Bultar Swan

Bultar Swan by ~Superchica on deviantART

 

Welcome to the Bultar Swan page
This deck came a little later than most of our Episode II-III Jedi decks but at this point, it has been around a long time and gotten a ton of play. The BLINK card brings a fun, unique mechanic.

BULTAR SWAN
by Fooyongfoo & Geektopia

Bultar Swan
15 Hit Points
Melee
22 cards
Red Deck

2 Clone Troopers
4 HP Each
Ranged
9 cards
Weak Ranged Minor Deck

Bultar – 12 Talent Cards

3x BLINDING LIGHT
Move Bultar up to 4 spaces.  All characters adjacent to Bultar at the end of her move take 3 damage.

2x BLAZE OF MOTION
A6  Draw a card.

2x BLINK
Remove Bultar’s figure.  Place 3 battle markers in vacant spots on the board.  At the beginning of her next turn, place her figure in any of the marked spots.

2x TRAP SPRUNG
A8*. *Reduce the attach value by 1 for every space Bultar has moved this turn.

2x STILLNESS
D4.  Draw a card.

1x MYSTIC
Draw up to 5 cards.  Draw 1 card less for every space Bultar has moved this turn.

Theme: The less she moves, the more powerful she is; now you see her, now you don’t
Path to Victory: Attack + BLINK + TRAP SPRUNG + Attack (especially another TRAP SPRUNG)
Strengths: Unique and powerful movement, solid all-around game
Weaknesses: Fragile, very limited hit-and-run.
Strategy: Hit-and-Blink and/or Blink-and-Hit
Test Level: Medium
Tier: 2

Inspiration: Things are different now, but several years ago, any googling of “Bultar Swan” would seem to yield the same intriguing, oddly beautiful sentence: “Swan excelled at drawing opponents toward her by minimizing her own physical movements, and then striking forward in a flawless attack of blinding celerity.” (It was lifted, it turns out, from the Star Wars databank.) I thought it was cool enough to build a deck around.

Playing Bultar: Bultar has a decent amount of offense, defense and movement but the key to succeeding with her is making strategic use of BLINK. BLINK introduces a unique new mechanic that pushes the laws of the ED universe. She can use it as a dynamic hit-and-run move to pair with MYSTIC but is most dangerous when she uses it to maximize the power of TRAP SPRUNG or combine it with BLINDING LIGHT to make it impossible for her enemies to escape.

Playing against Bultar: Note that affect-you-anywhere cards like FORCE LIGHTNING that state “choose any character” can target Bultar even when she’s BLINK-ing. With a Red deck and only 2x D4, Bultar makes an easy target. If she doesn’t draw BLINK, she goes down quickly. Beyond that, you want to spread out your characters and force her to move to get to you, as she loses power the more she moves. Attack her and force her to use BLINK defensively instead of aggressively.

 

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