FFG Beginner Hero Deck 1.0

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• 1.0

Hi all!

This deck is meant to be a beginner deck to the game, welcoming new players or those who haven't touched the game in a long time and want to get back into it. I designed a Hero deck based on the 2 Player Starter set and the Legacies Luke Skywalker starter set that were published by FFG with some other cards mixed in. All cards outside of the starter sets are kept within the Two Player Set, Rivals, and Legacies.

How to Play this Deck:
This deck's main strength is the synergy between Poe Dameron - More Than A Pilot's dice turning special, and Luke Skywalker - Unlikely Hero's ability to do +2 more damage for 2 resources. While the price of Luke's ability may be high, it works for any die side. A 1 shield can quickly become 3, or 1 disrupt can cripple an opponent's round.

R2-D2 helps get your dice to deal as much damage as possible and it's important to get him out to play early.

The upgrades listed help build a nice special chain with Poe Dameron's Blaster and the repeating blaster. Poe's special can also be used to turn Force Focus to a special and then proceed to turn an opponent's die. The hunting rifle allows for some early small damage and saving resources by replacing this with a Hidden Blaster or T-21 Repeating Blaster later. Putting any of these upgrade on Luke helps boost damage when you have a few resources to spare.

The Outer Rim Outpost - Nal Hutta helps get this extra resource in the early game, as Poe's special chaining can help end the round sooner to claim that extra resource.

The events consist of some mitigation and some attack boosting. The zero-cost dice rerolling cards will help a lot when in a pinch. Since oyu will need to save resources for the upgrades and heavy hitting with Luke's Power Action, I included a number of zero-cost events to hopefully make up for the lack of resources that can be spared.

How to Play in Person
If you would really like to play this game in person, there are a number of ways to get ahold of some cards and dice.

1. Buy sealed/used starter sets online
   1. There are a number of market places online like Ebay or Marketplace that sell sealed or used starter sets. This is the most authentic feel to the game and provides everything you will need to get started. HOWEVER, the starter sets only come with a single copy of each card/die so you would need to buy multiple to get started and this can be expensive.
2. Print proxies
   2. The Star Wars Destiny: ARH Database has every image of every card in it. To print proxies, I reccomend just downloading the few images you want, adding them to a word doc or google doc, creating a 3x3 list of cards per page, and printing them at home on card stock.
   3. Some print shops will print the cards for really cheap if you don't have a printer too.
   4. On top of this, I recommend purchasing a set of card sleeves to put your proxies in. Cardstock doesn't shuffle the best, and the sleeves will help make the cards feel more like the original.
   5. Amazon has some 22mm blank dice of the 4 colors needed for pretty cheap. Buy sticker paper to print the images and stick them onto the dice.
3. Order proxies from print shops
   3. Some print shops will make more professional feeling proxies if you provide the images.
   4. Note: print shops will ask that you have the correct copyright, OR a statement proving that you will not resell these cards. Just be aware of that when reaching out to print shops as some may refuse to print the order entirely.

Final Notes
Overall, this deck is not going to be the best ever, and it certainly can be tweaked, but for someone just getting into the game, this will feel really powerful when the synergies start to hit. I hope this is a help to someone and inspires more people to try this game! This game is by far one of my favorites of all time, and the community is just amazing.