Tyler (@DJStormtrooper) — Welcome to the Garbage Rollers Fantasy Draft! We’re taking a gamified approach to making a tier list today by doing it snake-draft style.

For those unfamiliar, on their turn, each competitor will pick a card from the existing pool. The card goes onto their “team.” Once everyone has picked once, the order will reverse, and we’ll pick again.

For this draft, we’re doing four cards each, with no restrictions on picks. It’s up to the players to define what “best” means and to defend their picks as the absolute best 4 card team! We hope y’all as the readers will sound off on Discord about who you think did the best!

Justin (@Inception) and Jayson (@ImpossibleGerman) are here, along with our Garbage Roller compatriot Jim (@jsharp), PLUS special guests Mike Gemme (@BobbySapphire) from friends of the show KTOD and Wooooo (@Woooooo), best known for his eponymous channel.

Tyler — Hey crew! Welcome back for set 5!

Random.org says Justin goes first! Should be a pretty easy pick given the game of QiRa ECL we literally just played…

And if he complains, just remember this was the last thing he said in the set 4 draft:

Justin — I’m a simple man, I see Darth Vader, I pick Darth Vader. Sure, he’s more narrow than say Anakin Skywalker from this same set in that you really want to be playing him in green and ambushing him in, but when you do hot damn is he sexy.

Jayson — That was an eyebrow raising preview day for sure. Darth’s floor is kind of low- you’re really relying on him attacking to get your money out of him, and if you don’t Ambush him in there’s piles of counterplay available. But the ceiling? Boy howdy does this card offer value.

Tyler — Yeah, the Wrecker + ECL level play here is bonkers. A serious contender for the best combo in the game. But even hard casting him you can get value. For instance, by putting your shield on a friendly sentinel.

wooooo — Not quite number one on my pre-draft board but I can get behind this one. Certainly had a crazy high ceiling even if he does require a build around investment.

Jim — Vader is a bad ass, and I would like to see how well he is used outside of ECL and the two events that give him Ambush.

Mike — When I saw that I had the number 2 pick I knew Justin was going to take the Greg Oden like Darth Vader off the board leaving me with a future hall of famer.

Vader is great, but he’s more of the same in Villain decks. He’s going to be great as long as the archetype stays healthy.

But Ki-Adi Mundi is going to be a perennial all star, win championships in a bunch of different decks for years to come, and is more likely to eventually get banned than any other card in Legends of the Force. The draw two opens up so many play lines, is easy to turn on, and pushes us to a robust late game full of bombs and Force Throws. He is the Kevin Durant of Star Wars: Unlimited.

Jim — There might not be many great cards in this set, but the old conehead is one of them! The card draw is finally not over-costed here. Great pick!

Tyler — I’m excited to see a card linked to the Force mechanic come off the board at #2. But Mike, isn’t he just as locked into a single archetype as Vader is? He’s only playable as long as Hero Red Force decks are a cohesive thing.

Mike — But villain blue is really only control, hero red is much more flexible in the Force era. Also, could we splash Ki-Adi in villain red decks? Maybe. He’s that good.

Justin — Ki-adi was one of the 2 other cards I considered for first pick. The devs have consistently made card draw excessively expensive, so it’s no surprise that when we finally get a card doing it way more effectively- it’s an all star.

My only concern was similar to what Tyler said, except I’m more concerned force just isn’t something we splash often after set 5 is the only set that gets any support for it. Rotation coming around could make the force even stronger initially though so who knows!

wooooo — Yeah, Ki-Adi is the best card in the set in my mind. I think he’s completely busted. Card draw in this game has been so over costed that it’s wild to see a rate body get a 2 card draw built into it. I hear the worries that Force might not be supported well in the future, and time will tell if that’s a problem.

Either way, these were the top two cards on my board as well. Now things might start to get interesting.

