The Combo Cheese Meta in Star Wars: Unlimited Right Now...

[@ralphedwards5962]

Wow. I did not know about that sneak attack combo! Thanks for sharing that, i knew about the others at gencon, but would of been definitely got caught off guard with that sneak attack combo

[@rebelresource]

Yeah, you could do it in set 1 but Tarkin is actual good deck now to play it in!

[@vitev009]

Kylo Yellow can make Toro do 16 damage on turn 3. Discard for +2/+0 Fallen Lightsaber for +3/+3 Deal 8 damage, play 1 cost bounty hunter, deal 8 more damage

[@rebelresource]

Oh yeah... I've seen that one online ALOT... that one is a kill on sight sort of situation.

[@vitev009]

@@rebelresource forgot to mention, it's the same turn Kylo comes out so you're able to do up to 21 damage on that turn

[@rebelresource]

@@vitev009 ugh that is so disgusting... haha

[@BWentland]

Wow that sneak attack and Vader/ambush combo. Seems kind of broken…

[@rebelresource]

It isn't too bad!

[@justinswentzel430]

Great video, I didn't know about the vader snowtrooper sneak attack combo. That's beautiful

[@rebelresource]

@@justinswentzel430 exquisite cheese some might say 🧀

[@t34mr0x0r]

It’s a pretty minor combo restrained by the strength of smuggle units, but I like Spark of Hope on a dead smuggle. It’s ramp and a new card.

[@rebelresource]

@@t34mr0x0r I don’t think you can do that. If you are saying that a smuggled card that is defeated or discarded - spark of hope doesn’t work on that interaction. The developers posted something on twitter about that

[@t34mr0x0r]

@@rebelresource You can’t get a defeated Falcon or Cassian back? What a surprising and bummer ruling.

[@rebelresource]

@@t34mr0x0r oh I might have misunderstood what you were saying. You can get a unit back if it was a unit when it was defeated. But you cannot use spark of hope on a resource that was defeated (some people think you can get a defeated resource back if it’s front side was a unit)

[@t34mr0x0r]

@@rebelresource I see what you mean, and I meant grabbing a Cassian defeated on the board. I didn’t even consider a destroyed resource.

[@scottmcmillan9853]

Great content, keep it coming. Thanks.

[@rebelresource]

@@scottmcmillan9853 you got it 🫡

[@AzmanMatazz]

I am glad to see some combos available in a game like this (playing action by action), since you have access to good reponses. The only problem in these combos is the ability of Han1 to destroy the ressource he has stolen. The rest is strong but OK I guess!

[@rebelresource]

@@AzmanMatazz yeah I think Han Solo needs an errata. I think the fact you can defeat the resource is just way too synergistic and punishing.

[@jabbakingtut]

That vader combo is sick! Cant believe i didnt think of that in set 1.

[@rebelresource]

Yeah, it's bonkers. @codameron won MANY games with it.

[@heroldthiele]

The DJ resource destruction should not be in the game, IMHO!! Maybe rephrase DJ to 'if this unit dies give one resource back' instead of allowing Han to destroy an opponents resource. Or add a simple sentence to the rules like 'enemy resources you control cant be destroyed'. AFAIK ist the ONLY instance that a resource can get destroyed, even smuggle gives you a resource back...

[@rebelresource]

The problem isn't DJ - the Problem is Han Solo set 1. Lando has the clause to prevent that destruction... Han does not...

[@rebelresource]

@@rezzytheskyguy yeah its pretty bad I guess

[@rebelresource]

@@rezzytheskyguy I know. Im kinda trolling since you came out guns blazing. Broken for me means very good; not bannable or something like that.

[@hunterkessell6070]

One late game combo that I have seen played against control is bounty Hunter crew with palpatine's return. This very quickly becomes an infinite 44 with ambush in the end game that they simply run out of removal for. I do not think it is absolutely game-breaking but locally it has been used to disrupt end game shenanigans by control decks

[@rebelresource]

@@hunterkessell6070 woah haha I didn’t even think of that with the perfect recursion there.

[@solidscorpion]

Bossk also combos really well with Yellow. I run a Bossk/Yellow deck that works exclusively on combos. Those 0 cost bounty cards like guild target are awesome combo pieces.

[@rebelresource]

@@solidscorpion bing bomb boom 💥 combo city bossk.

[@LionZoneD]

Gideon leader Triple Dark Raid on turn 5 to: Gideon Space Ship effect > play Snowtrooper on discard/hand 9 overwhelm ready and ataking base or units

[@TheSpaceNinjaPirate]

And you can also add the Vader/Sneak Combo to the same deck with Gideon for twice the fun.

[@LionZoneD]

@@TheSpaceNinjaPirate the good thing is that triple dark raid is bouncing Gideon Ship in the end and if you draw sneak attack or have it because you have 6 resources previously now you can have 7 + ship + sneak and the same setup from hand.

