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#30 Jawa, Bargainer
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Entry: 19 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
Jawa / Bargainer is a pretty uneconomical card. Power 1 for Deploy 1, location bonuses of Power +1 at all Tatooine sites is okay-ish for a breakthrough deck, but Damage 2 and Destiny 5 could be better. Just look at the Dark character Sith Probe Droid for a better weenie character.
Decipher: B-
I have similar problems with this card as I did with the Jawa / Thief card. This card should have a higher location bonus at Tatooine/Mos Espa and a lower location bonus at Tatooine/Desert Landing Site. Damage is also a little high, although it doesn't really matter. This card is also identical to the Dark character Neimoidian / Trade Federation Pilot, which irks a little.
Overall Usefulness: C+
Well, no. There are one or two slightly better red-dot cards that I could think of at the moment (wink wink, nudge nudge, etc.). Decipher even goes out of it's way to recommend that the Jawa / Bargainers should be replaced as soon as possible out of the starter decks in an article on the website. (I am sure I read it somewhere...) So for specialised use only, or you are just starting the game and don't have a lot of cards to play with. Okay if you want a high-destiny style deck, though.
FLAVOR TEXT: Jawas are shrewd, always haggling for the best possible price.
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CARD FACTS:
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STARTER DECK INSERT, RED-DOT, NON-STACKABLE
Deploy: 1
Power: 1
Destiny: 5
Damage: 2
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! Same comments here as in #29 Jawa, Thief.
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 / Bargainer is not the most useful card going around, and unless you want a little higher Destiny Average in your deck, are probably best avoided. Not the strongest of characters, or the more economical, Jawa / Bargainer is pretty much a Light variant of Neimoidian / Trade Federation Pilot. So unless you *really* need that Destiny, or you are making a Jawa theme.... steer clear.
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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 / Bargainer is 6. The devil's number? The same as a bunch of other universals, such as Royal Guard / Leader, Ithorian / Merchant, and through utter co-incidence, the Dark character Neimoidian / Trade Federation Pilot.
* Style tips:
- Try to beat a Jedi deck with your Jawa deck containing 10 copies of Jawa / Bargainer and Jawa / Thief. "Gee, like my deck is worth $5 and yours is worth $50, and I won." Have to love all-common weenie decks.
- 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. Would you buy a used speeder from this Jawa? No, I wouldn't either.
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