Jayson — Mr. Wooooo, would you say there’s a good sized gap after those first two?

wooooo — I think there’s a few more “heavy hitters” but nothing that was in contention for top 2 for me. After the first round I expect we will see a lot of deviation though.

Jim — I am going to stay with the theme of selecting a card that needs this set’s mechanic and chose Shien Flurry. This card coupled with Justin’s pick is just bonkers. The added bonus of -2 damage and needing the Force is that what they think Smuggle is worth? I am sure this will see play in a lot of Force unit decks starting with Qui-Gon Jinn, Student of the Living Force.

Jayson — Card is just kinda stonks in Yellow Force decks- very good value there. It’s just so hard to know whether those decks have a chance to move the needle. This might be the toughest set to evaluate for the card draft so far.

Mike — I love a cheap event, I don’t know how many of our force units have tons of ambush upside but at the very least two of the best cards in the set greatly benefit from attacking and taking advantage of when played abilities so that alone has this card seeing play.

Tyler — I’m definitely a fan of the card. Serious stonks with Vader or Anakin.

wooooo — Shien Flurry is a great option for specifically blue/yellow villain force decks to abuse Darth Vader (and maybe Anakin). A really nice utility card that has a lot of potential.

Jayson — I’m going to imagine a world where Force pans out and the decks are competitively relevant. If that world comes to pass, then the best cards in this set are the ones that offer those decks tangible and accessible value. With that logic, I’m picking Jedi Consular.

A lot of the community’s early theorycrafting has featured this card. It’s not the easiest value reduction on offer, but Alliance Dispatcher has seen very frequent play, and I think Consular is clearly an upgrade on that kind of piece for Force decks. 4 health is not trivial to deal with and if he does go off it’s pretty huge.

Tyler — Jedi consular has some great applications and sings in Obi Wan or Avar Kriss, but my issue has been that the unfairness those decks can leverage kind of begins and ends with the Consular. I’m worried he won’t find a competitive home.

Jayson — Remember Tyler- we’re in Magical Christmas Land where Force pans out! You kind of have to be for this draft or the whole set just drifts into the realm of 🤷‍♂️. Like, just playing devil’s advocate here- if Force doesn’t pan out, Ki-Adi and Shien Flurry aren’t worth a darn either.

Justin — Tyler echoes my thoughts perfectly! I love the idea of cheating out units 2 rounds early of curve, but the hero side of things in general has always played a much more fair game outside of aggro.

wooooo — I’m not super high on Consular just yet. While he can enable a really powerful turn two in an Avar deck or with some of the rare bases, he requires a lot more work elsewhere. Looks like an okay role player to me.

Mike — Jedi Consular has a lot of potential with the rare green base, if he can stay alive he can do some silly things. This is a god level ability if it can be pulled off. I love the upside.

Tyler — For my first pick, I have to go with his neutralness,  Anakin Skywalker. With only one aspect in the discard pile, this guy is a solidly playable 6-drop, but if you’re one of the various decks that can play something off aspect, he becomes an absolute bomb. Really hyped about him in Chancellor Palpatine. This is a fun design space that encourages spicy off-aspect play too!

Jayson — I’ve not quite bought into the hype around this guy, but I do get the appeal and see the potential for him to open up builds. My early guess is that major Hero/Villain split builds aren’t quite ready for primetime and Anakin instead loses slots to dedicated 6 drops from either side of the line. The ceiling is pretty slick though.

Mike — Anakin is fantastic and getting him at the fifth pick is a straight up steal. He’s never going to be the best card in your deck but he’s going to see a ton of play bc he’s neutral and because he has a strong and easy to set up when played and great stats

wooooo — Anakin has a crazy high ceiling. If this was double triggering in “regular” decks it would be one of the best cards in the game. The leader’s that directly work with both halves of his ability have a lot of inherent downsides to them, and splashing off-aspect isn’t usually a high value proposition, but even in decks that only ever trigger him once, he can be a powerful card.

