Meta Snapshot Updates

This week we’re making major changes to our Meta Snapshot as a result of GenCon!

First, we’re removing three mono color archetypes that didn’t see play/success over the three days of GenCon- that demonstrates a lack of faith in them by a wide swath of the competitive community. These are: Sabine/Red, Han2/Red, and Iden/Blue. Sabine/Red and Han2/Red simply fall behind Sabine/Green in the aggro arms race. The ability to ECL a Wrecker or Poe just puts that deck in a separate category. Iden/Blue, despite receiving some new tools in set 2, is struggling to compete. There are now many tools that can punish the Iden player for playing Childsen and the deck doesn’t pack the same punch it did in set 1.

Second, we’re moving with the community on which is the best Hero/Red/Blue deck. The fundamental plan of all these archetypes is to play value units while eating the opponent’s hand with Force Throw, K2SO and Pillage. We were skeptical of the power level of Rey/Red, so it was exciting to see Han2/Blue evolving as a more powerful alternative. As such we’re removing Rey/Red and adding Han2/Blue to the snapshot.

Third, we have a late addition to the aggro lane: Kylo/Yellow. This deck took 1st this week in a Pittsburgh 1K and has the kind of YOLO game plan you need to out-aggro Sabine. It was lurking at the top GenCon tables and stealing games with its plan to load up Toro Calican with upgrades. It’s fun to see new leaders and archetypes coming to the top!

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Now, on to our tournament results!

If you have decklists, results, or other information, please reach out to me on Discord @DJStormtrooper

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Pittsburgh $1K

A $1K tournament happened in Pittsburgh with 24 players.

Top 4:

1. Bossk ECL def. 4. Han2 Blue
2. Kylo Jedha def. 3. Sabine ECL

2. Kylo Jedha def. 1. Bossk ECL

Congrats to Elyndil!

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Tacoma, Washington $1K

A 17-person $1K took place in Tacoma, WA. Top 4 players in the cut split the prizes:

Palp/Green
Han1/Yellow
Boba1/Yellow
Hondo/Blue

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Washington DC $1K

A $1K at Curio Cavern in Virginia happened on Saturday with 40 Players. There was no top cut.

Top 8 were:

3x Boba Yellow
2x Sabine Green
Han Green
Vader Green
Qira Green

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German Nationals Qualifier

There was a tournament on 11.8.2024 in Neumünster, Germany with 48 people aiming to Qualify for the German Open. Top 8 were the following:

1. Qira ECL 6-0
2. Boba1 Yellow 5-1
3. Han2 Blue 5-1
4. Han2 Blue 5-1
5. Boba1 Yellow Space 5-1
6. Han1 Yellow 4-2
7. Boba1 Green (me) 4-2
8. Han1 Yellow 4-2

Total Breakdown of all decks:
11 Sabine ECL
6 Han2 Blue
4 Boba1 Yellow
3 Qira ECL
3 Han1 Yellow
3 Boba1 ECL
2 Boba1 Green
1 Palp Green
1 Han2 ECL
1 Sabine Tarkintown
1 Rey Tarkintown
1 ReyRed
1 Bossk Green
1 Vader Blue
1 Iden Blue
1 Vader Green
1 Krennic Green
1 Kylo Red
1 Mando Blue
1 Tarkin Yellow
1 GI Tarkintown
1 Boba2 Yellow
1 GI Blue
1 unknown

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Portugal Results

We got our first results this week from Portugal. Yesterday (10/08) was the first Tournament of the Portuguese league at Mercadia Games featuring 19 Players.

Thanks to Miguel Correia for sending us the results from the Blast League!

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If you want to catch up on this week’s happenings in the UK, check out Unlimited Power’s weekly video!

Thanks for reading! Check out the full Meta Snapshot here. Any decks you’ve been enjoying that aren’t seeing enough love in the meta? Let us know!