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#15 Captain Tarpals, Gungan Guard
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Entry: 6 July 1999
The Unofficial Jedi's Guide to the YJCCG Galaxy.
Compiled by jinnandtonic, June 1999.
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jinnandtonic's Grades:
Economy: B+
- Captain Tarpals/Gungan Guard appears at first to be just another standard character with Power 3 and Deploy 3. He has a location bonus of Power +2 at Naboo/Gungan Swamp and has a fairly nice Damage of 2. What makes him such a handy character however is that he has a Destiny of 5. Once the Light version of Naboo/Gungan Swamp is released, he will be an even more economical character.
Decipher: A-
There is nothing *really* wrong with this card, from Decipher's point of view. The only possible flaw I can point out is that Tarpals receives no Power bonuses at Naboo / Battle Fields (although this may be rectified in a future version of Tarpals). The image is nice, the Power and Damage justified, and I can live with the Destiny. All in all, a good YJCCG card.
Overall Usefulness: B+
Captain Tarpals is a handy card to have in Light decks which focus on Naboo (probably most of them). He is worth including in a Light deck for his Destiny alone, and the Power of 3 comes in handy as well. Ideal in a Gungan-themed deck, he is perfect fuel for those Kaadu and Electropoles. This card will only become more useful when the future expansions are released, and the Light version of Naboo/Gungan Swamp becomes available.
FLAVOR TEXT: "Ouch time for all-n youse." - Captain Tarpals
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CARD FACTS:
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UNCOMMON, BLUE-DOT, STACKABLE
Deploy: 3
Power: 3
Destiny: 5
Damage: 2
Power Bonuses:
Naboo/Theed Palace: +0
Naboo/Battle Fields: +0
Naboo/Gungan Swamp: +2
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SPECIFIC INTERACTING CARDS:
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No interacting cards as yet. Not sure if we'll see any either.
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IN BRIEF:
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Captain Tarpals is a very useful card. In terms of the Gungan characters currently available, has the highest individual Destiny, with a Destiny of 5. He is therefore the perfect character to assist your Gungan deck's poor average Destiny (most Gungans have a Destiny of 3 or less). In other Light decks, Tarpals is still a valuable card. For the blue-dot category of Light characters, you might want to try 3-5 of Anakin Skywalker / Podracer Pilot and 5-7 of Captain Tarpals/Gungan Guard. When the Light version of Naboo/Gungan Swamp is released, expect some Light decks targeting that site with 10x Tarpals to break onto the tournament scene!
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GENERAL PLAY TIPS:
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* For the blue-dot category, the only other options you have for a Light high-Destiny deck are Padme Naberrie/Handmaiden and Yoda / Jedi Master. If you intend to focus on Naboo more than Tatooine or Coruscant, or you want overall usable Power without a high Damage rating, Tarpals is the best option. Padme's location bonus of Power +2 at Tatooine/Mos Espa is currently useless and Yoda/Jedi Master has a Damage of 4. If you are not using Anakin Skywalker/Podracer Pilot, you may want to try splitting the blue-dot category between Yoda and Tarpals, for a nice balance.
* The Force Quotient (FQ, like IQ) of Captain Tarpals/Gungan Guard is 8. This is the same as Queen Amidala/Royal Leader, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Young Jedi and Mace Windu/Jedi Master. Pretty illustrious company to be sure.
* Silly theme of today: The Disabled Deck. Confused? Take all the Light characters you can find with the majority of their location Bonuses at a site currently unavailable. (e.g. Tarpals, Boss Nass/Leader of the Gungans, Padme Naberrie/Handmaiden, Jar Jar Binks/Gungan Chuba Thief, etc.) Just don't expect to win. Point out at every opportunity that you don't get any location bonuses this battle. Again.
* Style tips:
- Gang up with Tarpals and Jar Jar against a bunch of Trade Federation Tanks, and win.
- Theme deck: The Gungan Guard. Featuring 10x Captain Tarpals and 10x <>Gungan Guard. This theme might actually work nicely when the Light version of Naboo/Gungan Swamp is released. If you don't like that, try the Guard deck, including Royal Guards and Naboo Security/Guard as well.
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ADDITIONS:
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Up to you. Think of anything else cool about his card, or combos that you have used to great effect? What about a particular game in which this card made you win? Send anything like that to jinnandtonic@angelfire.com and I'll add it here. Who needs Captain Kirk and Captain Picard when you have Captain Panaka and Captain Tarpals?
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