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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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				Ben Kalman

		Voices from the Field: A Pro Circuit Sydney Primer - February 26, 2007
		I put the Australians ahead of the various teams this time because, well, the PC’s in Australia.

		Voices from the Field: A Pro Circuit Los Angeles 2006 Primer - November 14, 2006
		Pro Circuit Los Angeles is approaching, and there’s a huge buzz among the players that this is going to be the most diverse and interesting field yet!

		Heralds of Galactus Preview: Negative Zone, Shadow Dimension - August 19, 2006
		Negative Zone is still a power to be reckoned with.

		Voices from the Field: A PC Indy Primer - August 09, 2006
		The DC Modern Age field is diverse and exciting, but I think the focus this year will be on Infinite Crisis.

		Voices from the Field: A Pro Circuit San Francisco Primer - May 31, 2006
		Many are already lauding Silver Age as the best and most open format this game has ever seen, and nobody can wait to see what tricks will be pulled from the Vs. deck tins come Friday morning.

		Voices from the Past: Infinite Crisis – Checkmate, Part One - May 19, 2006
		Over the next few months, I will try to cover the Crisis inside and out, starting with a rundown of each team and then looking at the Crisis itself, how the Crisis connects the teams and their storylines, and how it fits into DC’s “Crisis History.”

		Voices from the Field: The Other Design: X-Men, Part 2 - May 12, 2006
		. . . And then came the art requests.

		Voices from the Field: The Other Design: X-Men, Part 1 - April 28, 2006
		Now that you know the basics of how the research and art request/design process works for Vs. sets, it’s time to delve into some new details.

		Infinite Crisis Preview: The Penguin, Arms Merchant - April 22, 2006
		Certain Arkham builds demand a fair number of locations, which makes the draw and discard very effective in digging for useful cards.

		Voices from the Field: The Other Design—JLA, Part Two - April 21, 2006
		We need to be able to come up with a couple of hundred ideas that are not redundant or repetitive, and that stylistically and thematically fall into place together.

		Voices From the Field: The Other Design: JLA, Part One - April 14, 2006
		A lot more goes into the building of each Vs. System set than simply choosing a team, throwing characters into a pot, and testing to exhaustion (no pun intended).

		Voices From the Field: A Pro Circuit Atlanta Primer! - March 22, 2006
		All the information on the teams and players this coming weekend!

		The Dark Phoenix Saga, Part 5 - March 10, 2006
		A piece of Jean still survived in Dark Phoenix’s head, and it struggled for control.

		The Dark Phoenix Saga, Part 4 - March 03, 2006
		"The name's Wolverine, bub!"

		The Dark Phoenix Saga, Part 3 - February 24, 2006
		When last we left our humble X-Men, Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Nightcrawler had barely escaped the most dangerous of perils

		Voices From the Past: The Dark Phoenix Saga, Part 2 - February 17, 2006
		This was a turning point for Jean Grey, as she seemed to become more and more powerful. Her personality began to fray around the edges, and her voice was becoming darker, her mood even more so.

		Voices From the Past: The Dark Phoenix Saga, Part 1 - February 10, 2006
		Jean Grey was supposed to be dead.

		X-Men Preview: Kristoff Von Doom, Pretender to the Throne - February 04, 2006
		The latest version of Kristoff is the Kristoff who sat on the throne of Latveria and engaged in a civil war against the real Dr. Doom, believing himself to be the true Doom and Victor to be the pretender.

		Best of 2005: Voices from the Past: Green Lanterns of Earth, Sector 2814 - January 06, 2006
		Although this article is huge, it was probably the most concise of all of my “historical” Voices From the Past articles.

		Best of 2005: Voices From The Field: Judgment Calls - December 30, 2005
		It is important to remind ourselves that everyone is responsible for maintaining the integrity of this game.

		Voices from the Past: JLA 101, Part 2 - November 11, 2005
		Today we’ll look at three characters who are equally archetypical in their own ways and who, in many ways, helped to shape the JLA as we know it.

		Voices From The Past: JLA 101, Part 1 - November 04, 2005
		These seven (Aquaman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter, Superman, and Wonder Woman) are considered the central characters in the DC universe—archetypes of the superhero.

		Justice League of America Preview: Maxima - October 21, 2005
		These cards may well serve not only to make Revenge Squad more viable, but also to make it a valuable team in a two-team deck.

		Voices from the Past: The X-Men Files, Part 1 - October 14, 2005
		In Marvel’s recent history, there is perhaps no comic title that has been more influential or more important to the Marvel universe than X-Men.

		Voices from the Past: Supremely Satisfying, Part 3 - September 23, 2005
		This week, I’m looking not at the team at but its members—a card-by-card breakdown of the Squadron Supreme.

		Voices from the Past: A Team Supreme! – Part 2 - September 16, 2005
		When last we left our noble Squadron, they had decided to heal the world by ridding it of its transgressions.

		Voices From The Past: A Team Supreme! – Part 1 - September 09, 2005
		It all started in Avengers #69, in October of 1969, when long-time comic nut and (at that time) Marvel staff writer, Roy Thomas, decided that Marvel needed their own Justice League.

