I was the Cad Bane player who made top 8 and I can definitely agree it's got a tough Jango matchup. I tested it a lot with a teammate in the run up to the event and it's what caused a lot of the changes to the deck. The early 2 turns become about taking the board and then either transitioning into a race or playing to Cad if you think you can get to 7 (or draw now there are 2 of them) depending on the board state. As soon as Lurking Tie comes down I know I need to start going face and it's a big reason for the waylays and tap effects being so present in the deck especially bamboozle. Going wide with the Guavians was amazing to help with the race too. If I can get a guy suited with a Blaster and then play to find Surprise Strike I'll aim for a kill on the deploy turn or turn after. Bazine is also a great turn 1 with a slower hand to brick their TDR, Lurking Tie or turn 2 play whilst hopefully TT deals with the turn 1. Bossk with free Bamboozle and Ziro were both great to play towards too - sometimes even dropping Ziro on 5 resource and claiming soon after to tap them under 6 next turn. I played 3 Jangos on the day and won all 3 matches which I can definitely attribute some to good luck but I'd like to think the deckbuilding choices had some help to it too.
I don't know...Jango is good, but it had negative win rate against Rey TT. (In locals as a Rey player I don't worry about Jango - but people might get better with it). Luke (50%) but too little data. Anakin - that was so prevalent and did so poorly only 54% win rate. Sure the matchups can improve against Sabine and Cad - but that will have to be balanced against an evolving meta and dealing with control. I get the KTOD is pushing it heavily and it is likely based on internal testing - but at end it is early and in early results it is far from dominant. Let's see - maybe it gets there come PQs...
Win rate % is unfortunately not always going to give the whole picture. I try to give insight about my own experience with and against these decks while also covering the results at the events.
@@iamwooooo Totally agree...you have to preference this tourney also with at least some of these disclaimers: (a) early in meta; (b) lots of players trying new leaders/decks and (iii) how many good players were on what decks and (iv) remember pre-PQ vs PQ meta Set 2. Side tangent - In generally across most tabletop systems I have played, I also found that EU players are more innovative/counter-meta vs US players meta-by numbers/consensus. I wish "Worlds" in a lot of tabletop games actually really meant "worlds" and not just mostly US players with some international players. More than often I have seen "US consensus" - really upset with significant international presence...
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I was the Cad Bane player who made top 8 and I can definitely agree it's got a tough Jango matchup. I tested it a lot with a teammate in the run up to the event and it's what caused a lot of the changes to the deck. The early 2 turns become about taking the board and then either transitioning into a race or playing to Cad if you think you can get to 7 (or draw now there are 2 of them) depending on the board state. As soon as Lurking Tie comes down I know I need to start going face and it's a big reason for the waylays and tap effects being so present in the deck especially bamboozle. Going wide with the Guavians was amazing to help with the race too. If I can get a guy suited with a Blaster and then play to find Surprise Strike I'll aim for a kill on the deploy turn or turn after. Bazine is also a great turn 1 with a slower hand to brick their TDR, Lurking Tie or turn 2 play whilst hopefully TT deals with the turn 1. Bossk with free Bamboozle and Ziro were both great to play towards too - sometimes even dropping Ziro on 5 resource and claiming soon after to tap them under 6 next turn. I played 3 Jangos on the day and won all 3 matches which I can definitely attribute some to good luck but I'd like to think the deckbuilding choices had some help to it too.
Thanks for sharing! Congrats on your finish!
Thanks for the help! Trying cad right now. Can I please have a quick rundown on what situation each sideboard card is brought in for?
I clicked to see how you would pronounce Birmingham and stayed for the (as always) outstanding content.
Great analysis!
Big fan of your Han2 Red build from the last set. I would love to see your take on Anakin Red.
Than ks for the breakdown. Interesting so see where the meta goes.
No problem!
A Fine Addition is also a set 3 addition that does a lot of work in Bossk
Interesting meta! Feels like a lot of people went with their set 2 leaders that they have a lot of reps with
Fantastic reporting, thank you Sir! The Nordic Fleet Approves™
Thanks!
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Definitely think Jango Red needs more reps into Cad. That was also the finals matchup at a case tournament in Chicago where the Cad Red won.
Good video Thank You for the breakdown
Thank you!
To solve the jango issue with cad go green instead. Ecl/timely,maul, no?
I think it will be difficult to close against them with that kind of ground game but it's possible.
palp is an answer for snoke mostly IMO in jango decks
That makes sense.
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Thanks for letting me know!
Safe to say, it was pronounced as expected 😜
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Neither Palp from top4 did run a single Relentless in the main deck or in the side xd
Probably would have helped against Bossk!
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I don't know...Jango is good, but it had negative win rate against Rey TT. (In locals as a Rey player I don't worry about Jango - but people might get better with it). Luke (50%) but too little data. Anakin - that was so prevalent and did so poorly only 54% win rate. Sure the matchups can improve against Sabine and Cad - but that will have to be balanced against an evolving meta and dealing with control. I get the KTOD is pushing it heavily and it is likely based on internal testing - but at end it is early and in early results it is far from dominant. Let's see - maybe it gets there come PQs...
Win rate % is unfortunately not always going to give the whole picture. I try to give insight about my own experience with and against these decks while also covering the results at the events.
@@iamwooooo Totally agree...you have to preference this tourney also with at least some of these disclaimers: (a) early in meta; (b) lots of players trying new leaders/decks and (iii) how many good players were on what decks and (iv) remember pre-PQ vs PQ meta Set 2.
Side tangent - In generally across most tabletop systems I have played, I also found that EU players are more innovative/counter-meta vs US players meta-by numbers/consensus. I wish "Worlds" in a lot of tabletop games actually really meant "worlds" and not just mostly US players with some international players. More than often I have seen "US consensus" - really upset with significant international presence...
Hey Woooo! Do you have a contact email by chance? Wanted to send you a businessy related email (SWU related), wasn't able to find a contact email on here or Patreon. Appreciate all you do for the game!
Email is woooooswu@gmail.com