We Don’t Need Their Enhanced Scum

Title: We Don’t Need Their Enhanced Scum
Author: matt "Tasa" wehner
Date: Aug 30, 2001 Rating: 4.0

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Cards:

‘Starting

My Kind Of Scum

Power Of The Hutt

Secret Plans

First Strike

Prepared Defenses

Tat. Jabba’s Palace

Tat. Desert Heart

Locations

Jabba’s Palace Audience Chamber

Jabba’s Palace Rancor Pit

Jabba’s Palace Lower Passages

Jabba’s Sail Barge Passenger Deck

Characters

Mighty Jabba

Jabba (SE)

Bib Fortuna x2

Ephant Mon

Gailid

Boelo

Greeta

Ak Rev

Lyn Me

Rappertunie

Umpass-stay

Dodo Bodonawieddo

Rystaill

Jodo Kast

Bossk (Dagobah)

Dengar (Dagobah)

Boba Fett (SE)

IG-88 (Dagobah)

4LOM w/boomstick

Beedo

Greedo

Rodian x3

Yuzzum x3

Vehicles

Jabba’s Sail Barge

Interrupts/Effects

Hidden Weapons x3

Abyssin Ornament/Wounded Wookie x2

The Signal

Trap Door

Jabba’s Through With You

Hutt Influence

Scum and Villiany

Bad Feeling Have I

Reactor Terminal

Come Here You Big Coward

Weapons

Bossk’s Mortar Gun

IG88 Pulse Cannon

Dengar’s Blaster Carbine

Boba Fett’s Blaster Rifle

Feltipern Trevagg’s Stun Rifle

Mandalorian Armor

Creatures

Rancor

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Strategy: ‘

Holy cow this is gonna be a long strat report.

I want high reviews, and with this deck I know the only way to achieve that is to explain completely HOW to play this deck.

First off, this deck was originally made because I wasn’t having any fun with the game. I found myself playing in weekly tournys and getting upset if I made simple mistakes or if I didn’t place as high as I wanted. While doing good in a game you love is a strong note to make, you also have to have fun. So a good friend of mine told me some good advice, “make a deck that’s supposed to lose”. At the time, it sounded like great advice.

I had a tourny the next day, so I threw together this deck at 2am. It was only supposed to lose. That’s why a lot of these cards are completely old skool (ie, Dagobah bounty hunters).

Unfortuantly, this deck seems to do almost anything but lose. It’s record of 14-4 is against such decks as the podrace/blow up the bunker decks, pile decks, Watch Your Step, Throne Room Mains, and MWYHL.

Honestly, I don’t understand how, but I think it you pay attention and “feel” out how the deck is played instead of looking for winning combos (like, monnok/defensive fire/limited resources) you’ll see that it’s somehow, actually a very effective deck.

Okay, lets start.

The starting is there for a few reasons. 1)MKOS is easy to flip and gives good bonuses (each dest. draw is +2). Power Of The Hutt lets you get out four cards from Reserve, however many times you need (you will retrieve every card you lose while playing this game). Secret Plans/Imperial Arrest Order slows mains and retrieval. First Strike solely cause it’s a fun card and the deck likes to retrieve

The Desert Heart is a great place to deploy the Sail Barge, you’ll want to do that on your first turn (you’ll always activate enough). You can deploy a Rodian on this for 1 force and he’s safe to sit there because most opponents won’t attempt to beat down at a place they can’t move out of.

The TAT. Jabba’s Palace is a great start, but if they start Profit or something else that may replace your Jabba’s Palace, be weary and start the Lower Passages (can’t be replaced).

Your Rep is Greeta.

First turn grab Audience Chamber from reserve, deploy Sail Barge and take Passenger Deck.

Characters - explained

First off, people always ask me why Yuzzums? Why? Because they suck. Remember, the deck was supposed to LOSE. Yuzzums though, actually become damn good. If SE Jabba on table, along with Greeta and Scum and Villiany, the Yuzzums deploy for free and forfeit for 7 each. Pretty darn good and if Rystail is down, you get to retrieve a force for deploying them (if you’re doing it that way though, remember that a bounty hunter has to be present).

Second, people ask why Rodians? Well, again, they suck. But also, against Tat. Qui Gon they negate his game txt for your bounty hunters present, so that’s pretty coo. Basically, Rodians are just goofy - remember the deck is supposed to be FUN

Third thing people wonder, why Dagobah bounty hunters when there are Enhanced versions? Why? Because they suck But, again, it’s fun to see the expression on your opponents face when you deploy a crappy card like SE Fett)

Why Dagobah bounty hunters and no Dag. 4Lom? Why? Cause I don’t got a Dag. 4LOM)

Jodo Kast and Boba Fett use Hidden Weapons and for cheap laughs I like to deploy Mandalorian Armor on Greedo.

Why is Greedo in the deck? Well, he’s fun, but also sorta tech I suppose. Greedo’s good for a few tricks. Ick, never thought I’d hear myself say that.

You can deploy Greedo and replace him (for free) with Beedo (Beedo’s game text). Also, Greedo’s forfeit sucks. So, if you play Hidden Weapons on someone you can capture them with Greedo (Hidden Weapons doesn’t specifiy that the character who it was played on HAS to take that character). Since Greedo’s forfeit is so low, if they come down to free the captured character they gotta swing at Greedo (this is presuming there’s multiple DS characters at the site) if they want to free their captive for sure. It’s goofy, but it’s sorta tech.

The musicians are in there as a form of stalling. I don’t play to demolish my opponent, I play to see if I can live longer (it’s winning by both accounts, but I’m not a cutthroat player and don’t play like one). Musicians let me live longer and thus are good. Also, with Umpass-stay you have a nice power in the Audience Chamber. With him and Trap Door the opponent will think twice about canceling Scum and Villiany.

Remember to get Rystall down fast (either Audience Chamber text or Ak Rev), so you can start your retrival if needed.

There’s only one Boelo and one Ephant Mon because with the Audience Chamber so well protected, I don’t see much of a reason to play with mulptiles.

Gailid is only there in case your opponent “ignores” you (ie, plays Hidden Base or some other Obj that stays away from whatever it is you’re doing).

Two Jabba’s and two Bibs because once flipped all those 3s and 2s become decent draws but yet still work great for Hidden Weapons.

I used the combo’d version of Abyssin Ornament/Wounded Wookie because it opened up card space and keeps the same destiny number once flipped.

The Signal to help get out Scum, Trap Door to feed in case your opponent feels like coming to the chamber.

Hutt Influence gets around Hidden Base, Scum and Villiany with First Strike really lets you retrieve what you need. Bad Feeling Have I slows your opponent down for a little bit and is a destiny 3 (for Hidden Weapons). Come Here You Big Coward forces out ground decks that Podrace and Dagobah decks.

The weapons are just goofy bliss. I’ve gotten them to work a few times, with the exception of the Stun Rifle, which is REALLY good on Jodo Kast (fires for free and adds two to the destiny draw).

Feed to the Rancor if you get in trouble/low on cards.

Seriously, this deck wins well because of battling. Hidden Weapons is a monster, expecially mixed with Scum. If you can, ignore your opponent till you have to (musicains let you retrieve small force while battling lets you retrieve even more). Use Gailid to out drain if it turns into a drain race.

Good luck, and enjoy ‘