		Voices from the Field: Reflections on PC Indy - September 02, 2005
		In the end, it wasn’t about which GLEE deck won the day as much as which GLEE tech won the day.

		Voices from the Field: A PC Indy Primer! - August 17, 2005
		Here’s a look at the teams that will be gathering at Indy and the individuals who are most likely to dominate the pack.

		Voices From the Past: Thunderstruck! - August 12, 2005
		You might ask, “How can this be? I thought the Thunderbolts were good guys. What gives?”

		Voices from the Past: Evil Abounds! - August 05, 2005
		The Masters of Evil. The very name causes Avengers everywhere to look over their shoulders.

		Voices From the Past: AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! - July 29, 2005
		Stan Lee decided that it was time for Marvel to create their own team of unrelated superheroes. He took some of the most popular Marvel characters and thrust them into their own super-team, and thus the Avengers were born!

		The Avengers Preview: Mammomax, Elephant Boy - July 22, 2005
		Mammomax just might be the push TNB needs to roar back into Top 8 status on the major tournament scene.

		Voices from the Past: DOOM ON YOU! - July 15, 2005
		Nobody truly knows what’s on Doom’s mind but Doom, and nobody truly understands the reasons he does things but Doom himself.

		Voices from the Past: Fantastic Forces at Work! - July 08, 2005
		People could relate to the characters because they had the same problems, emotions, and relationships, just without the crazy superpowers to go with them.

		Voices from the Past: The Demon’s Head - July 01, 2005
		While the movie changed a few minor details for the sake of plot continuity, Ra’s is still one of the most interesting villains to pop up in DC in the last few decades.

		Voices from the Past: Green Lanterns of Earth, Sector 2814 - June 24, 2005
		While Oa is at the “precise” center of the universe, everything seems to come to a head on Earth.

		Voices from the Past: The Pride of the Corps - June 17, 2005
		This week, I’m going to begin a difficult path—treading through the vast history of the intergalactic police force that is the Green Lantern Corps.

		Voices From The Past: No World Escapes The Manhunters! - June 10, 2005
		Welcome to my new column: Voices From The Past. This column will focus on the various teams in the Vs. System, but from the point of view of continuity and flavor.

		Voices from the Field: Reflections on New York - June 03, 2005
		After a year’s cycle of PCs, the game and the Pro Circuit have shifted, and this is a brief summary of the patterns and changes that occurred.

		Voices from the Field: New York Special Edition - May 26, 2005
		These are the players to keep an eye on over the next few days, starting with the Top 20 players in the world and ending, as always, with my fearless predictions about who will be left standing on Day 3 to hoist the PC trophy!

		Voices from the Field: Green Lantern's Generic Code, Part 2 - May 20, 2005
		Yes, I know I said “in two weeks,” but then I remembered that PC: NY is next week, so next week’s article would have little room for going over the Green Lantern set.

		Voices from the Field: Green Lantern Cards for Everyone! - May 13, 2005
		Here’s my look at what the newest unaffiliated characters and generic plot twists have to offer, focusing mainly on those that don’t rely on willpower.

		Voices from the Field: A Green Lantern Corps Sealed Pack Primer - May 06, 2005
		While everyone wants to be a prophet and predict how this set will sweep the metagame off its feet and become the first true new powerhouse set, I thought I’d explore only what the sneak peeks showed me last weekend.

		Voices from the Field: A Green Lantern Overview - May 05, 2005
		This is the best set yet—it has the potential for huge amounts of strategic and deck building power.

		Green Lantern Corps Preview: Commander - April 22, 2005
		Commander is definitely a solid addition to the New Gods arsenal, and he’ll take strategy to employ.

		Green Lantern Corps Preview: Dr. Light, Master of Holograms - April 19, 2005
		However you work him in, Dr. Light will always be a factor.

		Voices from the Field: The New Tier 1 - April 15, 2005
		Tier 1 essentially means that it’s an A-List, First Team, All-Star deck.

		Voices from the Field: Amsterdam Away! - April 06, 2005
		Amsterdam is so close that I can feel it breathing down my neck, and while I’m unfortunately unable to witness it firsthand, I’m going to live through it vicariously by looking at who will be there, who should be there, and who to look out for at the first PC of 2005.

		Voices from the Field: Britain’s Finest Export . . . Except Bass, of Course! - April 01, 2005
		The name is Willoughby, Tim Willoughby, and he’s gunning for you!

		Voices from the Field: Splish Splash! - March 25, 2005
		These are the seven characters—one per drop—that you should consider splashing into a Modern Age deck if you feel that your own team choices are limited.

		Voices from the Field: Here Come the Spider-Sentinels! - March 18, 2005
		On the heels of last week’s article, which highlighted some of the underrated cards in the Web of Spider-Man set that could shine in Modern Age, I’ve put together a Modern Age deck using only cards from Web of Spider-Man.

		Voices from the Field: Spider-Man Presents Marvel Modern Age Madness - March 11, 2005
		Web of Spider-Man is often dismissed as a second rate set or a failed experiment . . . until you’re face to face with a Curve Sentinels deck, or until you get bushwhacked by that Spider-Friends deck you had laughed at as “not even tier 2” before it slaughtered you.

