate 1x Were You Looking For Me? 1x All Wings Report In & Darklighter Spin 1x On The Edge 1x Rebel Artillery 1x Slight Weapons Malfunction 1x Power Pivot 1x Stay Sharp! 3x Organized Attack 1x Escape Pod (V) 1x Houjix

'An Unusual Amount of Fear +5' is posted in the starting cards, but no Defensive Shields are named.

Notes

• Qty 63 as published: the posted 'Hidden Base Marker' and 'HB Swap Marker' lines are not cards (no card by either name exists) and are left out. The headers add to 65 with them (Starting 8, plus a '+5' group of four systems and the swap marker after AUAOF); the other section counts match the list.
• Original-era (V) cards dested to the newest printing legal on 2004-01-29: Gold 1 (V) (VS1); Escape Pod (V) (VS2; VS1 also existed); Wokling (V) (VS3); Flash Of Insight (V) and Rayc Ryjerd (V) (VS5; the draft had read Rayc as Rycar Ryjerd (V)); Rebel Planners (V) and Bright Hope (V) (VS6); Luke Skywalker (V) (VS1).
• Posted 'Hol Okland' dested Hol Okand; 'Lietenant Telsij' Lieutenant Telsij; '<> Forest' the Special Edition generic Forest site; 'Artoo-Deeto in Red 5' Artoo-Detoo In Red 5; 'Slight Weapon Malfunction' Slight Weapons Malfunction.

Strategy

This is another of my themed HB variants, this time w/ Y-wings. They are decent ships, but not as powerful as X Wings, but still pretty fun.

You know most of the drill- use RP and your objective to get out your systems. A key system is Ralltiir, the home of Koensayr Mfg. You can use Wokling to get this effect out and running. Getting back 1 Y wing per turn is pretty nice!

I chose only some of the available Y Wing s- Gold 1 is enhanced, Gold 4 and 6 are from the SE so you get a little more power with them in the picture. 6 also gets a bonus at Kashyyyk. I included some of the better matching ships to make the space package a little more competitive.

My retrieval consists of Kessel Runs (which I like to do from the Rendezvous Pt unless a better system is out there), and the ever-present Flash and OTE combo. Be careful versus Code Clearance shield so you don't shut down Luke-trieval.

The forest is my nod to the establishing a BG site for Menace, S & D, etc. I plan on drawing it or Threepioing it to hand. I'll typically only go there when I have a Houjix to back me up. I suppose I can do the sandwhirl trick, but I figured that at least EPP Obi can take out someone. I didn't include EPP Qui due to deck space… there's a lot I'm trying to cram in here, and some of the Y Wings come w/ two good pilot types.

The bonus is that there are a TON of Rogue Squadron characters in here, so RSL gets more use than ever. The DS2 pilots add to my weapon draws, and Kin Kian adds to a drain w/ a Gray Y Wing.

I included some weapons and space tricks to get more out of the ships. Ion Cannons get rid of TIE guns, and make it easy to hit with every other gun. Power Pivot works wonders still, and Stay Sharp can add power in a pinch or act as a Sniper. Org Attack is the meat of my space tricks, which adds to my ships power and makes them immune to attrition.

All in all, it's a fun attempt at a passable deck using an oft-neglected starfighter class.

EDIT

Thanks for the review!

Wedge does go in his Ship, the Skate is for Rayc to make the Kessel Run. I don't believe Conc Missiles can be included here, since they only go on bombers, frieghters, Awings, or transports. It's a tight deck, I echo you about those multiples!

See also

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

Sources

• Venerable & Rugged (HB) (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 11 (Wayback, 20050430203312)