My Kind Of Machine v 5 0

Title: My Kind Of Machine v 5 0
Author: Eric "YOYOY" Bailey
Date: Apr 23, 2001 Rating: 4.0

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Cards:

‘Starting (8)

My Kind Of Scum/Fearless And Inventive

Tatooine Desert Heart

Tatooine Jabba’s Palace

Myo (Rep)

Prepared Defenses

Power Of The Hutt

Secret Plans

First Strike

Locations (4)

Tatooine

Jabba’s Palace Audience Chamber

Jabba’s Palace Lower Passages

Jabba’s Sail Barge Passenger Deck

Characters (20)

Abyssin x3

Gailid

Prince Xizor

Guri

Snoova

Mighty Jabba

Chall Bekan

Mercenary Pilot

Boelo

Ephant Mon

Bib Fortuna

J’Quille

Mosep

Dr. Evazan & Ponda Baba

IG-88 With Riot Gun

4-LOM With Concussion Rifle

Boba Fett With Blaster Rifle

U-3PO

Weapons (2)

Vibro-Ax

Dr. Evazan’s Sawed-Off Blaster

Starships (5)

Dengar In Punishing One

Zuckuss In Mist Hunter

Bossk In Hound’s Tooth

Stinger

Virago

Vehicles (1)

Jabba’s Sail Barge

Effects (8)

Scum And Villainy

Tatooine Occupation

Hutt Influence

Reactor Terminal

No Escape

Ability, Ability, Ability

Search And Destroy

Resistance

Interrupts (12)

Twi’lek Advisor x3

Ghhhk

Ghhhk & Those Rebels Won’t Escape Us

Projective Telepathy

Monnok

Jabba’s Twerps

None Shall Pass

Imbalance

Look Sir, Droids

Control & Set For Stun ‘

Strategy: ‘

Strategy

This is my good old reliable DS deck. At my last tourney it went 3-0 and I got second, only because my LS lost twice. To date it’s beaten Deadbolt EBO, Hidden Base (X-Wing swarm, matching pilot, and other versions), WYS (lots of times, different versions, never lost to WYS), RST, AITC, MWYHL (few times, different versions), Ops, Profit, and plenty of other decks.

v. 5.0 Added Mosep, None Shall Pass, Control & Set For Stun, and Monnok. The deck is a lot different now, but a lot better. Since the new modifications, it hasn’t lost. It’s practically unbeatable until Tatooine comes out. Changed the strategy too, with more detailed matchup info and other stuff.

This deck starts you off with at least 5 Force. Let’s say the opponent gives you 0 Force (most likely they’ll give you at least one Force though). On your first turn activate 5, deploy Audience Chamber from Reserve, deploy Jabba’s Sail Barge to Jabba’s Palace from Reserve, deploy Passenger Deck from Reserve, end your turn. Second turn, activate 9 (this is if your opponent still giving you 0 Force). During your deploy phase, first deploy Lower Passages from Reserve Deck. Then use the Audience Chamber’s once per game text to deploy Gailid there from Reserve. Back him up with whatever alien(s) you have in hand, using Power Of The Hutt if necessary. Now your drains at JP sites are +1. This deck has a very nice start, even if the opponent doesn’t give you any Force

The deck has drain defense (Resistance, U-3PO, Objective, Control & Set For Stun), lots of retrieval (First Strike, Scum And Villainy, Jabba’s Twerps, Objective), lots of direct damage (Tatooine Occupation, Ability Ability Ability, Search And Destroy, Monnok [sort of]), and it’s great for beatdowns, with countless cards that are awesome in battles. Some things to remember Hutt Influence rocks and can deploy from Reserve, get Mosep out quick, Guri and Boelo are unstoppable together with an alien leader (opponent only draws one destiny, then you can cancel it), Xizor and Guri are also good in space, 4-LOM adds a battle destiny on ZiMH, and you can use Power Of The Hutt to look through your Reserve just to check destinies and see what’s in your Force pile.

Card choices

Abyssins

They’re mainly just used to flip the Objective. Their regeneration ability rocks, you can really abuse it. Deploy a single Abyssin against any LS characters. With Scum And Villainy and First Strike out, battle. Opponent loses a Force, your retrieve 3 Force. A 4 Force swing, nice. Then you can either use Projective Telepathy to cancel the battle and move away, or you can use 2 Force to forfeit him to Used Pile and use Ghhhk. The Abyssins can also be retrieved with the Objective, once every turn.

Jabba’s Twerps

Destiny 6 Interrupt. With all your alien leaders out, this card lets you retrieve 6 Force. In the endgame, this card is a gamebreaker. Just when your opponent thinks he has the advantage, use this, retrieve, watch opponent cry. Not to be underestimated.

Look Sir, Droids

A Gift? What Gift? This baby kills A Gift instantly and with no remorse. It can also kill any other droids… any. Leebo, Artoo, Threepio, 8D8, ASP-707, pesky mining droids (trust me), or any other droids. If you know the opponent plays with a lot of droids, use the first function to kill the droids in their Used Pile.

Even if the opponent doesn’t play with any droids, you can still use this to look through their Used Pile.

Dr. Evazan & Ponda Baba

Insane. Either they’re a low deploy power 6 character that can draw battle destiny alone, or they’re the ultimate exterminators. Put Dr. Evazan’s Sawed-Off Blaster of them for free, and every character you hit with it will be immediately lost. They’re also a decent pilot for ZiMH, and smugglers, so Snoova deploys for even less at their site. Also good with Vibro-Ax when Snoova isn’t around.

