Dalton’s Hidden Mains
Title: Dalton’s Hidden Mains
Author: Michael "faramir" Dalton
Date: May 21, 2001
Rating: 4.5
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Cards:
‘Objective1
Hidden Base
Locations 8
Rendezvous Point
Endor (usual HB Marker)
Corulag (alternate HB Marker)
Dagobah
Yoda’s Hut
Home OneDB
CCDB
EndorDB
Characters 14
Jedi Luke x3
EPP Obi x3
Capt. Han
EPP Han
EPP Leia x2
Lando w/ Axe
Corran Horn
Melas
Orrimaarco
Ships 4
Falcon x2
Home One
Spiral
Weapons 2
Luke’s Lightsaber x2
Interrupts 23
Heading for Frigate
Fallen Portal x2
Trans Term/OOC x2
SatM/Blaster Prof. x2
Bith Shuffle/Desp. Reach
Throw Me Another Charge
Fall of a Legend
The Signal
Sense/Recoil in Fear x3
Alter/Friendly Fire x2
Rebel Barrier
On the Edge x2
Off the Edge x2
Weapon Levitation
Gift of the Mentor
Effects 8
Insurrection
Staging Areas
YISYW
Menace Fades
Honor of the Jedi
Mantellian Savrip
Order to Engage
WAYTTPOU
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Strategy: ‘
Thanks to Voice of Law for pointing out Alter combo doesn’t cancel Uttini Effects, make them both non-combos cause Lat. Damage is bad, m’kay.
This is not exactly what I played at States, Ill list the changes for you
Took out
Obis Saber
2 Ben Kenobi
TatDB
Put in
Lukes Saber
2 EPP Obi
EndorDB
Why? I felt w/ only 1 of each Saber I had Ben and Luke running around w/out a saber too often, this makes it much more likely to have them w/ their weapons. Additionally the inclusion of the EndorDB allows for the conversion of the DS version of this location which makes DB transit very costly. You sacrifice Ben Kenobis obscenely powerful game text. I think if you expect a lot of Tatooine based DS decks that Ben might be better, but this version I think will stand up a bit better to Dark Surgeon and ISB/Imp. Command which I think are the stonger decks right now (also might be better against Hunt Down).
Some tech Looking at Hunters Hidden Mains I see he uses Correlia as his HB Marker, so I tried to find a way to make use of this wasted card slot. Instead play Endor, and you can choose whether to use Corulag or Endor as your HB marker based on what your opponent plays. If hes playing Endor Ops (or you know hes going to play Endor) you can use Corulag as your base and just wait to convert his Endor for the better game text.
Im posting this deck cause I wasnt really able to find a good Hidden Mains deck that was updated, Hunters Hidden Mains is a bit out of date really (pre-Ref2). I made a decent number of changes, the most important of which is the inclusion of Sense/Alter combo cards. I think the current environment favors LSs use of S/A to counter Imperial Command and other nasty DS interrupts. The Do Or Do Not/Oppressive E combo card doesnt really bother me. 1st off, you can play Honor to limit the damage. 2nd, a well timed Sense of Imperial Command, along w/ tracked destinies and the Super Falcon can turn the tide in space (maybe a little anyway). Sometimes its just well worth losing 3 force to cancel a card. Lastly, the other uses for both of these cards are good. Recoil in Fear can get you a new hand when you need one, making the appearance of cards much more likely. Unfriendly Fire (or whatever the other half of Alter is) can help lessen a beatdown.
The inclusion of S/A also makes the Savrip playable. With all the extra mains floating around you are often in plenty of forfeit fodder.
The Gift of the Mentor is in there to fetch a saber or on occasion add some battle destinies, if DS weapons are really popular this could be replaced w/ a 2nd Weapon Levitation.
2 Lukes Lightsaber because I think the +1 defense value on Jedi Luke is helpful. Makes those bounty hunter permanent weapons need a 7 to hit him (unless YCHF is in play).
The recycleable 6s are scaled down a bunch, you can retrieve just fine w/ a tracked 5 (but I think inclusion of 2 6s is well worth it).
Im not entirely sold on the space package, Id like some improvement in this area but its very difficult to find. The 61st card of the deck is Chewie Protector, great card, but I couldnt find the room for it.
Thats it, hope you like it. If I was going to states this weekend, this is what Id play. - Mike D.
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