With the 6th and 7th picks in the draft, I’ll be selecting two cards that I had ranked at #3 and #4.

To start, I will be taking Kelleren Beq. How is this card not a Legendary? Seriously. It’s a mash up between Home One and U-Wing Reinforcements, and has less restrictions than either. This guy can go fetch a Krayt Dragon in the late game!

I feel like at some point this guy needed to use the force to enable his ability, but then he was buffed. Anyway, this is just another massive value unit for green hero decks and he won’t be locked in to force builds so all the green value-based hero decks can just slot him in anyway. There’s so much power here, and that’s before you even look at Han2 with this guy, because now you can essentially run the unit version of U-Wing and get a discount on it.

Justin — Anakin was the 3rd card I considered at #1. Like previously said his ceiling of -6/-6 on play or -3/-3 to 2 units at 6 with a solid body is about as good as it gets. If we ever enter a world where mixing hero/villainy cards more often in decks happens, his value only goes up

I like Kellerin a lot, as a 7/7 body just presents problems that have to be dealt with. Add in he has the flexibility on his search that he is not restricted to 3 or less if you are above 7 resources and he can be even more impactful as the game goes on. My only drawback to playing him thus far has been finding situations where he isn’t helping me claw back a game if I’m behind much.

Tyler — Kelleran is indeed serious value and I’m equally surprised that his ability wasn’t tied to using the Force.

Mike — I’ve been a bit underwhelmed when playing KB on 7, but he only gets stronger as the game goes on when he’s pulling Home Ones late game he gets completely out of control.

Jayson — Kelleran seems like he’s totally solid. His color wasn’t lacking for top end options, though, so I’m curious whether he ends up making cuts. That concern actually kept me off of another card that is still on the board…

wooooo — With the 7th pick, I’ll be selecting one of my personal favorites. Chirrut Imwe, come join the squad.

Anyone who has played with or against this card can attest to how amazing it feels to have him block for the team, or how incredibly obnoxious it is to get through. This is one of, if not the most powerful sentinel effects in the game. Requiring a direct hit of 7+ to die in one show (with the force of course) is no easy task on turn three, and he does exceptionally well against boards filled with mid-powered units if you have force units behind him to give you the token back after you spend it. Sabine can’t hurt him! Poe needs to ECL and toss a card at him to one shot him! Chirrut is a major game changer for blue force decks and is low-key one of the biggest payoffs for the archetype.

Justin — I was going to be sad if wooooo wasn’t the one to pick Chirrut! He presents an absolute wall of a sentinel on 4. I hope I never have to see a world where Electrostaff gets played on him…

Tyler — Chirrut is a wall in and of himself and I think the only constraint on his play is the amount of great 4 drops some of the Force decks have.

@wooooo  these two picks seem to indicate we’re headed towards a pretty grindy meta. Is that what you’re seeing?

Mike — Chirrut is a card that is going to be shutting down aggro decks on the ground for a long time he’s a menace to get through; when you need more than a surprise strike to take him off the board it’s devastating

wooooo — I think we’re already in a sort of grindy meta where a lot of decks are trying to one up each other, or completely disengage from the value game all together.

This set looks to open a new version of “grind,” specifically hero force decks.

The nice part about Chirrut too, is that if he does get one shot by a surprise strike, Poe ECL, or anything else, you just opt out of his effect and keep your force token.

Jayson — Chirrut’s ceiling seems good to me, but I do think there’s a lot of counterplay available. Paying 4 for a 3/5 feels a little behind the times in our new world where stats are running a little hotter, and so if his ability gets maneuvered around he’s probably not going to feel great. I guess my concern is that him being good will require your opponent to dance to your tune, and I don’t know yet how realistic that is.

Tyler — Snaking back to me, for my second pick, I’m going to go with possibly the best value unit of the set Darth Tyrannus. A 4/3 shielded is solid, but getting to ambush without having to even use the Force token pushes this guy over curve. Now, there may only be one competitive Force deck on the villain side (Talzin) but he’ll be great there.

