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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 Mexico
Metagame Staff
 
May 09, 2005

In what was arguably the most surprising finals matchup of any $10K in the history of Vs., Kyoshi Padilla went up against previous $10K Mexico City Champion went up against Gerardo Godinez-Estrada. A former champ defending his title? Not unique. But the decks they used? Nobody saw that one coming.

Both Evil Medical School decks played at the event made it to the Top 8. While Fantastic Fun is attracting a ton of attention in the weeks leading up to PC: New York, a stellar $10K Seattle showing by Olav Rokne brought Evil Medical School back onto the radar of the average player. With a dominant showing at $10K Mexico City, we might be witnessing an upset—Evil Medical School might be the real deck to beat in the current environment.

Check out all the coverage from Mexico City’s second two-day $10K event here, and stay with us here at Metagame as we bring you all the exclusive news and info in the last home stretch before the next Vs. System Pro Circuit! 

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

 
 
Day 2
Padilla let Estrada begin with the initiative, and the first two turns of the game saw Boris and Puppet Master on Padilla’s side and two GCPD Officers and Alfred on Estrada’s, pretty ideal for both players.
Former $10K Mexico City Champion Estrada was one of the three competitors in the tournament playing Evil Medical School, and was one of the two to take it all the way to the semifinals. Moreno was running a well-teched Curve Sentinels deck.
Game 1 began slowly for Padilla, and early on he caught the brunt of a double Reign of Terror.
Day 1
Check out the Top 8 decklists here!
Padilla, armed with a Doom/F5 team-up deck, squared off against Nolacea, running Curve Sentinels. Both men had a 6-2 record, so the winner would move on to Day 2 while the loser would be out of the tournament.
The competitors for this round were Hesed Palma Balmas Brangel and Gibran Balmas Brangel. That’s right, two brothers faced off!
Both competitors were 6-0, and both had made the Top 8 of the previous $10K in Mexico City.
Decklists speak louder than words sometimes, so I’ll just toss this one out there before discussing it.
Hold the phone and stop the presses. The Longshot/Superman Robots deck is undefeated.
Midnight Sons is a totally crazy card. You probably didn’t need to be told that. If you didn’t, you’re in the same club as Pierre Eduard Munoz Navarro, who was running one of the more interesting decks built around Midnight Sons that I’ve seen.
Every event I attend seems to have a bunch of X-Men fans playing Mutant Nation. All Longshot-containing, $10K winning builds aside, they’re usually pretty bad.
Some decks are awesome because they win. Other decks are awesome because they’re named “Satanus, Go!”
There was a lot of speculation as to what the metagame of $10K Mexico City would look like. While previously the doubt and naysaying had come from those outside of the country, this time it was mostly prominent local authorities anticipating a retro-themed metagame.
If you’re a regular reader of Metagame.com’s event coverage, you know I love single-card tech.
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