Good Card, Bad Card #48

Going into this year's World Championships in August, at GenCon, I wanted to give some people a little background on some of the players. So I'm going to start a new feature of GCBC called "Get to Know Your Trek Players". I've played in more World Championships than anyone and figured I'd share my 'scouting reports' with you. Think of this as your 'media guide', like in baseball. Also, we take 2 cards from the set 'To Boldly Go', a set even more sad then the series Enterprise.

"Get to Know Your Trek Players"
*Disclaimer: some of the information 'might' not be entirely accurate*

Name: Neil Timmons (creepy picture left)
Height: 6'3''
Weight: 325 lbs
Born: Montana
Resides: Washington, DC
Occupation: Internet Pornography
Family: Wife, Brenda; Son, Isaac
Highest Worlds Finish: 2009 World Champion
Favorite Deck: Klingon/Tragic Turn
Fun Facts: Once fought a grizzly bear in Montana as a small child; makes a delicious omelet; excellent housewife; can't hold his beer; suffers from post-concussion syndrome since Worlds '10; has never told a story with an ending

Good Card: Dabo!

Why: It's got a exclamation point in the title, that's got to mean it's awesome! If you don't like Dabo! then you don't like fun. Last time I saw Dabo! played was the Beirmiester tournament in Germany last year. Hell, if I'm drinking at a Trek event I don't even need an excuse yell Dabo!, but I'll take one. Is it Tier-1? Not really, but you'd be surprised how competitive a Dabo! deck can be. Every now and then, at a local (or 'fun' format), you can bust out the dabo wheel and try your luck.


Bad Card: Parallels

Why: 3 cost for a "maybe" dilemma? I already dislike dilemmas that might miss and do nothing. I have a whole list of why this dilemma is garbage. One, I have to already be playing a event heavy deck for this to be useful. If so, I have better options, like Overwhelmed and 8-pointers. Two, it's only going to be successful against decks that pack multiple copies of unique personnel (Terok Nor for example). I know it can hit non-uniques too, but so what? Three, if I have a good matchup where this dilemma might hit, I'm still not guaranteed to hit anything. Even if I do, I only stop them. Maybe, and I mean maybe, if the people I hit with this dilemma were placed on the bottom of the deck instead, I might consider this dilemma. Bottom line, for a 3 cost, space-only, dilemma I need more than a random chance to stop one or two personnel.