The Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series is steeped in Dueling history and traditions unique to the YCS circuit. Case in point? Bounties! Every YCS weekend sees a handful of competitors dubbed “Bounty Duelists”, making them part of a unique secondary prizing system.

How does it work? Every Round, each Bounty Duelist adds four booster packs to their personal hoard. When they win a Match, the Bounty Duelist gets to claim two of those packs, which are removed from the hoard and theirs to keep. The remaining two packs for the round are added to the hoard, so as long as the Bounty Duelist keeps winning the bounty on their head keeps getting bigger. But if the Bounty Duelist is ever defeated, their opponent claims the whole hoard: so in Round 1 that could be four packs, but in Round 2 it grows to six, Round 3 it grows to eight, and so on.

So what are they playing for? This weekend the packs our Bounty Duelists will look to earn and defend are Turbo Pack: Booster Six!

There are some really cool cards in this set that have become highly collectible over the years: Super Rare Chain Disappearance, Quickdraw Synchron, Masked Dragon, and Fishborg Blaster are all big valuable cards thanks to Time Wizard tournaments, and the Ultra Rare Sangan is a giant nostalgia bomb.  With so few reprints and high demand in retro format play, even the regular Rare Armory Arm is a great card to find here too.

And those are all pretty sweet! But Turbo Pack: Booster Six is a legendary tournament reward pack for one big reason: it’s the only place you’ll find Ultimate Rare Dark Armed Dragon, arguably one of the coolest collector’s cards in Dueling history! If you’ve never seen one of these in person it’s a true sight to behold, an incredible version of one of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s most notorious tournament cards. Bounty Duelists and the players who challenge them will all have a shot at finding a copy in their packs today, which is an incredible bonus on top of everything else going on here this weekend.

So who are the Bountry Duelists here at YCS Niagara Falls? Ten deserving Duelists will defend their personal treasure troves this weekend, so let’s run ‘em down!

• Aditya Shirish Dharap – Your reigning North American Champion, and for representing North America at the 2024 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships
• Landon Edward Oliver – For representing North America at the 2024 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships
• Michael Haynes Thomas – For representing North America at the 2024 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships
• Colin Blake Goodrich – Your reigning YCS Niagara Falls Regional Champion
• John Ridhaa Drouin – For exhibiting great sportsmanship
• Justin Andrew Singh – The first person to register for the YCS!
• Evan James Robert Kirk – The first person to check in for the YCS!
• Raymond Dai – Your reigning YCS Niagara Falls Champion
• Michael Kyle Walters – For coming out to locals events so often!
• Yacine Sahli – For exhibiting great sportsmanship

Good luck to all of our Bounty Duelists this weekend, and good luck to everyone who cracks some packs, and takes their shot at that Ultimate Rare Dark Armed Dragon!