J’Quille

This guy is so underrated. Power 4 spy that can exclude characters. Even though he’s deploy 5 forfeit 3, his deploy is lowered easily with this deck, and his forfeit can become 5 if you flip and no non-Tatooine locations are on table. But excluding characters is definitely where he shines… whether it’s excluding a Palace Raider, any Chewie, a Chadra-Fan, an Ewok, a scrub, a droid, or any other character of ability <3.

Ability x3

Direct damage. A loss of 2 Force a turn for the opponent is a big advantage. And even if they deploy a character, that’s still making them basically lose a card from their hand. Ability x3 also has the added benefit of forcing your opponent to deploy a character, so you can then commence with a beatdown. It’s really nice in the endgame, a good way to help finish off the opponent. This and Search And Destroy can be your key to victory against a space deck.

Projective Telepathy

You can sometimes get lucky and cancel a battle the opponent initiated, if they have 0 or 1 Force left. But the best trick is to initiate a battle with Scum and First Strike out, you retrieve 3, they lose 1, then play this on yourself, cancel the battle, move away. An easy 4 Force swing that can really annoy the opponent, especially if you do it multiple times per game.

Control & Set For Stun

A great multi-purpose Interrupt than comes in handy. Control can cancel Sense or Alter if they happen to be playing SAC. Or it can cancel a big Force drain. Set For Stun is great with a high tracked destiny. Tracking a Twi’lek Advisor is good, since they can be used at any time. Use Set For Stun on Dash, Han, non-DOS Leia, Lando, Chewie, Wedge, Palace Raiders, scouts, scrubs, or most other characters. Have fun with it. Retrieve it into hand with No Escape to do it again. Retrieve it with other cards so you can use it again later. Great card.

Matchups

Agents In The Court

If they start Jabba’s Palace, it messes up your start a little. But don’t worry, you should win this game. If they deploy on the ground, kill them. If they deploy in space, kill them. It’s easy, trust me. Abuse all your cool characters. Use U-3PO to stop any big drains they happen to have. You shouldn’t lose to any Tatooine-based deck, except maybe a good WYS.

Profit

They start Jabba’s Palace, but don’t panic. Start with Ephant Mon and Mighty Jabba at the Audience Chamber. 2 battle destinies, but more important, a built-in Ghhhk and their spies, smugglers, thieves, and gamblers can’t deploy to same site. If they go for quick-flip, slaughter them after they flip. Master Luke, Ben, and Lando w/Ax will be problems, but don’t worry, you have just as many tricks up your sleeve as they do, and more. Keep battling. If they go for a late flip, have an Imbalance in hand, that plus Secret Plans screw their retrieval.

Watch Your Step

The one Tatooine-based deck that can be a problem. I’ve won against several WYS decks with this deck, actually, now that I think about it, I haven’t lost to one yet… but it is a tougher game than Profit or AITC. Battle a lot. The opponent may think those smugglers are safe with their multiple battle destinies. Prove him wrong. It’s so fun just to kill those stupid little smugglers. You have so many battle tricks, it’s easy. Kill them in space too, while you’re at it. A strong space version of WYS will pose a challenge, mainly because their ships can go toe-to-toe with yours. But a ground-based WYS is a lot easier. Just keep battling, draining, retrieving. Play smart and the game is yours.

Mains

Whether it’s HB fakeout, MWYHL, Throne Room, or whatever. You don’t need much Force from them, considering what you can deploy from Reserve Deck and the cards that make your characters deploy less. Beatdown whenever possible. Feel free to screw them over with Ghhhks and Projective Telepathy. Go off Tatooine only to beatdown or to block their drain, never try to start a drain off of Tatooine. Can be a tough matchup against a skilled opponent, but you can definitely win this one. Show them the raw power of the Dark Side. Don’t forget Guri and Boelo, they’ll quickly become your best friends, and so will Snoova, Hidden Weapons, Main Course, and all the other cards to kick their butt in battles. None Shall Pass helps too.

EBO

Start Resistance instead of First Strike. Your ships are good, especially if you use Guri and Xizor in space instead of on the ground. Battle them in space, and drain on Tatooine for as much as you can. Also get the direct damage going, especially Search And Destroy. If they play Hyper Escapes, don’t worry. With Scum and First Strike out, every battle is a 4 Force swing even if they use Hyper Escape, or Houjix for that matter. Plus, there’s Ghhhk & Those Rebels Won’t Escape Us, which can cancel Hyper Escape, which can be devastating for your opponent. Play fearless, spread thin, keep a Ghhhk in hand, and battle all you can, abusing Projective Telepathy. EBO is probably this deck’s toughest matchup.

Hidden Base

No problem. With all the cards they have to deploy, by midgame you’ll have the advantage already. Hutt Influence, Gailid, and Mosep let your drains do their thing. Drain on Tatooine, with Occupation and your other direct damage going. Battle whenever you can, abuse Projective Telepathy. If you want to probe, go ahead, but I never bother to. If they play the mains version, refer to mains matchup strategy. An X-Wing swarm is annoying, but there’s plenty of ways to deal with it. Your ships are strong enough.

Ops

Against any kind of Ops, don’t start No Escape. You can if you want, but I prefer not to. The retrieve top lost card into hand function is just too good to waste. Get No Escape out quick, since you didn’t start with it hopefully it’ll be a nice surprise. Keep battling them on their home turf, don’t let them gain any foothold whatsoever. A fun game, just for all the abuse you can give them.

In general, beat down whenever possible, and get the drains and direct damage going. Feel free to abuse Projective Telepathy and Ghhhk. Any help or comments are welcome, I’m still working on this deck. Any questions, D-Mail me immediately. Thanks,

Eric ‘