Going into the final week of Store Champs and then NOVA we felt it was time to update our Gauntlet. The format is a little more defined now with a few boogiemen but that doesn’t mean something can’t sneak in there and win that isn’t on the list. The following is the abridged version of the changes to the Star Wars Destiny Playtesting Gauntlet. You can check out the full Gauntle here. The following are new decks that were placed in “MUST TEST” and Regional Consideration categories plus an update to Thrawn/Snoke.

Decks placed in Regional Consideration

Yoda/Hondo- Not great vs 3 character decks unless it draws an early force Wave. We are living a heavy 3 character world right now.

Boba Seventh- It’s not as powerful as some of the other options and doesn’t seem to be championed by anyone. It would be interesting so see a list with ID9 Seeker Droids and Force Speed since those cards are good vs mill.

Mothe Talzin Bala-Tik and FO Stormtrooper- Tacos has replaced Rainbow 5 as the 3 wide mom deck to beat. Bala-Tik decks are in theory in a good place in this meta so if you have time to test one you might catch people by surprise.

Launch Bay OTK- Only a few are playing this but we’ll keep it on for a little while to make sure it gets proper exposure

New decks in Must Test

Mother Talzin and 2x Mandalorian Super Commandos (TaCos) – The deck came in 2nd at North American Champs and has won a few store champs. It’s an aggressive deck that makes Force Illusion into a mediocre card by attacking in a unique way – 1 damage Power Actions or single die damage(1 and 2s). It has a ton of health so it can outlast other aggro decks(Witch Magik is a mirror breaker) and Mom makes the plan very consistent.

3 Wide Mill – It winning GenCon has made it public enemy #1. Make sure you have plenty of reps vs this and if you are going to NOVA you will need to be able to beat it.

Updated Lists

Thrawn/Snoke – The list that won a 21 player Store Champ in Winnetka, CA is more tuned then the one we had in our gauntlet. You can also read HonestlySarcast’s article on a different take on Snoke Vehicles. There are a million different variations of Snoke supports out there including Aphra Droids and Rainbow Snoke.

Thanks for reading! If you want the full Gauntlet be sure to go to the page, there are still some other usual archetypes that we expect to see at tournaments like Kylo and Hero Vehicles. Take care and I wanted to share this song that always me think of Cassian Andor.

-NJCuenca

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