Name: Eric Ramirez

Age: 28

Place of Residence: Houston, TX

Profession: Broker

Team affiliation, if any: Havoc

Previous Vs. accomplishments: A few PCQ Top 4s

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Squadron

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Squadron. It wins in the early game and there’s not too much to counter it right now.

What do you anticipate the PC: SF metagame will look like? I don’t know.

What do you think of the new Energy burn deck? Too many bad draws.

Name: Doug Tice

Age: 29

Place of Residence: Nashville, TN

Profession: Computer Programmer

Team affiliation, if any: The Donkey Club

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Two $10K wins

What deck did you play this weekend and why? X-Faces. It’s probably still the best deck in the format.

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? X-Faces, because it’s consistent and powerful.

What do you anticipate the PC: SF metagame will look like? There will be a lot of bad decks, then there will be whatever we bring to the PC.

What do you think of the new Energy burn deck? I built it about five weeks before the PC. Dave Spears liked it, so I immediately knew it was terrible. It’s good against control, but not very good against aggro.

Name: David Spears

Age: 34

Place of Residence: Florence, AL

Profession: Game store owner

Team affiliation, if any: The Donkey Club

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Four $10K Top 4s, two $10K Top 8s

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Hellfire, because I had bronchitis last weekend and I knew I could do better than 6-4 when I wasn’t sick.

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? X-Faces, because it just is.

What do you anticipate the PC: SF metagame will look like? GLOCK, AGL, Squadron, Emperor Joker, etc. Something with the Midnight Sons engine.

What do you think of the new Energy burn deck? It’s total garbage. It auto-loses to faces and squad. Jesse just got lucky.

Name: Neil Reeves

Age: 27

Place of Residence: Dallas, TX

Profession: Poker/TCG

Team affiliation, if any: The Donkey Club

Previous Vs. accomplishments: 2 PC Top 8s, 2 for 3 in $10K Top 8s

What deck did you play this weekend and why? X-Faces. I played it at the PC and it was the suited ding-a-lings.

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? X-Faces is the best.

What do you anticipate the PC: SF metagame will look like? Tico and the West Virginians haven’t told me yet.

What do you think of the new Energy burn deck? D infi Stains.

Name: William Page

Age: 24

Place of Residence: Oklahoma

Profession: Air Force

Team affiliation, if any: None

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Won an LCQ in Atlanta.

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Hellfire Club; it seemed cool.

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? No clue.

What do you anticipate the PC: SF metagame will look like? No clue.

What do you think of the new Energy burn deck? I like it.

Name: Robert Rau

Age: 28

Place of Residence: Baton Rouge, LA

Profession: Programmer

Team affiliation, if any: None

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Attended NY and Indiana last year with no significant finishes.

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Squadron. I would have played Brotherhood, but I was short key cards.

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Best for me, Squadron. Other players, especially those more skilled than I, Mental.

What do you anticipate the PC: SF metagame will look like? No clue.

What do you think of the new Energy burn deck? Always love the new decks.

Name: Tim Batow

Age: 19

Place of Residence: Tulsa, OK

Profession: Student at the University of Tulsa and employee at Wizard’s Asylum Comics and Games

Team affiliation, if any: Team Alternate Win Condition

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Winner, $10K LA 2005

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Mental. It doesn’t suffer from trash draws like Squad and isn’t as stressful to play as X-Faces.

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? X-Faces. It’s very adaptable, very explosive.

What do you anticipate the PC: SF metagame will look like? Mostly AGL and Squad (40% of the field) and various “short curve” decks. Control decks in Enemy of My Enemy in the top seats.

What do you think of the new Energy burn deck? Modern formats [are restrictive], so it won’t matter after Sunday.

Name: Kyle Dembinski

Age: 18

Place of Residence: Kansas City, Kansas

Profession: Student

Team affiliation, if any: The Donkey Club

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Second in $10K Chicago

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Squadron. I played it in Atlanta to 8-2.

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? X-Faces. Having a 1-drop swing for 8 just seems good.

What do you anticipate the PC: SF metagame will look like? AGL and GLOCK.

What do you think of the new Energy burn deck? I don’t like it, but it should beat Mental and Hellfire.