I posted some of my strategy thoughts in a big long Reddit post, and I figured some folks here might be interested in reading it -- I hate to leave you all with just the link, but it's too late at night for me to reformat it now. Cheers!

https://www.reddit.com/r/swdestiny/comments/5h5ugo/deckbuilding_psa_think_about_your_opponents/

Another thing to keep in mind is restricted cards -- many cards are require red, yellow, or blue characters to be played. If one of my characters is the obvious weak link who an opponent will target first, I shouldn’t many cards contingent on them surviving. For instance, if I'm running three Stormtroopers and a Nightsister, you know that by killing the Nightsister I can no longer play any blue only upgrades or cards that require me to spot a blue character. That's going to make the Nightsister more of a priority... so I'll want to use that information to avoid stacking my deck full of cards that require a blue character.

Are mono-color decks a viable solution to this? My initial builds have gravitated in that direction, partly because the assortment of characters I got lent themselves to it, but also because it seemed to avoid this particular pitfall.

Very good post! Keep up the great content.