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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 Toronto
Metagame Staff
 
August 27, 2005
It’s official—America has dominated $10K Toronto, and Michael Jacob has claimed his second $10K win!

The $10K Chicago winner battled through newcomer Chris Simoes, teammate Di Shi, and Dave Spears before attaining victory. After making it through Day 1 on the back of three separate Faces of Evil builds, his strategy again paid off. He drafted perhaps his best deck of the weekend and utterly decimated all comers with three Faces, two copies of The Wrecking Crew, and a perfect character lineup.

So, what have we learned from his victory? First off, we have learned that he’s an incredibly good player with raw skills that translate well into limited formats. More than that, though, Jacob and several other topnotch competitors pushed the format to its limits, proving that everything from Faces of Evil to Kang are capable of big-time wins. Though Faces proved to be a versatile and flexible deck to gather cards for, Dave Spears demonstrated that Kang Council is in some senses the X-Statix of the format. As long as you’re the only one drafting the team, you can blaze through almost anything with it.

The players representing RWI Hobbies managed to take all three top spots at the end of the day. Jacob took first, Spears second, and Shi third. Not to be under-estimated, though, was Team Attaqc, the Quebec team that got three of its five members into Day 2. Hopefully we see more of them at major competitions in the future.

Congratulations go out to Michael Jacob for yet another spectacular $10K win!

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsChampion
Michael Jacob
 Michael Jacob
Chris Simoes
 Michael Jacob
Paul Bernard
 Di Shi
Di Shi
 Michael Jacob
Maximilien Bouchard
 Christian Sarra-Bournet
Christian Sarra-Bournet
 Dave Spears
Dave Spears
 Dave Spears
Sau Hoang
 
 
“Oh, it’s not the nuts. It’s nutty.”
“Can . . . you make him stop singing, please?” asked Sarra-Bournet of the head judge. “It’s really horrible.”
“I wish I had Flame Trap . . .” “Yeah, that’d be pretty good right now.”
Day 1
They were both on the proverbial bubble, on the verge of bitter defeat but also within grasping distance of making Day 2.
Hoang recruited Bulldozer, which seemed like a bad play until Bagari announced his . . . nothing. “See? You’re in good shape.”
“I find it amusing that, when you’re playing against a deck that has this much stuff against you, it’s still disturbingly close. And I suspect you’re only looking dubious because you can’t get the win this turn.”
Admittedly, the title wasn’t nearly as alliterative this time around.
“Good ol’ 4-drop Thor versus my 3-drop Captain America. Shizzle dizzle . . .” Thomas was vexed.
Jacob and Shi were both representing RIW Hobbies, and both were undefeated going into this round.
Five representatives of RIW Hobbies were undefeated going into this round. Dan Clark was part of the nine-person Lavonia, Michigan team that was dominating the day thus far.
Sure enough, Dave Spears had managed to get his own packs back from a random pool of 82. Wow.
Charlotte Ashley is one of Toronto’s best Sealed Pack players, with multiple PCQ wins under her belt in the format.
“That’s how Shape rolls,” said Grant, showing his thug side.
On turn 5, Bernard was either forced to play off-curve or opted to do so.
Welcome to $10K Toronto.
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