Place of Residence: Cincinnati, Ohio

Profession: Student

Team affiliation, if any: Team Barnoculars, Arkham Inmates

Previous Vs. accomplishments: I beat Josh Wiitanen in round 10

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Titans. The streak is alive

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Titans. The streak is alive

What do you anticipate the PC: LA metagame will look like? Very, very diverse, and Michael Jacob’s Avengers deck

What do you think of the new Thunderbolts and Squadron Supreme decks? Shape like friends. Shape never had friends before.

Place of Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada

Profession: Gamer/Professional Adam Prosak Barn

Team affiliation, if any: Team Barnoculars, Team Shuffleandcut.com

Previous Vs. accomplishments: $10K Top 8s in San Diego, Las Vegas, Chicago, Dallas, Long Beach

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Teen Titans. I barn Adam Prosak (he’s like Yoda to my Luke)

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Teen Titans. Garth and Heroic Sacrifice gain too much advantage, and Terra stops aggressive decks

What do you anticipate the PC: LA metagame will look like? Top 8: Adam Prosak, Niles Rowland, Mike Jacob, Alex Jebailey, Bulk Lao, Vidianto Wijaya, Josh Wiitanen, Dave Spears

What do you think of the new Thunderbolts and Squadron Supreme decks? I think they need more work. The Squadron rush deck shows a lot of promise by being a more consistent TNB-type deck. Combo decks in general are too fragile for so many rounds, though—no surprises after round 5!

Place of Residence: Las Vegas, Nevada

Profession: I modeled for the Shape picture; I’m the guy on his shoulder

Team affiliation, if any: Bloods

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Twenty-first at PC Amsterdam, thirteenth at PC New York

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Flying Circus

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Flying Circus

What do you anticipate the PC: LA metagame will look like? 75% Flying Circus, 19% Spider-Friends, 50% Sentinels

What do you think of the new Thunderbolts and Squadron Supreme decks? Shape never had friends before. Shape like friends.

Place of Residence: Arizona, Florida

Profession: Computer Work

Team affiliation, if any: Phat Phive

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Won a few Hobby League tournaments

What deck did you play this weekend and why? TNB. It was the deck I was more familiar with. I decided to use it at the last second over another (better?) deck that I had no experience with

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? The one that draws the best

What do you anticipate the PC: LA metagame will look like? Teen Titans

What do you think of the new Thunderbolts and Squadron Supreme decks? They were better than I initially thought they could be

Place of Residence: Farmington Hills, Michigan

Profession: Gamer

Team affiliation, if any: RIW Hobbies, based out of Livonia, Michigan

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Two $10K wins, one other $10K

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Avengers Reservists. Dave Spears, Peter O’Donahue, and myself worked together to make a good deck

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Titans without Null Time Zone, Sentinels if Null Time Zone is in the format

What do you anticipate the PC: LA metagame will look like? I still think someone is hiding Dr. Doom until the Null Time Zone parade passes . . . but a ton of Titans. Total Anarchy will be back in a big way.

What do you think of the new Thunderbolts and Squadron Supreme decks? They seem like bad Brotherhood decks. Why win with no hand when you can play Genosha? Rocket Central vs. The New Brotherhood? Equipment vs. Savage Land? Give me a break.

Place of Residence: Miami, Florida

Profession: Assistant Manager

Team affiliation, if any: Team H.T.V.

Previous Vs. accomplishments: Top 20 in a $10K

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Sentinels, ’cause this deck is so good against everyone else.

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Sentinels.

What do you anticipate the PC: LA metagame will look like? Sentinels, Titans, Kang, and a little bit of creative combinations . . .

What do you think of the new Thunderbolts and Squadron Supreme decks? Really good synergy. Both decks have their own fun cards and some serious metagame cards. Both are able to be good contenders.

Place of Residence: Pembroke Pines, Florida

Profession: Assistant MIS Technician

Team affiliation, if any: B.R.A.D.S are my friends/tech team. The real credit for this deck is deserved by Ken Choi, Matt Meyer, Kris Finnegan, and Minas Datseris and the rest of the team.

Previous Vs. accomplishments: This is my first Top 8

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Spider-Friends-Tag-You’re-It. Huge fan of Spider-Friends deck and characters

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Curve Sentinels

What do you anticipate the PC: LA metagame will look like? Almost exactly like this $10K

What do you think of the new Thunderbolts and Squadron Supreme decks? The Thunderbolts are a pretty strong team. Unfortunately, I have not played the Squadron Supreme.

Place of Residence: Miami, Florida

Team affiliation, if any: Villains

What deck did you play this weekend and why? Doom! Since the beginning of Marvel, I committed to Doom and Brotherhood. I flipped a coin

What do you think is the best deck in the format and why? Xavier’s Dream. It has few flaws

What do you anticipate the PC: LA metagame will look like? Doom, Titans, Brotherhood, Sentinels

What do you think of the new Thunderbolts and Squadron Supreme decks? They lack cards that give you an unfair advantage