Nick's Vader/Guard Blitz (W/ Guide) 1.0

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Hey guys! It's Nick with back with an updated Vader/Guard deck.

I love this deck. It's fast, its fun, and you keep Vader alive with guardian. Sometimes, people will even go for the Guard first which is perfect for you. It also gives you the perfect opportunity to play Price Of Failure with no fear. First I'll go through some of the card choices and then I'll describe strategy and match ups.

CARDS: I run this deck with very few upgrades. You don't have enough slots on your characters to play more than 6 and you usually don't want to play any on the Guard so you don't need very many. I'm not a fan of filling your deck with fodder for Sith Holocron. I feel that it ruins you when Holocron is sitting at the bottom of your deck and you have nothing.

Instead, I run this deck with lots of events. These events either mitigate or deal damage. With guardian as well, this deck has lots of removal. The events were very hard to choose for this deck. I ended up going for a very cheap cost curve so which allows you too play most of the cards in your hand. The one card that stands out is Rise Again. I included Rise because with Lure of Power and Vader's resource I can create an instance in which I have the resources and, if well timed, it can win the game.

HOW TO PLAY: Speed helps every deck because you get to kill the opponents character before they can kill you. Remember, however, that cards like Price of Failure, Use the Force, and Boundless Ambition all are very powerful when the opponent can't mitigate. These cards are wonderful and if you have them in your hand consider stalling out the round so your opponent claims and leaves you free to do your shenanigans ;-).

This deck wins or loses very fast. If the opponent doesn't kill you extremely fast, you should be able to kill them by turn 2-3. Just because you kill fast, doesn't mean that you need to move fast. This decks best plays happen after the opponent has claimed. Consider this situation:

Its the first round of the game. You played a Vibroknife on Vader earlier in the turn. You roll Vader and your GUard and end up dealing 5 damage to Poe Dameron. Your opponent has done 6 damage to your Guard. Your opponent, thinking you are done, claims the battlefield. You play enrage to get yourself a resource, play Price of Failure to kill your guard (now at 1 health) and ready Vader, and play Boundless Ambition to draw 5 cards (plenty of rerolls!). You roll 7 damage with Vader to kill Poe turn one. This actually happened to me.

So make sure you claim and pass wisely because after your opponent claims this deck goes off like a rocket and wrecks face.

Mulligan usually for an upgrade (hopefully Vibroknife) and Price of Failure. Refrain from using Price of Failure unless the Guard will die next action or you have Boundless Ambition to do rerolls.

MATCH UPS: This deck has a very specific set of tough match ups and does well against most other decks.

Poe/Maz: This deck is the top of the meta right now. Vader/Guard does a very good job against this deck by mitigating a Poe die every turn and by killing Poe by turn 2 at the latest. After Poe falls, it's usually Maz vs a full health Vader which is a fight Vader will win.

Emo Kids: Another popular deck. This deck relies on taking down a heavy hitter before Emo Vader dies. Vader Guard, however, does a very good job of mitigating those powerful dice and will often kill Emo Vader by turn one. After this, its OG Vader vs Kylo. Vader almost always wins this matchup.

Palpatine: This deck is very swingy. It will tank n tournaments but it will also win SCs depending on rolls. This is the ultimate deck that suffers to mitigation and guardian. Vader Guard will almost always win this match up.

FN decks: FN decks are this decks worst enemy. They roll in and immediately resolve everything. Do not guarding in the FN match. Instead, load up the Guard and Price of Failure Vader before he dies to win this match. You need to kill FN by turn 2 at the latest to have a chance, however.

Vader/Raider: This deck and Vader/Raider are about even in power levels. The thing that swings in favor of Vader Guard is the guardian. Without Fast Hands, Vader has trouble targeting versus my deck and is forced to take out the Guard first. In addition, Vader/Raider usually doesn't play Price of Failure which is one of your best tools in this deck.

Blue Hero (Rey/X) These decks do a lot of surprise damage and tend to be extremely fast. To beat them, you need to go for the heavy hitter (Luke, Obi Wan, or Qui Gon) first and take them out fast. These decks will generally be on top of the battle field. When they claim that's when you make your move.

Phasma/X These decks play the same game as you. They mitigate damage all over the place with guarding and other mitigation. The key is to do the same and Price of Failure/Boundless Ambition their Phasma after they claim.

I hope you enjoyed this very long-winded read. Please do test out the deck and let me know what you think! Thanks again! -NickTheBug7777