Set 3 TWI: Weekly #2 Recap
11/15-11/21: Alyssa played non-Sabine for the first time since like Set 1 Week 4
tl;dr: I played Anakin Blue, Alyssa played Jango Tarkintown at Cardboard Games.
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11/19 - Cardboard Games
Format: optional presiding, Bo1, 5 rounds, 29 players; https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/184302
Alyssa went 4-1, I went 3-2. I only pre-sided for one game (vs Alyssa).
Pretty surprised and proud that Alyssa performed so well despite having only played her deck between us for ~3 evenings, where she had a negative record against me with multiple decks.
Deck - Anakin Blue
I have a heavy focus on the rebel package vs most other Anakin Blue lists. There were a few times where I resourced Fleet Lieutenant and Wing Leader due to lack of friendly rebels on the field. I think Razor Crest underperformed for me. The few times I drew it, I didn’t need space presences and I didn’t have an upgrade in my discard pile, so I just resourced it.
Matchups
Vs Luke ECL 1-0
I had a better start than my opponent and was able to aggro them down. My opponent used their ECL on Rose Tico to finish off a 2-hp unit.
Vs Rex Green 1-0
I had an early Jedi Lightsaber’d Yoda which the opponent couldn’t really remove. I also did a Force Throw on them and a K-2SO discard.
Vs Obi-Wan Yellow 1-0
I left a Grogu up that allowed my opponent to play Now There are Two of Them, but they were only able to cheat out a Kanan. I played around their Luke by keeping my Anakin leader healthy. We both ended up playing a Luke and an Obi-Wan, but I had a stronger board going into the late game.
Vs Jango Tarkintown 0-1 (Alyssa)
We both pre-sided as practice. Not sure how I feel about the Top Target as I felt it may be a bit too slow. She had a double Death Star Stormtrooper start that I couldn’t address while I had a space start. I just got out aggro’d with me doing ~0 damage to her base.
Vs Vos ECL 0-1
I thought I had a decent start by the Resource 5 turn, but started falling behind mid-late game.
Board State:
I had a Fleet Lieutenant and a R2-D2
Opponent had a Republic ARC-170
I played Wing Leader buffing Fleet Lieutenant in prep for Anakin’s leader pump effect to take out their Vos deploy. My opponent played Ezra, pinging my Wing Leader with Vos’s leader effect. Wanting to deny future Aayla ECL coordinate play, I killed Ezra with my Fleet Lieutenant. My opponent deployed Vos. I took initiative. Opponent used Vos to kill my Fleet Lieutenant and played a Battlefield Marine. My first action next turn was using Anakin’s leader pump effect on R2-D2 to kill Vos. Don’t really remember what happened after, but I think my opponent was able to Aayla ECL coordinate kill either my injured Anakin leader or Poe. The end board state was them having a Home One, Republic ARC-170, L3-37, and maybe one more small unit. I had Anakin's Interceptor, Luke, and Yoda.
But my life total was really low and I didn’t have enough damage/restore to base race.
Conclusion
Anakin Blue feels pretty decent, I think there’s potential. Being able to trade up is strong, but has reliance on needing to have the initiative.