How to Build a Jedi Knights Deck by Brian and Chris Terwilliger Building a Jedi Knights deck takes strategy, wit, cleverness, patience, and skill. If you're lacking any of those (like 99% of us), then here is a quick and easy strategy guide to get you started on building great decks (which could be posted here on decipher.com!). Step 1: Choose a Theme I know it's tough. But you only can play 1 theme. With all of the choices out there, you need to find characters to fit your style. Do you want to play as Tarkin and lead Imperial troops into greatness? Or would you rather play Boba Fett and collect bounties on the Alliance's top names? Or would you rather play as the young Jedi Luke Skywalker, and relive the epic conflicts from the movies? No matter what theme you choose, there will be cards out there to assist you in your quest for galactic domination. Step 2: Construct the deck The best way is to go through all of your cards and pull out anything that looks cool, is useful in tight situations, or personal favorites. Once you have gathered about 500 cards, you have to sit down and make decision of what cards you can play and what cards you shouldn't (like playing Vaders in your Han deck – not gonna happen). This process can take a while, as you not only need to be honest with yourself – you need to think about all the possibilities your deck will be faced with. Does my deck draw too much (vulnerable to cards like the Mist Hunter) ? Do I have enough characters? Do I play any weapons? These questions will help fine-tune your assortment of cards to a nice pile of 80 or so cards. Step 3: Destiny adjustment Yes, there are cards with low destinies. But only so many of them should be in your deck. Flip through your deck and make a pile of cards that are just not worth the deploy, low destiny, or limited game text. This pile becomes your "almost pile." These cards will be used in step 4. Step 4: Playtest The most crucial part of deck building is playing the assortment of cards you call a deck – and fine-tuning it. When a situation comes up in a game and you kick yourself, "Eeerrrrrrr, I wish I had an 'I Have You Now'." Then you make note to add that card. Most importantly, you find yourself tossing cards that just aren't worth the card slot they seemed to have. Step 5: Refinement and Understanding A deck is never truly complete. Decks will be played for months and months and critical adjustment can still be made which could affect gameplay on a large scale. The worst thing you can do is let your decks sit in the corner and ‘rust' as the always-changing "meta-game" warps ahead of your deck. As time goes on and newer sets of Jedi Knights cards are released, deck types will need to go through the entire process of rebuilding and revision in order to remain on top. Lastly, understanding one's deck is the most important quality. If you can't name all of the cards in your deck, then you are in trouble. Cards shouldn't be in there if you don't really want them – so make every card count and know where it is.