Deck ID: 18989
Author: Will "Bejarid" Wright
Title: Soft Warfare
Side: Dark
Date Published: 2001-09-18
Description:
A fairly simple senate deck. Point and command.
Rating:
4.0
Cards:
'Starting (7)
Is That Legal?/I Will Make It Legal
Blockade Flagship Bridge
Coruscant Galactic Senate
Prepared Defenses
Allegations of Corruption
Begin Landing Your Troops
You Cannot Hide Forever/Mob. Points
Characters (20)
Mara Jade, The Emperor’s Hand
Destroyer Droid
P-59
P-60
Security Battle Droid
TC-14
Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith
Coruscant Guard
Daultay Dofine
Edcel Bar Gane
Lott Dod
Nute Gunray
Orn Free Taa x2
Passel Argente x2
Rune Haako
Tikkes
Yey Yeb Adem&þ x2
Effects (6)
Ability, Ability, Ability
Drop
Motion Supported
Our Blockade Is Perfectly Legal
Reactor Terminal
This Is Outrageous
Interrupts (15)
Force Field
HoloNet Transmission
Kintan Strider x2
LImited Resources x2
LIttle Real Power
No Civility, Only Politics x2
Payroll Of The Trade Federation x2
Podracer Collision
The Point Is Conceded x2
They’re Still Coming Through
Locations (4)
Coruscant Docking Bay SE
Premiere Tatooine
Tatooine Marketplace
Tatooine Mos Espa Docking Bay
Starships (5)
Droid Starfighter x2
Executor
Trade Federation Battleship x2
Weapons (3)
Battle Droid Blaster Rifle
Mara Jade’s Lightsaber
Vader’s Lightsaber '
Strategy: '
No, there’s no Maul. I don’t currently have one, but that’s no biggie; it does well without. No Squabbling Delegates, either, which is something of a pitfall. But, play the cards right, and it won’t matter much. Sub one or more of any of these if you want, I like it as is. Though I may chuck in a Maul when I get one.
This decks fairly simple. It’s trashed a couple of Profit decks, a Dagobah Training deck, MBO, and a Hyperdrive. It’s only lost once that I can remember.
You should pull at least one senator in hand first turn, and that’s if you’re really unlucky. I can usually pull three or four with this payload. Plunk out the senators you get; if you flip, great-grap a Political Effect, This Is Outrageous works best. If not, draw all that you’ve got left. That should give you another senator or two for the flip.
As soon as you flip, decimate their hand. Get out Drop To help with this. Get a Political Effect every turn. Even if you’ve got them all out, look anyway to guess at your Force Pile. If Lott Dod on table, grab something each turn. Play Limited Resources once their hand is a baren wasteland and drop a senator onto Motion Supported to soup up your drains. Get Haako, Gunray, And/or Dofine to the Bridge with all haste. Power-up the presence droids and prevent the appearence of Jedi there to keep those droid ready for trouble. Abuse the Yey Yeb/Haako combo by initiating battle and, before opponent draws battle destiny, check the top card with Yeb Yeb and call it with Haako.
With the blade wielders, take out Jedi with the blades and choke other cretins with Vader’s "permanent weapon." Get at least one of these two to the Marketplace, preferrably Vader, to hold that down and retrieve every turn if you can spare the Force.
If opponent has some space, grab the Executor with Mob. Points and pull your Trade Destroyers. The presence droid power plus one will negate the drop in the power of the fighters as stated in their gametext.
As I said, simple. Point and command your drains and and thinning. No problem. '