Jayson — This guy seems awfully solid for his single aspect costing. Gonna be a hoss in limited, too.

Mike — Tyrannus has been great in both Talzin and Revan, and he has given villain force decks a legit four drop that can do it all.

wooooo — I was playing Perimeter AT-RT in the RQ.

Tyrannus is one of two amazing force villain payoffs, and does a lot of heavy lifting for the archetype, which was given much less support than the hero side. He’s great.

Jayson — Yeah, I forgot about that. It also makes me think about how long Childsen got away with being a crap card just because a Sentinel at that point on the curve was so important and there wasn’t much else available.

Tyler — Don’t you talk about my 6/6 boi Childsen like that!

Justin — Tyrannus is great! 4 cost has always been the land of not great options, so I’m definitely happy to see more good cards filling out the cost point.

Jayson — My next pick is not dependent on Force, and I think the value is exceptional, he just is landing into a pretty crowded spot that makes me a little worried about his prospects. But no question, Qui-Gon Jinn, The Negotiations Will Be Short is a superb top end card. Waylay has taught us that a bounce is usually just as good as a straightforward kill, and a 7 attack Ambush is going to take care of the majority of problems. He might be one of the most reliable 2 for 1 plays in the game, and outside of heavy Shield usage, not a lot can stop him from getting great value. I’m impressed he fell this far in the draft.

Mike — I like QGJ and his 7 attack is a magic number against a lot of units. My only issue with him is that he’s occupying a 7 cost spot that already had a great option in Han Solo. Taking two things off the board is fantastic but it doesn’t always happen, and often leaving a body behind, like Han can do, is better than putting something back on the top of an opponents deck, esp with all of the great when-played units seeing play right now

Tyler — I’d be higher on him if his ability wasn’t tied to ground units only. He certainly deserves the pick placement you’ve given him, but the fact that Vader can hit space and QGJ can’t is why Vader is #1 overall and QGJ isn’t

Justin — Qui-Gon is a weird one for me. The 7 power is impactful, but we already have a ton of great options at 7 cost. I would have loved his function on a 6 cost unit with a slight drop in stats personally, but I do still like him overall

Jayson — 7 drop Han Solo also only affects the ground lane! I thought that was a downside too when I first read it but now I’m not so sure. Like Justin though, I’d have certainly loved to see QGJ carve his own niche at like 5 or 6 resources.

wooooo — Qui Gon is a great card in a vacuum, there’s just a lot of competition in the slot. Still one of the most powerful pure rate cards in the set.

Tyler — Rotation, baby!

Justin — Truly interested to see how much card valuations change in another 8 months!

Jim — With my next pick I am going with someone that shouldn’t be dependent on this set and this set alone, and that’s Ezra Bridger, Attuned with Life. Might be too soon to pick him, but I love his stats (he has an abundance of traits too!) and he will work well with Hera and Kanan as leaders.

Tyler — Ezra is a solid unit and he’ll see play based on his stats alone. The ability is great in the right deck- I don’t know that said deck will be competitive this meta. The creature subtheme just didn’t get quite enough help .

Jim — I don’t care too much about the creature as I do his helping the Spectre units

wooooo — He’s not even the best 3/5 force unit in this set!

Still, a solid rate unit for sure. His text hasn’t come up too often but the floor is very high.

Jim — I agree woooo, but I am not looking to use him as a Force unit as much as I am his Rebel and Spectre traits.

Tyler — That’s what I really like about him as a design, he helps so many archetypes

Mike — I’ve been pretty low on Ezra because it feels like every match is about midrange grinding and it’s hard to get him going, but I have hope for an insane mono blue Dume deck!

Tyler — Don’t we all! I feel like Kanan is close. If HBB had a decent top end (ala Avenger) it would cook.

Jayson — What do you mean “if”? Mythosaur is right there for the taking baby. Go live your dreams!

