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Matt Sokol

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Matt Sokol (also known as Matthew Sokol; forums handle MrPurple; GEMP handle Datalar)[1][2][3] is the 2000 SWCCG World Champion (DecipherCon) and a founding member of Team Albany. After the Final Confrontation he and Yannick Lapointe sat for a Decipher post-match interview.[4] Trandosite interviewed him on 25 October 2000.[5] On 6 May 2025 he sat for a later video interview looking back at that championship and his Hidden Base X-wing Numbers and ISB Sandwhirl lists.[6] His brother is Dan Sokol, also a Star Wars CCG player.[7][8]

Sokol at DecipherCon 2000 after the Team Albany team win

Interviews

Main article: Matt Sokol/Interviews

Sokol has been interviewed on video at DecipherCon 2000, by Trandosite (2000), and on Kendall's CorranCast (2020).[4][5] A 2025 video covers his 2000 title and his 1998 Decipher World Championship trip.[6]

Service

Dates Service
6 May 2024 – Present Tournament Committee member[3]

Appearances

Date Outlet Title Role
February 2001 Star Wars Insider #52 Deal With It![9]
6 May 2025 PDS2 SWCCG PDS2: Matt Sokol, Worlds 2000 Champion Interview, HB X-wing Numbers, ISB Sandwhirl[10] interviewee

