POE!!!!

The Poe Dameron leader just dropped and wow does he seem fun.

Stats

A leader for 4/6 on five resources is fine. Nothing to write home about.

Equally, a pilot for 1 cost giving a +2/+1 seems fair based on what we’ve seen already.

Action

Poe is not only a pilot but one that can deploy over and over again without an issue. This is awesome design.

Imagine a round one play of a two cost ship in space. The new Black One is of course the best candidates here. On round two, deploy Poe as an upgrade for +2/+1. Black One would now be a 4/4 from Poe’s upgrade boost but then also gets a +1/+0 for being upgraded itself and is a 5/4. Swing with that ship for the 5 damage plus another 1 damage to a unit.

Then the options open up…

You can cheat Poe into the ground arena two resources early with Eject. For round three, you still have Black One to attack with plus a 4/6 ground unit Poe that can swing. Even if Poe gets defeated in the ground arena his epic action has not been used yet and he can pop right back up there a round later at five resources.

Another path would be playing a second two cost ship in round two. Now on round three, you can attack with the Black One piloted by Poe again, then pay one to move Poe to the second ship and attack with him piloting that as well. The other three resources could have so many permutations of things like a Red Three, or a BB-8 with the kicker option to ready a unit which works if the second ship is Resistance, plus many other options.

Possible Downsides

The unit that Poe pilots does not in fact become a leader unit. It would still be susceptible to cards like Waylay and removal that can target non-leaders.

Conclusion

Poe Dameron is good. Full stop. Expect to see a ton of this leader in the Jump to Lightspeed meta.

Cannot wait to see the showcase.