Rey Kylo is deemed by many to be tier 1.5, and yet continues to show up in top cuts. While it doesn’t quite have the straight broken mechanics of villain supports or droids, what it does have is some incredibly solid characters. It executes the middle middle game plan almost perfectly, but the deck still wouldn’t be able to stand against the best if it wasn’t for the potential 1+ extra dice it gets a round from the specials. With both Rey and Kylo’s dice having the potential to “go infinite”, the deck can straight roll itself into wins. It’s this infinite potential that made me want to give the deck a run at Nova. This will be a brief tournament recap but that’s because I’m hoping to start my Road To Worlds article here shortly!
Nova
The premise: Rey and Kylo’s specials are broken, I’m going to resolve them as much as I possibly can. I also need the ability to generate 1 shield from hand cheaply so Rey’s special is always an infinite effect.
The Deck:
The Silly Cards
The Results (6-2 Swiss)
- Jabba Wat Sentinel – W
- Vader Fost – W
- Aphra Wat Sentinel GD – W
- ARWoks – W
- Jabba Wat Sentinel – W
- Satine R2 C3 FC – L
- Jabba Wat Sentinel -L
- Han R2 C3 FC- W
Top 16 vs Motti Palp:
- Loss
- Win
- Loss on tie breakers
Conclusion:
The Deck is solid, and the loss on tie breakers was heartbreaking. When time was called Palp was dead (10 hp dealt) and Mottie had 3 damage. Kylo was dead and Rey had 4 damage. If we had another 5 minutes there was a 0% chance Motti wins but I guess that’s what we get for 90 minute Bo3s. This isn’t to say the Motti player didn’t play well or didn’t deserve a top 8 spot, but I really wish they didn’t give you 15 minutes less then you’d expect, and that doesn’t even account for the time it takes to shuffle-cut-mulligan-shuffle-cut between each game. In any case I hope some of you take this slightly crazy version out for a spin!
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