Brian Chen is your YCS Portland 2019 Champion!  Here’s the Sky Striker Deck he used to win it all!

Monsters: 8

3 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
1 Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
1 Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
3 Sky Striker Ace – Raye

Spell Cards: 26

2 Foolish Burial Goods
1 Metalfoes Fusion
2 Mystical Space Typhoon
2 Pot of Desires
1 Reinforcement of the Army
2 Sky Striker Airspace – Area Zero
1 Sky Striker Maneuver – Afterburners!
1 Sky Striker Mech – Jamming Waves!
1 Sky Striker Mecha – Eagle Booster
1 Sky Striker Mecha – Hornet Drones
2 Sky Striker Mecha – Shark Cannon
3 Sky Striker Mecha – Widow Anchor
1 Sky Striker Mecha Modules – Multirole
1 Sky Striker Mecharmory – Hercules Base
3 Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage!
1 Terraforming
1 Upstart Goblin

Trap Cards: 6

3 Infinite Impermanence
3 There Can Be Only One

Extra Deck: 15

1 Borrelsword Dragon
1 Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze
1 Knightmare Phoenix
1 Knightmare Unicorn
1 Ningirsu the World Chalice Warrior
3 Sky Striker Ace – Hayate
1 Sky Striker Ace – Kagari
2 Sky Striker Ace – Kaina
3 Sky Striker Ace – Shizuku
1 Topologic Bomber Dragon

Side Deck: 15

3 Artifact Lancea
2 Cosmic Cyclone
1 Effect Veiler
2 Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
2 Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
2 Shared Ride
3 Twin Twisters

The limitation of Sky Striker Ace – Kagari and Sky Striker Mecha Modules – Multirole has slowed down the Sky Striker hype, but the Deck is still one of the most versatile toolbox Decks in the game as evidenced by its appearance in the Top 32 playoff.   Chen’s build doesn’t include Mystic Mine as a means to slow down the game in his favor, but he is using the recent tech of There Can Be Only One to force the opponent to slow down to his pace while his own lines of play are largely unaffected.

We’ll have Deck Profiles of the other Top 4 coming up, so stay tuned!