Swcironecg Gossip on Endor (EOPS)

swcironecg Gossip on Endor (EOPS) is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

Player: swcironecg
Published: 1 January 2003 (Game Players Network)
GPN category: Standard
Format: Premiere - Theed Palace
Side: Dark
Starting Card: Endor Operations
Strategy: Endor Operations
GEMP Importable deck: Download

Introduction

There is a rumor going around that this deck will beat you down!

The published list has 61 cards.

Decklist

Objective 1x Endor Operations Character 1x 4-LOM With Concussion Rifle 1x Jodo Kast 2x Kir Kanos 1x Commander Igar 3x Darth Vader With Lightsaber 1x IG-88 With Riot Gun 2x Prince Xizor 2x Mara Jade, The Emperor's Hand 1x Bossk With Mortar Gun 1x Guri 1x Boba Fett With Blaster Rifle Weapon 1x Force Pike 2x SFS L-s9.3 Laser Cannons 1x Mara Jade's Lightsaber Starship 4x Dreadnaught-Class Heavy Cruiser 10x TIE Interceptor Vehicle 1x Tempest Scout 1 1x Blizzard 2	Location 1x Endor 1x Endor: Bunker 1x Endor: Landing Platform (Docking Bay) 1x Endor: Back Door 1x Kessel 1x Corulag 1x Carida 1x Kashyyyk Effect 1x Imperial Decree 1x Conduct Your Search 1x Mobilization Points 1x Ominous Rumors Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 3x All Power To Weapons 1x Ghhhk 1x Masterful Move 1x Monnok 1x Trample 2x Weapon Levitation 1x Short Range Fighters 1x I Can't Shake Him!

Strategy

Overview: Basic Endor Operations deck, using the objective to quickly get Ominous Rumors on the table to add to your drains in space. Activation is good, by turn two you can activate at least nine force. Fast and strong, characters and starships have low deploy costs and there are enough of them in the deck so that you don’t have to draw for several turns to get what you need to control your locations. Average destiny is low, but there are enough high destiny used interrupts that destiny tracking can alleviate the problem. Short-range Fighters provides for some force retrieval.

First Turn: Before you activate pull Carida with Mobilization Points and Back Door with Conduct Your Search. Use the objective to pull Ominous Rumors and deploy it to Endor. Draw up the rest of your force pile.

Second Turn: Concentrate on controlling sites before systems, it will prevent Ominous Rumors from being cancelled and the force drains at the systems are low without the bonus from Ominous Rumors.

Mid-Game: Make sure that your forces are strong enough to withstand a beatdown and hold some reinforcements in your hand. Ghhhk is good here. Now might be a good time to retrieve, if you wait too long you may not have enough enough force to pay for Aim High or you may lose TIEs from battles, decreasing the force you can retrieve. Imperial Decree should keep your force loss to a minimum.

End-Game: Unless you suspect one more big battle from your opponent, spread and drain in space. If you didn’t use Ghhhk earlier, or were able to retrieve it, you can spread out thin without too much fear.

Notes: Jodo Kast is a scout, making him useful versus Rebel Strike Team or if your opponent is playing with Endor Mains because Conduct Your Search makes Rebel scouts at same Endor site as your scout power -1 and forfeit -3. Kir Kanos is good at quick beatdown battles, team him with some other characters and his Force Pike, then when his power is no longer needed don’t pay his upkeep, sending him and his Force Pike to your used pile and stacking destinies of 3 and 4 right after each other, perfect for a lightsaber attack. Weapon Levitation is to get back the Force Pike if you have another copy of Kanos in your hand, allowing you to deploy him at one location, battle, send him to the used pile, get back the Force Pike, then repeat the whole process over again. The rest of the card choices should be easy to understand. Thanks for reading and please rate this deck and let me know what you think.

Sources

Gossip on Endor (EOPS) (Wayback, 20051102154456)
GPN Star Wars Decks page 42 (Wayback, 20050430203312)

References