Hayes’ WYS
Title: Hayes’ WYS
Author: Hayes "Hayes" Hunter
Date: Jan 18, 2001
Rating: 4.5
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Cards:
‘Locations (7) Corellia Home One Docking Bay Hoth Echo Docking Bay Kessel Tatooine Tatooine Cantina Tatooine Docking Bay 94
Characters (17) Boushh x3 Captain Han Solo x2 Dash Rendar x2 LE-BO2D9 (Leebo) x2 Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker, Jedi Knight Melas Mirax Terrik Ralltiir Freighter Captain Talon Karrde Tamtel Skreej Wedge Antilles
Starships (7) Artoo-Detoo In Red 5 Millennium Falcon x2 Outrider x2 Pulsar Skate Red Squadron 1
Interrupts (13) A Few Maneuvers Heading For The Medical Frigate Houjix & Out Of Nowhere Hyper Escape x2 Local Defense Out Of Commission & Transmission Terminated Rebel Barrier x2 The Signal x2 Transmission Terminated x2
Effects (13) Insurrection Kessel Run x4 Legendary Starfighter Nightfall x2 Order To Engage Projection Of A Skywalker Squadron Assignments Undercover Your Insight Serves You Well
Admiral’s Orders (2) I’ll Take The Leader x2
Unknown Type Watch Your Step/This Place Can Be a Little Rough
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Strategy: ‘
Oops, I forgot to add a grabber… so do that
Neh, everyone else has been doing these WYS decks, and people have been bugging me about mine, so here’s the one I’ve been toolin’ around with. I’ll say right now, it’s not that strong of a deck, as the objective isn’t very good, but it can win a good amount of it’s games.
Basic Concept It’s WYS, so that means Kessel Runs. Basically this deck uses Nightfall on Tatooine to get around the +6 deploy for your (undercover) spies. You try to limit the damage the opponent can do to you, retrieve alot of force, and beat them up in space.
The Start The objective gives you a nice 5/2 force icon advantage with the now 2/0 Cantina, DB94, and the Tat system. Use HFTMF to get Squass, YISYW, and Insurrection. Use Squass to help get your starships out, and Insurrection and WYS to get your locations out, starting with a docking bay, and Corellia first turn, and Kessel and the second DB the next. Remember the objective doesn’t make you deploy the locations- it lets you pull em to hand, so you don’t need to deploy Kessel until you’re ready. Flipping isn’t actually all that essential for this deck’s success, but you’ll want to do so for added fighting power in space, the SAC protection, and that nifty ability to play interrupts from your lost pile. Due to the large number of ”escape” cards like Barrier and Hyper Escape, it’s pretty easy to get 2 ships at 2 systems.
Midgame Just play smart. Don’t get stressed when your lost pile grows, as you’ll be able to retrieve 7 (or 9 with the Skate) force per Kessel Run. Keep draining at Kessel and run from any fights you don’t want to get into, and then pile it on when you get your forces organized.
Endgame Retrieval is fun )
What about Secret Plans? Saving 7 or 9 force isn’t that hard. Really.
What about SSPFT? No worries, the Outrider already places the KRuns OOP. You don’t need to complete more than 4 in a game anyway- it’s not like this deck is unable to deal damage (it had Legendary starfighter, OTE, leebo pinging them for 1, and that nice fat drain at Kessel)
Card Selection By Type
Locations- all pullable via WYS and Insurrection, giving you a decent amount of force quickly, and providing the key components for the deck.
Characters- Cap’n and Dash are the key smugglers, as their ships pack the most punch in a fight, Luke is there for BHBM, primarily (give them Jedi, when you need to), the other guys are just fodder really. Leebo is to get the hyperspeed necessary for completeing the runs, Boussh is awsome, and Tamtel can fetch Undercover. A cool thing to do with the spies, espically Boussh, is to break cover, then let the opponent waste a turn and some valuable resources beating them down, instead trying to combat you in space, and Houjix with the combo card, then redeploy them next turn. The cool thing is you can do this again with the 7 side of the objective.
