I was the Iden from that tournament. I'm planning a few changes to the deck: - 100% that the Relentless did work. I am going to swap in a Relentless for the Superlaser Blast in the main deck and only have 1 SLB in the sideboard. - I also am going to swap away from ECL to a 30hp base since aggro is the main problem. The ECL sometimes felt like a "win more" button. - Since ECL will be gone, I am removing the Steadfast Battalions and adding in 2 Escort Skiffs and another Cargo Juggernaut. It was a super fun time and the venue is great.
Congratz on your result at the event! I was pulling for you to beat the Sabine but sadly it wasn't meant to be. I respect the shift away from ECL. I think people (myself included) rely on it far too much and I'd love to see more people stick on the 30 health bases in comp deck lists! Skiffs and Juggs are an interesting tech! Glad you had fun, congratz again, and I hope to see you around the circuit more!
Boba's worst match-up as far as I can tell is Iden/Aggression. Controlling Boba's board and putting out limited units for Boba to attempt to control is what gets Boba in the long run!
Boba has a worse time against control rather than aggro. I've found that the Regional Governor card works extremely well. You can name SLT or Resupply so you can ramp and he can't. Or use it before his 3 resource play to stop the Boba unit or before the 6 resource play to stop the Firespray. All options will extend the game into the control deck's favor.
i imagine the han player is playing the SLT with sneak attack on turn 4 to turn 5 Uwing without having to flip han. Or to flip han and not lose card advantage. I like it
Imo Sneak Attack and SLT, if you're going to use it, is a turn 1 play. 2 to face and 4 resources on turn 2 with the added benefit of being able to mulligan for the combo helps make up for it needing 2 cards and leaving your board empty. Assuming you have a 4 drop in hand I like this combo better than Greedo T1 + Resupply t2. But I'm not sure it's worth if you have to delay it to add out of aspect costs. Maybe the Han player didn't know he couldn't play the SLT for free t1 when he made the deck?
So as far as I can tell, Sneak attack does not allow you to bypass Aspect Penalty, so even with the discount, you are paying 2 for the SA and 2 for the SLT, so you can't possibly play that Round 1, even with Han bringing you to 3 resources. I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that combo is Round 2 minimum.
As someone who didn't get to watch much of the stream, this was super informative! Thanks for the video!
Of course! These are pretty fun to do when the information is available!
Be sure to catch the top 8 matches from GDP's Stream of the event!
Fun event! I was the boba player
Nice summary, and I'm glad we've got a standard Rock Paper Scissors meta to deal with. Was worried Boba was going to be a little oppressive with ECL
I was the Iden from that tournament. I'm planning a few changes to the deck:
- 100% that the Relentless did work. I am going to swap in a Relentless for the Superlaser Blast in the main deck and only have 1 SLB in the sideboard.
- I also am going to swap away from ECL to a 30hp base since aggro is the main problem. The ECL sometimes felt like a "win more" button.
- Since ECL will be gone, I am removing the Steadfast Battalions and adding in 2 Escort Skiffs and another Cargo Juggernaut.
It was a super fun time and the venue is great.
Congratz on your result at the event! I was pulling for you to beat the Sabine but sadly it wasn't meant to be.
I respect the shift away from ECL. I think people (myself included) rely on it far too much and I'd love to see more people stick on the 30 health bases in comp deck lists! Skiffs and Juggs are an interesting tech!
Glad you had fun, congratz again, and I hope to see you around the circuit more!
Nice breakdown! Getting my Iden and Sabine deck ready so I can finally play in some of these. What is Boba worst matchup?
Boba's worst match-up as far as I can tell is Iden/Aggression. Controlling Boba's board and putting out limited units for Boba to attempt to control is what gets Boba in the long run!
Boba has a worse time against control rather than aggro. I've found that the Regional Governor card works extremely well. You can name SLT or Resupply so you can ramp and he can't. Or use it before his 3 resource play to stop the Boba unit or before the 6 resource play to stop the Firespray. All options will extend the game into the control deck's favor.
i imagine the han player is playing the SLT with sneak attack on turn 4 to turn 5 Uwing without having to flip han. Or to flip han and not lose card advantage. I like it
Yeah I can see that. Not too big on it myself, but it's a bold tech and I respect it!
Imo Sneak Attack and SLT, if you're going to use it, is a turn 1 play.
2 to face and 4 resources on turn 2 with the added benefit of being able to mulligan for the combo helps make up for it needing 2 cards and leaving your board empty. Assuming you have a 4 drop in hand I like this combo better than Greedo T1 + Resupply t2.
But I'm not sure it's worth if you have to delay it to add out of aspect costs. Maybe the Han player didn't know he couldn't play the SLT for free t1 when he made the deck?
So as far as I can tell, Sneak attack does not allow you to bypass Aspect Penalty, so even with the discount, you are paying 2 for the SA and 2 for the SLT, so you can't possibly play that Round 1, even with Han bringing you to 3 resources.
I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that combo is Round 2 minimum.
@@RybackStun yeah, that was my point - the combo makes sense but not in Han or any other out of aspect deck
@@jeffkoenig7402 Fair enough! 🤣
where can i find a 1k arounbd me
No idea! You gotta tune into your local groups, check out the main discord under events and see if any larger tournaments are being held in your area!
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