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New Sealed Deck Experience for The Borg!
With the release of The Borg expansion for the Star Trek
Customizable Card Game in a few weeks, the Voyager-only environment
is about to explode with new gameplay. Sealed deck tournaments
are no exception. The Borg expansion re-introduces the Borg
affiliation with a fresh look and feel. Since Borg-affiliation
decks require a specific mix of cards to run efficiently,
we are introducing Open Trading Warp Speed Sealed Deck events.
These events will give players a chance to trade with other
players during the tournament in order to customize their
decks to their liking. This will create an environment where
players can effectively use the Borg affiliation if they trade
for the necessary cards.
How to run an Open Trading Warp Speed Sealed Deck Tournament
Like any other sealed deck tournament, players will purchase
a specific amount of unopened product. The suggested mix is
four packs of The Borg and one Voyager Starter Deck for each
player. After players receive their product, they will have
45 minutes to construct their deck. During this time, players
are allowed to trade with any other player in the tournament,
using only the cards that came from their packs. All trading
must be done on a 1-for-1 basis (example: you can't trade
5 of your cards for 10 of your opponents). Players don't have
to trade at all, it is just an option.
Once the 45-minute deck construction time has elapsed, the
tournament is run like a normal Warp Speed Sealed Deck event.
The only other difference is that players may trade with other
tournament players in between rounds. No additional time will
be given to do this, but players may trade up until the next
pairings are announced. Trading may not disrupt games
in progress.
When posting an Open Trading Warp Speed Sealed Deck tournament,
be sure to indicate this format in the comments section. This
Open Trading format is currently only available for the Star
Trek Customizable Card game and will count towards a player's
regular sealed deck rating.
Necessary cards for playing the Borg affiliation
Unlike most other affiliations, the Borg have strict deck
building restrictions. There are some cards that are absolute
necessities if you want to play Borg in a Warp Speed tournament.
They include:
• A Borg facility (usually the Borg Outpost)
• One planet mission worth at least 35 points (for Assimilate
Planet objective)
• Establish Gateway
• Assimilate Planet
All of these are either common or uncommon and should be
relatively easy to trade for if you don't get them in your
packs. If you are trying to play the Borg affiliation and
can't find these cards, you may want to think about playing
a different affiliation.
In addition to the necessary cards above, here are some
other useful cards in a Borg affiliation deck:
• Plenty of drones
• Borg ships
• Adapt: Negate Obstruction
• Borg Vinculum
This format will be used at the DragonCon
and GenCon UK
Pre-Release events coming up soon!
Dan Bojanowski
Organized Play Coordinator
tournaments@decipher.com
August 27, 2001
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