Jake Chammas from New York and Ezekiel Callender from Virginia are both 12-year-old Duelists competing in their first WCQ Dragon Duel Championship. Jake Chammas took second place with his Six Samurai Deck in the Dragon Duels at YCS Providence, but today he decided to run Psychics. Ezekiel Callender is running a banishing Deck. This will be a tough Matchup for Chammas. Read more…
Who will go to Worlds, and who will emerge as champion? Read more…
Oliver Tomajko is no stranger to Dragon Duels. He has Dueled in several Dragon Duel events before, and since he’s only 10-years-old, he has years of Dragon Dueling ahead of him. Now, he’s taking his signature Machina Gadget Deck against 13-year-old Lucas Sobczak’s Fairy Deck in our Round 2 Feature Match!
An unprecedented field of 1839 competitors from the United States and Canada had been whittled down to this: 64 Duelists who would now compete in 6 more Rounds of playoff competition to crown a North American Champion! Over the next few hours, 58 of these competitors would be headed home. But 6 more would be headed to Amsterdam. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championships await, and right now, one of these two Duelists would get one step closer to their invitation. Frazier Smith is playing Fairies, while Lloyd Buchmeier III is running Miracle Geminis.
Hands down, Tech Genus is the breakout Deck of Day 2. With a slew of competitors heading into the start of the Day packing pure Tech Genus builds with great records, our last Swiss round Feature Match sees Jeff Jones take on Hansel Aguero in – get this – a Tech Genus mirror Match! Both of these Duelists had 9-1 records so far, so both would likely be headed to the Top 64. But this one was for pride, personal accomplishment, and showmanship.
Jibri Thomas made it to the Top 16 at YCS Charlotte with his Zombiesworn Deck, and now he’s back for the WCQ, this time playing Tengu Plants! His opponent, Kalvin Harrigal, has never attended a YCS before and is entering his first-ever WCQ this weekend. Both of these Duelists currently have 7-2 records, but only one of them will be able to advance to the next round with 8 wins.
Welcome to Day 2! With 2 Rounds of Swiss competition still remaining before the cut to Top 64, there are several undefeated Duelists as we head into Round 10. Derric Brewer is one of them, securing a 9-0 record yesterday with a pure Tech Genus build! Tech Genus Decks actually did remarkably well yesterday, and the “pure” version – with no Plant-Types – may prove to be the breakout Deck of the tournament. Jeff Jones is 8-1 here this morning with a very similar strategy, and Brewer was his only loss yesterday: a Tech Genus mirror Match.
After the 11th and final round of Swiss, we’ll cut down to the Top 64 Duelists who will battle it out in the playoff rounds to become North American Continental Champion!
Welcome to the 2011 Dragon Duel Championship! 93 young Duelists who qualified for this tournament when they were 12-years-old or younger are currently in attendance, and now they’re battling it out to win a trip to Jump Festa and other great prizes!
After 9 rounds of competition, here are the Duelists that will be returning to finish the Swiss Rounds tomorrow morning! All players with 19 or more Points after the first day qualified.
