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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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| Booster Draft Analysis: Jonathan Koe |
| Noel Neo |
| December 03, 2005 |
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 It was a solemn group I encountered as I approached the table for the final pod of the event. Each player was lost in his own thoughts as he considered his plans for the draft.
Surprisingly, all three countries were still in contention. Malaysia made up half the top 8, with Vincent Chan, $10K Kuala Lumpur 2004 champion, and Ong Tze Hong, $10K Manila semifinalist, being amongst the more recognizable players. Singapore had 3 players, including Jonathan Koe, whose finishes include a PC LA 2004 Constructed Top 8 and a semifinal finish at $10K Kuala Lumpur 2004. The Philippines was also was represented by Emmanuel Nepomuceno.
As before, I’ve listed the cards Jonathan considered for each pack. Those he chose for his pool are on the left.
Pack 1
01: Air Strike, Trial By Fire
02: Maxwell Lord, With Prejudice, Ultra-Humanite
03: Booster Gold, Membership Drive, Oliver Queen ◊ Green Arrow, Emerald Archer
04: Maxwell Lord, Aquaman, Arthur Curry, World’s Greatest Heroes
05: Sue Dibny, Fire
06: JLI Embassy, John Stewart, Emerald Architect, Atlantean Trident
07: Silver Sorceress, Bluejay
08: Dinah Laurel Lance ◊ Black Canary, Blonde Bombshell, Atlantean Trident
09: Funeral For A Friend, Not On My Watch, Lair of the Mastermind, Elongated Man
10: Shadow-Thief
11: L-Ron, Infernal Minions
12: World’s Greatest Heroes
13: Catherine Cobert
14: Professor Ivo
Pack 2
01: Kimiyo Hoshi ◊ Dr. Light, JLI Embassy, Counterstrike
02: Katar Hol ◊ Hawkman, Plasma Blast, Dinah Laurel Lance ◊ Black Canary, Blonde Bombshell, Sue Dibny
03: Hero’s Welcome, John Stewart, Emerald Architect, Elongated Man
04: Safety In Numbers, Ice, Trial By Fire, Oberon, Booster Gold
05: Shake It Off, Elongated Man, Bulletproof
06: High-Tech Flare Gun, Wonder Woman, Princess Diana, Gypsy
07: Zauriel
08: Slaughter Swamp, Gang-Up
09: JLI Embassy
10: Dinah Laurel Lance ◊ Black Canary, Blonde Bombshell
11: Mobius Chair
12: Sam Scudder ◊ Mirror Master, Staged Attack
13: Elongated Man
14: L-Ron
Pack 3
01: Kimiyo Hoshi ◊ Dr. Light, Ted Kord ◊ Blue Beetle
02: Joseph Jones ◊ General Glory, Captain Atom, Gorilla City
03: Katar Hol ◊ Hawkman, Sue Dibny, Lair of the Mastermind, Justice League Signal Device
04: Justice League Task Force, BWA HA HA HA HA!, Shayera Thal ◊ Hawkwoman
05: Oberon, Bulletproof
06: Scott Free ◊ Mister Miracle, Man of a Thousand Escapes, Aquaman, Arthur Curry, Reform the League
07: Hal Jordan, Hard-Traveling Hero, Ice, Roll Call!
08: Disband the League, Faith, Hal Jordan, Hard-Traveling Hero
09: Lex Luthor, Nefarious Philanthropist, Wall of Will, Token Resistance
10: John Henry Irons ◊ Steel
11: Reform the League
12: Death Times Five
13: Royal Egg-Matrix
14: Criminal Mastermind
Jonathan likes to draft IG because it is usually under-drafted and very powerful if you get the right cards. JLI was more or less happenstance of having being passed good JLI characters.
At the beginning of the second pack, Jonathan was still unsure of his draft, but he managed to first pick Katar Hol and was reasonably confident of JLI Embassy’s return. This set him in the direction of the JLI 4-resource archetype.
His card pool was as follows:
Jonathan’s Booster Draft Pool
Lex Luthor, Nefarious Philanthropist
Sam Scudder ◊ Mirror Master
Shadow-Thief
Elongated Man
Hal Jordan, Hard-Traveling Hero
John Henry Irons ◊ Steel
2 Katar Hol ◊ Hawkman
Zauriel
Booster Gold
Catherine Cobert
2 Dinah Laurel Lance ◊ Black Canary, Blonde Bombshell
Joseph Jones ◊ General Glory
2 Kimiyo Hoshi ◊ Dr. Light
L-Ron
2 Maxwell Lord
Oberon
Scott Free ◊ Mister Miracle, Man of a Thousand Escapes
Silver Sorceress
Sue Dibny
Professor Ivo
High-Tech Flare Gun
Mobius Chair
2 JLI Embassy
Royal Egg-Matrix
Slaughter Swamp
Air Strike
Criminal Mastermind
Death Times Five
2 Disband the League
Funeral For A Friend
Hero’s Welcome
Justice League Task Force
Safety in Numbers
Shake it Off
World’s Greatest Heroes
In his pool, most of the effects of his cards are only maximized when he has four resources. Hence he capped the cost of his characters at 5.
This was the deck he built:
Jonathan’s Deck
Elongated Man
John Henry Irons ◊ Steel
2 Katar Hol ◊ Hawkman
Zauriel
Booster Gold
Catherine Cobert
2 Dinah Laurel Lance ◊ Black Canary Blonde Bombshell
Joseph Jones ◊ General Glory
2 Kimiyo Hoshi ◊ Dr. Light
L-Ron
2 Maxwell Lord
Oberon
Scott Free ◊ Mister Miracle, Man of a Thousand Escapes
Silver Sorceress
Sue Dibny
High-Tech Flare Gun
Mobius Chair
2 JLI Embassy
Air Strike
Disband the League
Hero’s Welcome
Justice League Task Force
Safety in Numbers
Shake it Off
World’s Greatest Heroes
Jonathan explained that the concept behind the deck is to attack aggressively and keep the resource count at four. It is also crucial to maintain board advantage using KO effects like Joseph Jones and recovery effects like JLI Embassy.
Jonathan further elaborated that players should go evens with the deck, as it aims to kill on turn 6. |
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