I’ve Got the Hoth Big Blues Baby Again
Title: I’ve Got the Hoth Big Blues Baby Again
Author: Lewis "Duke Devil" Blake
Date: Jan 1, 2002
Rating: 4.5
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Cards:
’ START(6)
Ice Plains
Prep Defenses
Imp Arrst Ordr
YMSY Landing
PFAS Attack
FIM Ally
DEFENSIVE SHIELDS
Allegations of Corruption
A Useless Guesture
Resistance
Come Here Ya Big Coward
YCH Forever
Battle Order
Oppresive Enforcement
You’ve Never won a race?
Fanfare
1 other, whatever floats yer boat
LOCATIONS(7)
Ex DB
DII DB
Hoth
H DB
Def Perimeter
North Ridge
Mountains
CHARACTERS(15)
Admiral Piet
Arica
Boba Fett, Bounty Hunter
Comm Igar
COmm Merrejk
D Maul (Tatooine)
D Maul w/ saber
D Vader w/ saber
Dr. E & Ponda Baba
Gen Veers
Grnd Ad Thrawn
Grnd Moff Tarkin
Lrd Vader
Mosep
Prince Xizor
VEHICLES(7)
BLizzard 1
Blizzard 2
Blizzard 4
Imperial Walker x3
Tempest 1
STARSHIPS(5)
Avenger
Chimera
Devestator
Maul’s Infiltrator
Zuckuss iMH
EFFECTS(6)
Drop
Ice Storm
Imp Decree
No Escape
POT Force
RB Occupation
INTERRUPTS(11)
Imperial Command x2
Trample x3
Twi’lek Advisor x3
Walker Garrison x3
ADMIRAL’S ORDERS(3)
Battle Deployment x2
We’re in Attack Position
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Strategy: ‘
PLEASE READ THE STRAT
I dont THINK about any of these matchups. I KNOW about them. I have played against each one at some time or another, unless specified in the strat. Im being honest when I say I will beat a deck type.
Alright you guys make it sound like I have to have everything out to make this work. The AO is nice, but not absolutely necessary. RBO is nice, but not necessary. I have won many games without getting either of these out. And besides, with Drop, I can move through my deck pretty quickly.
I HAVE NEVER LOST TO QMC Pucumir is not that hard to kill. And I dont need to kill him if imp decree is out. My direct damage will catch up to him, and secret plans will hurt his retrieval. If he does pay for it, that leaves less for other things coughmainscoughcough and lets me drop maul w/ saber and vader w/ saber down. Arica does nicely too.
I have NEVER seen a patrol craft around here. And I can beat the crap outta it just as easily.
Menace Fades can be annoying, but it doesnt really matter with all the great direct damage anyways. I dont know how many times I have to say it, but I dont really care if they do run menace fades.
tip of the day
Echo Base Sensors only works if the north ridge is on the table. guess what. unless they start careful planning (which would mean EB sensors isnt out anyways), they cant deploy the 4th marker because the 5th marker IS ALREADY OUT If the 1st marker is out, then the 4th marker is deployed from reserve deck at the start IF there is not already a 4,5,or 6 marker out. Jeesh. Read the rules guys.
next tip of the day
uh, guys, they dont drain for much on CC if I have Imp decree out. My walkers can beat the living daylights outta any epp, Ive done so amny times before. Trample kills spies, and my destinies arent THAT bad.
Menace fades is annoying, as I state in another passage, but not crippling as I still get lotsa direct damage going.
Executor is not in here for the sole reason that it is so expensive. The chimera gets the job done jsut as well, and it costs 3-6 less, depending on which version of executor is being considered. the current fleet goes for power 36 and 2 destinies if thrawn is up. that is enough to make the opponent think twice about attacking. the destroyers are pretty easy to get out too, with the new walker effect.
Activation can be a pain at times, but the 3 dbs and 3rd marker plus whatever other sites I can pull are usually enough to do what I need to do. Just 1 or two from them is enough to help out A LOT.
Well not too many changes from last post, which got up pretty high in the rankings for a while. Just a little more stream-lining.
First off, here is my sermon.
This is quite possibly the most versatile deck type out there. With tons of direct damage and the extra possiblity of huge drains, there is quite a good chance of winning. I mean, with No Escape and Secret Plans, there is practically no way to cancel the direct damage and no easy way to do retrieval circles.
Profit? Wow I do alot more damge than you will ever do, and it looks like they’ll be stuck on tatooine for a while..
MWYHL? By the time they finish training, they are gonna need more than 10 force at the end…
EBO? Only 5 hoth sites needed you say? and Imperial decree? BTW, not too many EBO decks around here have enough ground power to deal with walkers breathing down their necks. Not that there are many EBOs around here anyways. AND their pretty little echo base sensors wont work.