Tournament Results

Date Event Format Finish Dark Light
1 August 2026 2026 Retro U.S. Nationals Premiere - Death Star II #3 BHBM Hidden Base[11]
May–July 2025 2025 Ninth Annual GEMPC (Day 1) Open — Endor Operations Watch Your Step
May–July 2025 2025 Retro GEMP Match Play Championship (Premiere to DSII) Premiere - Death Star II 61[12]
24–27 April 2025 2025 Morristown Melee (Day 1)[13] Open 8 I Want That Map The Force Is Strong In My Family
24–27 April 2025 2025 Morristown Melee (Top 8)[14] Open 8 Endor Operations There Is Good In Him
9–11 August 2024 2024 North American Continental Championship (Top 8) Open — Agents Of Black Sun The Force Is Strong In My Family
9–11 August 2024 2024 North American Continental Championship (Day 1) Open — Endor Operations We Have A Plan
11–13 August 2023 2023 World Championship (Day 1) Open — Endor Operations Zero Hour
21–23 January 2022 2022 Match Play Championship (Top 8) Open — Endor Operations —
21–23 January 2022 2022 Match Play Championship (Day 1) Open — Endor Operations Communing
5–6 and 12–13 December 2020 2020 World Championship (Day 2) Open 30 Endor Operations He Is The Chosen One
5–6 and 12–13 December 2020 2020 World Championship Open — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi (V) He Is The Chosen One
January 2019 2019 Endor Grand Prix (Day 2) Open 5 I Want That Map Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room
January 2019 2019 Endor Grand Prix Open 1 I Want That Map Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room
4–7 October 2018 2018 World Championship (Day 2) Open 26 Agents Of Black Sun Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room
5–7 May 2017 2017 Endor Grand Prix (Day 2) Open 2 Agents Of Black Sun We Have A Plan
5–7 May 2017 2017 Endor Grand Prix Open 7 Agents Of Black Sun Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room
6–8 January 2017 2017 Match Play Championship Open 57 Endor Operations Old Allies
11–15 August 2016 2016 World Championship (Day 2) Open 29 Carbon Chamber Testing We Have A Plan
20–22 May 2016 2016 Endor Grand Prix Open 12 Endor Operations We Have A Plan
8–10 January 2016 2016 Match Play Championship Open 6 Endor Operations Combat Preparedness
6–9 August 2015 2015 World Championship (Day 3) Open 4 Endor Operations Combat Preparedness
6–9 August 2015 2015 World Championship (Day 2) Open 8 Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi This Is Getting Out Of Hand
1–3 May 2015 2015 Match Play Championship Open 17 Endor Operations Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room
3–5 October 2014 2014 Philadelphia Premiere Event Open 10 No Money, No Parts, No Deal! Careful Planning (V)
21–24 August 2014 2014 World Championship (Day 2)[15] Premiere - Virtual Block 9.1 Hunt Down Restore Freedom
21–24 August 2014 2014 World Championship (Day 3)[16] Premiere - Virtual Block 9.1 3 Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi Quiet Mining Colony
13–15 June 2014 2014 US Nationals (Day 2) Premiere - Virtual Block 9.1 — Imperial Occupation (V) Quiet Mining Colony
13–15 June 2014 2014 US Nationals (Day 1) Premiere - Virtual Block 9.1 — Endor Operations Restore Freedom To The Galaxy
24–26 January 2014 2014 Match Play Championship (Day 1) Premiere - Virtual Block 9.1 — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi (V) Quiet Mining Colony
9–11 August 2013 2013 World Championship (Day 2) Premiere - Virtual Block 8.3 — Walker Garrison (V) You Can Either Profit By This...
24–27 January 2013 2013 Match Play Championship (Day 1) Premiere - Virtual Block 8.2 — Contract Killers Communing
10–12 February 2012 2012 Match Play Championship (Day 1) Premiere - Virtual Block 7.4 — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi (V) Yavin 4: Massassi Throne Room
8–9 January 2011 2011 Match Play Championship (Day 2) Premiere - Virtual Block 7.2 — Endor Operations You Can Either Profit By This...
