This Standard Convergence Star Wars Destiny Legendary tier list will admittedly change as we play more but this is my first impression of the legionaries, maybe later I’ll go back and do a retrospective of how wrong or right I was. I’m going to be bold and my predictions will be hotter than Jabba’s Ass (he’s always sitting so its gotta be toasty down there, no?) To make it nice and neat we will be putting them in tiers – lowest to Highest. And as always I’ll make a small comment of the its current Ebay price and if its a buy, sell or hold, I am not a financial advisor and my financial advice is for entertainment use only. I recommend that you do NOT mortgage your house to buy up all the Jabba, The Hutts but its your journey.

F Tier

Crime Lord



From a win condition perspective its just overshadowed by tons of other cards that don’t rely on it being on a character. On top of that it’s die is easily controllable and in Standard we lost access to Ace in the Hole which was one of the cards that was interesting to pair with it. On top of all of that Standard will have a variety of 3 wide decks that don’t rely on upgrades. What was really backbreaking about this card when it first was printed was killing one the characters would usually destroy a bunch of upgrades and with decks packing more supports its rough times for Crime Lord.

The best thing about this card is that it contains a full body picture of Salacious M Crumb. Perhaps we’ll get one next set, some small yellow character that makes Jabba and Crime Lord better??? I can only hope.

Financial Advice: Sell whichever picture of Crime Lord you dislike for 5 dollars if you can but it might not be worth your time. I’d say give them to a homeless person but they would probably be insulted thinking you were making some commentary about how they are Crime Lords and a drain on society when in fact you were just trying to be nice.

LAAT Gunship



An errata happened literally minutes before I was going to publish which moved this card from S Tier to F tier. Here is the screenshot of the updated Text and you can click on it to get to the rules forum.

With the updated text this card is worse than a lot of other cards of this flavor. If you compare this to Megablaster Troopers or Entourage its not even close.

Financial Advice: This is about a 15 dollar card which is funny since the market was hedging its bet with it being errated or not. If you can still sell it for 15 dollars do so but I won’t be selling it since I don’t want to get an unsuspecting buyer that isn’t aware of the change.

D Tier

Yoda’s Spirit



I almost put this card in F tier but I thought your computer monitors would burst into flames. The thing that really kills this is not being able to use it with Yoda which is obviously a flavor win but a deck building loss. When you can’t play the best blue Hero with one of your cards that really limits its applications. It also doesn’t go with Mace WIndu and most other hero blue decks in the past have been upgrade heavy.

In a format far far away when Yoda rotates out of Standard this might see play but by then things are going to have 3 focus like its no big deal and 3 unblockable damage for a card is going to seem even worse.

Financial Advice: They are going for about 15 bucks on Ebay and if you can profit 10 dollars from it I say go for it. Pick ’em up later when they are worth like 5 bucks each if you want them for Trilogy or one of your cubes.

Enfy’s Nest, Fearsome Outlaw



To take full advantage of her Power Action you’ll have to run her with another scoundral which leads us to Watto. That doesn’t sound like the worst but the limitation of only having access to yellow cards is too much. I feel there aren’t enough good win conditions in mono yellow especially when one of those characters is Watto. And if you aren’t taking full advantage of the power action her dice are kind of on par for her cost although admittedly she does have a higher ceiling. At 18 point cost she’s close to being playable but not quite.

Financial Advice: At 19 dollars on Ebay this is an easy sell. If we still had access to gross yellow cards like Hyperspace Jump and Second Chance and could play those in our villain decks then I’d be interested but unfortunately in Standard that is not the case.

Chewbacca, The Beast



Cards that are downright bad vs mill decks stink. Against other aggressive decks he’s fine but you’ll need to resolve his dice a few times to get the value of a 15 point character. The Guardian for Scoundrels only while flavorful is limiting and putting Guardian on a 15 point 2 die character doesn’t really seem like a strategy I want to be part of. This isn’t F tier because you can lose to a Chewy/Han deck if they roll well and you are playing an aggressive deck.

Financial Advice: He’s around 10 dollars on Ebay which equates to about 6 dollars in profit selling via that platform. For me its not worth it to sell so I’m holding since there is a small chance that the meta is completely devoid of Mill. His Blaster I’ve ranked higher and there is a chance that the card is so good that it could carry Chewy a bit. On top of that its an iconic character that will be more playable in Trilogy which makes me think that if there is even a hint of him being tier 2 it will be a 15 dollar card.

C Tier

Soresu Mastery



This is admittedly a good card but I think the Standard metagame will contain enough Mill to keep it away from tier 1 lists or keep it to a 1 of. There’s a small chance that mill will be bad and playing a deck with this card could be a sick metagame call. Palpatine decks will experiemnt with this card if they find that they are fine in the Mill match ups but I suspect there it might just be a 1 of. In Trilogy this could be very dominant as the landscape will be more aggressive.

Financial Advice: It’s around 16 on Ebay and if you don’t want to play it I’d sell it. I’m going to keep it since In future Standard formats this could be a 30 dollar card and I also play Trilogy.

Chewbacca’s Blaster Rifle



This is a good card and I would put in A or B tier if I had any idea what deck it would be played in. It seems like it would be at home on in a Jynn/Cassian deck although that deck is admittedly not great. Its effect on the metagame might be close to F tier but I think the card is good enough that it might incentivize people to play yellow hero guns.

Financial Advice: It’s selling for around 18 dollars and because of that its a sell for me. It being Hero specific really caps the ceiling on its price and very few upgrades hold that kind of price.

