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Now that we have the shameless plug out of the way I can talk to you about the deck that went 20-0 in testing that I brought to Pax Unplugged.

I was unfortunately the victim of my own success with Count Quin since it ended up not being as good as its testing record. I thought I had done enough quality testing to think that the deck was legit and while I’m not saying that its bad but this list isn’t tier 1. The biggest issue is that its above curve power comes from three things: Sith Holocron, Quinlan’s Special and lategame Ancient Lightsaber looping. All three of those things are rather inconsistent. In testing I think I ran very hot with Holocrons and on the weekend I think my holocrons were pretty bad but that just shows that Holocrons are incredibly inconsistent. You’ll notice that I only have four force powers and while that would make holocron less likely to pair early the biggest issue isn’t that but that I didn’t draw Holocron until late. When you don’t draw holocrons early you’ll probably draw expensive force powers which you will either discard or play, both options not being optimal. Since you have few of them discarding them will make the late game Holocrons very bad. It feels similar to the Sabine’s deck issue of not drawing Second Chance early but that’s only one card and you don’t have to warp your whole deck around it.

I went 4-2 in the first galactic qualifier feeling a little discouraged since the deck had done really well. I also lost playing a side game vs BobbySapphire who was piloting Sabine/Ezra making my day one record 4-3. On Day Two I went 0-2 drop and cursed the day that I ever saw Quinlan’s flowing locks.

Things to Investigate

Dragging the game late in order to loop Ancient Lightsabers over and over is certainly something this deck can look to do. Perhaps a list with It Binds All Things so replaying them every turn will be free? A gentleman pointed that end game to me with his Luke Rey Deck and with Count Dooku’s ability and Boundless Ambition I think both can be an enabler torwards that end goal.

Holocrons are still very powerful but perhaps some more force powers like Force Lightning would help it out, I stayed away from the heavy range force powers in order to play around Deflect which I knew would be around everywhere. Maybe you can add force powers that are cheaper so you can play them consistently? Dookus ability is very taxing and when you are playing Holocrons your hand gets taxed even more which can make some of your situations awkward.

Dookus ability is very good and I think the right list of this could be tier one. It just needs to have a better back up plan that doesn’t heavily lean on Holocron. Perhaps taking a page out of Palps playbook and trying to Rise Again would be a good supplement? We could play Shoto Lightsabers and Light Saber Pulls which would help us synergize. Perhaps Quinlan is trash and 7th sister is where you want to be. One less health is certainly bad but perhaps her extra die can make up for it.

A Happy Ending

I ended up playing a side event with Blue School and went 3-0. I was very happy with how it performed and so I brought it to the 3rd Galactic Qualifier. I went 6-0 beating some tough competition and qualifying for worlds. Thanks to all my opponents all 3 days for being great sports. The list below is the one that is on our Gauntlet page that has been reported to have been testing really well. It’s about 7 cards off from my list but I think its still very solid.

I definitely think this archetype is tier 1. It’s surprisingly hard to play but incredibly rewarding. My local opponents know that I’ve played this deck endlessly and all those reps were instrumental to my victory. I’ll be doing an in depth analyses of the archetype for our patrons, look for that soon! Thanks for reading and as always…

May the Rolls be with You!

-NJCuenca

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