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Making reads on your opponent: An Introduction

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 effici...

Competitive Aspects of a deck in Star Wars: Destiny

Star Wars: Destiny (SWD) is unique as far as CCG/TCGs go.  The most visible difference is that it utilizes dice alongside cards, and both are a very important part of gameplay.  In SWD, the actions we can take are determined by what we roll, and while cards are also important, it's generally much harder to win with cards than it is by simply rolling damage.  In this post, I am going to discuss 4 key aspects that are present in just about all strong performing SWD decks, and in the future, I will discuss how all 4 of these aspects are present in the  decks that I analyze. In SWD, there are many different types of cards and card effects, with a main deck being only 30 cards.  Generally, about half of the cards in any deck will consist of upgrades or supports that provide their own dice, as more dice means a higher chance to roll damage, but that only leaves room for around 15 events or support cards!  With so many options to choose from, how can we separ...