We’re at the halfway mark here this evening, so it’s a great time to look at the top tables and see what decks are sitting pretty at the top of the heap.  As the tournament progresses, the duelists with the best records are sorted towards the lower table numbers – competitors at the top ten tables at present are all likely undefeated, so we can get a quick glimpse of what decks are logging the best performances.  Let’s take a look at the match-ups going into this Round!

 

Table 1:

Jacob Smith with Inzektors

Versus

John Lockamy with Bujins

 

Table 2:

Nicholas Ramsammy with Bujins

Versus

Bradley Mclean with Artifacts

 

Table 3:

Alexander Muts with Mermails

Versus

Alexander Juneja with Traptrix Artifacts

 

Table 4:

Tyson Pan with Mermails

Versus

Brian Clarke with Artifacts

 

Table 5:

James Frazier with Traptrix Hands

Veruss

Juan Argote with Bujins

 

Table 6:

Alexander Flamer with Mermails

Versus

Robert Pleines with Evilswarm

 

Table 7:

Andrew Pauer with Geargia Hands

Vesus

Patrick James with Dragons

 

Table 8:

Nizar Sarhan with Evilswarm

Versus

Nicholas Horn with Madolche

 

Table 9:

Matt Kolenda with Geargia

Versus

David Wu with Madolche

 

Table 10:

Jovad Cruz with Sylvan

Versus

Caesar Rodriguez with Bujins

 

For everybody keeping track at home, that breaks down to…

 

Bujins: 4

Artifacts: 3

Mermails: 3

Madolche: 2

Geargia: 2

Evilswarm: 2

Sylvan: 1

Dragons: 1

Traptrix Hands: 1

Inzektors: 1

 

Bujins, Mermails, and Geargia continue to do well, just as they have in previous YCS tournaments this year.  But Artifact variants and Madolche are right there with them – two big decks emerging from Primal Origin.  Beyond that, a smattering of once-off decks represent a huge rogue presence that’s creating a massive wildcard situation in the main event.  We expected a wide and varied field coming into this tournament, and that’s certainly what we’ve seen so far.

 

We’ll keep bringing you top table updates round by round here in Day 1, so stay tuned to see how it all works out!