Team Neutral Ground
New York, NY
Who are your members, and what are their former accomplishments?
Shane Scurry – 40th place in Pro Circuit LA
Elijah Madera – 44th place in PC: NY
Bryan Sanchinell – PCQ win
What did you think of the Team Sealed Format?
It’s really fun and a great format for Sealed Pack!
What strategy did you use yesterday during the Sealed portion of the event?
Working as a team—even the members who weren’t playing did things like bring us food during the tournament to help us out.
What are your strategies going into the drafts today?
Go with what the packs give us, and may the card gods be with us.
If you were a World of Warcraft character, what class and race would each team member be?
Shane - Broken Class
Bryan – First Class
Elijah – Second Class
Team ATMFTW
Indiana and Ohio
Who are your members, and what are their former accomplishments?
Nick Little – PC: Indy 2004 Top 8, $10K San Francisco 2006 Champion
Karl Horn – PC: LA 2005 Champion
Dair Grant - $10K LA 2005 Top 8
What did you think of the Team Sealed Format?
We did it!
What strategy did you use yesterday during the Sealed portion of the event?
Smash face!
What are your strategies going into the drafts today?
Stop letting Nick play this game. Seriously, he’s awful.
If you were a World of Warcraft character, what class and race would each team member be?
We’d all be dead within minutes.
Team Stupid
New York, New Jersey, Scotland
Who are your members, and what are their former accomplishments?
Jason Dishong - *chuckle*
Duncan Tang – 38th in PC: Amsterdam
Robert Paasch – Coined the phrase, “You’re a $10K.”
What did you think of the Team Sealed Format?
Robert: “It’s great! You can get all the credit but only do half the work!”
What strategy did you use yesterday during the sealed portion of the event?
Carry Jason.
What are your strategies going into the drafts today?
Take. Good. Cards.
If you were a World of Warcraft character, what class and race would each team member be?
LEEROY JENKINS!
Team Pikachu
Toronto, California
Who are your members, and what are their former accomplishments?
Tim Capes
Kellen Pastore
Antywan Turner
What did you think of the Team Sealed Format?
It’s a good format and an excellent way to change things up.
What strategy did you use yesterday during the Sealed portion of the event?
Play to the pools’ strengths and go where the character curves are.
What are your strategies going into the drafts today?
Use signals during the drafts to keep track of our decks and keep our opponents from getting bombs that could hurt us.
If you were a World of Warcraft character, what class and race would each team member be?
We should change our team name to “The Only Three Guys on the Planet Who Don’t Play WoW.”
Team Kings Games
Brooklyn, NY
Who are your members, and what are their former accomplishments?
Alex Shvartsman – PC: NY Top 8, three PC Top 16s
Freddie Crespo Jr. – Money finishes at PCs and 9th at $10K NJ
Mike Olivson – Rated 3rd in Sealed Pack in New York
What did you think of the Team Sealed Format?
There seems to be too much variance in card pool quality for Sealed, but the Draft portion of the event makes up for it.
What strategy did you use yesterday during the Sealed portion of the event?
Maximize our best cards and draw a solid mix of characters and plot twists.
What are your strategies going into the drafts today?
Use hand signals to take advantage of the non-verbal communication that is allowed.
If you were a World of Warcraft character, what class and race would each team member be?
Alex – Level 60 Smurf
Mike – Tauren Warrior
Freddie – Undead Warlock named “Mavnis”
Team Not FTN
Philadelphia Area
Who are your members, and what are their former accomplishments?
Bob Caton – Won an LCQ to play this weekend
Jay DiRaimondo – PCQ Win, Top 64 in three $10K events
Don Roeber – PCQ Win, $10K Top 64
What did you think of the Team Sealed Format?
We like it a lot. The power levels of decks are a lot higher than normal Sealed and a little better than Draft.
What strategy did you use yesterday during the Sealed portion of the event?
A lot of prayers!
What are your strategies going into the drafts today?
More prayer!
If you were a World of Warcraft character, what class and race would each team member be?
Don – Draeni Shaman
Jay – Knight Elf Druid
Bob – Gnome Warrior
Team No Name
Toronto
Who are your members, and what are their former accomplishments?
Sau Hoang
Sacha Akow
Chris Kulisz
What did you think of the Team Sealed Format?
It was fun and interesting.
What strategy did you use yesterday during the sealed portion of the event?
In the first pool, we didn’t have any strategy; we just had busted decks. In the second pool, we sacrificed player A and went 2-1 for two matches.
What are your strategies going into the drafts today?
HATE! HATE! AND MORE HATE!
If you were a World of Warcraft character, what class and race would each team member be?
Sacha – GM Ghost
Sau – GM Ghost
Chris – Troll Shaman
Team Brush Your Teeth
Toronto
Who are your members, and what are their former accomplishments?
Jason Goldberg – 4 PCQ wins
Marko Casarie
Avinash Nagar – 76th at PC: NY
What did you think of the Team Sealed Format?
Soooooo Looooooong!
What strategy did you use yesterday during the Sealed portion of the event?
None.
What are your strategies going into the drafts today?
We didn’t sleep at all last night.
If you were a World of Warcraft character, what class and race would each team member be?
Jason – Elven Queen
Marko – Thief
Avinash - Thrull