Mike — With my second round pick I’m going with Yoda, My Ally is the Force and oh what an ally it is. I love a good Legendary, and while I’ve been critical of most of the L rarity power levels, this one is off the charts. Yes it’s tied to the force but it triggers every time you use the force; that’s crazy. And no unit is safe, he hits leaders, space units, whatever, and he triggers it himself on play while healing five life. What a guy.

Tyler — Yoda is a hoss for all the reasons Mike lists above. Especially if you can build a board he’s nuts. My only complaints are he competes with Home One in the 8 slot and he’s a non-bo with Jedi Consular.

wooooo — Having burst heal on your bomb is not something we see very often. This will go a long way in helping green force decks become viable.

Jayson — Slot competition is my big fear for Yoda, but as bombs go, he’s a doozy for sure.

Justin — Really thought Yoda was going to creep back to me at 12, thanks a lot Mike! For pick 12, I’m taking Mace Windu. I’m sure our friend Jay from unplayable is excited to see a Mace that’s playable! With 6/6 stats and overwhelm on 6 with a built in open fire via the force, what’s not to love? You’re getting most of Wrecker, only having to spend the force instead of destroying a resource. Big value there

For pick #13, I’m taking Shatterpoint. It’s a slightly cheaper Vanquish, with some flexibility that we don’t have to spend the force if our target is 3 or less remaining health. It’s not flashy, but I like paying 4 or less for good removal!

Mike — I love the thematic pairing on the turn! Mace and his signature ability Shatterpoint are two of the Force mechanics heaviest hitters and most played cards. They are force staples in the Force’s best colors.

Tyler — Mace is hotness and the second half of the Hero Red Force tag-team with Ki Adi Mundi.

Shatterpoint is cheaper than Vanquish, but I think Fell the Dragon is going to give it some serious competition in the 4-cost removal zone.

Jayson — Shatterpoint may have had legs for Force decks even without the flex text. With it, it could prove to be a genuine reason to prioritize Force as an archetype. Obviously paying 4 to remove a 3 health guy is over rate, but having options around to take care of that Shielded guy who just got an attack boost or whatever is always a plus. I think it’s a sick card overall.

Mace is also cool, but I’m a little less high on him in a vacuum. Comparisons to Wrecker feel a little wacky to me because Force decks won’t have ECL around. Mace still offers great value without it, of course, but he’s one I’m interested to see in action. The flexibility to affect Space is super cool and thematically mildly hilarious. What are you doing up there Mace? Come down.

Jim —If the Force is going to be a thing, Shatterpoint will be in Qi’ra decks and more.

wooooo — I really like Mace. I think he’s a pretty big draw for force red, in addition to the cone head.

So far, I’ve been trimming Shatterpoint in favor of Fell the Dragon due to not wanting to over tax the force mechanic. While it’s a bit more flexible, I find that I need that token for my big payoffs and Fell hits most what Shatter hits anyway.

Jayson — Fell is a great card

Mike — I’m happy to take the first leader off the board in. Mother Talzin I’m absolutely in love with playing this leader and her decks. I haven’t felt this level of control over the board via units since the early days of Jango Fett.

Justin — Love Talzin, highly considered taking her instead of Shatterpoint. While I don’t suspect her to be a top deck in the set 5 meta, she’ll be dang close and can easily break in with future sets.

Was curious to see if she would be the first leader taken or not.

Tyler — Honestly, she’s the only leader I expect to see taken in the draft. Villain Blue/Red has felt on the cusp of having a really great tempo deck for over a year now. Talzin (and her minions) are just what it needed to become reality.

wooooo — Talzin is incredibly high rate as a leader. If anything is holding her back, it’s the lack of enough good rate 2 and 3 drop units with the force trait.

