Virtual Block 8

Virtual Block 8

Set symbol
Code	VB8 · GEMP set 601
Publisher	Star Wars CCG Players Committee
Era	Virtual Legacy (2009–2014)
Status	Legacy
Official text	11 May 2012 (Scoundrels)^[1]; 14 September 2012 (Agents For Hire)^[2]; 28 March 2013 (A Wretched Hive)^[3]
Cards	109 (58 Light, 51 Dark)
Theme	Scoundrels
Previous	Virtual Block 7
Next	Virtual Block 9

Virtual Block 8 (Scoundrels) is a Players Committee legacy virtual expansion. These cards are no longer valid for competitive play; use the Decipher sets and the current virtual sets (2014 Reset onward).

The official sheets are titled Virtual Block 8: Scoundrels,^[1] Virtual Block 8: Agents For Hire,^[2] and Virtual Block 8: A Wretched Hive.^[3] The Players Committee issued the cards as printed slips: print the sheet, cut out the area beneath the card title, and sleeve the cutout with the original card.

The hub Date is that of the first subset, Virtual Set 8.1 Scoundrels (May 2012).^[4] Later subsets: 8.2 Agents For Hire (20 September 2012) and 8.3 A Wretched Hive (March 2013).

Scoundrels was announced on 14 April 2012.^[5] Its announcement banner gave the release date as 11 May 2012.^[4]

The combined legacy list is also published as Virtual Master on the Players Committee cardlists.

Some of these cards were later reused in the current virtual sets (2014 Reset onward), usually with updated frames and set icons.

Releases

8.1 Scoundrels, official text as of 11 May 2012^[6]
8.2 Agents For Hire, official text as of 14 September 2012^[7]
8.3 A Wretched Hive, official text as of 28 March 2013^[8]

