Codename: Fulcrum - A Star Wars Destiny Blog

The dust from the Spirit of the Rebellion meta is settling and we are in a transition period between what's left of the meta from Gencon and NOVA and the release of Empire at War.  Overall, the two best decks in the meta are Poe/Maz and Rainbow variants featuring FN, with mostly blue villain variants featuring Darth Vader (both versions) and Palpatine slightly behind those decks. Villains see significantly more play than heroes and most Rogue decks that have the potential to compete with the current meta decks are villain-centric. Overall, the game looks very grim for our heroes.  Fortunately, Empire At War is just around the corner, and could potentially bring more hero decks into the spotlight! However, before we jump in and assume that all the new cards will bring heroes into the competitive spotlight, it's important to recap some of the strengths and weaknesses of the hero card pool in general: Strengths: - Lots of shield generation and a respectable amount of healing - Ac

Hello readers!  I apologize for not being around since the release of Spirit of the Rebellion, but I traveled overseas for a family visit and haven't been able to play or keep up with the game very much. During the early release of Spirit of the Rebellion, I was playtesting a Palpatine deck.  The original build started with the build I had posted a while back, but after seeing a version with Rise Again floating around, I decided to give it a shot.  Rise Again seems like an extremely powerful swing, but I was very skeptical of the 5 resource cost, which on paper, seemed pretty steep for a deck that only started with 2 dice and only had a maximum of 5, but it tested quite well, and I was pleasantly surprised with how impactful Rise Again was in this deck and wanted to try it in other decks. I settled on the following Palpatine list before leaving the country: http://swdestinydb.com/deck/view/275489 The event lineup consisted of multiple low cost events, and Holocron provides

Continuing the Spirit of the Rebellion deck list dump, we now review a few hero decks featuring new characters! To start off, we have a character combination that's been receiving a lot of discussion as of late!  Poe/Maz plays a bit similarly to Poe/Rey, but instead of throwing mind probes, force throws, and one with the force, you're throwing Launch Bay, Thermal Detonators, Rocket Launchers, Falcons, and U-Wing.  This deck has the potential for really strong action economy just off of Maz's ability, and the potential to also play the supports through Poe's special.  An extremely explosive deck that tries to just abuse action economy and a powerful special to deal a lot of damage at once. Another extremely explosive deck, Luke/Maz also features explosive starts using a combination of Force Speed and Maz's ability, which give this deck a lot of potential damage as long as Luke's die are still in the pool.  Your economy becomes fueled through the use of

With Spirit of the Rebellion hitting stores soon, I've been writing much less recently, opting to wait until the new set to write more content.  Like many others, however, I'm excited about what the new set brings to the table and how the new characters will shake up the meta!  In this post, I'm going to do a big deck list "dump" so to speak, and show a few decks I have started working on recently.  While some of the old decks from Awakenings can be modified to perform really well in the Spirit of the Rebellion meta, this first deck list dump will feature at least one new character in every list!  Please keep in mind these lists are not meant to be optimal, and are just mere ideas. And so it begins, starting with the villains! Replacing Kylo in Kylo/Dooku of the Awakenings meta, Asajj pairs up perfectly with Dooku for an even 30 points.  The increased card pool makes running mono color decks a real possibility and even amongst mono color decks there are

Hello readers!  I apologize for not updating as much recently, a combination of other things happening, along with the upcoming release of Spirit of the Rebellion, made it hard to put out a post that would stay relevant through the set release!  Now, with new cards to play around, a new set of characters, and many other factors, a lot of the ways we think about this game, and a lot of the cards that we are used to seeing, will change. That being said, since starter decks have been restocked at many locations, and spirit of the rebellion booster packs coming out, with an awakenings reprint happening afterwards, I hope that this game sees many new players, and while I think newer players will be able to manage a competitively viable deck using the starter decks and cards from only spirit of the rebellion, I want to make note of some cards from awakenings that are, in my opinion, very important and something that every new player consider picking up on the singles market.  I've cre

Generally, in Destiny, we want to play efficiently to get the most out of our rounds and quickly claim the battlefield.  Due to this, it's generally best to: 1. activate all characters before ditching cards to reroll or resolve dice, to help action  efficiency and get the most out of  every action. 2. Match up die faces of the symbol and resolve all dice of one symbol in one action, whenever possible, for action efficiency. 3.  Know when to cut your losses when your opponent is close to claiming if you need to  claim faster.  Things like not taking resources when you don't need them, and choosing not to resolve other dice such as disrupt, discard, and sometimes resolving shields when they aren't needed.    By following these three rules, you will generally stay one step ahead of an opponent who isn't following these rules, just due to how much more efficient it is to play like this. However, there are times that playing efficiently isn't always