Welcome to THE GAUNTLET!!

The Gauntlet is a static page on www.TheHyperloops.com that features what we consider fairly “stock lists” to test with and against. It’ll be updated regularly as the meta evolves with each new release and major tournament result.

Playtesting is difficult, and one of the most challenging parts of the process is testing against the right decks and decklists. Throwing 30 cards into a deckbox that are probably decent in a given archtype is not the best way to test a match up. Choosing the right list from the bevvy of lists posted on www.swdestinydb.com is no easy task either, so we’ve done it for you here.

When it comes time to build some decks and really playtest, these are the decks we think you should use. They represent an excellent baseline for which to try out an archtype to see if you like it, or an accurate representation of what decklists you’ll face at a competitive tournament. Because everyone has different opinions on what cards/decks/etc are best, we aren’t trying to sell you on playing these lists at any of the various championships, we just want to make your playtesting easier. Playing against these lists will help you figure out a matchup and allow you to make tweaks to your decks.

Standard Gauntlet Update: 08/28/2020 by HonestlySarcastc

I have the habit of trying to conserve space on the pictures so that they’ll load larger on mobile, which means you’ll see supports on the left side at times… you’ve been warned!

Rescue Droids

Artificery League XX Winner – AgentOfZion

Bomb Plot Kill Aphra

Artificery Season XX Runner Up – MalaciousMawloc

Palpatine Watto

EG Weekly Winner 08/20 and 08/27 – MalaciousMawloc

Qui-gon Yoda United Artificery League Season XX Top 4 – NickTheBug 4-Lom Supports EG Weekly Winner 08/13/20 – NickTheBug Jabba Supports Han Padme Armored Reinforcement

Luke BDL

EG Weekly 4-1 – Platform327

Jango Fett / Boba Fett / Closing In

Han Anakin FC

I don’t have a decklist for you on this. The newest list was posted in July and quite frankly I think that list just isn’t good enough. The 5 lists on the DB seemed to be close copies of the Echo Base version from July 16th so i’ve linked that. Han Ani FC hasn’t won anything that I know of, but it did get runner up at the EG Invitational but I couldn’t get in touch with Vika to snag his list. If he gives it up, I’ll likely post it, but I may also consider building a version in typical HonestlySarcastc fashion and then if I win something, go X-1, or get 2nd then I’ll post it. I sincerely suggest building the deck from scratch and not copycatting the existing lists, but you do what you gotta do. This is not an attempt to throw shade btw, I think the deck still has legs even though it doesn’t live up to the overpowered hype that you may have heard about.

I left the previous Gauntlet in case there was a deck that you wanted to grab / make a copy of before they go away. It’ll likely be wiped out during the next update!

The Standard Gandork Holcron Gauntlet – 7/2/2020 Update by NJCuenca

Reylo

Palpatine

Mill

Kylo/X

Plo Woks/Diceless Burn

Darth Bane

AR Decks

Honorable Mentions: Aphra, 4Lom, Hero Droids, Vader’s Fist Deck, Trandoshans and Long Term Plan Deck.

Many of the names given to these decks are vague on purpose. While time will decide what the strategy will look like ultimately what I think is important is that the archetype is powerful enough to explore.

The “Vader’s fist deck” is the best deck with Vader’s fist. This is a backwards approach but since we know the card is insanely powerful and has previously ruled formats my money is on such a deck being a metagame player. I whipped this up a few days ago, it not only has Vader’s Fist but big daddy Vader himself.

Rolling in Vader first and then getting a benefit from what he plays after is the name of the game here. His Lightsaber is the only card that doesn’t follow that but that card is just too good to pass up. Vader himself was also a dominating force previously and I wouldn’t be shocked if his reign of terror returned.

There are certainly other characters that are good to look out for but for the most part this does a pretty good job of representing the meta. If you think your deck or a deck in particular was snubbed please let us know in the comments or on social media. If we hear it enough we will be glad to add it to the Gauntlet.

Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this Gauntlet Update. Its a whole new metagame although many of the same faces are present there is plenty of room to “go rogue.”

Take care and as always…

May the Rolls be with You!

-NJCuenca



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