The budget series is back and while many of the old players may not get much out of this series this games longevity will rely on attracting new players. If you’re just getting into destiny or thinking about it then this article is for you!

In a previous article I detailed building off of just two copies of the Two Player starters. If you are looking for the smallest entry into the game then I recommend taking a look at that article and those decks. However, due to the change in Captain Phasma’s cost the elite Captain Phasma and elite Kylo Ren are no longer a legal pair for tournament play. If you just want to play those two decks with friends it shouldn’t be a problem since the decklists aren’t optimized due to budgetary considerations.

This article is going to assume that you have not only purchased two copies of the two Player Starter (23$ each) but that you also purchased two copies of the Rivals draft starter(currently 22$) and two copies of each of the Legacies starters(18$ each).

The Boba Fett starter has the best character of the Legacies starter characters. If you are on a tight budget you could only get one of the Boba starters which will give you an elite Boba. If your budget is flexible I say get another copy and a pair of Luke starters as well but the Boba starter is definitely the best. If you choose to go the one starter route please note that at some point you will want two Hidden Blaster for any range deck you want to make and each of the starters has one of them. If you know that you prefer hero or villain you could go all in on one of the starters, I’ll provide decklists for four different decks which will assume you have all of the starter cards but you can make small tweaks that will save you some money. There are some commons that are in one starter but not the other but if you wanted to be frugal you can purchase them separately or just get them from a friend. Here is a visual of the cards from the starters to get you thinking about them.

The teams I will be showcasing are also very good in the trilogies format. Not only is this article a good intro for budget deckbuilding it is also a good place to start for the Trilogies format. Obviously the Legacies set will be influential with power house cards like Yoda and Mother Talzin but these pairings are all very real. Now on to deck building!

Boba Fett and Captain Phasma

I generally don’t play 3 cost supports in my range upgrade decks but when I do its because they are awesome. I think Slave 1 is a good play if you happen to roll a bunch of resources. Its action ability is one of the best in the game and is actually better in a deck like this that can get their dice in the pool first. Your dice generally want to be rolling damage but when they don’t Slave 1 is a nice consolation prize.

This deck tries to claim and so we are playing as many action saving cards as possible. We are mostly melee in order to save on actions but specials and the occasional melee side will be in the mix.

Its important to note that this and every deck I’ll be posting will have 2x Sound The Alarm. If you happen to take this to a local tournament it will be something you want as its a very powerful free event although if you are keeping some of these decks together you won’t be able to have all of your decks have 2 so you’ll have to make some decisions. This is also the case for some other cards but I’ve tried to pair the decks together so they don’t overlap too much. For instance, this following team is the one I would have if I wanted a light side counter.

R2P2

Hello old friend. A previous format boogie man may in fact be a powerhouse in trilogies and is certainly powerful enough to battle BobaCap. Blue has some of the best mitigation in the format and this deck does a great job of tanking up and going a bit longer than BobaCap. This is heavily built around Rey who needs a little more help to unlock her full potential but with that effort both characters get scary. Heirloom Lightsaber is probably the best card from the Luke/Han starter making it a reasonable buy for that reason alone.

This is a base blue deck peppered with Poe Dameron’s Bazooka, I mean, Blaster. If you want your blue deck to be more emotional and villainous I have just the thing for you!

My Chemical Bromance

No, I will not stop making emo jokes. It is the price of admission to reading my thoughts… As you can see this deck is a bit stretched in the card pool department. Villain type cards have been given priority in many instances because of Anakin’s special. Jedi Rivals and Force Stasis are cards that I don’t always play but they have upside and are villain. This deck has the most powerful character out of all of the decklists here in Kylo Ren which is the biggest draw. I opted for the flavorful pairing of Anakin but you could also try pairing him with Lobot if you get bored.

What are sticks without guns? The next deck is a red and yellow range hero deck to balance off this pair.

H2P2

This deck wants to claim badly so Fang Fighter might not end up being what you want but Millennium Falcon seems good since it activates a character as well. I stayed with the same type of symbols and played all of the best claim cards that were available in the small card pool so you are incentivized to claim.

The only way you are getting two Han dice is by buying two of the Luke/Han starters, if you wanted to skip that you could play Ketsu Onyo from Rivals, cut the Smuggler’s Run and the deck would function about the same. Ketsu might just be better because a turn one Poe Dameron’s Blaster on Poe will make him public enemy number 1 and giving that weapon redeploy is pretty great. They both have their pluses and minuses but here Han has two range base sides which go a long way towards resolving modifiers in the late game. In a fully powered trilogies format it’s going to be a tough sell to pair Han with Poe when Hondo is around but Han might be applicable with Finn.

Thanks for reading. All of these decks will get your collections started in the right direction. They will be playable in both Trilogies and Standard which gives you multiple opportunities to play. Stay tuned for more articles on the trilogies format. Some of the Galactic qualifiers are of that format and I’m playtesting right now to find out what I think are the best decks. The games are way slower so if you’re tired of excessive action cheating or your characters dying on the first turn it might be a refreshing change of pace. Take care and as always…

May you find the best deals in the galaxy!

-NJCuenca