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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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$10K Atlanta
Metagame Staff
 

Just a week before the tournament, Patrick Yapjoco was quoted on Metagame saying, “I’ve never been really good in [Sealed] anyway.” He won’t be able to say that anymore.


Yapjoco has won the finals of the $10K Atlanta. The three-time previous $10K Top 8 player triumphed over Ryan Lockard to take home the trophy. Despite a disappointing finish during the Pro Circuit, Yapjoco, who has been left without a team since Realmworx split up, has been practicing against $10K champion Quang Nguyen. While Nguyen was playing in the semifinals of the Pro Circuit, Yapjoco was taking the top chair in the $10K—is this the start of a new team?


During the draft at his table this morning, Yapjoco snagged an off-curve Morlocks evasion deck, and buoyed by its success, he piloted another version of it through the Top 8.


Yapjoco’s win proves the importance of preparation. While many people were practicing JLA Draft for the Pro Circuit, he and other Californians were also getting ready to draft X-Men for last week’s $10K LA.

Congratulations to Patrick Yapjoco, $10K Atlanta champion!



Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion
Mike Augustine   
  Mike Augustine 2-0
Ken Brune
  Patrick Yapjoco 2-0
Eric Hunter
  Patrick Yapjoco 2-0
Patrick Yapjoco
  Patrick Yapjoco (2-0)
Yoel Izsak
  Yoel Izsak 2-0
Naoto Ikeda
 
Ryan Lockard
2-1
Brendan Cummings
 
Ryan Lockard 
2-1
Ryan Lockard



 

 

 
 
The winner of this match walks away with $2,500, while the loser makes out with a not-too-shabby $1,500.
They flipped three coins, declaring that best two out of three had priority. Izsak called heads, but sadly there were more tails.
These players had played yesterday in the Swiss rounds, and met up here again in the quarterfinals.
Going into the second round of draft day, Patrick Yapjoco is set to face off against David Fielder.
With Realmworx now in the history books, Patrick is hoping for a $10K Top 8, so that he and Quang Nguyen can fight for a double gold, taking two trophies home to SoCal between the two testing partners.
Day One
In the final round of $10K Atlanta’s Sealed Pack rounds, both Patrick Yapjoco and David Bauer are ready to draft; however they are hotly maneuvering for position at this point.
After seven rounds, there were only two undefeated players left at $10K Atlanta. At the end of this round there would be one.
Both players are on 4–1 going into this round. Sundholm and Gellerman’s chances are sound. . .
These decks seemed pretty powerful so far, though the difference between the two was pretty pronounced once turn 3 got underway. . .
Mitch Fujino had quite the turnaround on turn 7 of his round-4 match, in spite of the fact that apparently there aren’t a lot of defensive tricks in the format.
A lot of thought went into these answers. Dean Sohnle, on loan from the Pro Circuit, spent a great while in deliberation, eventually deciding that he needed to be smarter in order to answer the question.
The X-Men Sealed Pack might well be the most aggressive Sealed Pack format yet.
Round 1 sees David Fielder, who made Top 8 at PC So Cal 1, playing against Tillman Bragg, Timvitational winner and member of Team Donkey Club.
Adam opened his packs and gave a little cheer of “We did it!” as he spied Sage, Tessa in his pile.
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