Vader Green KRAYT DRAGON META? | Shadows of the Galaxy | Game Play & Deck Tech | Star Wars Unlimited

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In this video, I take a look at the new Darth Vader Green list with the new cards from Shadows of the Galaxy. Are we entering into a Krayt Dragon meta??? Thanks for all the love and support!!
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0:00- Deck Tech & Analysis
16:50- Game 1 vs Hunter Yellow
26:41- Game 2 vs Han Green
37:14- Game 3 vs Mando Blue
45:11- Game 4 vs Leia Green
47:04- Game 5 vs Han Blue
1:08:39- Final Thoughts & Updated Deck List
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Deck List
Leader and Base
1 Darth Vader, Dark Lord of the Sith
1 Energy Conversion Lab
// Ground Units
3 Darth Vader, Commanding the First Legion
3 Death Star Stormtrooper
2 Emperor Palpatine, Master of the Dark Side
3 Krayt Dragon
3 Phase-III Dark Trooper
3 Reinforcement Walker
3 Rukh, Thrawn's Assassin
3 Superlaser Technician
// Space Units
3 Consortium StarViper
2 Imperial Interceptor
2 TIE/ln Fighter
// Events
3 Force Choke
3 Open Fire
3 Overwhelming Barrage
3 Recruit
3 Resupply
3 Timely Intervention
// Upgrades
3 Price on Your Head
// Sideboard
3 Colonel Yularen, ISB Director
2 Devastator, Inescapable
3 Relentless, Konstantine's Folly
2 The Emperor's Legion

[@SWUDAD]

Please make sure to check out the UPDATED LIST at the end of the video in the description!! How would you play Vader Green??

[@BDB-cs1py]

Has my email information come through on the other video?😊

[@SWUDAD]

@@BDB-cs1py No what is it?

[@bensonsung9671]

Damn , this is pretty sick ~~😮

[@SWUDAD]

Appreciate it!

[@Jason-uf8uv]

Another nasty one!

[@SWUDAD]

Thanks!

[@madquest8]

Isn't Force lightning a good counter to the dragon? Also Detention block rescue is good early removal.

[@Almost-Good-TCG]

That Dragon is nasty... will be meta warping for sure. you need a quick answer otherwise it EATS units.

[@SWUDAD]

Yeah absolutely. Rukh is very good in Vader for dealing with it. I think Rukh's value goes up a lot in this set in ECL decks especially because of the ability to put the shield on first before ambushing so that it stays alive. Control decks will obviously have good answers for the dragon, but will get ran over by some of these aggro decks

[@AndreasLesch-ep3dw]

This is a good start of the list. I might play it faster and with probably bossk instead of vader

[@panik100]

Rukh is your answer to Krayt Dragon.

[@SWUDAD]

Yep! Talked about Rukh at the end of the video and how he is a great answer for alot of the strong ground units from set 2 including Krayt Dragon. He is in the final list in the description below

[@madquest8]

@@SWUDAD What about Force lightning?

[@SWUDAD]

@@madquest8 Yeah definitely a strong answer. I chose to go Rukh just because it doesn't require me to have a force unit on board to actually remove it.

[@wind1up1snowman]

think 30hp base will still be the play going forward only new card that likes ecl is jango but i could be wrong how good has ecl been in testing ?

[@SWUDAD]

I talk about this at the very end of the video. But I think because of how prevalent Krayt Dragon is going to be, Rukh is going to be a very good way to deal with that card for this deck. Especially with ambush from both ECL and Timely intervention. The ability to put the shield on first to keep Rukh alive, or to put the shield on afterwards for smaller units that it removes is very strong. In testing thus far ECL vs 30 hp has made much of a difference at all. Obviously, aggro decks are the concern, but so far has not been an issue. Timely intervention really helps as a consistent way to remove threats. So currently Rukh is the reason that currently I am leaning towards ECL. It also really helps against the aggro decks to deal with Poe and Wrecker (Shield itself first and stay alive while taking those units out)

[@wind1up1snowman]

​@@SWUDAD rukh defenatly sounds a lot better with Timely Intervention

[@troyengland5368]

Control decks have the best chance against it, at least from my testing.

