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11.21.00 Mace and Annie, Together at Last

Red:
Rep Officer [BoN] x4
Jawa (5 destiny) [MoDM] x5
Mace [enhanced]

Blue:
Annie [4 tatooine, 3 coruscant, 2 naboo] x9
Mace [enhanced]

Green:
R2 [2 MoDM, 2 JC, 1 BoN, 1 DotF] x6
C3PO x3 [MoDM]
Mace [enhanced]

Orange:
Annie's Pod [MoDM] x4
Mace's Saber [BoN] x3
Blaster Rifle x3

Yellow:
Wisdom of the Council [JC] x3
Opee Sea Killer [MoDM] x3
Jedi Training [DotF] x2
Pounded Unto Death [DotF]
Mace [Enhanced]

Purple:
C: Capital City [MoDM]
N: Gungun Swamp [JC]
T: Podrace Arena [MoDM]
Amidala's Starship [BoN]x2
Radiant VII [JC] x2
Bravo 2 [JC]
Bravo 3 [BoN]
Mace [Enhanced]

(Strategy)

The deck plays simply enough. I prefer to start on Tatooine, then finish on either Coruscant or Naboo. I have more characters with Naboo bonuses, but Mace is amazing on Coruscant, so I'm prepared to win on either the 2nd or the 3rd planet. The jawas and gunguns are in there for their 5 destiny this deck has 11 cards (the 4 transports, 3 sabers, and 4 pods) with destiny 2, everything else is 4 or above. Strategy is simple: check your opening hand, and fetch Jedi Training if you have a Mace, Pounded Unto Death if you don't (unless of course you already have the right effect in hand) Annie w/ pod dominates at the podrace arena, and Mace w/ Saber and Wisdom dominates everywhere.

Against a Sith deck, duel. By paying attention to what my opponent played, I could guess what destiny numbers he was likely to have and use that to my advantage. The 1 extra damage on Mace gives him an advantage against Maul, while Sidious will usually have less power (and therefor fewer cards). DotF Maul could cause problems since he's UR I haven't faced him yet. A destroyer droid deck can cause some problems, since with the fight together card and Where Are Those Droidikas?, two droids can easily get up in the 16-18 power range. Still, the higher destinies in this deck mean he still has a chance of beating fighting-together droids, and single universals don't have a chance: with Wisdom and his saber, he's 10+destiny anywhere, minimum 12 total, and can fight twice.

Here's what Patrick Sullivan (aka Sith Master -- JCM aka Wiley Virginian) had to say about the deck after playing in Colorado:

William had been waiting patiently for a match and so when he got his chance he sure took advantage. He played his Mace - Anakin deck all seven games and in the end it proved stronger than I would have originally thought. I played the first four games with my Maul deck and then switched over to destroyers when it became abundantly clear that Mace was the better dueler. I think the Duel Maul could would have faired better, but being ultra-rare, I only had two. Alas, William had the better deck and played better with it. He took the series against Maul 3-1.

Not bad for a deck I made solely because I was pulling too many Wisdom of the Councils and never saw anyone else using Mace! -)