Name: Tim Batow

Age: 18
Home: Tulsa, OK
Occupation: High School Student, employed by Wizard’s Asylum Comics and Games
Deck: Rigged Elections
Best Tournament Finish: First at $10K Las Vegas
Coolest thing you saw yesterday: Endurance total records from the Witching Hour deck
How is your quarterfinal matchup? Okay, Assuming I can set up a child lock and get a turn 5 win
If you don’t win, who would you most like to see win? Dr. Johnson Bailey, PhD
Who is the best player in the world? 50 Cent (G-Unit Records)

Name: Michael Jacob
Age: 21
Home: Farmington Hills, MI
Occupation: Student
Deck: Force
Best Tournament Finish: Top 8 at $10K Origins; placed 38th at PC Anaheim
Coolest thing you saw yesterday: My win first round against The Brave and The Bold used Mikado and Mosha to fizzle a Heroic Sacrifice for the win.
How is your quarterfinal matchup: I tested this way back around the Origins $10K, and it was good then. Unmasked is sort of meh, because I don’t win with Lost City anyway.
If you don’t win, who would you most like to see win: Probably the Curve Sentinel player, he’s a good guy.
Who is the best player in the world? No one. There may be best players for certain decks, though . . .

Name: Joshua “Whitless One” Wiitanen
Age: Turned 18 just last week
Home: Las Vegas
Occupation: Student, Vs. System quasi–pro
Deck: Teen Titans
Best Tournament Finish: Second at $10K Los Angeles
Coolest thing you saw yesterday: Ryan trying to eat a large Deep Dish at Giordano’s
How is your quarterfinal matchup: We each think we have an advantage, but Dave is bald . . . so I win?
If you don’t win, who would you most like to see win: Dave Spears, obv!!
Who is the best player in the world: Um, duh, me! Rob Leander, Vidi Wijaya, Dave Spears are all right behind me.

Name: David Spears
Age: 33
Home: Florence, AL
Occupation: Game Shop Owner, UDE PTO at www.mindgamesonline.net.
Deck: Curve Sentinels
Best Tournament Finish: Second at $10K Dallas
Coolest thing you saw yesterday: The look on Doug Tice’s face when I won our $40, 3-out-of-5 side match of TNB Burn vs. Fat Bat. Go mindless TNB burn! To quote the matador, “Pure aggression wins out every time.”
How is your quarterfinal matchup: Great. No Foiled seems good, but of course, I am 0-2 vs. Titans in $10Ks.
If you don’t win, who would you most like to see win: Josh.
Who is the best player in the world? LeBron James—he is, hands down, the greatest player on the planet.

Name: Johnson Bailey
Age: 22
Home: Broken Arrow, OK
Occupation: Student
Deck: Common Enemy
Best Tournament Finish: Top 8 in a PCQ
Coolest thing you saw yesterday: My name on the Top 8 standings
How is your quarterfinal matchup: He’s using Lost City mechanics and I have Boris with Unmasked. In addition, he plays no disruption and I have Have a Blast!
If you don’t win, who would you most like to see win: My teammate, Tim Batow
Who is the best player in the world: Doop, the ultimate weapon

Name: Kyle Dembinski
Age: 17
Home: Olathe, KS
Occupation: Student
Deck: Teen Titans
Best Tournament Finish: 26th at Pro Circuit Los Angeles
Coolest thing you saw yesterday? Witching Hour to gain 150 endurance with tons of +1 ATK/+1 DEF counters on turn 7
How is your quarterfinal matchup: Good with Roy Harper ◊ Speedy, bad without him
If you don’t win, who would you most like to see win: David Spears


Name: Shane Wiggins
Age: 25
Home: Tulsa, OK
Occupation: Third year law student, clerk for a law firm
Deck: Evil Medical School
Best Tournament Finish: Today, and five Top 8s in PCQs
Coolest thing you saw yesterday: Jessica Alba in Sin City. Yowza. Oh, and Surrounding for +40 ATK/+40 DEF on turn 7.
How is your quarterfinal matchup: Probably the toughest of the 8. Roy Harper ◊ Speedy rules me.
If you don’t win, who would you most like to see win: Tim Batow, because I want to see another handstand.
Who is the best player in the world: Though I have never met him, Rob Leander has everyone’s respect.

Name: Michael Dove
Age: 33
Home: Gurnee, IL
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
Deck: The New Brotherhood
Best Tournament Finish: Ninth at Pro Circuit Los Angeles with Teen Titans
Coolest thing you saw yesterday: Me winning with no attacking character on turn 6 with my opponent at 34 endurance
How is your quarterfinal matchup: Pretty good. Mikado and Mosha could be bad, but The New Brotherhood can stun several characters early, which is bad for Rigged Elections.
If you don’t win, who would you most like to see win: Dave Spears
Who is the best player in the world: Really not sure, I am terrible with names.