Tyranus HOTHSTYLE ENVIRONMENT

tyranus HOTHSTYLE ENVIRONMENT is a Dark constructed list published on Game Players Network.

Deck info

• Player: tyranus
• Published: 1 January 2003 (Game Players Network)
• GPN category: Standard
• Format: Premiere - Original VS2
• Side: Dark
• Starting Card: Hoth: Ice Plains (5th Marker)
• Strategy: Hoth: Ice Plains (5th Marker)
• GEMP Importable deck: Download (omits Sunsdown (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour): not in GEMP)

Introduction

The tried and true Walker gig with some foul weather to spice things up.

Decklist

Character 1x Darth Vader With Lightsaber 1x Darth Maul With Lightsaber 1x Grand Moff Tarkin 1x Grand Admiral Thrawn 1x Captain Gilad Pellaeon 2x Commander Igar 1x General Veers 1x Baron Soontir Fel 2x Defel Starship 1x Chimaera 1x Accuser 1x Bossk In Hound's Tooth 1x IG-88 In IG-2000 1x Zuckuss In Mist Hunter Vehicle 2x Blizzard 4 1x Blizzard 2 3x Tempest Scout 1 2x Imperial Walker 3x Dune Walker

Location 1x Hoth: Ice Plains (5th Marker) 1x Hoth 1x Hoth: Wampa Cave (7th Marker) 2x Hoth: Mountains (6th Marker) 1x Hoth: North Ridge (4th Marker) 1x Hoth: Defensive Perimeter (3rd Marker) Effect 1x Fear Is My Ally 1x You May Start Your Landing 1x No Escape 1x Sunsdown (V) (Virtual Set 2: Our Most Desperate Hour) 3x Ice Storm 1x Frostbite 1x Drop! 1x Imperial Decree 1x Prepare For A Surface Attack 1x Do They Have A Code Clearance? Interrupt 1x Prepared Defenses 3x Walker Garrison 3x Trample 2x Imperial Barrier 2x Twi'lek Advisor 2x Neimoidian Advisor Admiral's Order 1x Battle Deployment

Strategy

Most people will be familiar with the basics of a Hoth walker deck, but here’s a recap; YMSYL cause direct damage ( 1 force for each marker site you occupy with an AT-AT). Once you have AT-ATs at 3 or more markers you will be able to play Walker Garrison to add 2 to your drains at EVERY Hoth location that turn. Your opponent will feel compelled to do something about this. The Ice storms and Frostbite can make this a big mistake for him(Ice Storm makes characters missing, Frostbite makes them lose force for missing characters). You should find an Ice storm pretty early, get it down (you feel so much better with one of these running round). Slowly but surely (don’t get greedy) build up your Walkers. Igar is the hero (adds a destiny), but any of the Ability 3 characters will get a destiny on one of the AT-ATs (they all have pilots) and the DTHACC will bump up your guys forfeit (helping keep the walkers alive). In an ideal world Vader and Tarkin will be on Tempest Sct 1 and Battle Deployment will be in effect (LS draw only one destiny, and you cancel it with Tarkin). Depending on your match up, Imp Decree and Surface attack can be real valuable. Spies are the true bane of this deck. The Barriers and Tramples should help against them. You shouldn’t have to much trouble finding marker sites to work with (you’ll have 2 on the table after the first turn). The Nemoidian advisors will help you find Hoth system (very key). Once you have the system out you can target it with (v)Sunsdown and Frostbite (LS think twice when they see that), and your Defels can be used to block drains at Hoth sites or drain safely in the cave (they hide from battle for 1 force). A small but very capable space force helps you satisfy Battle plan, and maybe drain for 3 at Hoth System (with Walker Garrison). This deck is simple and I think that’s its strength. Walkers are great; they rarely get targeted by weapons, and give you safety from Ice Storms that your opponent won’t have. And this deck can win even if your force drain bonuses get cancelled (from Menace fades or Jedi test 1), due to the direct damage aspects. I urge you to make this deck and give it a whirl. It’s a lot of fun. This is my first deck submission; let me know what you think. Cheers.

RESPONSES

REVELATION; Cheers for taking the time to read my deck. Fel is ability 3 (will draw destiny in any AT-AT in the deck) will add 3 to power of his vehicle, and with Code Clearance on table, is forfeit 8. There is not much draining going on at the start, just direct damage, so i dont find i need PFSA at the start (sometimes not at all. Then it becomes a high destiny to recirculate with Drop. The (v) Sunsdown is a big part of the deck (makes the force loss from Frostbite double), and once frostbite is down, and youv'e deployed an Ice Storm, Hoth is a VERY intimidating (and dangerous) place for Light Side. These cards are more than just cool flavor, they're deadly. Spread too thin? Ther's 8 different walkers in the deck, doubles of 2 of them. Findiing them isnt hard,or deploying them usually (the timing of when and what you deploy is the only real art to it. everything else just happens) And if LS come down? Good, they can come down and beat on one of your walkers with ability 3 pilot (the weakest I'd ever be ata site unless Tempest Sct 1 is out). There shouldn't be much overflow (if any), and now theres some characters to Ice Storm (nowhere to run from those things). Its a damned if they dont, damned if they do situation for LS.

SHEWSKI: I don't find it matters if LS figure out that I'm starting with (v)Sunsdown for Frostbite (I don't start with Frostbite). They can't do anything about it anyway :) Thats the beauty of the bad weather: if it deters great, if it doesn't, great. You could take out Fel, and maybe one of the Nemoidian advisors, and put in Piett and Merrejk if you wanted. Thanks heaps for the reveiw.

See also

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

Sources

• HOTHSTYLE ENVIRONMENT (Wayback, 20051102154456)
• GPN Star Wars Decks page 43 (Wayback, 20050430203312)