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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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Pro Circuit Los Angeles Day 1 Metagame Breakdown
Ben Bleiweiss and Ted Knutson
 

Teen Titans: 54
Common Enemy: 43
Brotherhood: 35
Sentinels: 22
Fantastic Four: 19
X-Men: 18
Spider-Man: 16
The Brave and the Bold: 15
X-Men/Brotherhood: 8
Batman: 7
Batman/League of Assassins: 7
Doom: 6
GCPD: 5
League of Assassins: 3
X-Men/Doom: 3
X-Men/Fantastic Four: 2
Fantastic Four/Brotherhood: 2
Arkham Inmates: 1
Sinister Syndicate: 1
Fantastic Four/Batman: 1
GCPD/Teen Titans: 1
GCPD/Fantastic Four: 1
Rogue (Defy Description): 5
Rigged Elections: 0

Alright sports fans, this is the moment you've all been waiting for. Well, the sabermetricians among you have probably been waiting for this, and the goofy statistics students, and maybe those of you who really like math, which basically refers to all those Titans players out there. Aaaanyway, for the rest of you, what you see above is the impressively diverse metagame breakdown from Day 1 of Pro Circuit Los Angeles.

Coming into this weekend, everybody knew that the two most played decks would be Teen Titans and Common Enemy, and the players did not disappoint, but one thing that was slightly surprising was the late resurgence of Brotherhood decks, as many players switched back to the old standby at the last minute, viewing it as a strong competitor in a diverse field.

After the big three, Curve Sentinels is the next most popular deck, as it has basically taken over the "smash with giant robots" deck spot from older brother Wild Vomit, though there were two old-school Wild Sentinels players on the day. After that came another old-school deck in Fantastic Four (so tried and true), but then two really interesting decks show up. The first fascinating new creation is Team TOGIT's X-Men stall deck, which accounts for a disproportionate number of X-Men decks in the field. The deck has definitely proven itself, as every player minus one of the stall deck is assured of making it to the Draft tables, and that last player still had a chance to duck into Day 2 going into round 10.

The other impressive new deck on Day 1 was the Spider-Friends evasion deck that appears to be giving many of the Teen Titans decks out there fits. Ricochet and Spider-Woman hold down the early game and make sure that Titans can't get too fast a start, and then cards like Daredevil and Mattie Franklin ◊ Spider-Woman plus the host of hefty Spider-Men cards take control in the late game. It will be interesting to see how these decks fare in the tougher competition of Day 2.

Rounding out the rest of the field are some old and new decks, some rogue and some blue, though at this point it's hard to tell what the story among the smaller decks will be, since we won't have a final deck performance breakdown until later in the weekend. What is for certain is that diversity is alive and well in the Constructed portion of the Vs. System Pro Circuit, and innovative deckbuilders still have a lot of room to experiment and find clever new archetypes with cards that more than a few players this weekend have referred to as "bad draft rares." It remains to be seen what impact the new Superman set will have on the Vs. world, but as of right now, Constructed Vs. is alive and exciting.

 
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