Jim — Okay, I have four units I want to pick and I’m curious to see how many will get back to me (Probably 2). I’m going to pick one that’s going to go into my boy, Han Solo, Worth the Risk, deck and that is Plo Koon, I Don’t Believe in Chance. He is a nice 6 drop for 6/8, but better with Han at a 5 drop for an 8/6. I think Han2 is going to be all over the place and if he runs Vigilance, Plo Koon will be in there!

wooooo — Keyword: Big

Mike — I love the Plo pick, he’s a giant monster in a meta of giant monsters

Tyler — Han2 decks seem to be everywhere and I don’t see a lot running Plo. Mace seems the more popular choice in that slot.

Jim —Like other cards that were missed once sets come out, I think he will find a spot in his deck.

Justin — He misses ambush or a strong when played ability which leaves me not a huge fan of him… but set 5 does seem to be presenting a very Grindy midrange meta where big units may present problems in their own right. Time will tell, but as long as yellow has as many bounce cards as it does, it feels difficult to love expensive cards like Plo that don’t have immediate board impact.

Jim — Yeah, that’s been the #1 problem with this game since the start. I play a unit and you get rid of it before I can use it. So he’s similar to even Vader, if you can’t ECL or get him out with Ambush, is he any good? Time will tell.

Jayson — I’m gonna go with my gut here and take one of my other favorite cards in the set, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Protective Padawan. We’ve got dope traits, the coveted 3/3/5 statline, and one of the easiest conditional Sentinel triggers in the game. I also think he’s well situated in his color- Hero Green got a lot of really cool looking stuff this set, including another card I almost took, and I think it’s among the likeliest colors to be able field a real-deal Force deck. In that hypothetical deck, it’s hard to imagine Obi not being a star.

Tyler — Yeah, Obi has it all for Force decks. This is a card I’m happy is in the spotlight decks. Gimme the staples

wooooo — Just a top tier on rate 3 drop with built in upside. Also fantastic that it gives Home One and Kelleren Beq a sentinel option to pull on curve.

Mike — Look how far we’ve come when 3/5 sentinels for 3 are going in the third round. While his sentinelness is conditional, it’s very easy to trigger. This guy is a great early and mid game role player, but he’ll never indefinitely save the game for you bc our opponents can claim and turn it off for the first action of the next turn

Justin — I remember back in the day when just having a 3/5 unit on 3 was a big deal! Obi is a great card, especially when he’s easily pullable by our big green hero tutors. Love it

Tyler — The remaining draftable cards are generally only good with one leader, so I’m picking the leader that seems poised to dominate this meta – Han2 – and picking Grogu! He’s a bomb card on turn 1 that puts serious pressure on your opponents health pool. He’s a 1/6 that demands an answer. Who thought they could make one of those??

Mike —  Great design and a huge pain in the but to play against. Just like in my favorite scene from the Mandalorian, he and Red 5 together make for some fantastic Star Wars!

wooooo — Definitely feels like a Han2 locked card. It creates some difficult board states to maneuver when dropped on turn 1.

Justin — Definitely a card that excels with Han2, but I won’t be surprised to see him pop up elsewhere with all the new big butt stat lines we’re getting

wooooo — With the next pick, I’m going to take the last card that I had in my top 10 that was not yet drafted. Talzin’s Assassin is the pick. I had this card back to back with Darth Tyranus in my recent top 10 video, and I think they are very similar in power level. These two cards basically carry the force archetype in villain. Villain has a lot less force units than heroes up and down the curve (less payoffs too), but these two godly four drops pick up a lot of slack. While Dooku has a bit more upside, Talzin’s Assassin’s ability to reach into space is very important for the ground-based force decks, and she also lets you go after larger units in conjunction with other shrink effects like the Talzin leader. All in all, I think the two cards should be considered very similar in power level, so I’m happy to be able to get her 10 picks later.

