Drawn to Change
Battle Report By: Shaun
Valjin
When
Trent ‘IVIaceWindu McCrow and I were discussing ideas as to what
battle report we would do next, we wanted to use decks with 1
Character, Ground, Space, Equipment/Location/Mission or battle
card from each set. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we
weren’t able to use that idea. It was fortunate that I had a copy
of Ket’s Deck Clinic Article #6, which ironically and thankfully
had two decks for Trent and I to use as a back-up plan. This shall
be interesting as we will soon see Ket’s Clone decks in action
– against each other!
‘Grand Admiral’
Shaun Valjin
And
now for something completely different… As a backup plan for our
most recent Battle Report I had a copy Ket’s Deck Clinic Article
#6 – which featured two Clone themed Decks. So… the Clones’ Clone
Wars it will be. I do feel apprehensive about the light side clone
deck, mainly because it follows a different strategy and deck
setup than I’m used to… Anyway, I do like the idea of Marauder-Class
Corvette and Yoda E… Now let us begin this Clone War!
Trent ‘IVIaceWindu’ McCrow
This
should be good. We decided to use the light and dark clone decks
from Ket’s Deck Clinic #6 article. Hopefully we will see how they
compare head to head. I’ll be playing the DS, so Vader will be
helping to lead the troops. For once there will be more strategy
included in the light side deck.
Set
Up
Dark Side Draws 7 cards:
TIE Interceptor, Clone Grenade, 501st Legion (A), Jawa Sandcrawler,
Imperial City, Thermal Detonator, Discuss it in Committee.
Light Side Draws 7 cards:
Clone Fire Team, Clone Grenade, Commander Gree (A), Jawa Sandcrawler,
R2-D2 (K), Tipoca Training Ground, Clone Starfighter Squadron.
Dark Side Mulligans:
SThermal Detonator and Discuss it in
Committee and drew Lull in the Fighting and Stormtrooper Assault
Team.
Light Side Mulligans:
None.
Dark
Side Setup
|
Deploy
|
Draw
|
|
Jawa
Sandcrawler [1]
TIE Interceptor [1]
Stormtrooper Assault Team [1]
Assault Trooper
TIE Interceptor [2]
Jawa Sandcrawler [2]
Stormtrooper Assault Team [2]
501st Legion (A)
|
Jawa
Sandcrawler [2]
TIE Interceptor [2]
Assault Trooper
Snowtrooper Elite Squad
Clone Grenade
Stormtrooper Assault Team [2]
Stormtrooper Assault Team [3]
Star Destroyer {RAS}
|
Light
Side Setup
|
Deploy
|
Draw
|
|
R2-D2
(K)
Clone Fire Team [1]
Clone Starfighter Squadron
Clone Officer
Clone Fire Team [2]
Marauder-Class Corvette
Tipoca Training Ground (1B)
|
Clone
Fire Team [2]
Clone Officer
Marauder-Class Corvette
Trap Door!
Clone Trooper Legion
Explore the Swamps
Delta Squad (A)
|
Turn
One
Ready
Phase
|
Dark
Side
|
Light
Side
|
|
4F
= 4
|
4F
= 4
BRoll 1
|
Command
Phase
|
Dark
Side
|
Light
Side
|
|
B
= 2
Draw = Endor Imperial Fleet
Tap Jawa Sandcrawler 1 -> Draw Darth Vader C and Discuss
it in Committee -> Discard Snowtrooper Elite Squad and Discuss
it in Committee
1B -> Complete Clone Grenade
1B -> Equip Clone Grenade -> Assault Trooper
|
B
= 2
Draw = Clone Starfighter Squadron [2]
Tap R2-D2 (K) -> Draw Clone Blaster
0B -> Complete Clone Blaster
1B -> Equip Clone Blaster -> Clone Officer
1B -> Tipoca Training Ground
|
Dark Side retreats TIE Interceptor 1 and
TIE Interceptor 2 Light Side retreats nothing.
Battle
Phase
Space
Battle
PoP: DS -> Pass. LS -> Pass.
Clone Starfighter Squadron can’t attack.
Marauder-class Corvette can’t attack.
PoP: DS -> Pass. LS -> Pass.
Ground
Battle
PoP: DS -> Pass. LS -> Pass.
Clone Fire Team [1] attacks Stormtrooper Assault Team [1]
with 5P (Clone Officer) -> 3 Hits -> 3 Damage -> Stormtrooper
Assault Team [1] Discarded.
Clone Fire Team [2] attacks Stormtrooper Assault Team 2 with
5P (Clone Officer) -> rolled 4 Hits -> 4 Damage -> Stormtrooper
Assault Team 2 Discarded.
501st Legion (A) attacks Clone Fire Team 1 with 7P -> 4 Hits
-> 4 Damage -> Clone Fire Team 1 Discarded.
Jawa Sandcrawler [2] attacks Clone Fire Team [2] with 2P ->
1 Hit -> 1 Damage.
PoP: DS -> Pass. LS -> Pass.
Character
Battle
PoP: DS -> Play Lull in the Fighting.
PoP: LS -> Play Trap Door! on Assault Trooper -> 3 Damage
-> Assault Trooper Discarded.
PoP: DS -> Pass. LS -> Pass.
Arena
Check
Space Arena: Light Side
Ground Arena: Contested
Character Arena: Light Side
Light Side Wins
Post
Battle Thoughts
‘Grand Admiral’ Shaun Valjan
WHAT THE!!!??? A first turn victory?! Never have I encountered
a scenario like this… I have just discovered how powerful Trap
Door! is - thank you Ket for including Trap Door! in your deck
article... I was kind of hoping to take my Marauder for my first
test spin against the TIE Interceptors, but that wasn’t meant
to be.
Trent ‘IVIaceWindu’ McCrow
Wow! I’ve never lost first turn before. I should of kept Discuss
it in Committee to save myself but got carried away and chose
to conserve Force to hidden cost Endor Imperial Fleet in turn
two by using Lull in the Fighting. Unfortunately Lull won’t stop
Trap Door and I fell straight into it. I think the Emperor’s control
over the clones has weakened then.
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About
the Author
Shaun
has been playing SWTCG with Trent ‘IVIaceWindu’ McCrow since the
AOTC days. He has a strong interest in SWTCG, especially in dream
card creations. Shaun occasionally visits Rebelbasers, especially
the Dream Card Separatist thread posting under the name Grand
Admiral Shaun.
