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#29 Jawa, Thief
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Entry: 17 July 1999
The Unofficial Jedi's Guide to the YJCCG Galaxy.
Compiled by jinnandtonic, July 1999.
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jinnandtonic's Grades:
Economy: C+
Pretty uneconomical, really. The universal Jawa / Thief deploys for 2 and has Power 2, with location bonuses of Power +1 at all Tatooine locations. While this card only has Damage 1, it has a fairly poor Destiny for such a weak character (Destiny = 3). Unless you are using a Jawa deck-theme, there are better options.
Decipher: B-
The image is fine, and I guess the Power and Damage are justified. I think that this card (being a thief) should have a location bonus of Power +2 at Tatooine / Mos Espa, and no location bonus at Tatooine / Desert Landing Site (although that is debatable). The flavor text is a bit inspecific as well, and the Destiny a touch low.
Overall Usefulness: C+
Not particularly useful by itself. Jawa / Thief is certainly not a powerful card, and is overly weighed down by it's poor Destiny. Obviously a must in a Jawa theme-deck however, and with the supporting cards mentioned below, can be a quite a handful for your opponent. But not a card you can slot into any deck and expect it to be effective.
FLAVOR TEXT: "A few indigenous tribes and scavengers. " Qui-Gon Jinn
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CARD FACTS:
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COMMON, GREEN-DOT, NON-STACKABLE
Deploy: 2
Power: 2
Destiny: 3
Damage: 1
Power Bonuses:
Tatooine/Mos Espa: +1
Tatooine/Desert Landing Site: +1
Tatooine/Podrace Arena: +1
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SPECIFIC INTERACTING CARDS:
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Yay! More Jawa cards please!
Jawa Ion Blaster
(#43, Menace of Darth Maul, Common, Orange-Dot)
- This universal weapon gives any Jawa a Power bonus of +2 and a Destiny ? draw in battle, or any other character a Destiny ? draw in battle. A nice card (with a Destiny of 5), it may be worth using this card (10 copies?) instead of Blaster Rifles in a Jawa deck. The only bad thing about the card is its expensive Deploy (2).
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IN BRIEF:
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Jawa / Thief is probably the weaker of the two Jawa cards, although still very useful in a Jawa themed deck. We already have a green-dot Jawa (Jawa / Thief) and a red-dot Jawa (Jawa / Bargainer), come on Decipher, we want a blue-dot Jawa in the next expansion! Please? Anyway, you probably won't want to use this card unless you are playing a Jawa deck. Which I will now rant about briefly.
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GENERAL PLAY TIPS:
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* The Jawa deck? Firstly, we will obviously want 10 copies of each Jawa / Thief and Jawa / Bargainer (cleaning up our green and red categories, respectively). Orange should contain lots of Jawa Ion Blasters, maybe a few Blaster Rifles if you are really looking to lift that Destiny. But I wouldn't use them. Blue is fairly tough, and at the moment we have to leave the theme for a moment. Because of the high Destiny we should have in the deck, I might slip in a few copies of Anakin Skywalker / Podracer Pilot and Royal Guard / Leader. . Finally, yellow, where I would have 1-3 copies of Da Beings Hereabouts Cawazy and plenty of The Negotiations Were Short. If you decide yo use 10 copies of Royal Guard / Leader it may be worth while putting a couple of copies of Security Volunteers in as well. Happy Jawa deck building?
* The Force Quotient (FQ, like IQ) of Jawa / Thief is 5. Which isn't the best. The same as Royal Guard / Veteran, Naboo Security / Guard and Boss Nass / Leader of the Gungans, plus several others.
Style tips:
- Another cross-CCG theme deck. The thief deck! Featuring Kabe of SWCCG (Premiere) and Jawa / Thief. You also might want to try stealing your opponent's cards. (actually don't!)
- Beat up your opponents Battle Droids. You might want to borrow a few Restraining Bolts from SWCCG Premiere!
- Another recurring alien! Joy!
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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. Utinni! Who else thought Utinni Effects were stupid in SWCCG? Nice idea, but stupid name.
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