I'm trying to get my wife and or friends interested in Star Wars Destiny...already bought a bunch of cards...but the deck creation part is a bit daunting. I've read up a bit, and I know the consensus advice is to just throw some decks together and play...but I'd really appreciate if any of you more veteran players could help me just put together a handful of starter decks out of my collection? I've attached an excel spreadsheet with what I have for cards. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

PhatSWDestiny.xlsx

If you don't have the new 2 player set go get two of them. Use only the cards from them to begin with. It's fun and fairly balanced. That in itself should get you what you're after. Go look up decks at swdestinudb it should give you some good ideas as well.

Deck Created with CardGameDB.com Star Wars Destiny Deckbuilder

Character: (30/30)
2x Aurra Sing (Spirit of Rebellion)
1x Jango Fett (Awakenings)

Battlefield:
1x Starship Graveyard (Awakenings)

Event: (18)
1x He Doesn’t Like You (Awakenings)
1x Electroshock (Awakenings)
2x Unpredictable (Awakenings)
2x Bolt Hole (Spirit of Rebellion)
1x Scramble (Awakenings)
1x All In (Awakenings)
2x Block (Awakenings)
2x Dodge (Awakenings)
2x Take Cover (Awakenings)
2x Evade (Spirit of Rebellion)
2x Lying in Wait (Awakenings)

Support: (2)
1x Stolen Cache (Empire at War)
1x Black Market (Awakenings)

Upgrade: (10)
1x Fast Hands (Spirit of Rebellion)
1x Flame Thrower (Awakenings)
1x Gaffi Stick (Awakenings)
1x Jetpack (Awakenings)
2x Cunning (Awakenings)
2x Infantry Grenades (Awakenings)
1x Comlink (Awakenings)
1x Plastoid Armor (Empire at War)

That’s a good competitive deck, if you’re looking to go to store tourneys etc.

Two Phasmas was an awesome pull! Phasma(x2)/Trooper/Guavian can be really awesome (but you’d also want the He Doesn’t Like you and Electroshock from this deck).

If you’re trying to get starter decks for family and friends to play with you, just go mono-color, putting all the red hero cards together for example, then building a deck from those. That tends to keep it pretty balanced.

Thanks guys, appreciate the help!

Do you have elite Rey? If so, you should try to get Qui-Gon x2. You have some nice cards to build a decent deck with them.

Anyway, here’s my attempt at a red hero It’s a Trap! deck with what you have:

eAdmiral Akbar/Rebel Trooper x2

Starship Graveyard

Supports:

Black One, Supply Line

Upgrades:

Comlink, Plastiod Armor, DH-17, IQA-11 x2, A180, Scout, Survival Gear, Rey’s Staff

Events:

Field Medic x2, It’s a Trap! x2, Logistics x2, Squad Tactics, Hit & Run x2, Flank x2, Confidence x2, Defensive Position, Dug In, All In, Firepower, Our Only Hope x2

The idea is to use guardian to keep Akbar going and divide up damage. Hitting It’s a Trap! round 2/3 with a few upgrades and if your lucky, Black One, can be lots of fun. It will also go decent against the deck posted above and the trap can be set against both characters dice since they both have ranged sides... and the two decks share no cards.

This can easily be upgraded with new stuff as you get it. Adding another DH-17 and a couple A280s(replacing Rey’s staff, supply line and survival gear) will make it quite nasty.

Edit: just noticed all in, comlink and plastiod in the Jango/Aurra deck...guess if you build both you can find an extra card or two for each deck.