This is it!  The final Round of Day 1 here at YCS Toronto.  With seven Rounds of competition in the books so far we’re starting to see some cohesive trends, even just two rounds after the free-for-all that was our Round 6 Update.

Extra Deck Monarchs and Burning Abyss Phantom Knights are unsurprisingly the two frontrunners, but we’re seeing some impressive action from Blue-Eyes White Dragon decks as well.  Check it out.

 

Table 1:

Jacob Phinney with Burning Abyss Phantom Knights

Versus

Yuhang Li with Domain Monarchs

 

Table 2:

Blair Hunter with Fire King Kozmos

Versus

John Ridhaa Drouin with Burning Abyss Monarchs

 

Table 3:

Alexander Vansant with Uranus Monarchs

Versus

Niklos Frederick Krebs with Extra Deck Monarchs

 

Table 4:

Marcus Carisse with Burning Abyss

Versus

James Jin-Young Kim with Extra Deck Monarchs

 

Table 5:

Christopher LeBlanc with Burning Abyss Phantom Knights

Versus

Jesse Dean Kotton with Burning Abyss Phantom Knights

 

Table 6:

Willy Silva Jr. with Burning Abyss Phantom Knights

Versus

Peng Liang with Blue-Eyes White Dragon

 

Table 7:

David Creti with Blue-Eyes White Dragon

Versus

Bohdan Temnyk with Burning Abyss Phantom Knights

 

Table 8:

Gabriel Vargas with Extra Deck Monarchs

Versus

Michael Walters with Burning Abyss Phantom Knights

 

Table 9:

Morshed Reza with Burning Abyss Phantom Knights

Versus

Lucas Belisario with Burning Abyss Phantom Knights

 

Table 10:

Alexandre Dalpe with Domain Monarchs

Versus

Thomas Huang with Extra Deck Monarchs

 

That’s eight Burning Abyss Phantom Knights; four Extra Deck Monarchs; and two each of Domain Monarchs and Blue-Eyes White Dragon.  Meanwhile, Decks like pure Burning Abyss, Burning Abyss Monarchs, and Fire King Kozmos are still hanging in.

 

We’ll be back tomorrow for two more Rounds of Swiss competition, leading up to the Top 32 playoff rounds!  Will these trends remain through the rest of the tournament?  Can Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Metalfoes make the Top Cut?  We’ll find out, here at the Metro Toronto Convention Center as Day 2 action plays out.