Mike — I love this card. Great pick. Her -3/-3 leads to some really busted board states where one side is clean and the other is empty

Justin — She’s so impactful on 4, great pick.

wooooo — With my last pick, I’m going to take a “glue card”. There are a lot of powerful two drops in this set (many with the Force trait), but I’m actually going another direction. I’ll be grabbing Aurra Sing with my last pick. She really does feel like one of the most pushed two drops we’ve seen in the game. Her traits are both impactful (underworld making her a shoo-in for Cad Bane), and being able to attack for 3 while having 4 health is not something we’ve seen yet from any turn one play. I’m not sure we’re going to find a yellow villain aggro deck for this current format, but it’s something I’d be looking for in the future, and I would not be surprised if she’s the best turn one play in any deck that runs her.

Mike — Aurra is really great, and I love Raid as a design, it allows for some pushed units like this, something they’ve been very hesitant to do since set 1.

Jayson — Aurra would have been one of the best cards in Set 2. I think the big questions for her are related to whether Cad stays relevant and whether her pile of stats is enough to earn slots in a very, very crowded field of great early plays for Villain Yellow

Jim — She was one of the units I wanted to pick as well. Solid 2 drop

Tyler — Yeah, really nothing but goodness to be had with Aurra. Here’s my “Jonnys gotta hope” statement that someday I hope to see her paired with Marchion Ro.

Jim — So bummed they didn’t make a Marchion Ro leader unit. Doesn’t make sense not to with Avar Kris’s in this set.

Tyler —  Speaking of Glue cards, for my last pick, I’m gonna take the common, mono-blue workhorse that makes this whole expansion function- Secretive Sage. Is he basically a draft common? Yes. Would the Force theme completely fall on its face if he didn’t exist? Yes.

Mike — Secretive sage is baller, and another in the long line of 2/2 shielded two drops that will see tons of competitive play

wooooo — I like the Sage and really wish we had a few more “filler 2 drops” for more colors (and especially villain). These so-called boring cards really are the backbone of a lot of decks, and allow archetypes to be viable.

Jayson — We stan Trandoshan Crafty Smuggler

While we’re on a run of workhorse Force staples, I figure I’ll take another of my own and grab Shin Hati, Overeager Apprentice. She just slots right into what Villain Cunning wants to be doing anyway. Hotshot Blaster loves her, Surprise Strike loves her, she may turn on Force Throw for this archetype…and oh yeah, Bazine probably just sniped whatever removal card could have taken her down. She seems primed to earn slots to me!

Mike — Dang, I was really hoping she would fall to me. I love Shin Hati and she’s a good star wars unlimited card as well. I love a shielded unit, she’s nuts in a Gar Saxon deck, and  instantly became one of the staple yellow villain three drops.

wooooo — Big fan of Shin Hati. Another really solid aggressive villain unit to go along side quite a few others. She has some cool upsides (like Force and Hidden) too.

Jim — Shin Hati, Aurra Sing, and Grogu were three of the units I liked and so I will pivot from picking another unit and pick an event that I like. Similar to Spark of the Rebellion’s You’re My Only Hope, As I Have Foreseen is an event I think will help be able to play a lot of tricks for Cunning Villainy decks. You almost don’t even need to set this card up like you need to with YMOH. We’ve seen what Triple Dark Raid did, and this might be similar but yet restricted to smaller amounts of decks because of the Force requirements.

Tyler — This set had a number of tricks in it for Thrawn1- this being one of them. I hope that deck gets to a competitive place someday.

wooooo — I’m not yet sure how to best utilize this card (there’s no way to stack the top of your deck in villain) but it does a pretty broken thing.

Mike — Yeah, I thought maybe we could do something with Following the Way even though it’s a hero card, but it’s too expensive. I think As I Have Foreseen is great, but I get frustrated that FFG doesn’t let us do the broken things and have strong decks. I hope we can crack this one though.

Mike — Really tough decision at the end of the draft here as pickings are slim, but I’m taking Axe Woves here. This guy is a solid role-player that comes into play as a 3/3 shielded, but we have so many ways to buff him that he can get out of hand pretty quick and allow for some silly fast damage. And if opponents can’t take him out quickly, he snowballs into a ridiculous monster.

