I want to throw this out there.....

Since the intent of Hasbro with vader was brought up, I thought I would comment on this. In my opinion Hasbro's version of Vader seems fairly well thought out. They do have a path to victory, and it's kind of a complex one in my opinion. However, I"m not going to go into details on that right now. I do think though however, that Hasbro underestimated the power levels on some of the cards.

Now for the interesting part. Hasbro designed this game to be played with multiple players. When you play with multiple players, vader all of the sudden becomes a force to be reckoned with. If your partner can defend and protec Vader, then Vader is able to setup and play a ATE using your partner to drain the opponent of cards. You can also play a DD game with him.

I personally think that Hasbro really was taking into account multiplayer when they layed Vader out. They may have also felt Vader too good in a previous version, and they decided to cut him down at the last minute. Who knows....?

Point being, I find it interesting that Vader is alot stronger in Multiplayer when paired with a good partner.