Starships- Just the 7. Doubles of the most important ones for fighting. All of these ships are compatible with I’ll Take The Leader (a killer card) and Squass.
Interrupts- A Few Maneuvers if Leebo is vacationing, Houjix & OON is killer either way, Hyper Escape and Barriers are standard escape cards, Local Defense is a used destiny 4 that let’s you get an independat ship into hand. Hyper Escape is also great for helping complete a leg of a Kessel Run. Lots of Visage hate since you won’ be putting luke (or obi) down, plus you can play all of them once they are lost. The Signal to fetch what you need.
Effects- (not including starting ones) 4 KRuns is the perfect # since you’ll be placing them out of play with the Outrider, and your opponent may be packing Oota-Goota. Legendary Starfighter can work on 3 ships in the deck (2 Falcons, and Artoo in Boat) and it’s game winner. Nightfall is essential for getting Boussh and Tamtel down- you should Signal for that first. Order to Engage to chase them in space once, and to cause damage in conjunction with the escape cards. POAS if needed on a DB, and Undercover for Tamtel.
AOs- I’ll Take The Leader rules. I was playing my COTVG (not unlike Steven Lewis’) and I had every single ship in the deck (like 6) at a system and my bro had it out my total power was something like 8. This card kills TIES, and any dark deck that relies on independant starships.
Match-Ups
Vs BHBM- Abuse the pull luke text, like any other game, but eventually you’ll want to give them Jedi luke to start their objective to work. You’re retrieval will keep you in this game, and you’re high destiny assures you won’t lose many duels.
Vs COTVG- Undercover spies satisfy the 0 side, and stop some drains. What damage on the ground you can’t stop on the ground is easily retrieved. You’ll encounter little to no opposition in space, so you’re retrieval and drains at kessel and other systems will go easily. Try to Barrier one of their few ships and lay down the law (what does that mean?).
Vs EOPS- Eh? Haven’t seen this in while, but I’ll throw it in the mix. Basically, for once, you’ll encounter a good fight in space. You’re spies will secure the ground easily, so just worry about utilizing your barriers and hyperescapes. Don’t let them get many drains in and use the fact that they require alot of cards on the table to your advantage. Your mad retrieval will let you out last them. If this is particular popular in your area make sure to include the grabber for Imperial Command.
Vs ROPS- A tough match for sure, but I haven’t seen it in a long long while. The only chance of winning you have is to get your undercover spies out fast, and take over the system. If you can break cover and reflip them (because you’re at the system) you can win. You’re retrieval is key in this game. Try to always drain at kessel.
Vs HDADTJ- Plenty of anti visage, and enough undercover stuff to keep em busy for a while… hopefully long enough for your deck to whittle away at them. Again, the KRuns extend your deck’s life considerably.
Vs MKOS- A harder game than CTOVG if they are running abyssian swarm, or some such, but inevitably they will run out of myos and nonuniques long before your retrieval and spies do.
Vs AOBS- A deck worse than COTVG or MKOS, as it can’t use scum as well as either, and it must rely on poor starships. A relativly easy game.
Vs SYC SCUM- Same as AOBS.
Vs SYC TIES- I’ll Take the Leader. If you’ve read my other decks you know there isn’t alot (any) of this in my area so I don’t feel the neseccity for another grabber, or aim high or whatever. But if this deck is prevolent where you are, don’t hesitate to meta for it.
Vs CCT w/ Jabba’s Prize- this decktype is a joke. It loses to anything. Yeah it would give this deck more problems than most, as this deck relies on the Cap’n, but no one very good will play this deck, so you should be able to out play the opponent. Besides, you’re only really losing one added destiny (you still draw 2 with 2 smugglers).
Umm, I’m tired, so if I forgot anything at all please dmail or email me or jsut put it in the review. Look for another WYS variant on www.theforce.net/ccg/log soon Catch you all later.
-Hayes ”Hayes” Hunter ‘