Top 4 and Top 8 at SWU SEC Store Showdown at Cardboard Games
2025/01/24: Gameplay videos included.
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Table of Contents
1/24 - Store Showdown at Cardboard Games
CBGr’s Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/jurassicxbark
Format: 5 Bo3 Swiss rounds, Top Cut of 8, 31 players;
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/398316
Decklists were made public for the top cut rounds.
Swiss rounds: Alyssa went 3-1-1 and I went 4-0-1. We both ID’d our last round.
Top Cut rounds: Alyssa made Top 4 and I made Top 8.
I acted as a sitting judge for this event (allowed for relaxed tier events).
There was only one judge call:
Can Queen Amidala sacrifice an official unit to prevent indirect damage allocated onto her?
No, indirect damage is unpreventable.
I also did try to pay extra attention to the streamed matches when I had availability.
Deck - SHD Han ECL
Basically the shell of a standard SHD Han ECL deck with more rebel cards. I only playtested vs Sabine ECL and SOR Palpatine Colossus/Blue.
Main thought process on some changes:
+ SOR R2-D2 can serve as an extra body in matchups vs Cad.
+ Outflank, Fleet Lieutenant, and K-2SO may help in the aggro/mirror matchups.
- Cham Syndulla from main, because I figured the matchup should already be favorable vs decks like Yoda Data Vault.
- JTL Poe Dameron, Heroic ARC-170, and Guerilla Attack Pod from the deck, because cuts are needed to be made somewhere.
- SHD Cassian Andor, because I’d rather have the sentinel via LOF Obi-Wan Kenobi. I also wanted the option of Turn 2 General’s Blade.
My Matchups
Round 1: Vs Talzin Yellow Force 2-1
Their debuffing effect caught me a bit off guard when my Queen Amidala was defeated in such manner. I tried to be more aware of it going forward.
Game 2 I made a mistake of not trading my spy token with their Kariss early game. I lowkey forgot about Kariss’s ability until it was too late.
Round 2: Vs JTL Vader Yellow 2-0
I was a bit worried going into this matchup. But I drew well and was able to ECL out a Sabine’s Masterpiece on turn 2 for both games.
I didn’t record this gameplay.
Round 3: Vs SHD Han ECL 2-0
This was a litmus test to see if my changes were better for the mirror or not.
But I had Gungi + General’s Blade start in both games that my opponent couldn’t really overcome, so it’s not really reflective of the typical matchup :/.
Round 4: Vs SHD Han Blue Force 2-0
Game 1 was basically a non-game because my opponent had no answer to my Gungi + General’s Blade iirc.
Round 5: Vs TWI Anakin Data Vault - Intentional Draw
We both were the only 4-0 records. The next best record was 3-1.
We intentionally drew.
Top Cut
Round 1: Vs SHD Han Blue Force (same player from Round 4) 1-2
Similar to my experience at the previous SEC store showdown at Atomic Comics, I only lost to the eventual champion.
Round 2: feat. SHD Han ECL (same player from Round 3) vs SHD Han Blue Force (same player from Round 4) 1-2
Conclusion
With this store showdown over, we now have enough Queen Amidalas.
I think the matchup against SHD Han Blue/Force is a bit rough. Otherwise, I like playing this deck as it does allow me to play with my Queen Amidala and Karis Nemik judge promos.