I spoke with Orry about his deck right after he finished round 3 and achieved his perfect record for the first Sealed Pack. Obviously, he must be doing something right.

Orry’s Card Pool:

1 Anti-Green Lantern

1 Dead-Eye

1 Frostbite

1 Owlman

1 Qwardian Watchdog

2 Qwardians

1 Slipstream

1 Ultraman

1 Hush

1 Carol Ferris Star Sapphire

1 Hector Hammond

1 Legion

1 Major Disaster

1 Major Force

1 Remoni-Notra Star Sapphire

1 Sonar

1 The Shark

1 Arisia

1 Boodikka

1 Katma Tui

1 Kreon

1 Rot Lop Fan

1 Tomar Re

1 Tomar Tu

1 Harlequin

1 Highmaster

1 Manhunter Engineer

1 Manhunter Excavator

1 Manhunter Giant

1 Manhunter Infiltrator

1 Manhunter Lantern

1 Supermanhunter

1 Soldiers of New Genesis

1 Superman, Returned

1 Garth Aqualad

1 Fists of the Guardians

1 Ganthet

1 Solomon Grundy

1 Chopping Block

1 Yellow Power Ring

1 Birthing Chamber

1 Central Power Battery

1 Coast City

2 Empire of Tears

1 Mogo

1 The Kent Farm

1 Blood in the Dark

1 Emerald Twilight

1 In Evil Star’s Evil Clutches

1 In Remembrance

1 Jackhammer

1 Jailbird

1 Lanterns in Love

1 Living Ink

1 Locked in Combat

1 Millennium

1 Nero Unleashed

1 No Evil Shall Escape Our Sight

1 Q Energy

1 Qwardian Pincer

1 Rebellion on Oa

1 Recharging the Ring

2 Shock Troops

1 Sinestro Defiant

1 Thunderous Onslaught

1 Uppercut

1 Yellow Impurity

Orry’s Sealed Deck philosophy can be summarized in three parts: hit your curve, have synergy, and attack smartly.

With regard to the character curve, Orry recommends two configurations:

“Generally, I would play four 1- and 2-drops, and four each of the 3- and 4-drops.

“For aggressive decks, I’d want more 5- and 6-drops with only a single 7-drop, but if I’m going with a more passive build, I’d go with three each of the 5- and 6-drops and two 7s.”

Orry also brought a couple of interesting interactions to my notice. For example, having Dr. Light, Master of Holograms with Anti-Green Lantern, Dead-Eye, or Kyle Rayner is really powerful. In Remembrance can also be used with In Evil Star’s Evil Clutches to cycle through your resource row to exchange useless character cards for better cards.

Orry’s Deck:

Characters

1 Frostbite

1 Owlman

1 Slipstream

1 Ultraman

1 Hush

1 Carol Ferris Star Sapphire

1 Hector Hammond

1 Legion

1 Major Disaster

1 Major Force

1 Remoni-Notra Star Sapphire

1 The Shark

1 Arisia

1 Boodikka

1 Katma Tui

1 Kreon

1 Rot Lop Fan

1 Tomar Re

1 Tomar Tu

1 Solomon Grundy

Equipment

1 Chopping Block

Locations

2 Empire of Tears

Plot Twists

1 Lanterns in Love

1 Living Ink

1 Locked in Combat

1 Millennium

1 Nero Unleashed

1 No Evil Shall Escape Our Sight

1 Q Energy

1 Qwardian Pincer

1 Thunderous Onslaught

1 Yellow Impurity

For this Sealed Deck, Orry built his deck around Empire of Tears. He said, “I don’t usually play Major Force, but I noted the interesting synergy between the character and Empire of Tears, so I decided to give it a shot. Similarly, I think The Shark is a really bad card, but in this case I wanted to have the early characters to sacrifice. That’s why it’s in there.”

Other cards he was really happy about having his deck include Arisa, Remoni-Notra, and Chopping Block.