		Voices from the Field: The Legacy of Bam Bam - March 04, 2005
		The legend began at PC So Cal, where a competitor on the rise with a shaved head, tattoos, a goatee, and a black shirt awash with bright orange flames was seen.

		Voices from the Field: It’s All in the Format! - February 18, 2005
		Change is healthy, and every game needs a dose of it now and then to keep things moving forward and avoid stagnation.

		Voices from the Field: Look! It’s a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It’s Rob Leander! - February 11, 2005
		The numbers say it all. Rob is a champion card player, and he makes it clear that being number one isn’t enough for him. He won’t be satisfied until he’s won the Big Title—his first PC.

		Marvel Knights Preview: Dracula, Vlad Dracula - February 03, 2005
		“I do need blood, but it shall not be spoon-fed to me from a bottle.” —Dracula

		Marvel Knights Preview: Spin Doctoring - January 28, 2005
		Spin Doctoring is just one of several X-Statix cards that focus on single-character control.

		Voices From The Field: Judgment Calls - January 19, 2005
		“Since this is a game, people take their responsibilities less seriously than they should.”

		Voices from the Field: An Interview with Ryan Jones - January 14, 2005
		“Basically, I was as prepared as I could be, and put myself in a position for Lady Luck to choose me . . . and she did.”

		Voices From the Field: To Write, or Not To Write? - January 05, 2005
		What follows are some tips for writing about Vs. System, writing in general, and what to write about.

		Voices from the Field: Genesis is Burning...You! - December 15, 2004
		My love for burn is widely known, and I have to admit that the second I saw Mark Moonrider on the Superman, Man of Steel spoiler list, I wanted four of him in my burn deck.

		Voices From The Field: Teamwork? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Teamwork!! - December 01, 2004
		This week, I’m going to look at a fun deck.

		Voices from the Field: Superman and Multiplayer - November 24, 2004
		This week, I thought I’d take us down a different road, one that leads away from one-on-one and competitive Vs. System play and heads back into the casual domain.

		Voices From the Field: At the Superman Sneak Preview - November 18, 2004
		We had two months of waiting, and then two weeks of previews, and finally . . . the moment of triumph!

		Superman, Man of Steel Preview: Strange Visitor - November 11, 2004
		Today’s Special is Strange Visitor, Sharon Vance. She reflects her comic counterpart to the letter, and she can change the face of the game when she hits the board.

		Superman, Man of Steel Preview: Rose ◊ Thorn - November 03, 2004
		Rose isn’t really a Constructed character, but she’s a monster in Sealed Pack.

		Evasive Action! - October 21, 2004
		As I’ve started experimenting with Web of Spider-Man and making sample decks with the Spider-Friends and Sinister Syndicate teams, my evasion deck has become a favorite.

		The Casual-Competitive Conundrum - October 13, 2004
		The object of this questionnaire was to get an idea of how the Vs. System community felt about the split between competitive and casual players, and how they felt about being involved in a game that clearly had more than one side to it.

		PC So Cal: T-Minus Two Months and Counting . . . - September 30, 2004
		There are only a couple of months to go until Gen Con So Cal and the second Vs. System Pro Circuit event! With that in mind, I thought I’d take a look at what was shaping up in the world of Vs. System.

		The Casual Player & The Metagame - September 22, 2004
		Casual players often find uses for “unpopular” cards, and also frequently build decks around combos and ideas that are nearly impossible to get off . . . but demolish opponents when they work.

		To the Casual Player: A Guide to Alternate Formats, Pt. 2 - September 13, 2004
		Following up on the article I wrote a couple of weeks ago on alternate Constructed formats, this week I’ll look at various Draft formats aside from the basic Sealed Pack and Booster Draft formats in the rulebook.

		Voices From the Field: A Pro Circuit Journal - September 02, 2004
		In my mind, there is no distinction between one TCG player and another. I will welcome anyone who has a passion for games and wants to be a part of our community.

		To the Casual Player: A Guide to Alternate Formats - August 16, 2004
		This article is all about alternate formats. For those who aren’t sure what I mean by that, alternate formats are various types of games off the beaten track—non-traditional playing formats.

		To the Casual Player: This Card's for You! - August 09, 2004
		This one’s for the Casual Player. A quirky creature, this species of TCGer tends to hide from the spotlight, yet is the backbone of the gaming community. Simply put: without the casual gamer, there would be no game!

		Pro Circuit Blues - August 05, 2004
		GenCon is right around the corner, which means that the very first Vs. Pro Circuit stop is about to get underway!

		Ask Not What Your Card Game Can Do For You, Part 3 - July 29, 2004
		The Community Guide to Judging Tournaments

		Ask Not What Your Card Game Can Do For You, Part 2 - July 22, 2004
		The Community Guide to Tournament Etiquette

		Ask Not What Your Card Game Can Do For You . . . - July 15, 2004
		Ten simple steps towards making your Vs. community a better place.

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