AITC? Yeah, right. Hah. Thats funny just thinking about it. Besides squat drains, maul/vader w/ saber and dr. E can slaughter no uniques.
MBO? I used to play this, and its not that hard to beat lol. Ahh, memories… those were the days… anyways…
Senate? how much damage can they REALLY do? And with PFASA out, they can’t cancel any drains.
Honor? No Escape and Presence, yep.
Hidden Base? Uh, with PFASA they can’t cancel anything. The damage will slaughter them.
Endor Bunker? Well, this can cause problems, as they dump my hand and get to beef up their characters and their drains. However, the one bunker deck I have played with this I beat by garrisoning the heck out of them. I can be set up with several walkers byt the time they blow. The person has to be decently good for this to be a big problem. And YES, I can handle the 16 force swing. EACH garrison goes for a 16 force swing anyways.
QMC? Lets see. I have imp decree, they have menace fades (if they dont theyre dead anyways). I have direct damge and honor stoppers, they have, uh, drains(which I have too, BTW. And bigger ones at that). Against a GOOD player, might be hard but otherwise I think Im fine. Last time I played this, Imp decree destroyed and mutilated pucumir. AND I controled Bespin the whole game pretty much.
WYS? Might be hard, but I can play come here ya big coward (Def SH) to help with retrieval and I can outdrain them. And trust me, with imperial command AND the admirals orders, battle destinies will not be a big problem.
Duel of the Fates? This is the one deck that I am actually worried about. Their early drains might be enough to make me worry, and it will be hard to combat, even with maul/vader and saber. Possibly just try to drop maul, vader, and a couple other mains to beat up a lone qui gon or something.
Other than the new objective, there arent really any new cards that can hurt this deck. Maybe things like battle plan being played as a shield, the new mains MAYBE could cause a little trouble, but not that much different from other beatdown decks Ive already played. All in all, R3 didnt affect this much other than to make it better. If you guys can remind me of something I forgot, I will be sure to add it in.
Well there arent a whole lot of other dominant Light deck types out there. Of course, this deck wont beat everybody. There is always someone, but YMSYL is definately one of the most solid choices available.
Well, thats my ten cents.
START
IAO/SP and YMSYL are self expanatory, the 3rd will almost always be PFASA, it really speeds up the set up with hoth and RBO, etc… But I guess you could switch out if you found it really necessary.
PRE-ACTIVATION
Pull 3rd marker and walker garrison
Pull piet or Veers depending on situation if you have imp command.
1st TURN
Pull executor docking bay (preferably) after activating. Drop any sites in hand. If they are activating a miniscule amount or you know they wont drop anything to your site, put someone at 3rd marker to get early drains. Assuming you can back him up later.
LATER ON….
Drop guys and AT-ATs to 3rd marker, beef it up. If you feel like a wuss, put them at 5th marker, but wheres the fun in that? )
Try to get set up for walker garrison, as a few of those can make the hoth blues turn into some serious frostbite.
Watch out for spies, dont leave some scrub alone at the 5th marker. Heh, first-hand experiance right here.(DOH)
WAY LATER ON…
Garrison. This card will make the game when you play it. That is why there are 3. If one makes it a close game, 2 will finish it and it is halarious to see the opponents face when you show them the third that is in your hand. By end game, you should be spread out at most of your sites making them lose a heckload of force. RBO is nice, but not necessary, as is the admirals orders.
DECK NOTES
*Admirals Orders gives battle destiny protection and pulls walkers, the other is for late game damage.
- Only 1 non pilot
Mosep who would want to lose 10+ off the top of the reserve deck??
*Igar adds a destiny on ALL non unique walkers (=2 battle destinies on imperial walkers).
*Drop serves as Reactor Terminal. You can drop 3 EVERY control phase, and it serves as a used monnok of sorts. Only disadvantage is that it deploys for 3 instead of 1.
*3 twileks to pull all the important effects, and the are VERY important indeed.
*Imperial decree kills revo.
*Even if the drains are reduced, the direct damage and remaining drains are still quite potent and able to do some serious hurtin.
*I cannot overstress the importance of garrison. Even If I can only use 2 in a game (realistically), they are still good for drain fodder and pulling walkers.
*Tatooine Maul is important in that it can probe and just screws x-wing swarms over completely. pretty good against WYS, too, but watch out for melas and luke.
Well there ya go. Nearly undefeated in tourney play so far, close to it in pick up games. Dont write it off on some stupid excuse, plz tell me what I need to do to improve.
Thx for your reviews.
–Lewis
Duke Devil ‘