[@rebelresource]

@@LionZoneD yeah that’s really good. I actually had a version doing exactly this. I just really missed the experience tokens from Tarkin which gave the deck that built in consistency. I do think there might still be something here though that is competitively viable

[@LionZoneD]

A clarification. I have PIETT on the field and I play Gideon's Cruiser with a Snowtrooper in the graveyard. Can I choose the order like this: 1st G Cruiser for Snowtrooper, I activate the Snowtrooper first and attack the base and then finally I activate PIETT, untap the GCruiser and attack a unit?

[@TheSpaceNinjaPirate]

@@LionZoneD Sort of. You can do this if you use Sneak Attack, Triple Dark Raid or Admiral Ozzel to play the Cruiser ready. If you don't use one of those methods then the Cruiser is exhausted and won't be able to use the Snow Trooper Lieutenant. This is the same mechanics of the Vader/Sneak Attack/STL combo though the ambush comes from Piett so it does work.

[@tkultra3501]

Great video!! Idk if you’d consider this a combo but I think ECL + General Rieeken is a really strong play with little investment, specifically for a Han1 build

[@rebelresource]

@@tkultra3501 that’s a lot of on attack value!

[@frankwmyers]

The combo cheese is real. Great video as usual

[@rebelresource]

@@frankwmyers cheese town USA welcome to WISCONSIN

[@rodrigonascimentocampos6587]

My favorite combo is Sneak attack + Home One + Fleet LT. used it a lot in my set 1 Han G deck.

[@rebelresource]

Dang that’s absolutely insane. 9 damage to base lol

[@pgkrzywy]

@@rebelresource and restore 2, too - helped me few times get ot of a tight spot last set!

[@rodrigonascimentocampos6587]

@@rebelresource Exactly, and without time for the opponent to react. It's been my savior sometimes already.

[@paulbutler8200]

Boba yellow might be faster than Sabine?! What do you think?

[@rebelresource]

@@paulbutler8200 yes, I think boba is faster than green sabine if they don’t draw wing leader…. Yellow Sabine? Well that’s a different story. I think those matchups are pretty equal right now as boba yellow is weak in space.

[@SunsdownGaming]

@@rebelresource Boba yellow really has turned from a tempo build into an aggro list, depending on the build. I am here for it. Its such a fun list now more than ever. Hot shot, toro, 4-lom, zuckuss, ANA and final showdown (as a 1 or 2 of) Using ANA on 4-lom to reset and ambush has won me games. It's just super good tech.

[@rebelresource]

@@SunsdownGaming it’s insane… it for sure turned into an aggro deck, 100% agree with that

[@sylinmino]

While not a top tier deck by any means, Fennec has a lot of fun small combos that have won me games. My favorite is Fennec Ambushing a Pirated Starfighter, triggering the Ambush first and then resolving the When Played on itself to bounce itself. It basically results in a situation where as long as I have a Pirated Starfighter in hand, it makes the skies completely unsafe for 90% of space plays by aggro/tempo decks. Because you can just keep clearing those space units for 3. If Fennec is deployed, you can can do this multiple times, and for only 2 cost. Another fun one is ambushing a Fleet Lieutenant into a 3HP sentinel, and then using the action cheat and cleared area to pump an on-board Rebel into base immediately after. I've also won games by using Bounty Hunter's Quarry on a sentinel, ambushing/similar into that unit with Fennec, pull a Fleet Lieutenant from the draw, trigger another unit to finish off base.

[@rebelresource]

@@sylinmino I think fennec was overlooked for sure. I mean repeatable ambush sounds so good. Those plays sound super spicy 🌶️

[@sylinmino]

@@rebelresource I also think she's way overlooked. Not Tier 1 but certainly not the trash tier so many were making her out to be lol. I think people were overlooking that you've still got the option to play stuff at rate, and how the ability to ambush certain cards makes certain really-good-yet-inconsistently-available abilities always available. An example being how something like Principled Outlaw is basically draft chaff, but a core staple with her (knock out a small unit, exhaust another big unit or a leader on flip turn).

[@stawickyrs9233]

So the answer to cunning is play cunning and bounce stuff or play Sabine and go fast. Cool

[@rebelresource]

@@stawickyrs9233 haha. Yeah I made that joke in the vid… annoying but partly true. I think control can really disrupt any of those combos since removal and just elimate a combo piece

[@stawickyrs9233]

Pillage has worked great into combo decks in my testing. A good timed hand disruption can break games open for Han/rey

[@stawickyrs9233]

Still annoying how much cunning and Sabine has been favored with a 500+ card pool

[@rebelresource]

@@stawickyrs9233 yeah.. blue Han is a super solid deck though. Alex took it to 1st place and beat Green Sabine at the Madison WI $1k

[@heroldthiele]

@@rebelresource is there maybe a recording of that game?

[@willoneil2092]

I dont think sneak attack+vader works the way you say. Since it "enters play ready" and not "when this enters ready this unit" There isnt a "ready" trigger to stack behind the ambush

[@curtissorenson43]

It enters play ready. He then has 2 on play abilities, you activate his search and grab snowtrooper. Snowtrooper makes Vader attack for anything for 7 immediately. Then you go to resolve the ambush which he is exhausted for so he can Untap and attack a unit

[@rebelresource]

👆Yeah you are right that’s how it works