B Tier

Mace Windu’s Lightsaber



This card has a clear home and its power is on par with other lightsabers at its cost. I like Mace a lot so I might be a bit blinded by that (I swear I didn’t do that on purposes but since we are here…) but I don’t think so. Its not super exciting since its like a one use Maul’s Saber but it can be three extra damage.

Financial Advice: Its around 13 dollars on Ebay which is about right. I plan to use this so I won’t be selling but if you can get 10 bucks in profit for it I wouldn’t say its stupid. I’d def keep one if you have a cube as its pretty much the same thing as other sabers but with a purple flavor.

Captain Phasma, Stormtrooper Commander



Single die Captain Phasma and either 2 die Watto or Mother Talzin seem like interesting pairings to me. I don’t think she’s going to be played at elite because she already has such a huge target on her head. She could end up being unplayable but the rate seems good enough and her being a Leader and Trooper make her work really well with other power cards.

Financial Advice: She’s around 18 on Ebay and I’d feel confortable getting rid of all of them except for one.

Quicksilver Baton



Playable in a Phasma deck and in Melee decks with Leaders like Mace. Its a neutral card so any deck can use it.

Financial Advice: It’s going for 13 dollars which makes it a strong hold or buy. I traded 3 extras that I have for cards that I wanted and I don’t feel bad about it since I just want to do all my trading now. This card is good and you really just need one deck to use this for it to maintain its value. If two decks use it then it could be 20ish dollars.

A Tier

Jabba the Hutt, Influencial Kingpin



People are down on Jabba because a lot of silly stuff have been revealed. There is a lot of competition around that cost in villains but Its important to note that Jabba does a unique thing. His ability can grab resource generating cards and mitigation – things your deck wants. This gives him incredible flexibility in deck design and pairings. Here is a list of cards that Jabba can get that aren’t bounties: Well-Connected, Reprogram, Dangerous Maneuver, Electroshock, Entangle, In The Crosshair and Delve. With the nerf to Theed Jabba gains because he’s so good at providing resources consistently.

Financial Advice: He’s about 12 dollars on Ebay (as of me writing this someone is selling one for 7 dollars but thats going to be gone real quick. If its still there and you don’t have 2 Jabbas stop reading and go grab it. ) At 12 its a solid hold or buy if you don’t have it. It’s definitely the kind of card that will only get better with the printing of more bounties so even if I’m wrong about this standard format later on he’s getting better. Apparently me liking Jabba so much has become one of the hotter takes although in my mind it seems like a somewhat safe card to own, especially at this price.

Palpatine, Unlimited Power



Palpatine’s Lightsaber



Force Storm



I think these will all live in the same tier and I’m bullish on Palpatine. I compare him to all other 18s that have been printed and he’s the best one we’ve seen so far (sorry Dooku). Lightsaber and Force Storm seem like must plays. Lightsaber is a free card that isn’t unique so that’s a no brainer. Force Storm is probably a bit more controversial but I like to build towards upside and using his power action to get a free extra 3 or 4 damage seems like the best we are going to be doing. Force Wave is the obvious partner but besides that the drop off in power for the blue abilities is drastic. You’ll have to reach a bit to get that 4th resource but overwriting is a thing and with the nerf to Theed the this character has the potential to do big resource things without needing that first round resource. His gameplan is to set up over the first round and then hit you with the heavy by round 2 or 3. I keep thinking about using Force Storm or Force Wave with Palp’s ability and I think I need a shower now since I feel so dirty. To use an analogy its a built in Vader’s Fist activation for your character.

Financial Advice: You either want to play with Palpatine or you don’t. He’s around 40, storm is around 20 and his lightsabers are like 20. If you have no interest in Palp sell everything now since one of those pieces isn’t going to be worth as much but there’s a big chance that he will be the Vader, TTB of this set. If you are a competitive player I’m keeping him since its certainly something we need to test. Even if he doesn’t end up being competitive I can’t see him dipping much lower than 25 because of how iconic he is.

Padme Amidala, Resolute Senator

She’s a great rate and I’ve started to think of her as the Red Hero Snoke. Her and Mace intrigue me as a pairing. If it weren’t for the next few cards she would be in S Tier but those are cards are just silly powerful.

Financial Advice: She’s near 40 dollars and while I think she is very good I think that’s a bit high. I would keep her since she will probably be part of a tier one deck but I wouldn’t fault you for focusing on Palpatine or the following cards I’m going to mention. I think she’ll settle at around 25 dollars.

S Tier

Megablaster Troopers



This card is a good rate for its cost. It forces you to play a leader but there are plenty of good ones to choose from. The amount of dice it churns out is a bit of nightmare for mitigation to handle.

Financial Advice: Its around 24 on Ebay and I’d definitely pay that money for it if I didn’t have it. I can easily see it being a 35 dollar card.

Entourage



Why does this have a 2 resource side? If it didn’t then it would be a bit more reasonable but my god is that silly. I hope you like playing against Snoke/ Watto Entourage decks since those will be a thing. There might even be a Hero version and heck Han/Qi’ra can play it and have a bunch of Scoundrels to begin with.

Financial Advice: Its about 22 dollars on Ebay and seems like a solid buy at that price if you didn’t open any. Because its neutral It could easily be the most expensive card in the set and I won’t be shocked if it ends up being 40 dollars.

Thanks for reading! It’s important to note that Theed got nerfed to hell and doing big resource things is going to be harder. That’s probably good news for those who want to be economical with their resources and bad news for those who want to go big and play big supports. If you haven’t check out the rules update you can see that here. We are living in a post theed era with a new card pool. The air smell different and fresh. Let me know what you think of this and the nerfs in the comments or on social media. Take care and as always…

May The Rolls Be With You

-NJCuenca

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