The 150th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series tournament is taking place this weekend in Columbus, Ohio! We’ll be broadcasting the event live on our official YouTube channel for everyone that won’t be able to make it this weekend and it’ll be the first time that Crossed Souls has been legal for YCS competition, so you won’t want to miss it! Speaking of Crossed Souls, it’s been tournament legal for a week now and many cards have already seen play in National Championships across the world. With another week of experience with the new cards, along with the allure of winning an anniversary YCS event, it’s reasonable to assume that we’re going to see a lot of strategies influenced by CROS cards this weekend. But which cards will make the biggest impact over the weekend? Here are my picks for what will be the Top 5 most impactful Crossed Souls cards this weekend! Read more…
Public Events at a YCS are a great way to unwind after playing in the Main Event, or a great way to have fun and meet new people while Dueling even if you don’t want to play in the Main Event. We always strive to hold a wide variety of Public Events in a wide variety of formats. Whether it’s regular Advanced Constructed, Draft with Battle Packs, or sealed Structure Deck tournaments, there are a lot of different Public Events to choose from. For YCS Chicago, taking place April 10th through 12th, we’re going to be trying out yet another new Public Event: The Special Format Win-A-Mat! Read more…
In a Duel where you’re unfamiliar with your opponent’s cards, especially if they’re recently released cards, things can go a little wrong. And when things go a little wrong and you find out later that you lost because of it, you get mad and post angry diatribes on the internet. And when you get mad and post angry diatribes on the internet, you look like a fool. Don’t look like a fool. And don’t let your opponent get away with any of the following things that players didn’t catch from this past weekend.
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You can read coverage of the event on our Event Coverage page starting tomorrow morning. Remember that the event is being held on the west coast, so all you east coast Duelists can sleep in and catch Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal on TV while you wait for it to begin!
You can find the Top 32 Decks from YCS Atlanta here! It was a wild weekend, and in the end Marquis Henderson took home the prize with his T.G. Deck. In addition to T.G., Wind-Up, Dino Rabbit, Dark World, Hyperion, Inzektor, Empty Jar, and Evol strategies made it to the Top 32 as well.