North Carolina Regionals (Top 4) Howling Emotions 1.0

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This is what I took to the regionals in North Carolina. Before I get started, when I built this deck I was working on it before the Ohio list came out, but I have no way to prove that so.... with that being said, let’s break it down

SWISS: Match 1. Jynn/Cassian. Fun game, my opponent milled me for 8 the first 2 turns and smacked Kylo for some decent damage but the decks lack of focus and my consistent hand disruption failed to allow him to concentrate on mill or damage. I attached jynn first (mistake) but was able to kill her at the close of turn two. Down hill for my opponent after that. 1-0

Match 2, Snoke/Tarkin This opponent is in my play group. A deck that I built when Snoke was released and he put his own twist on it. One of my toughest matches. He was able to load Snoke up with force powers on turn 1 so I focused on him and was able to kill him top turn 3. After that Tarkin is still a beast because Wulf was dead and his power action is devastating but I was able to pull it off after using the two ancients to heal for a total of 12 life the last 3 rounds. 2-0

Match 3, Vader/Greedo Tough match, Vader is a beast and his Greedo rolled like fire. I had dark presence on turn one and was able to consistently remove his Greedo die with it. Vader is annoying but if you can hit his hand then his power action is limited. Doubt also is a 50% chance to remove his die w/o a reroll. He rose again but was able to get Vader off the table and had a fully loaded Kylo vs his Greedo. 3-0

Match 4, Vader/Jawa/Retribution His Vader was in fire. He woul use theed palace to get a resource and take a free action to play upgrade before I could hit his hand. Then he’d role Vader in with his stick turn 1, turn 2 his stick and ancient. And Vader was on fire. I should have cut down his Jawa early game and had the opportunity to kill it early game but I didn’t. (This would bite me in the butt late game). Late game o hit his hand with a triple discard and get his price of failure but he had two. Kills Jawa, readies Vader, rolls out with 10 damage showing and still 1 card to reroll. A tear rolls down my cheek. 3-1

Match 5, Jynn/Cassian This is a kid that plays in our group. Solid player, his first regionals and got 9th. Mad props for him. Turn one he rolls out, clandestine operations, hits me for 6 and mills 6. Turn 2 he rolls out, plays rebel for his clandestine and mills me for a total of 8. Plus the cards I’ve played, I only have 10 total cards left in deck and hand going into turn 3 but I was able to kill Cassian at end of turn 2. After that it was just playing smart, using my focus to avoid having to reroll and finish Jynn. Finished with only 3 cards left. 4-1

Match 6, Wedge/Lando Nasty little vehicle deck and me and this guy always end up playing in big tournaments (i consider him me arch rival). I went after Lando. At the end of turn 2 I had Lando at 10 damage, he thought he was safe, I had used all dice and had no resources but I overlayed my ancient with cross guard on Kylo to kill his Lando. Still tough match til the end but was able to squeeze it out. 5-1

Match 7, eYoda/Partisan/Gungan Opponent was 6-0 so he scooped to me and I finish Swiss at 6-1 and in 1st.

TOP 8 Rex/Clone/Partisan I was worried bout 3 wide decks. Their mitigation is great and a lot of hit points for me to get through. His battle field so I got shields on Kylo and he went after Kylo. I was able to kill Rex by turn two and put a hurting on his clone. Turn three my hand disruption is taking its toll on him and I finish his clone off and melt down his Partisan. 1-0. Game 2 he took his battlefield again. Gets off his hit and runs and blows Wulf off the table. I couldn’t limit his mitigation now and he is able to finish of Kylo. 1-1. Game 3 I take my battlefield. He shields up Rex. I expect him to kill Wukf early again and with Rex having shields I try to limit his mitigation abilities so turn 1 I kill his Partisan, turn two I kills clone trooper. It’s now Kylo vs Rex. Both loaded with upgrades. This is where Reach the Stars really paid off because we where on my battlefield. Win a close match. 2-1

Top 4 eYoda/Partisan/Gungan/Armoured Reinforcements I went after yoda in both matches but I could not handle his Shadowcaster and the damage it was putting out. After a 3:30 hour drive that morning and 9 hours of destiny I was spent and my teammates were watching saying I made a few play mistakes (like forgetting to role in force speed and a misplay on The Best Defence. But not taking away from opponent. He built an awesome deck and I felt helpless in both matches. Played and made him work for it but lost. 0-2

Looking back, I want to tweak some more for those armoured reinforcments decks. Maybe try to find a way to be comfortable against 3 wides. But love the deck. Been playing Kylo for a long time and blue/red villian control is my play style. One card that deserves a shout out is Reach The Stars. That card put in work. Also, Nature's Charm was good. Affected not only damage dice but and side I wanted. Even my own if needed for one of opponent and one if mine. Cards I’m looking to take out to help tweak against vehicle decks are Overconfidence thus card was usually discarded for to reroll and when played against vehicles just allows them to roll a great die that usually got better. Next to come out is Feel Your Anger I loved this card but as more and more dice are coming out with 0 blanks thus card is loosing its appeal.

All and all, had fun. Had GREAT opponents in all my matches and the store ran a smooth tournament. Can’t wait to either tweak this deck more or come out with a new hotness for the next regionals. Thx for reading and long live control!