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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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Draft Profile: Doug Tice
Michael Palmer
 

Doug sat at table 2 of Draft 1 with some of his Donkey Club teammates—Adam Prosak, Adam Bernstein, and Karl Horn—so to say that this was a powerhouse draft pod is putting it lightly. When it comes to drafting The X-Men, Doug has a soft spot when for the Morlocks, and since he felt his first pack didn’t have any real prospects, he chose a first pick Tommy, and everything seemed to fall his way for a Morlocks deck after that.

 

Draft Breakdown:

Pack 1:

Pick 1: Tommy

Pick 2: Electric Eve

Pick 3: Storm, Leader of the Morlocks

Pick 4: Tar Baby

Pick 5: Kidney Punch

Pick 6: Bum’s Rush

Pick 7: The Beautiful Dreamer

Pick 8: Callisto
Pick 9: The Hill

Pick 10: The Forsaken
Pick 11: Special Delivery

Pick 12: Polaris, Acolyte
Pick 13: Subterranean Sanctuary

Pick 14: Multiple Man ◊ Jamie Madrox

 

Pack 2:

Pick 1: Tar Baby
Pick 2: Caliban

Pick 3: Retribution

Pick 4: Shadowcat, Katya

Pick 5: Dazzler, Rock Star

Pick 6: Iceman, Deep Freeze

Pick 7: Lockheed

Pick 8: Turnabout

Pick 9: Mutopia

Pick 10: X-Corp: Hong Kong

Pick 11: Jubilee

Pick 12: Storm, Gold Leader

Pick 13: Exodus

Pick 14: Henrietta Hunter

 

Pack 3:

Pick 1: Beast, Feline Geneticist

Pick 2: Bishop, XSE Commando

Pick 3: Hump

Pick 4: The Alley

Pick 5: Cyclops, Blue Leader

Pick 6: Retribution

Pick 7: Artie

Pick 8: Shrapnel Blast

Pick 9: The Beautiful Dreamer

Pick 10: Polaris, Acolyte

Pick 11: Toxin

Pick 12: Good Samaritan

Pick 13: The Alley

Pick 14: Teamwork

 

While Doug was building his deck, we chatted about the deck and why he chose specific cards for it.

 

“I probably shouldn’t have taken Polaris, Acolyte, as I think Karl was going Brotherhood reservist—one time, I even thought about taking a Rogue, Anna Marie instead. I hate that two of my 5-drops have to be Polaris, but I guess that’s how drafts work,” Doug said, as he laid out his cards and began building his deck. He was able to solidify his deck with a surprising eighth pick Shrapnel Blast in pack 3, one card that he was surprised to see that late in the draft.

 

I asked Doug how he felt picking The Alley over Callisto, when a copy of The Alley came around in the very next pack. “I had to pick The Alley higher than I wanted to pick it for sure, but it worked out fine. It was really only between The Alley and Callisto, as far as that fourth pick in pack 3. It was unfortunate that a copy of The Alley came around the very next pick, but I needed the Cyclops, Blue Leader in that pack anyways, so it worked out fine,” Doug answered.

 

Doug has a pretty solid draft deck, with a slew of Morlocks and some X-Men characters. Using the team-ups Mutopia and The Forsaken, he has a good shot at curving out with his characters. Doug definitely solidified himself as one of the Kings of Draft in his first draft pod today.

 

Doug wanted to cut one more card from the draft deck, but couldn’t figure out what to cut. “I’m choosing between X-Corp: Hong Kong and The Alley . . . Hong Kong is better in an off-curve deck, which is why I’m considering not playing it . . . Ah, let’s play it,” Doug said, as he tossed X-Corp: Hong Kong into the stack for his deck and threw The Alley aside.

 

“I’m going to set the minimum at 2-1 with this. I could easily 3-0 with it, but I’d be disappointed if I didn’t at least 2-1. I’m sure Adam Bernstein’s deck is pretty good—I’ve got a feeling about it.”

 

Doug Tice

Draft Pod 1

PC: San Francisco

 
Characters

1 Jubilee

1 Dazzler, Rock Star

1 Shadowcat, Katya

1 Beast, Feline Geneticist

1 Bishop, XSE Commando

1 Iceman, Deep Freeze

1 Cyclops, Blue Leader

1 Callisto

1 Hump

1 Storm, Leader of the Morlocks

1 The Beautiful Dreamer

1 Caliban

2 Polaris, Acolyte

1 Artie

1 Electric Eve

1 Tommy

2 Tar Baby


Plot Twists 

1 Shrapnel Blast

1 The Forsaken

1 Bum’s Rush

2 Retribution

1 Turnabout

1 Mutopia

1 Good Samaritan

 
Locations

1 The Alley

1 X-Corp: Hong Kong

 
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