Patrick Yapjoco is the third Team Realmworx player to make Day 2; Ryan Jones and Vidi Wijaya both made the Top 8 in the PC. Patrick is trying to make up for what he terms an “abysmal” performance in the PC this weekend. A two-time $10K Top 8 player and 11th in the world in Constructed, Patrick is also ranked 299th in Sealed Pack.

 

 

Pack 1

 

1) Thunderous Onslaught, No Evil Shall Escape Our Sight,

 

2) Sinestro, Lantern in Exile, Black Hand, No Evil Shall Escape Our Sight, Yellow Power Ring

 

3) Qwardian Pincer, Kilowog, Gnaxos, Rocket Red

 

4) Krona, Legion, Emerald Twilight, Element Man

 

5) Power Ring, Cosmic Conflict, Kyle Rayner, Green Lantern of the Universe

 

6) St'nlli, Fall of Oa

 

7) Lanterns in Love, Alan Scott

 

8) Kreon, Sensei, Lantern's Light

 

9) Manhunter Excavator, Battle of Wills

 

10) No Evil Shall Escape Our Sight

 

11) Shadow Creatures, Recharging the Ring

 

12) Dead-Eye

 

13) Manhunter Protector

 

14) Garth ◊ Aqualad

 

 

Pack 2

 

1) Solomon Grundy, Jade, Book of Oa, Ultraman

 

2) Elasti-Man, No Evil Shall Escape Our Sight, Boodikka

 

3) Fiero, Mosaic World, Space Bears

 

4) Remoni-Notra ◊ Star Sapphire, Black Hand, Pest Control, No Evil Shall Escape Our Sight, G'Nort

 

5) Apokoliptian Hospitality, Ch'p, Mosaic World

 

6) Green Lantern Ring, Owlman

 

7) Kiman, Tomar Tu, In Evil Star's Evil Clutches

 

8) Frostbite

 

9) Kiman, Central Power Battery

 

10) Lana Lang, Manhunter Sleeper, Sleeper Agent, Rocket Red

 

11) Power Surge, Anti-Matter Cannon

 

12) Pest Control

 

13) Governor Tozad

 

14) Rocket Red

 

 

Pack 3

 

1) Willworld, Jade, Helping Hand, Krona, Solomon Grundy

 

2) Tomar Re, Kilowog, No Evil Shall Escape Our Sight, Arisia

 

3) Kyle Rayner, Green Lantern of the Universe, Pest Control

 

4) Power Ring, Dr. Polaris, Mosaic World

 

5) Banished to the Anti-Matter Universe

 

6) St'nlli, Hector Hammond, Dr. Polaris, Sensei

 

7) Highmaster, Yellow Impurity

 

8) Mosaic World

 

9) Jade, Power Surge

 

10) Qwardians, Blood in the Dark, Xallarap

 

11) Salakk

 

12) Q Field

 

13) Sector 2814

 

14) House of El

 

 

Patrick shook his head in disbelief over the seventh pick Lanterns in Love in his first pack. But he was still unsure about his blues. “I don't have any pumps; there were none in the packs. I passed one Yellow Impurity and that was it.”

 

I asked him if there was a team he was specifically aiming for, and he mentioned Anti-Matter. “From what I heard yesterday, it wasn't drafting high. Everyone was drafting Green Lantern and Emerald Enemies. Vidi (Wijaya) had four Banished to the Anti-Matter Universes and Ryan (Jones) had one and they both went 3-0.” From pre-Day 2 discussions with teammates about tech strategy and some solid testing before they got to New York, Pat felt confident about his decisions.

 

 

2 Power Ring

2 St'nlli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patrick's Top 5 cards he wanted to see:

 

1) Thunderous Onslaught

2) Banished to the Anti-Matter Universe

3) Locked in Combat

4) No Man Escapes the Manhunters

5) Team-Ups

 

And he managed to nab a few of those.

 

His one difficult choice was between Q Field and a No Evil. He wanted No Evil in his deck but had to take something out to make room. Another last minute drop was Lana Lang, Manhunter Sleeper.

 

As for his ideal deck size: “I always play thirty cards exactly, aiming for twenty characters to ten blue and green. This time I played nineteen and eleven because I needed more blue in the deck.”

 

His ideal curve is:

 

2 7-drops

3 6-drops

4 5drops

4 4-drops

4 3-drops

2-3 1- and 2-drops

 

Patrick likes that bell curve, which thins at drops 1, 2, and 7. He claims that any skill he has in Sealed Pack was picked up by osmosis from drafting with Vidi Wijaya and Ryan Jones. Sealed Pack has “never been my strong point, but I seem to have a keen sense of where everyone's going, so drafting with them gives me an idea of what to look for.” As for this draft, “I hope I do well . . . I'm really not sure.” But he did manage to play in a Sealed PCQ on Friday after dropping from the PC, giving him a little extra practice and a fourth place finish.

 

Patrick's prediction for Day 2: a 2-1 record.