Card list

Light Side

Character

#	Card	Type	Game text
01	Aayla Secura	Character	Power +1 for each of opponent's characters here. When with two of your aliens (or clones), adds one battle destiny. May not be targeted by weapons unless your other aliens (and clones) present are each 'hit.' Immune to You are Beaten and attrition <5.
02	Anakin Solo	Character	Power +2 while armed with a lightsaber. May use any 'stolen' lightsaber. Once during battle, where present, may steal an opponent's just-lost lightsaber. Immune to attrition <3 (<5 while armed with a 'stolen' lightsaber).
	Captain Verrack (V)	Character	Adds 1 to power of anything he pilots. While aboard your starship, adds 1 to its total weapon destiny. Whenever you hit a starship here, opponent loses 1 Force. During battle, may lose 1 Force to cancel [Coruscant] Watch Your Back!.
02	Chewbacca, Walking Carpet	Character	Adds 2 to the power of anything he pilots. Adds 2 to maneuver of any starfighter he pilots. Your total ability here may not be reduced. Once per game, may lose 1 force to deploy a droid from Lost Pile. During battle, target a just hit character. Target's forfeit is restored to normal.
01	Han Solo, Innocent Scoundrel	Character	Adds 3 to the power of anything he pilots. Draws one battle destiny if unable to otherwise. During battle, Han may fire a (Virtual Block 8) blaster twice. Once per turn, if opponent is about to draw a weapon destiny targeting Han, they draw two and you choose one. Immune to attrition < 3 (<4 if armed).
	Het Nkik (V)	Character	Deploys only on Tatooine. While with another Jawa, your Force drains and Force drain bonuses here may not be canceled. During your control phase, may draw X cards from Reserve Deck, where X = the number of deserts you control with a Jawa.
01	Kyle Katarn	Character	May use any stolen weapon. Opponent may not react to or from same site. Your total battle destiny +1 here, for each (Scoundrel) Effect on table. Once per game, may make a regular move during your control phase. Immune to attrition < 4 (< 5 if armed).
01	Kyle Katarn (AI)	Character	May use any stolen weapon. Opponent may not react to or from same site. Your total battle destiny +1 here, for each (Scoundrel) Effect on table. Once per game, may make a regular move during your control phase. Immune to attrition < 4 (< 5 if armed).
03	Lando Calrissian, Unlikely Hero	Character	Adds 3 to anything he pilots. May reveal from hand to take Lady Luck into hand from Reserve Deck; reshuffle; and deploy both simultaneously. While piloting (or with a female), adds one battle destiny. During battle, may target a card here. Draw destiny. If destiny < twice the number of scoundrels here, target is forfeit = 0.
	Leesub Sirln (V)	Character	Once during your control phase, may use 1 Force to name a card type. Reveal top card of opponent's Reserve Deck. If that card matches the named card type, it is lost. Otherwise, replace it or move it to opponent's Used Pile. Immune to attrition < 3.
	Loje Nella (V)	Character	May lose 2 Force to cancel Cold Feet if targeting Bo Shuda. While four or more cards are stacked on I Know That Laugh and/or your Objective, your Force drain bonuses may not be canceled. If you just Force drained with an alien, may activate 1 Force.
	Palace Raider (V)	Character	Adds 2 to power of anything he pilots. Adds 3 to power of anything he drives. When driving a transport vehicle, it moves for free and he adds one battle destiny. [Reflections 3] Wipe Them Out, All of Them ignores your non-unique aliens.
	R-3PO (Ar-Threepio) (V)	Character	Destiny +1 when drawn for weapon or battle destiny. During your control phase, if with opponent's Undercover spy, opponent loses 2 Force (may not be reduced). If a spy here 'breaks cover' or is lost, may place R-3PO in Used Pile.
	Rennek (V)	Character	May be stacked on I Know That Laugh from hand for 2 force. While stacked on I Know That Laugh, stack face-up and during any battle may draw destiny. If destiny < number of your aliens in battle, reduce a participating character's forfeit to 0.
	Sergeant Edian (V)	Character	Deploys free to Cloud City. Power +2 in battles you initiate. While present at a battleground, if you just drew an alien (or [Independent] starship for destiny anywhere, may take that card into hand to cancel and redraw that destiny.
03	Supreme Chancellor Valorum (V)	Character	Agendas: order. May be targeted by Might Of The Republic. Your characters with politics (except Wedge and senators) are deploy -1 and gain [Republic] here. During your turn, may use 1 Force to take into hand a card with 'Valorum', 'governor' or 'political' in lore from Reserve Deck; reshuffle.
03	Supreme Chancellor Valorum (V) (AI)	Character	Agendas: order. May be targeted by Might Of The Republic. Your characters with politics (except Wedge and senators) are deploy -1 and gain [Republic] here. During your turn, may use 1 Force to take into hand a card with 'Valorum', 'governor' or 'political' in lore from Reserve Deck; reshuffle.
	Trooper Utris M'toc (V)	Character	Deploys free to same site as Lando or Lobot. Power +2 while defending a battle. While present at a battleground, your aliens at same and related locations are forfeit +1 (+2 if a trooper).
	Uutkik (V)	Character	During your move phase, may target a device here. Draw destiny. Device 'pilfered' (lost) if destiny > 4. Once per game, if present at a battleground during opponent's turn, may steal a weapon, device or transport vehicle from opponent's Lost pile into hand.
03	Vilmarh 'Villie' Grahrk	Character	Adds 2 to the power of anything he pilots. While present at Audience Chamber or stacked on your Objective: non-unique Devaronians are deploy -1, power and forfeit +1, and if Yerka Mig is about to be lost, may place it in Used Pile instead.

