This intro post is going to be a bit shorter than the others because I want to make the deck public in time for the BAD OGRE 2013 tournament. Though Old Ben was designed months ago, I only recently had an opportunity to playtest him. He will be replacing Cin Drallig in the Galactic Set because I felt that the Cin deck no longer lived up to current design standards. In addition, I wanted to give players another good option against the powerful double-disruption teams. Without further ado, the crazy old wizard himself!
Ben Kenobi – HP 17 – Blue Deck – Melee
Rebel Troopers – HP 3 – Weak Deck – Ranged
The Force Will Be With You
Special
Choose any character. That character recovers up to 1 damage. Until the end of your next turn, increase the attack and defense values of that character's combat cards by 1 and neither that character nor the player controlling that character can be chosen for an opponent's card effects.
Influence on the Weak-Minded
Special
Choose any player. That player draws 2 cards. Any time a character or player is chosen for a card effect, you may discard this card. If you do, the character matching the card played receives 1 damage and the player who played the card must choose a different applicable character or player for that card effect or discard the card without effect.
Disturbance in The Force
D6
Any time an attack card is face-up, you may discard this card. If you do, the character matching that attack card receives 1 damage and that card's effects, except for those that determine, increase, or decrease its attack value, are ignored.
Crazy Old Wizard
A3
If the player controlling the defending character plays a defense card, discard that card without effect and that player may play another defense card in its place. Then the player controlling the defending character may put the discarded card into any other player's hand. That player's characters may use that card as if it were their own.
Fool Idealistic Crusade
A5
You may choose any character. That character receives any damage from this attack instead of the defending character.
If You Strike Me Down
D0
If this attack destroys Ben Kenobi, place a Force Spirit token on any player's character chart. While a player has a Force Spirit token, he/she gets 1 additional action on each of his/her turns. At the beginning of any turn, any player may destroy all of his/her own characters in play to discard the Force Spirit token.
3x The Force Will Be With You
2x Influence on the Weak-Minded
2x Disturbance in The Force
2x Crazy Old Wizard
2x Fool Idealistic Crusade
1x If You Strike Me Down
I'm not going to delve into Ben's matchups today, but I believe that he will find quite an interesting place in the set. I look forward to see what kind of impact he makes at BAD OGRE!
Ben Kenobi – HP 17 – Blue Deck – Melee
Rebel Troopers – HP 3 – Weak Deck – Ranged
The Force Will Be With You
Special
Choose any character. That character recovers up to 1 damage. Until the end of your next turn, increase the attack and defense values of that character's combat cards by 1 and neither that character nor the player controlling that character can be chosen for an opponent's card effects.
Influence on the Weak-Minded
Special
Choose any player. That player draws 2 cards. Any time a character or player is chosen for a card effect, you may discard this card. If you do, the character matching the card played receives 1 damage and the player who played the card must choose a different applicable character or player for that card effect or discard the card without effect.
Disturbance in The Force
D6
Any time an attack card is face-up, you may discard this card. If you do, the character matching that attack card receives 1 damage and that card's effects, except for those that determine, increase, or decrease its attack value, are ignored.
Crazy Old Wizard
A3
If the player controlling the defending character plays a defense card, discard that card without effect and that player may play another defense card in its place. Then the player controlling the defending character may put the discarded card into any other player's hand. That player's characters may use that card as if it were their own.
Fool Idealistic Crusade
A5
You may choose any character. That character receives any damage from this attack instead of the defending character.
If You Strike Me Down
D0
If this attack destroys Ben Kenobi, place a Force Spirit token on any player's character chart. While a player has a Force Spirit token, he/she gets 1 additional action on each of his/her turns. At the beginning of any turn, any player may destroy all of his/her own characters in play to discard the Force Spirit token.
3x The Force Will Be With You
2x Influence on the Weak-Minded
2x Disturbance in The Force
2x Crazy Old Wizard
2x Fool Idealistic Crusade
1x If You Strike Me Down
I'm not going to delve into Ben's matchups today, but I believe that he will find quite an interesting place in the set. I look forward to see what kind of impact he makes at BAD OGRE!