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#3 Jar Jar Binks, Gungan Chuba Thief
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Entry: 24 June 1999


The Unofficial Jedi's Guide to the YJCCG Galaxy.

Compiled by jinnandtonic, June 1999.

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The Unofficial Jedi's Guide to the YJCCG Galaxy is THE card strategy reference for Decipher's Young Jedi CCG. Starting with the first expansion, 'The Menace of Darth Maul', each individual card will be discussed until it can be discussed no further. Nevertheless, if I have missed something, email me at jinnandtonic@angelfire.com, and I will update it accordingly.



jinnandtonic's Grades:

Economy: B
- Mesa think that... sorry, sorry. Jar Jar, GCT is a bit of an up-and-down card in terms of economy. 4 deploy for 4 power - standard fare - and the only location he gets a bonus at is Mos Espa (because he is a chuba thief, right?). However, Jar Jar has only 2 Damage and a reasonable destiny of 3. I am looking forward to General Jar Jar in future expansions, however.

Decipher: A-
- Scarcely anything wrong with this card. The image is excellent, and the location bonuses definitely reasonable. However, having a 'Gungan Chuba Thief' version of a main character because that character stole Chuba in a thirty-second-or-so scene is a bit rich. Considering his time on Tatooine, this card should have been Jar Jar Binks, Clumsy Klutz.

Overall Usefulness: C+
- At the moment, Jar Jar, GCT gets effectively no location bonuses (Mos Espa site not yet released). While his Damage is low and his destiny high, I want a Gungan to lead my Gungan army, not a Chuba thief to terrorise my opponent's Gragra.

FLAVOR TEXT: "Why mesa always da one?" - Jar Jar Binks

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CARD FACTS:
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RARE, BLUE-DOT, STACKABLE

Deploy: 4

Power: 4

Destiny: 3

Damage: 2

Power Bonuses:

Tatooine/Mos Espa: +2
Tatooine/Desert Landing Site: +0
Tatooine/Podrace Arena: +0

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SPECIFIC INTERACTING CARDS:
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Jar Jar Binks' Electropole
(#38, Menace of Darth Maul, Uncommon, Orange-Dot)
- Jar Jar's weapon of choice. Provides +2 Power and a ? Destiny Draw to Jar Jar or a ? destiny draw to any other character. Cheap to deploy (1) and a nice destiny of 4. Jar Jar deck, anyone?

Fear Attracts the Fearful
(#53, Menace of Darth Maul, Uncommon, Yellow-Dot)
- Yet another 'character A fights with character B' battle card. Because it involves Anakin, it is okay, but it can not really form the basis for a deck. 2-3 in a Jar Jar/Anakin deck, which will work better when the Tatooine/Mos Espa and General Jar Jar cards are released.

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IN BRIEF:
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I suppose the question is, if you have Jar Jar Binks, Gungan Chuba Thief, would you *WANT* to make a deck based on him? While his 4 Power is fairly handy, I think the card is a bit of a cheat from Decipher - a hold-over Jar Jar until the Naboo expansion. He would be a good ground leader on Tatooine for Light Gungan decks, IF he had power bonuses for sites currently released. At least his Damage is only 2. In other words, it doesn't *really* matter if he is defeated (A Jar Jar suicide deck....there's an idea!!)

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GENERAL PLAY TIPS:
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I think the opportunity exists for a deck involving a stack of Jar-Jar, GCT's and a stack of his personal Electropoles. The vital thing here is that his Electropole can be used with any character, which means you can throw in some Anakins and Fear Attracts the Fearful for a nice theme. I would love to see Jar Jar steal Darth Maul's chuba (so to speak).

* In terms of the blue-dot Gungans, Jar Jar is the best all-round Gungan for assaults on Tatooine (less Damage than Boss Nass, more Power than Captain Tarpals). So if your Light Gungan Deck needs some Gungans to help out on Tatooine, he is probably your best bet.

* Style tips:

- Use Fear Attracts The Fearful with Jar Jar and Anakin against Sebulba.

- Fight Gragra as much as you can with Jar Jar.

- Use the Da Beings Hereabouts Cawazy battle card with Jar Jar. Say the title in Gungan when you reveal it and grin like a loon.

- When your lone Jar Jar is facing Darth Maul, SA armed with a Sith Lightsaber at a site, shake your head and moan: "Wesa ina pitty bad goo," OR "Dats muy bigo oucho."

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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. Someone make me a Jar Jar suicide deck!!!


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