One of the ways that Star Wars Destiny will have fan support is to appeal to casual players who love Star Wars. People tell me all the time that this is their first CCG and they got into it because they were Star Wars fans. In order for it to have fan appeal on a mass level it has to have competitive iconic characters or at least iconic characters that do something fun. Someone mentioned to me that Destiny might go the way X-Wing and have point costs be digital that way its easier to change the point costs. That would be great since you wouldn’t have to reprint a whole new card to make the character better.

The following are 10 iconic characters that either need re balancing or a whole new cards.

1. Chewbacca

Chewy never got his day in the sun and for good reason. Its unfortunate that this card isn’t playable at all although I feel lowering it to a 15 might not be enough but at 14 he would definitely see play. We will mostly likely see a new printing and hopefully it will continue seize the idea of him being an under costed fatty – like a 12 health 14 cost elite.

2. Ahsoka Tano

The new generation of Star Wars fans love Ahsoka and many of the older generation love her as well. I’m not super aware of the story but I know it’s bitter sweet and beloved by many. This card was almost playable but her die needed another 2 side to viable. I think she’d need to be lowered to a 15 in order to be playable although if she was 14 she and Cassian would be scary.

3. Admiral Akbar

This is crap! We need a new Akbar or a lowering of the old one. Maybe I’m the only one that loves calamari but I don’t think so. The admiral is one of the most iconic aliens in the galaxy and even those who don’t know Star Wars are familiar with “It’s a Trap” memes. I think this card would be perfect as a 9/12 cost. He’s worse than Yoda and Snoke but at 12 I could find him a place. I’d love it if a competitive deck could blend discard with aggression.

4. Jawa

People are really trying to make mono Jawa decks and I have a feeling we will be seeing non generic Jawas pop up. Dathcha and company are coming very soon for the faction. Utini!

5. Asajj Ventress

Many people are fans of Clone Wars and Asajj is a big part of that. This card was sort of playable for a little but she is just way too squishy. When a card like Snoke costs 13 at elite and Asajj costs 15 you start getting into realm of hilarity. She’s a tough character to cost because her ability carries a lot of weight and you could easily have her be an 11/13 like Snoke and she still probably wouldn’t be competitive. We need a new and better Asajj!

6. Maul

To me Maul is the coolest looking villain in the universe. When I saw the promos for Phantom Menace I was so pumped for Maul and his double sided lightsaber. It was a big let down that he had such few lines. SPOILER: I think he had more lines at the end of Solo then he did in all of Phantom Menace.

Anyway, we need a better Maul. If you are going to make a mechanic that punishes removing his dice please make it better, something like having your opponent take damage.

7. C-3PO and R2-D2

If you are going to give Lando’s droid its own character card how about you give more beloved droids some cards? DROID EQUALITY NOW!

8. Mace Windu

New Vader puts this card to shame. Mace and his purple lightsaber are the kind of iconic things that need to be playable since Samuel L. Jackson has all sorts of cross appeal. I’d be very happy to live in a world where Mace Windu was tier one character, wouldn’t you?

9. Boba Fett

I know this Boba Fett is pretty new but people have such love for this scum that I think it’s important to reprint one like every 3 sets to make sure he’s around, at the very least alternate between him and his dad. You could lower him to a 15 and it would certainly be playable but Boba is the kind of character that I’m sure people wouldn’t mind having different versions.

10. Tusken Raider

They haven’t done different generic versions of cards but Tusken is competing with the likes of Mother Talzin and while its in a different color its hard to argue that Tusken is on the same level. I’d also love if they printed non-generic Raiders like Urururururu or whatever his name is. Here’s a game you can play at home: Try to spell his name with proper capitalization and spelling. If you can do that you are on some BobbySapphire level of SW knowledge. I can only imagine the kind of conversations that would happen when discussing whether they would print URoRRuR’R’R. Imagine writing his actual name on a decklist? I wonder if I didn’t capitalize one of the Rs would that lead to game loss? JediGeekGirl commented that it would be great to hear commentators try to pronounce his name. Anyway, I feel like we are due for a heavy tribal Destiny set as that has been a pretty consistent trope in card games.

Thanks for reading! I’ll be back to doing more solid strategic content when all the cards are released. I don’t love doing stuff without all the information and I do honestly think that this sort of thing is important for FFG to consider.

Have a good one and as always…

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