i couldnt stop laughing for like 20m after this happened so i kinda had to share.
Sonic Cannons, technically terrible but i love the concept so i built a deck around it. Had two Stormtroopers and two TIE Fighters, Supply Line, and Aftermath. To abuse the die i had Ruthless Tactics (9 damage to a single character from1 die? yes plz!) and Salvo (big aoe!)
My opponent just happened to be playing the 5 droid list when i brought this. He had the battlefield that lets you look at an opponents hand and discard a card.
Turn3 i draw my sonic cannon and im sitting at 3 resources. I killed one droid at this point and two of my troopers were almost dead. Ended up claiming 4 actions early to prevent him from discarding that cannon.
Turn4 i used 5 resources to play the cannon and i happened to draw Salvo. Activate the supply line, rolls +1 resources. He activates 2 droids. I activate a trooper, rolls a resource. He activates the other 2 droids (two of the 4 remaining have blanks). I claim the resources.
I could tell he knew something was up because he paused for a moment before discarding to reroll. I activate a TIE Fighter just in case he has die removal. He bombs my other unactivated trooper, but i still got my other TIE fighter unactivated. Roll the cannon out, it rolls a 6 damage. He resolves his indirect damage which doesnt kill anything. Then, victory!
"Tap the tie fighter so i dont pay for the cannon die, pay 2 resources, your dead" and i place the die on top of Salvo. 4 droids from full hp to dead in an instant lol.... His response? Just low grumbles rofl.
I had thought of this almost since the droids were spoiled but i never expected it to actually work. I couldnt stop laughing for so long....