Top 16 – Justin Anderson – eVader/FOST (Win, 2-0):

Vader has a pretty tough matchup into Chopper. The droids can take his money and keep vader from using any of his tricks. Since I got to see Justin’s decklist before we played, I knew that he didn’t have a lot of zero-cost cards that he could play once I got rid of his money. Justin got out pretty far ahead in Game 1, putting a bunch of damage into Chopper before I could get much going while I focused on getting rid of his resources. I eventually got Mr. Bones down with no fear of losing him since blue/red villain has no way to discard a support. Mr. Bones ended up putting in a lot of work. I was in a situation where I had Bones rolled out, and activated R2-D2 to focus Bones to lethal damage. When Justin didn’t mitigate, I knew I had the game locked up and he conceded the game moments later.

In Game 2, I jumped out to a much better opener, focusing into damage on the first turn once Justin had already spent his resources. Justin got a sneaky kill on Chopper with a Count Dooku’s Lightsaber, that set me back. The next round I was able to get Vader to 14 damage. I had an R2-D2 dice and control of Justin’s Fighting Pit battlefield. I used the power action, hoping to roll anything but a blank, and when I rolled 2-melee damage, I knew the game was over. Vader had been taken down by his own Fighting Pit. Justin was a great opponent and we had a pretty relaxed game.