Andre The Giant

[Ace Rimmer, Attorney at Large]

76/170 (STARTER DECK – FOIL – Andre “The Giant”)
Andre “The Giant” (Superstar Card)
Starting Hand Size: 8
Superstar Value: 8
Legend Superstar Ability:
You cannot pack Pre-match cards, Mid-match cards, or High Risk maneuvers.
You may pack up to an additional 40 cards in your Arsenal.
During each of your turns, you cannot play more than 1 Set-up card.
During your opponent’s turn, when he ends his turn before playing a second card or successfully plays a second card and damage has been applied, you may put 1 card from your hand on the bottom of your Arsenal, draw 1 card, he randomly discards 2 cards, and end his turn.

77/170 (ULTRA RARE – FOIL – Andre “The Giant”)
We Face Each Other as God Intended
Backstage Area
Can only be revealed from your Backstage Area when you reveal your Superstar card.
Your opponent’s Starting Hand Size is -1 for each Pre-match card in his Ring area.
No player may play a card with the words “You win the game via Pinfall victory” in the text.
During your turn you may hide this card and then all players put all cards in their hand on top of their Arsenal. Your opponent searches his Arsenal for 1 card, reveals it to you, puts it into his hand, and shuffles his Arsenal. Search your Arsenal for 2 cards, put them into your hand, and shuffle your Arsenal.
Unique

78/170 (ULTRA RARE – FOIL – Andre “The Giant”)
The 8th Wonder of the World
Action
Overturn 8 cards and then put up to that many cards that are not F:0 maneuvers from your opponent’s Ring area into his Ringside pile.
When this card is in your Ring area or Ringside pile, during your turn you may discard 2 cards and then put this card into your hand.
¶ ¶ ¶ (Activated Card Effect Symbol)
Unique
F: 8 D: 0

79/170 (STARTER DECK – FOIL – Andre “The Giant”)
Giant Head Butt
Strike + Strike + Strike
This card requires 3 reversals to be reversed, instead of 2.
When successfully played, randomly discard 1 card. If that card’s Fortitude is an odd number, your opponent may search his Arsenal for 1 card, put it in his hand, and shuffle his Arsenal; if that card’s Fortitude has an even number, you may search your Arsenal for 1 card, put it in your hand, and shuffle your Arsenal.
Multi
Unique
SV: 2
F: 0 D: 10

80/170 (STARTER DECK – FOIL – Andre “The Giant”)
It’s Not My Fault Being the Biggest and the Strongest
Action / Reversal: Special
As an action, shuffle this card into your Arsenal and then draw 3 cards.
As a reversal, when overturned, reverse any non-Trademark Finisher maneuver and end your opponent’s turn.
When this card is in your Ringside pile, during your turn you may discard 1 card and then put this card into your hand.
Unique
F: 0 D: 0

81/170 (STARTER DECK – FOIL – Andre “The Giant”)
Obey
Reversal: Special
Reverse any card and end your opponent’s turn. Choose 1: he discards his hand or his Backlash deck.
When this card is in your Ring area, no player can play Chain, Heat, or Volley cards. During your opponent’s turn, before his Draw Segment, he may end his turn and then put this card into your Ringside pile.
Unique
F: 10 D: 5

[shooterzou]

plz give some guides instead of just the cards...

[Ace Rimmer, Attorney at Large]

thats what these threads are for, is for the user base to discuss strategy about said superstar with full access to viewing all their cards. if you have any ideas please share them with us.

[joeyrodsx3]

i just recently went 6-0 with an andre deck.... i don't have the deck with me now so i can't map it out but i can say bindside works amazing with him

[Ace Rimmer, Attorney at Large]

yeah, blindsides like the Drop Toe Hold and Beal Toss are just good. beacuse they hit backlash deck cards.

[crazywarehouseguy]

Can "Giant Head butt" be revered by cards that can completly reverse a multi or does it need 3 reversals no matter what?

[pfkydd]

andre is bloody imba judging from his superstar specifics

[connor]

I'd play him irreversable.

Pack Diversions, Staggers, Pencil Necked Geeks, Running Bulldog, Thunder Bulldog, Tiger Bomb, Half Hour Suplex.

And with Obey, discard there Backlash deck first, then when you play it again(because they will remove it) discard their hands.

[rockaholic]

I've just started to begin my construction of an Andre the Giant deck and I need some input. Since the Arsenal can have 40 additional cards in it, what can I do to get the cards that I need? I also don't want to play him super defensive, because I want to see Andre wrecking some havoc instead of being passive.

[bxpunk]

I wanna know about his ability. Cuz my friend uses Andre and he abuses his ability and he said he doesn't have to put one card in his hand on the bottom of his arsenal because on the card it says MAY. and he also states that since in the rules you do everything to the best of your ability he can do it even when he has cards in his hand. Is this cheating or is it bullshit?

[RYEDGE]

bxpunk
Your friend is talking shit. The 'You may' just means the ability is optional
you still need to bury 1 card to activate the ability which causes Andre to draw 1, and his opponent to lose 2. However Andre can use this even if his opponent has less than 2 cards.
rockaholic
The best way to fill this extra space is to either
- use high damage reversals you might not have room for in a standard deck, i.e Overshot, Spinebuster etc.
- fill it with card drawing/searching actions, like That's Broken and cyclable Blue/Red hybrids like Iron Will
- go with Connor's suggestion of a 'can not be reversed' control deck
- fill up on high damage, low risk stuff. chain and multi Grapples/Submissions
Really depends on your playstyle but if you can handle giving up a backlash deck then Andre is incredibly versatile and can lend itself to any colour deck.
Hope I've been helpful for you

[bxpunk]

I've shown him on the FAQ on comic images website that all superstar effects must be fully met in order to do the ability. He got angry. I still only win one out of three against him though. My recent try was with Edge and still lost. I was gonna go all out with a Your Freaking Hero deck but kinda confused on how to really utilize him against Andre.