1st Place: Silver Sun Renewed Prime (Asajj/Bossk) 1.0

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Here's the "yellow villain plus Ataru" deck I piloted to the championship at Silver Sun last weekend. Big thanks to Darteo77 and ThatWookieSmell for some of the inspiration for this one after they had success with the pair in Resurgence Release and Dice Commando tourney, respectively.

I landed on this list as an answer to the infinite blue shields I keep running into out in the world and at home - I live with someone who has been playing Yaddle - Valiant Master and Luke Skywalker - Reluctant Instructor since hours after Resurgence dropped :)

General idea is to use Bossk - Apex Predator's big sides and the hefty upgrades to put damage onto whoever isn't shielded and then Bossk PA to wherever I really want it.

At the same time, I'm pushing damage under the shields with unblockable from Asajj Ventress - Relentless Hunter, Projectile Rifle, and Dauntless. Getting an initial downgrade is key to turn on Asajj's PA and (if a bounty) the Hunt And Eliminate plot.

The pairing has a lot of synergy. Bossk's mixed damage sides (and trademark double blanks!) are a perfect target for Asajj's PA, which I tend to use both offensively to fix my dice and defensively to mitigate an opponent's big roll. And they're both yellow bounty hunters which keeps Vile Machinations (c'mon Bossk and Asajj are right there on the card!), Den of Thieves, Trick, Scum And Villainy, Headstrong, Data Heist, Dead Or Alive and the battlefield online all game.

I've fiddled with the upgrades a bunch. Ataru Mastery is in here because it has soooo much value although it's useless when Asajj is defeated so I try to steer opponents to Bossk first and have a redeployable over-write handy if Asajj close to defeat. Projectile Rifle and Bryar Pistol both do a lot of work here on their own and the redeploy means they never leave the board. Darksaber feels safe once opponent has picked a target and Dauntless drives more unblockable pressure. Asajj's Ginivex-Class Starfighter was a late add (thanks Wookiee!) and almost acts like a 2-drop redeploy with 2 dice as long as Asajj still alive.

Based on the 13 games I played over the course of the weekend, there are a couple of changes I'd make:

• The big one is dropping the 2x MK Sniper Rifle in favor of another Bryar Pistol and Dauntless. The Sniper Rifle was a last-minute add to earn a few extra shields from Asajj's PA, but at best, it'll generate only 3 per game. In that case, I'd always rather have the Bryar. Plus, Dauntless gives another engine for unblockable damage and a rare 2-drop that I can over-write later

• I'm also not sold on Blue Milk. I generally felt like I had enough resources to do what I needed and hate giving $ to opponent.