Name: Jerry Cook

Age: 25

Profession: Architect

Card Game Resume (Top finishes et cetera): A 3rd place and two 8th place PCQ finishes. Played at Pro Circuit Indy

Tell us why you chose your deck today: It has no bad match ups, has answers for everything, and is very consistent. It’s just that good.

What deck do you normally play: I’ll play any of them.

Did you attend PC Indy and if so, how did you do? What did you play?  Finished in 87th place with Fantastic Four Beats.

Will you attend PC So Cal? What are you thinking of playing there? Probably, but I’m not sure yet.

What are you going to do with your winnings? Pay for So Cal.

What would your super power be? Drink . . . a lot! I love scotch.

Name: Robert Leander

Age: 19

Profession: Student (College)

Card Game Resume (Top finishes et cetera): Top 20 at $10K Philly, 9 PCQ Top 8’s, and 24th at the Pro Circuit in Indy.

Tell us why you chose your deck today: Because I know it is the best deck.

What deck do you normally play? Titans.

Did you attend PC Indy and if so, how did you do? What did you play? I finished 24th in Indy and played Titans for the Constructed portion.

Will you attend PC So Cal? What are you thinking of playing there? Yes, with Titans or some other meta-deck.

What are you going to do with your winnings? Invest, save some, and pay off some debts.

What would your super power be? To become drinking age in a single bound.

Name: David Jafari

Age: 21

Profession: Student

Card Game Resume (Top finishes et cetera): Top 16 Pro Tour Chicago (Magic: The Gathering), Top 32 Pro Tour LA (Magic), Top 64 Magic Worlds 2001, San Diego Masters Champion (Magic).

Tell us why you chose your deck today: It’s the only deck I’ve played in the month I’ve been playing this game.

What deck do you normally play? TNB.

Did you attend PC Indy and if so, how did you do? What did you play? I wasn’t playing then

Will you attend PC So Cal? What are you thinking of playing there? I’ll be there, but I don’t know what I’m playing yet.

What are you going to do with your winnings? Pay for school.

What would your super power be? No answer, but our suggestion would be "To smile."

Name: Josh Wiitanen

Age: 17

Profession: Professional Slacker

Card Game Resume (Top finishes et cetera): Top 8 $10K San Diego, Finished in the money at Pro Circuit Indy, and Top 32 at Grand Prix Anaheim (Magic).

Tell us why you chose your deck today: Ummm . . . it’s the best one.

What deck do you normally play? Common Enemy, or whatever I think will beat the expected metagame.

Did you attend PC Indy and if so, how did you do? What did you play? I played Psimon Says. It was a bad choice.

Will you attend PC So Cal? What are you thinking of playing there? Yes, I’ll be there. I don’t know what I’m playing yet. Maybe it will be Arkham Inmates with Comlink . . . it’s soooo good.

What are you going to do with your winnings? Pay for So Cal and Berlin, hopefully.

What would your super power be? Seeing what others are thinking and putting a Democrat in the office every year so our country shapes up and becomes the liberal place it is supposed to be.

Name: Andrew Yip

Age: 22

Profession: Engineer

Card Game Resume (Top finishes et cetera): 9th place at PC Indy

Tell us why you chose your deck today: I constructed the deck the morning of the $10K at the suggestion of my teammates.

What deck do you normally play? Horrible combo decks.

Did you attend PC Indy and if so, how did you do? What did you play? I played Finishing Move TNB to a 9th place finish.

Will you attend PC So Cal? What are you thinking of playing there? I will be employed by Upper Deck at that time and won’t be playing. Hopefully they’ll let me gun sling my PCC points away.

What are you going to do with your winnings? Pay off debts.

What would your super power be? To be able to slam-dunk a basketball.

Name: Joe Carey

Age: 22

Profession: Tech Support

Card Game Resume (Top finishes et cetera): Top 75 PC Indy, Top 20 Atlanta $10K, 6+ PCQ Top 8’s

Tell us why you chose your deck today: My teammate told me to.

What deck do you normally play? Big Brotherhood.

Did you attend PC Indy and if so, how did you do? What did you play? Finished in the money with Big Brotherhood and drafted Arkham/Gotham and Arkham League on Day 2.

Will you attend PC So Cal? What are you thinking of playing there? Yes, I’ll be playing a tech Skrull deck that wins on turn 3.

What are you going to do with your winnings? Pay bills. Buy some beer.

What would your super power be? Make UDE send checks faster.

Name: David Spears

Age: 32

Profession: Game shop owner

Card Game Resume (Top finishes et cetera): 2 $10K Top 8’s and one Top 20.

Tell us why you chose your deck today: Honestly, my friend Shane (7-3) wanted to play it and I said I would if he would. I have played it for a few weeks and it’s really solid for me.

What deck do you normally play? I normally play Titans, but they are boring to play. Sentinels is a nice change of pace.

Did you attend PC Indy and if so, how did you do? What did you play? I went 3-4 on Day 1 with Titans.

Will you attend PC So Cal? What are you thinking of playing there? I will certainly be there, but I don’t know what I’ll play. Sentinels seem good.

What are you going to do with your winnings? Use them to turn Yip into a hot, sexy, Asian chick.

What would your super power be? My ability would be to make Yip feel comfortable about my feelings for him.

Name: Sean Poestkoke

Age: 19

Profession: Currently working for SCORE Entertainment.

Card Game Resume (Top finishes et cetera): Top 4 PCQ Costa Mesa, PCQ Win in Waco.

Tell us why you chose your deck today: I chose Common Enemy because it’s consistent and seems to have no bad match ups.

What deck do you normally play? Brotherhood or any other aggressive beatdown deck.

Did you attend PC Indy and if so, how did you do? What did you play? I had an invite for a different game and did pretty badly at PC Indy. I ended up dropping early. I was playing mono-Titans.

Will you attend PC So Cal? What are you thinking of playing there? I will be there, but what I play will depend on play testing, I think.

What are you going to do with your winnings? Probably use it to go toward the car I really need.

What would your super power be? I’d be the ultimate Ladies Man . . .