Effect

#	Card	Type	Game text
03	A Good Blaster At Your Side	Effect	Deploy on table. Non-lightsaber weapons carried by your non-Jedi characters may not be stolen. During your control phase, opponent loses 1 Force for each battleground site you control with a non-[Permanent Weapon] blaster present. Rebel Artillery is a Lost interrupt. (Immune to Alter.)
	A Remote Planet (V)	Effect	Deploy on The Hyperdrive Generator's Gone: treat '4' on it as '2'. Your Force generation at City Outskirts is +1. May deploy systems regardless of your Objective deployment restrictions. Once per game, may deploy Qui-Gon or Obi-Wan (and/or their matching weapon) from Reserve Deck; reshuffle. (Immune to Alter.)
03	All My Urchins & •Cloud City Celebration	Effect	Deploy on Table. If Independent Operation on table, and all your ability is provided by Leia, Luke, aliens, Cloud Cars, and [Independent] starship pilots: Cloud City Troopers ignore location deployment restrictions (and 'power -1') in their game text; immunity to attrition of opponent's characters and starships at Bespin locations is limited to < 6; your total battle destiny is +1 (+2 if your trooper in battle); and you retrieve 2 Force whenever you initiate battle. Place on Bottom of Force Pile if canceled.
04	I Know That Laugh	Effect	If Agents In The Court on table, deploy on table. While you have < 13 cards in hand, non-unique aliens are immune to Monnok. For each of your aliens in battle, attrition against opponent is +1. If your alien was just lost from a location, may stack it here face down. (Immune to Alter.)
03	Imperial Navigation Charts	Effect	Deploy on a Nar Shaddaa battleground site. If you control three Nar Shaddaa locations or just won a battle (or initiated a Force drain) here, 'steal' (relocate to your side of table). Place in Used Pile if opponent controls three Nar Shaddaa locations. (Immune to Alter.)
04	Redeemed Apprentice	Effect	If you just forfeited a character (or opponent just drew destiny for Elis Helrot) deploy on table. Whenever you must lose Force from a (Virtual Block 4) objective targeting your non-jedi character, reduce that loss by 1. Elis Herlot and Nabrun Leids are canceled. (Immune to Control).
00	Scoundrel's Bravado	Effect	Deploy from under Scoundrel's Luck on a scoundrel. Scoundrel (or starship they pilot) is defense value +2 and immune to attrition <5 (or adds 2 to immunity). Once per turn may lose 1 Force to add a battle destiny anywhere (you draw no more than two battle destiny there).
00	Scoundrel's Charm	Effect	Deploy from under Scoundrel's Luck on a scoundrel. Once per turn, may peek at the top 3 cards of your Force pile and take one into hand; reshuffle. Once per turn, may use 1 Force to add or subtract 1 from an opponent's just-drawn destiny.
00	Scoundrel's Ingenuity	Effect	Deploy from under Scoundrel's Luck on a scoundrel. Scoundrel is power +2 and adds 1 to his total weapon destiny. During your control phase, may draw destiny. If destiny > 3, your Force drains at same and related locations are +1 for remainder of turn.
03	Scoundrel's Luck	Effect	Deploy on Infiltration with three [Scoundrel] cards from Reserve Deck face down under here. Once during your turn, at any time, may deploy a [Scoundrel] Effect from here. If a [Scoundrel] Effect just left table, stack it under here. At the start of your turn, stack all [Scoundrel] Effects under here. Once per turn, may place any card in Lost Pile out of play to deploy a character weapon (except a grenade) from Lost Pile. While two non-droid scoundrels present at battlegrounds, Their Fire Has Gone Out Of The Universe flips and may not flip back. (Immune to Alter.)
02	Underworld Contacts & •Uncharted Settlements	Effect	Deploy on [Virtual Block 4] Hidden Base; you must choose alien/[Independent] starship. You may not deploy Ellors Madak, Revolution or operatives. Your Destiny is canceled. Opponent generates no Force at Hidden Landing Site. [Virtual Block 1] Yerka Mig may deploy on a Rebel Cell Site, may be placed in Used Pile if it was just lost, and you may retrieve Force with it only once per turn. While Systems Will Slip Through Your Fingers on table, attrition against opponent is +1 for each Rebel Cell site you occupy with an alien. (Immune to Alter.)