12–15 August 2010 2010 World Championship (Day 2) Premiere - Virtual Block 7.1 — Endor Operations —
12–15 August 2010 2010 World Championship (Day 3)[17] Premiere - Virtual Block 7.1 Endor Operations You Can Either Profit By This Or Be Destroyed
17–18 April 2010 2010 Match Play Championship (Day 1) Premiere - Virtual Block 6.3 — ISB Operations Rebel Cell - Hidden Landing Site
2010 2010 Yavin 4 Regionals Premiere - Virtual Block 6.3 — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi (V) Wesa Gotta Grand Army
8–11 October 2009 2009 World Championship (Day 2)[18] Premiere - Virtual Block 6.1 Endor Operations Echo Base Operations
8–11 October 2009 2009 World Championship (Day 3)[19] Premiere - Virtual Block 6.1 Endor Operations Echo Base Operations
30 May 2009 2009 Yavin 4 Regionals Premiere - Original VS17 — — Hoth: Echo Docking Bay
28–29 March 2009 2009 2K Event (Day 2) Premiere - Death Star II — ISB Operations Hidden Base
3–4 January 2009 2009 Match Play Championship (Day 1) Premiere - Original VS16 — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi Echo Base Operations
14 June 2008 2008 New York State Championship Premiere - Original VS15 — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi Hidden Base
5–6 January 2008 2008 Match Play Championship (Day 1) Premiere - Original VS14 — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi Hidden Base
2007 2007 Massachusetts State Championship Premiere - Original VS12 — Carbon Chamber Testing —
2007 2007 Kashyyyk Regionals Premiere - Original VS12 — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi Hidden Base
20–21 January 2007 2007 Match Play Championship (Day 1) Premiere - Original VS12 — No Money, No Parts, No Deal! Local Uprising (V)
25 August 2007 2007 Pennsylvania State Championship Premiere - Original VS13 — Hunt Down And Destroy The Jedi Hidden Base
30 June 2007 2007 New York State Championship Premiere - Original VS12 — Carbon Chamber Testing Plead My Case To The Senate
18 August 2001 2001 Montreal DPC Premiere - Coruscant 9th[20] Slave Quarters start[21]
4 August 2001 2001 North American Continental Championship Premiere - Tatooine [22] Profit mains
2 June 2001 June 2001 Albany tournament (2 June) Premiere - Tatooine 5th[23] Maul capture New version of Pat Ziagos's PA states champ deck
19 May 2001 2001 New York State Championship Premiere - Reflections II [24]
December 2000 December 2000 Clifton Park tournament Premiere - Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck 8 (+23)[25]
4 November 2000 2000 Coruscant Civil War Premiere - Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck [26] ISB walkers/Tramples
8 October 2000 2000 DecipherCon Team Event Premiere - Jabba's Palace Sealed Deck Team Albany, 1st[27]
5–7 October 2000 2000 Decipher World Championship (Final Confrontation)[28] Premiere - Death Star II 1st ISB Operations Hidden Base
5–7 October 2000 2000 Decipher World Championship (Day 2)[29] Premiere - Death Star II 8th Bring Him Before Me Hidden Base
5–7 October 2000 2000 Decipher World Championship (Day 1) Premiere - Death Star II 36th Bring Him Before Me Hidden Base
14 July 2000 2000 Origins Team Event Premiere - Endor [30] TRM
7 May 2000 RamapoCon II Team Championship Premiere - Endor 9th, 8 (+37)[31]
7 May 2000 RamapoCon II Team Championship Premiere - Endor [32] Hunt Down Battle
6 May 2000 RamapoCon II Premiere - Endor 15th, 8 (+35) after six games[33]
8 April 2000 2000 Boston Grand Slam [34] Non-dueling Hunt Down
January 2000 2000 Glenside Grand Slam 1st[35]
12 November 1999 DecipherCon 1999 Japanese Sealed Deck Japanese Sealed Deck 2nd[36]
11 November 1999 1999 Decipher World Championship (Wild Card) Premiere - Endor 3rd[5]
7 August 1999 1999 Battle of Midway Premiere - Endor 4th, 12 (+47), 6–2[37]
21–22 November 1998 1998 Decipher World Championship[38] Premiere - Special Edition
2026 Jawa Cup (Top 8)[39] Jawa Agents Of Black Sun Let The Wookiee Win (V)

