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Deck Building 101: Let’s Talk Removal

August 9, 2018 · by masterluk126

In this edition of Deck Building 101, I’m going to go in depth on removal cards, what makes them good or bad, and how to decide on removal for you deck. The inspiration for this article was some discussions with Jon about what kind of removal he likes vs what kind of removal I like. I prefer cards like Doubt and Hasty Exit, which he dislikes putting is his decks. On the flip side, he loves having cards like Flank is his deck, while I tend to shy away from those sorts of cards. So who’s right? The answer is, well, complicated. There are different characteristics that give value to removal cards, and depending on what you are trying to do with your deck you will value certain types of removal cards more than others. The goal of this article is to explain what those characteristics are, and to help give you some insight into choosing the right removal cards for your deck.

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Deck Analysis – Fifth Brother / Snoke

July 24, 2018 · by masterluk126

UPDATE: A rules interaction we had not considered affects how this deck plays. Because you cannot resolve a die more than once in the same action, you cannot use Fifth Brother’s special on an upgrade die and resolve that die in the same action. Additionally, you cannot use two Fifth Brother specials on the same die in the same action. This breaks up the All In play, and leaves the deck open to mitigation. Though Fifth Brother’s special still has a high upside, this likely pushes the deck out of any consideration for Tier 1 status.

We will leave the rest of the article up as a token to the importance of carefully considering rules interactions before publicly talking up a deck ;).

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It’s early in the Way of the Force meta, and we have been exploring decks like crazy. One of the decks that has come up recently as a contender is Fifth Brother / Snoke, a deck with which Jon won a recent store championship (decklist found here). Today, we’re going to take some time to explain the theory behind the deck, why it works, and why we think it might be a contender for Tier 1 status. At the end, Jon answers the question we know you’re already asking: isn’t Kylo2 just better than Fifth Brother?

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Exploring Way of the Force: Character Tier List

July 11, 2018 · by masterluk126

In today’s article, I attempt a totally unscientific and doubtlessly premature ranking of the characters from Way of the Force, separating them into tiers based on how likely I think they are to find their way into Tier 1 decks. Let the speculation begin!

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Driver’s Ed: Way of the Force Deck Idea

July 10, 2018 · by destinycouncil

A new set has released, and with its arrival comes a multitude of new deck combinations we’re going to have to try. Rex is definitely one of the more intriguing characters of the set, with his ability to secure the battlefield repeatedly. Thus today, we’re going to start with what I call Driver’s Ed, a deck in which Rex puts up with Ezra’s shenanigans as he attempts to teach him how to properly drive vehicles. We’re running eRex, Clone Trooper, and Blue Ezra.

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