With a series of regional in the books we felt it was time to update our Star Wars Destiny Playtesting Gauntlet. Thrawn/Snoke is playable with Bitter Rivalry and that will remain in the gauntlet. WIth Armored Reinforcement decks doing well this weekend its possible that Thrawn Snoke is actually in a good place since those decks require valuable upgrades that can be snatched by Thrawn. I think those list will need to evolve and going all in on Grand Moff seems less appealing with Thrawn starting at less health (generally people will hit Thrawn with the Bitter Rivalry damage).

Yoda Shadowcaster

Congrats to Dustin for winning the regional. If you click on the link you’ll be transported to his write up on SWDDB.

Becket/Cienna/Armored Reinforcement Firespray

This isn’t the list that won the regional but it is the pairing and the same general gameplan. The major difference, from what I was told, is that the winner was playing Back-Up muscle This combo is certainly worth a look and worth testing against.

Vader/Greedo

This list is fire! I think some of the numbers have to be tightened since having this many 1 ofs is never right (unless you can tutor stuff). I get the idea of wanting to have different options in your deck but all of your 1ofs are competing for time. Playing 1 ofs is great for testing since it lets you get a feel for all of the cards. Some of the 1 ofs are interchangeable and aren’t important to the plan as much so its not the end of the world to play them. I’m sure some cards will eventually be considered better than others.

Bitter SADness

Congrats to Bitzerp for winning the Hawaii Regional, I heard they almost didn’t make it but thankfully all of the bridges saved them time and they got there as it started. I’m not the biggest fan of this list although I would be interested in trying Mind Trick even though its very expensive. Sidestep is particularly head scratching unless they were expecting Aphra Mirrors. Wanton Destruction is pretty hilarious vs Vader and might be a nice misers card for that match up. Using Docking bay is very ambitious and I’d probably opt for Weapons Factory Alpha or Theed. I understand By any Means and Under Attack but I’m not a big fan of them. Dealing damage to yourself is a pretty big cost now that you have 2 less health and even a card like Climate disruption Array needs to be scrutinized. This regional only had 9 players but I think this deck is a good choice in a world full of Vaders although I think a card like Probe is a must and perhaps even friends in low places.

There are certainly other decks to consider and the format is far from solved. I almost put this Han/Yoda deck that made the finals of North Carolina Regional since I wanted a Han deck but I figured mentioning it would be good enough. It’s fast and uses Theed with Han which is a great combo for claiming to get the Theed the next round.

Thanks for reading. Take care and always…

May the Rolls be With You

-NJCuenca

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