After doing my weekly highlights of character for the last month plus I am not as inspired about the rest of the cards. I’m sure I will get to some more but I am still having fun exploring certain archtypes and I want to focus on that. What I can do is talk about what I think are the 10 best or at least most impactful commons comming from Covert Missions. I considered the order but I’m sure I’ll end up being wrongs since a lot has been unexplored.

10. Bloodletting

There were a few cards I was considering for the 10th slot. Honorable mentions go out to Feat of Strength, Asail, Under Fire, and Taking Charge. I decided on Bloodletting because I think it has the most upside of any of those cards. Reusable focus for a very powerful character like Bane or Palpatine can be huge. Reylo can also consider using it and since their special sides are so good it makes sense to try it out – Rey can use her special after being hit for one and is she had 2 shields then she can go back to 3 with a reroll . The cost of using it does cost a damage but many of those decks end up with many shields and in a lot of situations flipping to a 2 shield side will net you a virtual health.

Big turn offs for using it are deck space constraint and making your opponents Desperate Measures alive in a deck that might not of given them any targets. This could be way higher on the list since its so powerful but I haven’t seen anyone using it and I haven’t used it myself. All of the aforementioned honorable mentions have homes in decks but I have no idea how good those decks will be. This can could be a key card in multiple top decks if you can find the space.

9. Jawa Junk Dealer

I already wrote about Jawa Junk Dealer here but they can go in so many different places and they are so cheap that I think they will find a home somewhere.

8. Covert Mission

This card is probably going to find a home in a mill deck and maybe in one of the Death Star decks if they prove to be good enough. I think a lot of people are doubters about the power of the Death Star plots but I’m still optimistic. This cards power is insanely high but its restriction with having to spot a mission will curb it.

Leia/Lando/Coaxium Heist is good home for this if you are looking for a home. Decklist will be at the end of the article since other cards on this list will make that more playable.

7. Fresh Start

It might be hard to find space for this in a mill deck but its rate is about par or higher. Milling and removing for one action will let you claim faster which will also help you claim. It costing 2 is awkward but with the upside of milling 3 or 4 from big characters its certainly worth trying. The usual milling number will be 2 and at that point you are at parity with the cost of other cards but it essentially will save an action and a card – I like the sound of that!

6. Surival Instinct

A great option for deckbuilders as removing specials is fantastic. Other removal can easily cover big damage sides. If you can claim reliably you certainly should play 1 and maybe even 2.

5. Loth Cat and Mouse

It saw a ton of play in its first printing and I have no reason to think that this time won’t be different. You’ll have to be able to be fast and resolve all of your good dice first like the Sabine decks from the past but I think we will see decks like Droids utilize this to good effect.

4. Nullify

Reylo will certainly at least play 1 of these and maybe both since it works so well with Kylo’s special. This card by itself could breath new life into Obi-Wan decks as he can use this very efficiently.

3. Fluid Riposte

Blue decks from both sides will have access to this great piece of removal. The Shien Mastery damage is just icing on the cake – most decks will want to play both and be very happy about it.

2. Merchant Freighter

You can get this card with Armored Reinforcements making it the best Profitable Connections we have ever had. You can pilot it which will help play Eject which is one of the big payoff cards for pilots. It’s neutral and can gain enough value for you to put in any random deck that can stomach waiting for three rounds for 2 extra resources.

Its biggest drawback is being fodder for Desperate Measures so decks that don’t have supports will probably want to stay away from it but if you happen to have supports you will generally be thrilled that they killed this over something better.

1.Reap

Flipping any dice side with Ambush to a side showing a resource that will generate 2 resources is just gross. This can be any die and your opponent won’t be able to do anything about it, wow! It’s neutral and it will be playable with the likes of Watto/Jabba on the villain sides and Lando on the hero side. Heck, even Qi’ra will potentially get in on the fun.

Bonus Decklist Time!

A deck that I see vying for a top spot on day one will be Leia/Lando/Coaxian Heist. That will look something like this:

For those unaware this is an old archetype from trilogy. The big synergy is using Lando’s 4 side with Leia’s Power Action. I have four 0 cost events that can flip to the 4 side although For a Price might prove to be too big of a liability.

Because of Covert Mission I have a few powerful silver bullets that can be game changing. Millennium Falcon while not plan A can be played if we collect resources with Lando’s resource side. Falcon has a solid die which can discard, produce resources or add 3 shields. Escape Craft is already a reasonable card when it costs one due to Lando’s ability so the opportunity cost of having it in our deck is fine. Snuff out can be searched out as a first action if you have 3 resources and the battlefield. Bespin Wing Guard while not powerful does solve the problem of discarding cards from opponents hands if Leia has been knocked out – this is another reason I like one Falcon in the deck.

Anakin’s Podracer seems too good to pass up for one. I am unsure of Loth Cat’s downside but this color combo struggles to interact when it has no resources. Because of that I think having a 0 cost removal is worth trying.

The big issue is discarding cards from once Leia has died and there aren’t great solutions to that problem, Bespin Wing Guard is admittedly bad value but it does do something that we desperately need in a situation that is bound to come up. We might want to look at Imperial Palace if we are worried about getting the last few cards from hand but Salt Flats works really well with our line-up.

Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed this article and if you think I missed out on any commons let me know in the comments or on social media. Take care and as always….

May The Rolls Be With YOU!

@NJCuenca

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