If you listened to this week’s podcast you’ll remember that I mentioned that the Wookiees from Covert Mission would not be a competitive archetype. I was having a real rough time finding any line ups that I thought were remotely fun or viable. I’ve looked a little harder and have found some lists that at least have a plan but they are probably just going to be casual. First I want to take a look at all the Wookiee characters and the plot.

The top row are cards I like while the bottom I see as being worse. Kashyyyk Warrior has the highest upside for its cost and Tarful is our Leader that incentivizes us going heavy Wookiee. Tarful’s cost is rather awkward and only fits in a double Warrior line-up or with Elite Chewbacca. Vengeful Wookiee is a big sack of meat but his ability will at best be a round 2 ability and we’ll have to jump through a lot of hoops to get there and at the point where you can use his ability he will be only 3 health from dying. Han Solo is there because of the synergy with Chewbacca. Han/Chewbacca with Valorous Tribe might be an incredibly annoying deck for fair damage dealing decks to deal with although it suffers from only having access to yellow cards. Usually mono colored isn’t the answer but maybe the character synergy and Valorous tribe might be enough?

This is just a blue print and I have tried adding mostly good cards. Ideally you want to be moving damage to Chewy until he gets up to 6 damage and then keep him at that point by moving the extra to Han. Han’s Power Action can flip a Chewy die to any side and when his ability is active his 2 for 1 melee side will resolve instantly for three damage without needing to pay! Valorous Tribe’s wording is incredibly flexible and can do exactly what you want it to do when battling off against a damage dealing deck. Dex’s Diner seems great when you are playing Valorous Tribe – they both seem made for the Wookiee ability. This deck has a ton of flavor and if you have a flavor night this is the kind of deck I would bring.

Wookiee Cards

These are the 4 deck cards that pay us off for playing Wookiees. None of them are completely unplayable but they all have a problem except for Fortitude which I see as being a slam dunk for a Wookiee deck and because of the overwrite rule might find its way into other decks.

Fling is very powerful but its condition for exhausting an opponents character is strictly lower health which would make it fine with Chewbacca as you can probably catch a Palpatine in round two with two upgrades or a Reylo character. However, losing three resources is a bunch and you need to be taking out 3 plus dice OR getting rid of a couple of very powerful dice.

Wookiee Protection is a card that enables the Wookiees ability while giving you an extra card, it’s an interesting card for sure but it doesn’t do or stop any damage – you could argue that the cards you draw can turn into cards that do some of those things but that’s a stretch.

Wookiee Rage has the highest upside for its cost – specifically Vengeful Wookiee gets a big bump here, but getting your opponent to spread damage around is a problem. Valorous Tribe helps with that but when you look at all the Wookiee point costs you’ll notice that the pairings are a bit awkward. On top of that the card doesn’t do anything once every Wookiee has 6 or more damage.

Other Cards That Work With Wookiees

These cards can be used by any hero red deck but they seem to have been made for Wookiees. I’m placing Dex’s Diner here since I think Wookiee decks could use it effectively. These cards are all fine with some being above curve for their costs but none of them make me want to run out and build a Wookiee deck

Chopper Warrior Deck

This is my protect Chopper deck. You could swap out Chopper and Valorous Tribe for Tarful but you give up yellow, a bunch of cheap droid cards and Valorous Tribe (unless you don’t go elite Tarful which just seems arful). The plan here is to move damage dealt to Chopper to power up the Warriors ability. With mitigation, Wookiee Protection and heal I think we can do it! Fortitude can go on Chopper via an overwrite and then Chopper can pick up a mod from the discard pile. I think the deck will play out better than it looks. I’d love to see your Wookiee creations since I have really disliked most of what I have seen and sadly…

Wookiees are Just for Fun

The biggest issue in a competitive scene comes when you have to face off against a mill or Death Star win condition deck – at that point your deck will be very under powered. Wookiees really needed a Snoke kind of ability that would slowly deal damage to themselves. I think if Tarful had a Snoke ability that just increased by 1 then you might have something to work with.

On top of being bad against non-damage dealing decks it would struggle against action cheating decks that can do big burst damage. I hope I am wrong but right now it’s looking like Wookiees will just be for fun.

Thanks for reading and I would love to hear your thoughts on Wookiees in the comments or on social media. Take care and as always…

@NJCuenca

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