It's time for another tournament report, and this time both of us were able to attend!
Tim: I decided to go with my Hera vehicles deck that I used at our last tournament, but I've made a few changes since then. I really wanted to try out Black One, as I think that the special ability has potential to squeeze a bit more damage out.
Speaking of specials, it was probably about time that I put C-3PO into my deck, since he's probably the best card that heroes have at the moment. He also works great with U-Wing and Y-Wing (my best two vehicles), so it seemed like a natural fit.
I've become increasingly disillusioned with Ghost, and the Millenium Falcon just doesn't match up well when compared against U-Wing for the same cost; these were swapped out for Black One. Also getting cut was Quadjumper. I think to guarantee that I get value from Quadjumper I'd have to play more vehicles than I was. I guess I just prefer Rally Aid for economy.
Jaydee: Right, back to my good ol' Rey Poe starter style deck. I love this deck so I decided to play around with it once again. So I'm changing a few slower cards and going to try and have Poe do a little more work.
Planetary Uprising is one of my faves to use so it's going in there, I'm also adding A280 Blaster Rifle and replacing one of Poe's blasters. Adding a copy each of One With the Force and Rey's Lightsaber. On the note of making Poe work, adding a couple of good ol' fashion Rocket Launchers. Simple fun.
Playing against a slightly altered starter deck was fun as it's a good deck for a friendly-driven tournament. I lost the opening roll so went second giving me the option to get shields on both Rey and Poe, giving me the advantage to get a point of damage on his Rey when I activated mine. I managed to avoid damage by a using Clash and then hit Rey for 6 damage.
It was a pretty quiet tournament this week, but it was still a good event. In this one, heroes outnumbered the villains 5-4.
Having used a version of the Rieekan mill deck before, I felt fairly confident that I knew how to play against it. I managed to win the battlefield roll, and decided to go with my opponent's battlefield, War-Torn Streets, as I didn't want to give my opponent the shields to start with.
The first round was very cagey from both of us; I was only milled for two, and I didn't manage to inflict any damage beyond removing shields. Things soon ramped up, as on round two I did five damage to General Rieekan, then blasted him away the following round. My deck was taking a good hit, but I'd got a U-Wing into play (permanently), whose special and three damage sides were taking a toll.
Tim: I really didn't miss Ghost/Falcon/Quadjumper from my deck today. Black One did a solid job as a replacement. The times that I rolled a special with it felt pretty good, especially if I hadn't already used C-3PO's ability that turn (so I could use another special on Black One).
U-Wing and Y-Wing are always excellent, but the workhorses of the deck are the T-47 Airspeeder and Z-95 Headhunter, both of which put out consistent damage. Don't underestimate them, basically!
I've played a lot of games with this team now, and I'm beginning to dislike Loth-Cat and Mouse, and Negotiate. Loth-Cat is particularly annoying to use, as it will frequently allow my opponent to remove one of my premium vehicle dice (I miss He Doesn't Like You so much!). I think that I'm going to try Rebel Assault as a replacement for it, even though it's not a particularly great mitigation card. I can't wait to get Crash Landing from Legacies.
I'm probably also going to try and find a way to squeeze Tech Team into my deck, as well as change my battlefield to Weapons Factory Alpha, as it'd be nice on those occasions where I win the battlefield roll, to be able pay for a Y-Wing straight away on round one.
Jaydee: I enjoy using these two a lot, I know they are starter pack characters, but they have such good synergies with sets that you can't help but experiment with them. I know where I went wrong with this incarnation of the deck with not having two Rey's Lightsabers and Poe's Blaster in order to get to them faster.
Planetary Uprising was a great addition since I last used this deck and I think Hit and Run will never leave this deck. Think Threepio might be a good addition to it though.
All in all I put this deck together pretty fast and also with just fun in mind. Still thinking of ways to use K-2SO and Ahsoka as best as possible for next time.