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The Star Wars: Unlimited card Boba Fett (Collecting the Bounty) is currently put on hold from play in the Premier layout. The statement of the modification was made by lead developer Danny Schaefer in a blog post releasedWednesday He additionally called the card “a development mistake.” While Boba Fett is not being outlawed outright, it will certainly have restricted energy beginningNov 8.
“If we knew back then what we know now,” Schefer claimed, “we never would have let him go to print with that combination of abilities, stats, and deploy cost.”
According to Schaefer, the Boba Fett card concerned– a leader card– was consisted of in the decks of 55% of champions in a current affordable event. For a game with 54 various leader cards sometimes of magazine, that stands for a substantial layout concern. Schaefer composes that the choice to put on hold the card was not ignored, however was liked to alternating approaches, consisting of a straight-out restriction or retired life, as prevails in rival Flesh and Blood.
“He is the most severe power level outlier and his power level issues are exacerbated because he’s a leader,” Schaefer composes. And he’s appropriate: Every time gamers take a seat at the table, they have their selection of leaders, which start every game in play on the table. Leaders additionally established the tone for the whole remainder of the deck
“Leaders carry special weight in this game because they define archetypes, because you have guaranteed access to them in every game, and because a deck can only ever have one leader,” he composes. “Boba Fett’s combination of stats and ability have proven to be too far ahead [preventing] other midrange leaders […] from being viable in the metagame. Regardless of what specific card choices in these decks shift from set to set, it would likely remain optimal to have the Boba Fett leader at the helm.”
Star Wars: Unlimited released in March 2024 to near global crucial recognition. Reviewers, consisting of right here at Polygon, admired programmers at Fantasy Flight Games for the TCG’s rapid and effective gameplay. Mashing up a cherished IP with an unique two-lane design of fight, with ground and room pressures set apart to divide sides of the field of battle, stays a winning mix.
Schaefer left the door open for Boba Fett (Collecting the Bounty) to return from suspension at a later day.
News of the suspension comes throughout a duration of change for TCGs internationally. Not just were even more brand-new, prominent TCGs released in 2023 and 2024 than in years past, 800-pound gorilla Magic: The Gathering is additionally making huge modifications in just how usually it strengthens its very own special story with its largest followers. The Magic neighborhood was additionally just recently sent out reeling due to card restrictions, which result in risks of physical violence, consisting of fatality risks versus volunteers.
Polygon has actually connected to Fantasy Flight for added information, and will certainly upgrade this tale as necessary.
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