Yoda/Hondo NorCal Regional 1.0

• Versions
• 1.0

I thought this would be an interesting deck to go out with in Mountain View Regional and it was even though i ended 3-4. I thought of going with Han/Qi'Ra, but while testing and rolling badly it just never felt good and with Qui-Gon Jinn - Defiant Jedi Master/Aayla Secura - Jedi General BR same thing. I knew there was going to be a lot of mitigation against damage so i thought to myself why not? It was probably auto loss to 3 wide, but i didn't think that many people would have reps with it and mill still being out there. maybe i might have chance.

I had a lot of fun that day. It is always fun meeting new people, playing a lot of games, and meeting some of the content creators out there trying to keep this game going. (Monk, T3, PoemGames, Roll On, etc)

I didn't go with Leia Organa - Boushh because i didn't think it put out enough damage. I felt like the 1 damage is one of its worse sides and didn't have anything else to slow opponent's ramp if I didn't roll the special. I believe the 2 disrupt on hondo forces opponent to change their sequencing and not all players are used to. well not since across the galaxy has come out.

I had Emperor's Throne Room - Death Star II while driving down, but I got talked into switching to Theed Royal Palace - Naboo in the last minute.

RD1: Han/Qi'ra - 0-1 I was getting the money but couldn't find my upgrades until round 3 which is just to late against a fully loaded Qi'Ra

Rd2: Vader/Greedo: 1-1. It felt like it was a trilogy version of the deck. It couldn't keep up with the force speed, special chainging to jump

Rd3: Tarkin/Snoke: 2-1. Force speed was rolling hot and I was getting my mitgation cards at the right time. I jumped as soon as fist went out so I was able to stop the onslaught of damage that was coming my way.

Rd4: Yoda/Lando2: 2-2: This was one of my matches I had the most fun. My yoda died round 2. I think i had 2 energy pike on hondo . He had Millennium Falcon and N-1 Starfighter . I kept pinging at lando with whatever damage i had with pike and would jump. I was eventually able to kill lando and and get 6 damage on yoda and he got through one second chance, but I didn't drawing into my mitigation cards to stop damage coming in the last round.

Rd5: Tarkin/Snoke: 3-2: First two rounds nothing worthy really happened I got upgrade down. I think it was a speed round 1 and treasured round 2 and my hand was taken from me with the snoking of the 2 discard on tarkin. But hondo's dice were being kind to me and rolling disrupts so I was able to slow his ramp down. But after round 3 it was basically combination drop-ins, force speed to special chaining to kill tarkin then jump

Rd6: Becket/Cienna/AR: 3-3. This match stung the most, but where opponent and i both got "destinied". I got a force speed and cunning down round 1. He used AR to get Umbaran Hover Tank Round 1. Hondo rolled hot and I was basically able to kill Cienna round 1. He used hover tank special round 1 with Dorsal Turret and damage from beckett, but I thought i was in good shape. At the end of round 2, I hondo with pike and cunning, but my yoda was dead. I had Tobias Beckett - Thief For Hire with 6 damage. He had hover tank with Triple Laser Turret by end round 2. So I felt I really need to put some pressure to on beckett . I had jump and second chance in hand to start 3rd, so i thought i was safe and decided to roll in and I got lethal showing with pike and cunning both rolling into specials and i had 3 resources. He used Partnership and rolled lethal.

Rd7: Tarkin/Snoke: 3-4 Pretty much played out with the other tarkin/snoke matches, but i scoop, since I knew I wasn't making top8 anyway and he gave me the advice of switiching battle fields which i knew won me games or made deck competitive. sorry to other players if that messed up your chances of getting in.

I was really hoping to face Vader to see if this would hold up, but didn't encounter it. Card changes would probably dropping Double-Dealing, but since I made the last minute change to theed not sure what i would put in. Probably Friends in Low Places or more mitgation. but I'll see when rotation comes out and if i'm still playing this deck.