Rookie Mistake 1.0

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This seem fun. Have you thought about Disarm? any upgrades off the table are great for this type of deck and hired gun enables it nicely

Cool idea. I wouldn't pick Command Centre though. Gives away your plan AND you'll never be claiming. Just moisture farm it i reckon.

With just your character dice you can get up to a value of 8, Planned Explosion might be fun.

@chazz I would probably pick Echo Base - Hoth over Moisture Farm - Tatooine as it gives your opponent less advantage and is mildly beneficial for this deck.

hmm why use a rookie without any vehicle?

because hes a 7 cost red dice

I don't really need Disarm with Retreat in the deck. It's overkill with 42 health.

@Sidehatch One of the main strategies of this deck is Ascension Gun with Command Center - Lothal since you don't have any actual mill characters. That's why on the roll off you never take your own battlefield. With 4 characters you're most likely never going to claim anyways.

Oops, I meant to say I don't need Disarm with Fall Back in deck. My bad @stranglebat

@luizanovaes There's one vehicle lol. I couldn't have a cool deck name like Rookie Mistake, without the Rookie Pilot in there. But it really is about getting as much health on the board as possible. Mill needs survive to late game, a lot of health gives you that.

Also Rookie Pilot gives me access to red cards. C-3PO is another key card that I mulligan for. He allows you to get resources or discard or shields depending on what you want to do during a turn. His flexibility is amazing in a deck like this.

@Tuark I see what you mean. I am concerned about relying on just one card though. Have you tried including New Orders or Cheat as a backup plan? Also, I find it is usually harder for hero to discard from hand. Despite the slower pacing, have you thought about trying War-Torn Streets - Jedha?

@Sidehatch that's a good point. I haven't played any games with War-Torn Streets - Jedha. I might give it a try after some more play testing. Don't forget that Ascension Gun, EMP Grenades T-47 Airspeeder all have a discard side on them. What you'll find with this deck is that it's all the little things that add up to a win. If they have support removal, oh well you still have your upgrades to mill with. If they have dice removal you still have your events milling them. If they are milling your hand get your upgrades and supports out to do the job. You basically make your opponent feel like everything they do is a Rookie Mistake.

@Tuark just brilliant! And love the deck name and concept :)

Dont see much of a point for hidden agenda when you dont have any 2 cost events to use along side it. Seems like a waste to use it instead of something else to help you mill faster or live longer.

@tunewalker Yeah, it's really only in there for Fall Back but it can also act as a resource battery that can't be disrupted for the 1 cost events. I was thinking with Fall Back it would give me a cheap mid game reset. But you could probably replace them with Disarm. As mentioned before Disarm would be good with Hired Gun 3 damage side. I haven't play tested this much, most people in my play group don't like playing against this deck.

Also you mentioned retreat over disarm but thats not in the list, neither is the speeder you mentioned. Any chance you are refering to an updated list?

Nevermind i blanked on the speeder haha

@stranglebat Yeah I mistakenly referred to Retreat sorry about that, I meant Fall Back. I did some play testing this weekend and found that the Hidden Agenda and Fall Back combo is much better than having Disarm. I had a game where I was able to get rid of 4 of an opponents upgrades and allowed me to win the game.