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The Sentry™
Card# MTU-017
While his stats aren’t much bigger than those of the average 7-drop, Sentry’s “Pay ATK” power can drastically hinder an opponent’s attacking options in the late game.
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| Sealed Pack Analysis: Benzie Dio |
| Noel Neo |
| December 03, 2005 |
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 Benzie Dio taught me English Literature for two years in Junior College, so doing this interview gave me a sense of dejà vu. It reminded me of the many hours we spent in musty classrooms discussing Ishiguro’s “An Artist of the Floating World” and “Phillip Larkin.”
For Benzie, creativity is an important trait to have for Sealed Pack. He feels that creativity makes a difference, even when you get bad cards. This is because Sealed Pack is rather disparate, making it difficult to construct. Therefore, you need creativity to see the connections between cards, even those you don’t usually picture together.
This was the card pool Benzie had in the tournament:
Benzie’s Sealed Pool
Chomin
2 Creeping Doom
David Clinton, Chronos ◊ The Time Thief
Illusionary Warriors
IQ
Lex Luthor, Evil Incorporated
Prometheus
Tattooed Man, Living Ink
The General
Aquaman, Arthur Curry
Elongated Man
Faith
2 Katar Hol ◊ Hawkman
Red Tornado
Shayera Thal ◊ Hawkwoman
Booster Gold
Captain Marvel
Crimson Fox
Dinah Laurel Lance ◊ Black Canary, Blonde Bombshell
L-Ron
Metamorpho
Rocket Red
Scott Free ◊ Mister Miracle, Man of a Thousand Escapes
Silver Sorceress
Tasmanian Devil
Ted Kord ◊ Blue Beetle
Valkyra
Captain Cold
Charaxes, Killer Moth
Crystal Frost ◊ Killer Frost
Floronic Man, Jason Woodrue
Hector Hammond, Mind Over Matter
Henry King ◊ Brainwave
Poison Ivy, Kiss of Death
Remoni-Notra ◊ Star Sapphire, Zamoran Champion
The Wizard
Ultra-Humanite
Dr. Destiny
Felix Faust
Queen of Fables
Tomorrow Woman
Gorilla City
Hard-Light Storage Tank
JLI Embassy
Lair of the Mastermind
Satellite HQ
2 The Castle
UN Building
Balance of Power
Bulletproof
Counterterrorism
Criminal Mastermind
Death Times Five
Die for Darkseid!
Funeral For a Friend
Glass Jaw
Magnificent Seven
Mysterious Benefactor
Not on My Watch
Plasma Blast
Rallying Cry
Resistance is Useless
Shake it Off
Sorcerer’s Treasure
Staged Attack
Wheel of Misfortune
World’s Greatest Heroes
Bezie felt his pool was rather weak, with no real bombs. He needed to find a means of reusing cards, like Sorcerer’s Treasure. The dearth of good plot twists also meant he needed to use underrated defensive plot twists, like Shake it Off and Balance of Power.
Benzie’s Deck
Booster Gold
Captain Marvel
Crimson Fox
Dinah Laurel Lance ◊ Black Canary, Blonde Bombshell
L-Ron
Metamorpho
Rocket Red
Scott Free ◊ Mister Miracle, Man of a Thousand Escapes
Silver Sorceress
Tasmanian Devil
Ted Kord ◊ Blue Beetle
Captain Cold
Charaxes, Killer Moth
Crystal Frost ◊ Killer Frost
Hector Hammond, Mind Over Matter
Henry King ◊ Brainwave
Poison Ivy, Kiss of Death
Remoni-Notra ◊ Star Sapphire, Zamoran Champion
The Wizard
Ultra-Humanite
Tomorrow Woman
Gorilla City
JLI Embassy
UN Building
Balance of Power
Glass Jaw
Magnificent Seven
Plasma Blast
Rallying Cry
Shake it Off
Sorcerer’s Treasure
Benzie’s plan with this deck was to go for the late game. Many of his plot twists were defensive in nature, allowing him to bounce back into the game when an opponent’s attack failed.
One point he was sore about was that he was only playing a single team-up card, which also had pretty stringent flip requirements. However, he was quite happy with the quality of his characters, as well as the fact that his deck was rather focused on two affiliations. |
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