1. THE STORY OF ME:

2. REFLECTIONS OF A HIPSTER:

The Last Jedi

3. DECK TIPS:

5. ROSE TINTED MACROBINOCULARS:

6. FINAL THOUGHTS:

First of all, I think it’s important to tell you a bit about: I’m a. I drinkand study Film Production. I went tolast year within theMeta and went. I believe that I was one of only three players with that character combination.This year I went to Euros with(pre-nerf,my Queen!), again just one of three players with that combination.I played the mirror – his deck was totally different – in my final game of the day and lost by ONE SINGLE ACTION to go 4-4 and miss out on that sweetspotgloss!AtI finally beatand managed to finish with a positive W/L ratio, just missing out on a spot in the top16 with(losing out to Simon Harvey’s Tacos – I’ve never despised Mexican food so much).A taco is a traditional Mexican dish consisting of a corn or wheat tortilla folded or rolled around a filling. A taco can be made with a variety of fillings, including beef, pork, chicken, seafood, vegetables, cheese, Chance Cubes, Holocrons and Armour Platings, allowing great versatility and variety. It is alsoIf it isn’t already apparent by now, I am a sucker for. I came up third at the Doubles tournament runningwith my good amigo and frequentcollaborator, who ran. The concept ofwithteaming up and taking charge was too mouth-watering to resist – forget ostrich burgers – it’s- we should’ve won an award for best team name alone…While flawed, theoffered a nice respite (pun intended) from the current meta. I HATE it! Most of the people I know HATE it. It’s weird and janky but in all the worst ways. I could tell you howneeds a point or two increase but I think deep down we all know that it’s coming and it’s irrelevant, because this is a tale ofOn my train home from, after supplying commentary for (most) of the top16 games, I realised I probably came off a little dejected. I bantered a bit withfrom the ever-brilliant, and some other great players and content creators. But what worried me a little was how, for the most part, everyone was nodding their digital heads in agreement:Decks that shouldn’t work reign supreme, the organised play SUCKS compared to most other CCGs, andis no longer the(ed:is the new UK National Champion). What a sorry state of affairs this all is!!At(out of 102 players registered)was inof all villain decks whilewas present inof all hero decks!I decided to start playtesting on, which asstated on the chat at thestream, has become the lifeblood of the game. I’m not much of innovator, if I make off-meta decks they tend to come up short at tier 2 or 1.5, but I realised that away from the big tournament scene… that’sSure, I want to win, but I created the following jank out of an old rusty metal friend and found moderate success online. It’s tech'ed for, and in fairness, they’re always close games but I think it’s ain favour ofis the actor who plays). Looks like sh*t, right?! It is! But it’s a fun way to play the game we all supposedly love that harkens back to a time before vehicles, mountains of indirect and three-wides… to a time before…THE EMPIRE …Hard mulligan for aand anto loop with theand you’re golden. Try to play yourfor free with eitheror. I manage to save myself 6-10(!) damage a game with theloop. It’s no Force Illusion… but it’s more fun!End game victories throughwith a fully loadedthough this is NOT an easy feat and most of my wins have come through god rolls when I needed them most! You really live and die by the, and with 3 0’s on Pryce and 2 on IG-88 for the initiative roll, thoseare key! I really think this deck would beif onlyhad a resource side instead of the 2 for 1 shields. Even then, he is pretty over costed… But fun to play!I think it’s really important to consider as well, how pretty much with the release of every set, there has been somethat exploits the mechanics and costings of the game that you can expect to sit down opposite at a tournament and roll your eyes at. Poe/Maz, Sabine and FN pre-overwrite nerf… People want to win, and not every deck is good, so why not take the best ones? I want to go on record here and say I think it’s super valid to! I have done it myself! It’s a tournament and you’re there to playBut have we forgotten thatare not the only way to play the game…? Grab a beer, build something you find fun/thematic/janky, and roll some dice!!!I feel like maybe prize support for the highest place with anwould be a good start byto encourage more people to build and practice with the cards they want to rather than following the crowd. But unfortunately that will never happen, so in the meantime play with friends – for fun! Try to come up with something a bit weird and different – think about a character you wish would work, but just doesn’t and give yourself a goal to try to overcome this.The older the character the better, who knows what new card synergises with…? but wouldn’t you like to see her take onwithwith aand awith!?You wouldn’t!?OK just me then…Finally, big props to the guys atfor challenging each other to make bad cards good and playing out some really fun games in the process. You can check out their videos here: