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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 Melbourne
Metagame Staff
 
January 08, 2005

Vs. System players from near and very, very far converged on Australia’s cultural capital, Melbourne, for the second Australian $10K event.

 

Many surprises were realized as Curve Sentinels amassed a fleet of mutant killing machines that also indiscriminately slaughter Teen Titans, while Common Enemy turned out in numbers but failed to make a big impact.

 

Perhaps most surprising was the Australian gaming community’s resident whipping-boy Ben “The Ben Seck” Seck taking top honors with an innovative Gotham Knights/Fantastic Four team-up that abused Alfred Pennyworth, A Child Named Valeria and Batman, The Dark Knight. 

 

Sadly for those Australians that especially like to tear down the “TBS” machine of self-promotion and glory-hounding, it seemed the reason was no flash in the pan—Seck’s championship deck also won a $10K Warm-Up event held in Sydney a week prior to this tournament. At the time, whether or not it would have a wider impact on the Vs. metagame remained to be seen. However, the result confirmed that the Australian players are an innovative bunch, following the rise of the Fearsome Knights (GK/Fearsome Five) deck at the inaugural $10K.

 

After a huge day of gaming, many of the hungry, battle-weary players headed out to test Melbourne’s mettle as the Culinary Capital of the world … or so that’s the Melbournians’ claim. Congratulations to Ben Seck, $10K Melbourne Champion!

 

1. Ben Seck- $2,500

2. Luke Bartter- $1,500

3. Alex Brown- $1,200

4. Ray Isais- $800

5. Early Nguyen- $400

6. James Kong- $400

7. Andrew Corney- $400

8. Michael Maurici- $400

 
 
After a long day of competition, friends Luke Bartter and Ben “TBS” Seck squared off in the final match of the tournament.
The might of the Brotherhood weenies took on yet more purple robots in the Semifinals of the Melbourne 10K.
Finally, Bolliver crushed Mark II like a tin can with the help of an unexpected Savage Beatdown. “I’m feeling sick after that,” Ray said.
Check out the Top 8 decklists from the Melbourne $10K tournament!
"I got game against tier one decks."
“KO, KO, KO. Get all your drops with Demon’s Head and Stronghold and go to town.”
“How do you pronounce that?”
“It’s a game and games are meant to be fun. Vs. in Australia has a great community, and most of us understand this.”
Otton convinced many of the young players in Sydney who are new to the game that Arkham is the deck to beat and to metagame against. His next mission? To dominate this tournament.
Sydney resident Luke was playing his trademark deck, The New Brotherhood, while his 18-year-old opponent from Adelaide had been having success with his metagamed My Beloved build.
Danesh played Cosmic Radiation again, then drew yet another seven cards, making Batman 34/34.
A complete look at the decks played.
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