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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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$10K Columbus
Metagame Staff
 
February 12, 2005

In Jericho, the walls fell. In Columbus, he did not. While not as well known to Vs. System audiences as fellow Top 8 participants Rob Leander and Alex Tennet, Gabe Walls is a star to the rest of the TCG world. In case there is any doubt, he announced today with his claiming of the first prize at $10K Columbus that he is here to stay.

Walls took the honors with a 2-0 victory over artist and deck designer extraordinaire Jason Hager, whose Evil Medical School deck shocked a field that came in expecting Curve Sentinel dominance. What they got instead was a Top 8 that included seven different archetypes, none of which were based on the My Beloved deck that Tim Batow piloted to victory last week in Vegas.

Before beating Hager, Walls had to take on fellow TCG pro Aaron Brieder in the quarterfinals, and then travel companion Kyle Montgomery’s purple machines in the semis. With Columbus over, most competitive players are looking forward to Orlando, but Walls is happy lingering in the now. After all, he’s got the spoils. Congratulations to Gabe Walls, $10K Columbus Champion!

 

Pairings/Results           Standings

Round 1                       Round 1
Round 2                       Round 2
Round 3                       Round 3
Round 4                       Round 4
Round 5                       Round 5
Round 6                       Round 6
Round 7                       Round 7
Round 8                       Round 8
Round 9                       Round 9
Round 10                     Round 10
Round 11                     Round 11
 
All the decklists from $10K Columbus!
Before the match began, Mike Guptil (the tournament coordinator) dropped by the table to show his support for one of his biggest fans. “I just want to say that I am sexy,” said Guptil . . .
Gabe Walls and Kyle Montgomery both hail from Indianapolis, the site of the first Vs. System Pro Circuit, and neither are strangers to competitive play.
Learning the intricacies of a strong game system inspires one to learn more. As I’ve watched some of the best playing the game, my interest in joining them at the table has grown.
This quarterfinal match pitted two experienced Magic: the Gathering pros who made the transition to Vs. System against one another . . .
Read all about the Top 8 competitors here!
While you’re planning your Valentine’s Day festivities tomorrow, the greatest $10K Top 8 of all time will be duking it out for the title of $10K Columbus Champion.
Get a camera-eye view of the site, the players, the staff, and . . . the bear!
Click here to view the Top 8 Decklists for the Columbus $10K!
Sometimes, no matter what your skill level, you will occasionally lose matches because of missed drops. That was the case for a few unfortunate individuals in round 10.
Three big pieces of tech made the most impact at this event—Total Anarchy, Betrayal, and Overload/Nasty Surprise.
We’re into the seventh round in Columbus, and only three players still stand unscathed.
The times, they be getting intense here in Columbus-O. The cream of the crop is rising to the top, and if this round’s results are any indication, tomorrow is going to be a war.
Previous revamps of Wild Vomit toyed with a few concepts. Thinking Outside the Box was a popular addition, and some of the new Sentinel-proprietary cards in Web of Spider-Man were often subbed in. But this deck goes in another direction.
In any major tournament, there are a few stories that slip through the cracks. Well folks, the Man of Shpiel is here to ensure that you, the people of Earth, stay informed.
The level of play seen at the Columbus $10K has been amazing.
We’re almost halfway through Day 1 here in good ole’ C-bus, and the field is paring itself down to a fine point.
Since the release of Superman, Man of Steel, no team has captivated players’ hopes and dreams like New Gods . . . and yet a tier one New Gods deck has been tantalizingly out of reach.
By pure coincidence, the top four tables in round 4 all happened to feature matches involving exactly one Curve Sentinels deck.
The metagame at the Columbus $10K was equal parts predictable and surprising.
With 193 competitors playing for the title of Columbus $10K Champion, we have seen a lot of so-called amateurs in action, but we’ve also seen a few individuals that are in a league apart from the rest.
The field of 193 has whittled down to 48 undefeated players heading into round 3, with notables Rob Leander and Gabe Walls amongst those at the 2-0 tables.
Love is in the air, and 193 gamers have forsaken wives, husbands, fiancées, girlfriends, and boyfriends to compete for $10,000, ten Pro Circuit points, fame, glory, and the love of the community.
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