[@SWUDAD]

Yeah agreed. This is why 3x Relentless is so important to protect the Dragon, and to force your opponent to have to play "2 events" to remove it

[@paperbeater8938]

Can you deal damage from Krayt dragon's ability to the unit that was played?

[@SWUDAD]

Yes if it's a ground unit

[@paperbeater8938]

​@SWUDAD Also, how does ambushing Rukh in with timely work when stacking the triggers? 1 damage is distributed from timely, then Rukh enters and 5 damage can be dealt, or does shielded trigger before the 5 damage?

[@SWUDAD]

@@paperbeater8938 you can put the shield on before or afterwards with Ambush. I believe how it works is that you have to put the shield on first, and than Krayt Dragon does its 1 damage to take off the shield. So Rukh will trade with the Dragon which is still worth it

[@samuelneff6021]

Hype channel

[@raynerpel1921]

if you want a monster to ECL, go for Kylo unit.

[@SWUDAD]

Thought about that for sure. Ended up with Rukh which I talk about the reasoning at the end of the video. Rukh makes so much sense right now as a way to kill a lot of these big threats instantly, and the fact that you can put a shield on it before you kill the unit so that it stays alive is awesome.

[@raynerpel1921]

@@SWUDAD saw that - Rukh stocks definitely going up in a Krayt dragon world lol

[@SWUDAD]

@@raynerpel1921 true that lol

[@rpgedson]

the easiest way to counter this han deck is Palp yellow.

[@SWUDAD]

Yeah Palp Yellow is disgusting, and is one of the toughest matchups for a deck like that. But every deck has weaknesses right?

[@Kerbrax010587]

what about boba? u play krayt dragon for 9 i bounce it back to the hand.

[@SWUDAD]

You are not typically playing Krayt Dragon in this matchup and most likely sideboarding it out Boba Green has got a lot more ambush units, and ambush effects with "Timely Intervention" so the matchup can be difficult. However, the matchup is absolutely winnable, and your ability to ramp consistently and cheat units out always plays to your advantage. Again you are playing defense early. Your sentinels are super important, and similarly to the Sabine matchup you are using your ambush effects to keep their board presence low. Using Starviper, and Sundari Peacekeeper as your early life gain. Poe and Wrecker are absolutely key in this matchup to ambush in and take out the Boba leader before it gets buffed. I have considered putting in 1 "Aquitens Assault Cruiser" and taking out 1 Marauder as a way to come in and one shot Fett's Firespray, and possibly even adding in another Cruiser into the sideboard for this matchup. Reinforcement Walker and occasionally Krayt Dragon to close things out if Poe and Wrecker don't do it by themselves. Boba Yellow is the easier of the matchups from my testing because you ramp so much faster than them.

[@spac3ninja]

26:15 you cant play Chewbacca with home one???

[@SWUDAD]

Yeah at 10 resources he can. Home One allows you to play units for “3 less” the cost. Very good card as the game goes on

[@TruongMtgArenaHearthstone03]

no ruthless raider?

[@SWUDAD]

Definitely a sideboard option for me against control. You could drop a "Relentless", and 1 Yularen in the sideboard, but I feel like Relentless is about to be super important because of all the removal that control just got, and to protect krayt dragon

[@stawickyrs9233]

Krayt dragon is an anti fun card. Stupid ability, easy to get out, deal damage even If it is removed, has overwhelm for some reason, isn’t unique

[@AndreasLesch-ep3dw]

Blue and Green control Decks should have less of a problem with it. Aggro Decks still can be too fast for him and have the space and enough life to finish. Yellow especially boba and/or Decks with cunning should be fine. Its strong and decks/Meta has to adjust to it but it not unbeatable

[@williamdegrey]

It's the new hotness, it will settle.

[@ESPGuy19]

Play Palpatine. Then you just ping it and steal it.