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The Sentry™
Card# MTU-017

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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				Patrick Sullivan

		Making the Cut - March 23, 2007
		The more astute among you have guessed that winning your City Championship with QuickFate or a stock Checkmate / Villains United deck is not the best route to ending up as one of the final eight.

		Marvel Team-Up Preview: Spider-Man Robot - January 29, 2007
		Spider-Man Robot highlights alternate boost, one of the new features of Marvel Team-Up.

		Hellboy Preview: Sherman, Pyrokinesis and Inner Sanctum - January 16, 2007
		A common theme for these two cards is that they both fit well into loner strategies.

		Legion of Super Heroes Preview: Dream Girl - November 19, 2006
		I was worried at first that the whole cosmic off-curve strategy wouldn’t be feasible, but the Legionnaires play very elegantly and powerfully.

		Galactus Design Diaries: Revisiting Doom - November 06, 2006
		Thus, development had their basic assignment: make exciting cards for Doom that aren’t better than their most powerful cards and also don’t shore up all of the weaknesses on the team.

		Heralds of Galactus: Karnak, The Shatterer - August 14, 2006
		Karnak, in essence, trades a cosmic character for a free stun on your initiative.

		Infinite Crisis Preview: Mr. Freeze, Brutal Blizzard - April 18, 2006
		Mr. Freeze is one of the rare characters with applications across every axis of interaction.

		R&D Notes: The X-Men Starter Deck - February 16, 2006
		Starter deck design and development present a unique challenge to us over here at Vs. System.

		X-Men Preview: Amelia Voght, Acolyte - January 31, 2006
		For the “cost” of revealing two reservists out of the resource row, Amelia comes into play free of charge.

		Justice League of America Preview: Wonder Woman, Avatar of Truth - October 25, 2005
		What makes this card interesting and powerful is her ability to restrict a player only to one specific plot twist during the combat phase.

		The Avengers Preview: Panacea Potion - July 25, 2005
		The Squadron no-hand build will reward the player who is most able to minimize the disadvantage of playing with no hand while maximizing the gains of the variety of effects.

		Web of Spider-Man Preview: Goblin Glider - September 05, 2004
		The real beauty of Goblin Glider, in my opinion, is that it can be played efficiently on any turn.

		Web of Spider-Man Preview: Sunfire - September 02, 2004
		With the release of the Web of Spider-Man expansion comes Sunfire, a 5-drop X-Man to be excited about.

		DC Origins Card Preview: The Joker, Jokers Wild - June 17, 2004
		Being able to start your first turn with an extra card at nearly no drawback makes The Joker a relevant card before the game even begins . . .

		The Emerging Metagame - May 24, 2004
		Hello again, metagame readers. In my last article, I discussed some very basic strategy regarding Sealed Pack building for the upcoming PCQs. This time, I'm going to talk about the Constructed metagame.

		A Sealed Pack Primer - May 07, 2004
		Although I can hardly call myself an expert in this field, I've noticed a couple of tendencies in deck construction and play. I wouldn't go so far as to call these tendencies rules to be set in stone, but they offer a few guidelines for people learning to build their own Sealed Packs.

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