Jayson — Is there any leader in SWU that has gotten as steady a stream of meaningful cards as Gar? Perhaps not. Axe is another great option for our unfortunately drawn Mando boy.

Tyler — Have you seen the combo with Axe and The Force Is With Me? I’ve seen people use it with Obi Wan to instantly swing for 10 to base on 4R.

wooooo — Gar keeps getting a lot of shielded units to play on curve, and I’ve seen Axe as a role-player in Obi Wan decks as well. Looks like an interesting card.

Tyler — Alright @Justin — last pick is yours!

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Tyler — @Justin

Mike — Looks like he’s on auto-draft. Next up on the big board is Loth Wolf.

RIP

Justin — Kids have been a mess, picking after bedtime

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Justin — Gonna close us out with a fairly boring pick. I’m not sure this card will see much play straight away, but as the card pool evolves (especially with rotation) I think HK-47 is going to be a great card. The ping to base on unit defeats seems like 2 conflicting strategies, but red continues to get more and more overwhelm options that I think will land HK a really strong home in due time.

Jayson — I was wondering which of the new round of 2/2/4s would make the board. A good buddy of mine is consistently annoyed that Villain Red parks so many of its value early units behind Legendary rarity and I get it- if you wanna be in this color you probably want 3 of this dude

Tyler — He’s a really solid unit and I’ve liked the times I’ve played with him. Just needs a good archetype to call home

wooooo — Like you said, it’s not a particularly exciting one. I’m not as convinced as you that this will be a staple two drop for villain decks, but he’s an all-around solid unit.

Mike — It’s pretty wild that we’ve got so many 2/4 two drops this guy feels underwhelming but the ping is real and if the traits ever matter he’s going to pop off

Picks by Team

Wooooo

Kelleran Beq

Chirrut Imwe

Auura Sing

Talzin’s Assassin

Jayson

Jedi Consular

Qui-Go Jin

Obi Wan

Shin Hati

Mike

Ki Adi Mundi

Yoda

Mama Talzin

Axe Woves

Tyler

Anakin Skywalker

Darth Tyrannus

Grogu

Secretive Sage

Jim

Shien Flurry

Ezra Bridger

Plo Koon

As I have Foreseen

Justin

Darth Vader

Mace Windu

Shatterpoint

HK-47

Tyler — As always, if you had to vote for a team that was not your own- who would it be?

I’m gonna have to go with @wooooo. Every one of those cards is something I’m certain will see competitive play.

Jayson — There’s at least a couple cards in each pile that I’m just so unsure about. I do like mine a lot, but how I did really comes down to how you feel about the prospects of Jedi Consular.

I think the strength of his first and last picks pushes @Mike — a little above the rest. Axe still being on the board for his final selection was a big deal, because that card is probably one of the surest bets in the draft

wooooo — Well I like Ki-Adi and Darth Vader, and this draft more than most has two cards that I think are clearly better than the rest. But as far as a pool with a lot of cards that I’m a fan of, I’d go with @Tyler’s.

Mike — I’m going to give it to my buddy @Wooooo who is the only one of us that has 4 cards that are seeing tons of play across my top decks not only in the list but as priority plays

Jim — Yeah, I guess @wooooo wins it for me, as well. Congrats!

Justin — As usual, if not my own I think I like @Mikes best.

Tyler — Alright, looks like Woooo takes this one then!

Final thoughts before we wrap?

Justin — I’m scared of the potentially long, grindy meta that is going to result from this set

Tyler — Do you think it goes as far as Restock mirrors? Or is it just trading bombs 💣?

Jim — Trading units resulting in longer games.

Justin — Bigger butts in a midrange meta.

wooooo — Force Throw.

Mike — I’m really looking forward to a new season of grinding but I’m not super excited for the meta warping Force Throw mirrors. Had a great time drafting with you boys as always!