Interrupt

#	Card	Type	Game text
	Corellian Slip (V)	Interrupt	Use 2 Force to take an Interrupt from your Reserve Deck; reshuffle. OR Cancel an attempt to target your starfighter with Tallon Roll (or a weapon) Starfighter is protected from further attempts for remainder of turn. OR Cancel [Coruscant Icon] Watch Your Back! OR Exchange a card from hand for any 'spice' card you own. (Immune to Sense).
	Either Way, You Win (V)	Interrupt	USED: Reveal the top four cards of your Reserve Deck and separate them into two piles of any size. Opponent places one pile in your hand and the other on top of your Used Pile in any order. OR Take Control into hand from Reserve Deck; reshuffle. LOST: Place an opponent's just-played Interrupt out of play.
03	Found Someone You Have & Higher Ground	Interrupt	During a battle at opponent's site (or your non-<> site), instead of firing one of your character weapons at a target, cause that target to be immunity to attrition -3 (or limited to immunity to attrition < 5) for remainder of turn. OR Find one of your missing characters. OR Cancel a 'react.' OR Once per game, use 1 Force to exchange a card in hand with the top most character of ability < 5 in your Lost Pile.
	Out Of Nowhere (V)	Interrupt	Use 2 Force to target a system or planet site. For remainder of turn you may deploy there even without presence or Force icons (Immune to Sense). If you just deployed a non-Jedi character or starship to a location opponent occupies, take any one card from your Used Pile into hand; reshuffle.
	Rug Hug (V)	Interrupt	Use 2 Force to move one of your characters as a 'react' to a battle opponent just initiated. OR If Luke (or a Jedi) and your alien are in battle together, add one battle destiny. OR Once per game, activate X Force, where X = the number of aliens you have on table.
04	Under Jabba's Protection	Interrupt	When you play this Interrupt, may place a Rep on your objective in Used Pile. Lose X cards stacked on I Know That Laugh to reduce a weapon or battle destiny total by X. OR Use 1 Force to: take a card stacked on I Know That Laugh in hand (or stack top card of lost pile on it).
	You Will Take Me To Jabba Now (V)	Interrupt	When you play this Interrupt, may place a Rep stacked on your Objective in Used Pile. May deploy Seeking An Audience or an alien to Audience Chamber (for -1 Force) from Reserve Deck; reshuffle. OR Reveal up to 3 Aliens stacked on I Know That Laugh or from hand (X = number of aliens revealed); activate X Force.

Location

#	Card	Type	Game text
	Hoth: Echo Corridor (v)	Location	Light Side: Once per game may deploy a [Hoth] general here from Reserve Deck; reshuffle. Non-[Defensive Shield] Chasm is canceled. Dark Side: While 1st Marker on table, Effects may deploy here instead of on 1st Marker.
	Nar Shaddaa	Location	Light Side: Force drain +1 here. If you control, once per game, may take Han's Toolkit into hand from Reserve Deck; reshuffle. Dark Side: Any starship piloted by a bounty hunter is power +1 here. All Starships may move between here and Nal Hutta as a react.
	Nar Shaddaa: Scoundrel's Rest	Location	Light Side: Characters (except scoundrels and bounty hunters) are deploy +1 to Nar Shaddaa. Dark Side: If you occupy, opponent's game text here is canceled.
	Nar Shaddaa: Undercity	Location	Light Side: Scoundrel's Guild is immune to No Escape and your force generation there is +1. Dark Side: Bounty Hunters are power +1 while on Nar Shaddaa.
	Nar Shaddaa: Undercity Street	Location	Light Side: Scoundrels may move to or from here using landspeed for free. Dark Side: Force drain -1 here unless your assassin, bounty hunter, or thief present.
01	Rebel Cell - Refugee Quarter	Location	Light Side: While [Virtual Block 4] Hidden Base on table, your unique () aliens are deploy -1 (to a maximum of -1). Dark Side:* Deploys only to same planet as Rebel Cell - Hidden Landing Site.
	Tatooine: Cantina (V)	Location	Light Side: [Virtual Block 8] Scoundrels are smugglers. May use 1 Force to deploy Mose Eisley from reserve deck; reshuffle. Immune to Revolution. Dark Side: You lose no Force to Force Drains at opponent's Kessel system. May not be converted.
	Tatooine: Jawa Camp (V)	Location	Light Side: Your non-unique Jawas deploy for 1 Force from you only. Your deserts gain one [Light Side Force]. Dark Side: If you control, opponent's Jawas and Sandcrawlers are power and forfeit -1.
	Yavin 4: Massassi War Room (V)	Location	Light Side: Once per game, may take into hand Rebel Aces from Reserve Deck; reshuffle and/or exchange a card in hand with top card of Force Pile. Dark Side: You lose no more than 2 Force from Force Drains at non-liberated systems.

