Codename: Fulcrum - A Star Wars Destiny Blog

Earlier, we looked into some various hero decks and analyzed a few strengths and weaknesses that shed some light on why heroes don't see competitive play. The breakdown is that the overall card pool for heroes is much weaker than the overall card pool for villains, and it leads to their removal being weaker and being more dependent on rolls due to the lesser quality of hero cards and characters. Of the available hero card pool, however, two cards come into mind immediately as standout cards that are potentially just as impactful, if not more impactful, than current villain cards. Those two cards are Hit and Run and It's a trap!: If you've been keeping track of the SotR Meta, Hit and Run was featured prominently in Poe/Maz, and is one of the most feared cards in the deck.  The ability to Hit and Run and immediately resolve Poe's dice, or to immediately roll in Maz to focus and then resolve Poe's dice was one of the most powerful plays the deck could mak

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