A blank place means no posted standings give the player's place.

Photographs

Community card

Matt Sokol appears on the community card Matt S (2019 Hall of Fame), which lists his GEMP handle Datalar.[1]

  • Matt S (2019 Hall of Fame)
    Matt S (2019 Hall of Fame)

Retro League

Matt Sokol played in the Retro League on GEMP.

Year Event Format Place
2025 Event 3 Premiere - Death Star II 80[40][41]
2025 Event 2 Premiere - Cloud City (Modified) 12[42][43]
2025 Event 1 Premiere - Hoth 21[44][45]

Miscellaneous decklists

Date Format Title Side
24 October 1999 Premiere - Endor Hunt down = beat down Dark
24 October 1999 Premiere - Endor rev nudj choke Light
10 February 2000 Premiere - Endor Endor ops beat-down Dark
4 August 2000 Premiere - Death Star II Hunt BHBM Down Dark
28 May 2001 Premiere - Reflections II My Kind of BEAST Dark

Tournament reports

See also

External links


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matt S (2019 Hall of Fame), SWCCG Community Awards, res.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  2. ↑ Registered Players - 96, 2025 Retro GEMPC, forum.starwarsccg.org (24 March 2025). Preserved copy: Internet Archive. File:SWCCG forum t85495 2025 Retro GEMPC Registered Players.txt
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 PC organization chart PDF (created 6 May 2024), archived PDF; live PDF
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 DecipherCon 2000 Championship Match Interview, brandon baity (NanashiStudios) (21 August 2018). Footage by Derek Brooks. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Matt Sokol interview, Trandosite (25 October 2000)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 SWCCG PDS2: Matt Sokol, Worlds 2000 Champion Interview, HB X-wing Numbers, ISB Sandwhirl, BillBisco2 (6 May 2025). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ syracuse-ny-11-4-00, DeckTech (Mike "Mikey P" Panayotou, 5 November 2000): "I am paired with Dan Sokol (Matt’s brother)". Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ twigg-takes-the-coruscant-civil-war-2, DeckTech (Brian "twigg" Terwilliger, 5 November 2000): "World Champ Matt Sokol, his bro, Dan (great player!)". Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ Rich Handley, "Deal With It!", Star Wars Insider #52, pp. 68–69. Scan: Star Wars Insider 52, Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ SWCCG PDS2: Matt Sokol, Worlds 2000 Champion Interview, HB X-wing Numbers, ISB Sandwhirl, Bill Bisco (BillBisco2) (6 May 2025). Preserved copy: Internet Archive; watch-page snapshot (Wayback 8 October 2026).
  11. ↑ 2026-07 Retro U.S. Nationals – Prem to DSII – New Brunswick, New Jersey (Aug. 1, 2026) (preserved copy: Internet Archive), starwarsccg.org (10 August 2026).
  12. ↑ (final standings for all 96 players; provided by Bill). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  13. ↑ 2025-02 Morristown Melee, starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  14. ↑ 2025-02 Morristown Melee, starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  15. ↑ https://forum.starwarsccg.org/viewtopic.php?t=55897. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  16. ↑ https://forum.starwarsccg.org/viewtopic.php?t=55897. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  17. ↑ 2010 World Championship board, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  18. ↑ 2009 World Championship board, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  19. ↑ 2009 World Championship board, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  20. ↑ dpc-montreal-8-18-01, Jonathan "jonnychu" Chu, DeckTech (19 August 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  21. ↑ dpc-montreal-roadtrip-cotebs-view, DeckTech (Thomas "COTEB" Dowling, 19 August 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  22. ↑ geoff-goes-to-continentals, DeckTech (Geoff "gsiva" Snider, 6 August 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  23. ↑ albany-ny-june-2nd, DeckTech (Matt "MattSokol" Sokol, 7 June 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  24. ↑ new-york-state-championships-5-19-01, DeckTech (Josh "Jizosh003" Paterniti, 21 May 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  25. ↑ twigg-the-battle-for-reflections-2, DeckTech (Brian "twigg" Terwilliger, 31 December 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  26. ↑ ccw2-syracuse-11-4-2000, DeckTech (R. "Voice of Law" Smith, 10 November 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  27. ↑ twigg-at-d-con-2k, DeckTech (Brian "twigg" Terwilliger, 12 October 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  28. ↑ sokols-dcon-2000-report, Matt Sokol, Decktech (11 October 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  29. ↑ DecipherCon 2000 Day 2
  30. ↑ origins-team-tournament-7-15-2000, DeckTech (Geoff "gsiva" Snider, 17 July 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  31. ↑ ramapocon-ii-day-3-director-report, DeckTech (Scott "CRingwell" Lingrell, 9 May 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  32. ↑ ramapocon-ii-5-5-5-7, DeckTech (Doug "Phrim" Faust, 10 May 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  33. ↑ ramapocon-ii-day-2-director-s-report, DeckTech (Scott "CRingwell" Lingrell, 13 May 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  34. ↑ milford-mass-grand-slam-4-8-00, DeckTech (Paul "Paul" Maholick, 10 April 2000). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  35. ↑ Grand Slam 2000, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  36. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 – Event Scores: Japanese Sealed Deck, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  37. ↑ binghamton-new-york-8-7-99, DeckTech (Brian "twigg" Terwilliger, 12 August 1999). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  38. ↑ 1998 World Championship packet, Decipher / Kendrick Summers (20 November 1998). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  39. ↑ 2026-03 Jawa Cup (Dec 2025 to Mar 2026), starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  40. ↑ Final standings post, in Event #3 - 2025 Retro GEMP League - P-Death Star II Constructed, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  41. ↑ Event #3 - 2025 Retro GEMP League - P-Death Star II Constructed, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  42. ↑ Final standings posts (places 1–2 in text; 3–39 and 76–83 as images; 40–75 in a PDF attachment), in Event #2 - 2025 Retro GEMP League - P-Cloud City (modified) Constructed, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  43. ↑ Event #2 - 2025 Retro GEMP League - P-Cloud City (modified) Constructed, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  44. ↑ Final standings post, in Event #1 - 2025 Retro GEMP League - P-Hoth Constructed, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  45. ↑ Event #1 - 2025 Retro GEMP League - P-Hoth Constructed, forum.starwarsccg.org. Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
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