Starship

#	Card	Type	Game text
02	Errant Venture	Starship	May add 6 pilots. Permanent pilot provides ability of 3. Unless your [Reflections 2] objective on table, once per game, may deploy a non-[Maintenance] scoundrel aboard from Reserve Deck; reshuffle and while Corran or a Terrik piloting, immune to attrition < 7.
02	Errant Venture (AI)	Starship	May add 6 pilots. Permanent pilot provides ability of 3. Unless your [Reflections 2] objective on table, once per game, may deploy a non-[Maintenance] scoundrel aboard from Reserve Deck; reshuffle and while Corran or a Terrik piloting, immune to attrition < 7.
03	Lady Luck	Starship	May add 2 pilots and 2 passengers. Scoundrels deploy -1 aboard. May reveal from hand to take into hand [Cloud City] Lando from Reserve Deck; reshuffle; and deploy both simultaneously. While Lando piloting, immune to attrition < 5 (< 6 if at Bespin).

Weapon

#	Card	Type	Game text
04	Black Market Blaster	Weapon	Deploy on Kyle Katarn or your smuggler. May target a character or creature for free. Draw destiny. Target hit, and may not be used to satisfy attrition, if destiny +2 > defense value. If fired by Kyle Katarn, his immunity to attrition is +1 for remainder of turn.
	Cloud City Blaster (V)	Weapon	Deploy on your alien. When fired in battle, your total power is +1. May target a character for free. Draw destiny. Target hit if destiny +1 > defense value. If carried by Lobot or a trooper, '1' on this card is treated as '2'.
01	Guardian's Lightsaber	Weapon	Deploy on Aayla or [Virtual Block 7]Mace. During your control phase, if present at a battleground you control, opponent loses 1 Force. May target a character or creature for free. Draw two destiny. Target hit, and may not be used to satisfy attrition if total destiny > defense value.
03	Han's Blaster, So Uncivilized	Weapon	Deploy on Han. I've Got a Bad Feeling About This is canceled. When fired, Han is cumulatively power +1 until end of turn. May target a character or creature for free. Draw destiny. Target hit, forfeit = 0 and opponent loses 1 Force if destiny +1 > defense value.
	Jawa Ion Gun (V)	Weapon	Use 1 Force to deploy on your Jawa. May target a character or vehicle. Draw destiny. Vehicle hit and power = 0, if destiny + X > defense value, where X = the number of Jawas present. Character excluded from battle if destiny = defense value.
02	Kyle Katarn's Blaster Rifle	Weapon	Deploy on Kyle Katarn. May target a character, creature or vehicle for free. Draw destiny (two if Scoundrel's Luck on table). Character or Creature hit, and it's forfeit = 0, if destiny > defense value. Vehicle hit, if destiny -2 > defense value.

Objective

#	Slip	Image	Card	Type	Game text
00			Infiltration/Unlikely Allies	Objective	Deploy Nar Shaddaa, Undercity and Scoundrel's Luck. For remainder of game, your gamblers, information brokers, and spies are scoundrels. You may not deploy Nightfall or cards with ability except scoundrels and Independent Starships. 'Luke' on opponent's (Reflection II) objective is treated as 'Kyle Katarn.' Once per turn, may deploy a battleground site to Nar Shaddaa from Reserve Deck; reshuffle. While this side up, your Force drains at systems are -1. Flip this card if If Imperial Navigation Charts is 'stolen'.
07			Infiltration/Unlikely Allies	Objective	While this side up, your scoundrels are forfeit +1. Your Force Generation is +1 for each battlegound you occupy with a scoundrel (to a maximum of +2). 'Once' on Scoundrel's Luck is treated as 'twice.' During your control phase, may retrieve 1 Force. Once during your turn, may place a card from hand in your Used Pile or Lost Pile, shuffle that pile and take the top card into hand. Flip this card if Imperial Navigation Charts is not on table (unless you have completed a (v) Kessel Run).

Mission

#	Slip	Image	Card	Type	Game text
03			Kessel Run (V)	Mission	Deploy on Infiltration or non-[Virtual Block 4] Watch Your Step. May deploy Kessel from Reserve Deck; reshuffle. May target a scoundrel or smuggler at a non-Kessel system (target is immune to Set For Stun). If target is lost, place cards here in Used Pile. When target reaches Kessel, draw five 'parsec' destinies and stack them here (or this Mission is lost). Whenever you win a battle (or at start of your turn), take a card here into hand. When target returns to original system: Mission completed (counts as two Kessel Runs), Infiltration flips, may take into hand any one card from Reserve Deck; reshuffle. If total 'parsec' destiny < 12 when completed, may subtract 1 from each of opponent's destiny draws. May not be canceled.