John Hall is a Tulsa OK native and a member of The Dream Team. This was his first Top 8 appearance at a major event. John had the unfortunate position of sitting between seasoned Vs. veterans Ryan Jones and Vidi Wijaya of Team Realmworx for the Top 8 draft.

Pack 1:

1. Air Strike (Over Slaughter Swamp)
2. The Watchtower (Over Lead by Example)
3. Lex Luthor, Nefarious Philanthropist (Over Aquaman, Arthur Curry; Ultra-Humanite, Evolutionary Antecedent; UN Building)
4. Secret Files
5. Vicarious Living (Over Aquaman, King of the Seven Seas)
6. Gang-Up
7. John Stewart, Emerald Architect
8. Dr. Destiny, John Dee
9. Abra Kadabra, Citizen Abra
10. Prometheus, Darker Knight
11. Bizarro Ray (Over UN Building)
12. Illusionary Warriors
13. Despero, Master of the Third Eye
14. Bumblebee, Karen Beecher-Duncan

Pack 2:

1. Counterstrike (Over Prometheus, Darker Knight and Scarecrow, Psycho Psychologist)
2. David Clinton ◊ Chronos, The Time Thief (Over Ultra-Humanite)
3. Secret Files (Over Circe, Immortal Sorceress)
4. Oliver Queen ◊ Green Arrow, Hard-Traveling Hero (Over Ocean Master, Son of Atlan)
5. Dr. Sivana, Thaddeus Bodog Sivana (Over Dr. Destiny, John Dee)
6. Circe, Immortal Sorceress
7. Lex Luthor, Nefarious Philanthropist
8. Lex Luthor, Evil Incorporated
9. Justice League of Arkham
10. Counterterrorism
11. Vicarious Living
12. Crisis on Infinite Earths
13. Queen of Fables, Wickedest Witch
14. Creeping Doom

Pack 3:

1. John Henry Irons ◊ Steel, Steel-Drivin’ Man (Over Trial By Fire)
2. Solomon Grundy, Buried on Sunday (Over Balance of Power)
3. Scarecrow, Fearmonger
4. Criminal Mastermind
5. Scarecrow, Psycho Psychologist
6. The Wizard, William Zard (Over Shake it Off)
7. Professor Ivo, Anthony Ivo (Over Valkyra)
8. Bluejay, Jay Abrams
9. Shadow-Thief, Carl Sands
10. Wheel of Misfortune (Over Despero, Master of the Third Eye)
11. Sam Scudder ◊ Mirror Master, Reflective Rogue
12. Die for Darkseid!
13. Death Times Five
14. Poisoned!

John started off thinking he would draft JLA after an early The Watchtower sent his thinking in that direction. However, once he saw Lex Luthor, Nefarious Philanthropist, he knew he was going to change over to an Injustice Gangk–based strategy. Even with two copies of Lex Luthor, Nefarious Philanthropist (his favorite card from the set, several power-ups, and key plot twists (like Secret Files) at his disposal, he’s still unsure of his chances. “I don’t have the 4-drop The Joker, Headline Stealer, so I can’t get the full lock, but on turn 6 they have two options. They can play a 6-drop and I burn them for infinity, or they play a bunch of smaller guys to dump their hand and I do a bunch of breakthrough.” However, he added, “If it goes to turn 7, unless Solomon Grundy can make a huge difference.”

Final Decklist:

Characters

1-drops: Creeping Doom, Illusionary Warriors

2-drops: The Wizard, William Zard, Professor Ivo, Anthony Ivo, Bluejay, Jay Abrams

3-drops: David Clinton ◊ Chronos, The Time Thief, 2 Lex Luthor, Nefarious Philanthropist, Queen of Fables, Wickedest Witch, Dr. Sivana, Thaddeus Bodog Sivana

4-drops: Circe, Immortal Sorceress, Despero, Master of the Third Eye, John Stewart, Emerald Architect

5-drops: Scarecrow, Fearmonger, Scarecrow, Psycho Psychologist, Abra Kadabra

6-drops: Lex Luthor, Evil Incorporated, Dr. Destiny, John Dee

7-drops: Solomon Grundy, Buried on Sunday, Prometheus, Darker Knight

Plot Twists

Air Strike

Bizarro Ray

Counterstrike

Criminal Mastermind

Die for Darkseid!

2 Secret Files

2 Vicarious Living

Good Luck, John!