It all comes down to this! Cleveland, Ohio’s Thomas Rowe and Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Erik Christensen have made it to the Finals of the 2016 North American World Championship Qualifier! 2253 players have been reduced to just 2. Thomas Rowe and Erik Christensen now have the honor of Dueling against one another to become the Yu-Gi-Oh! North American Champion. It’s time to Duel!
Out of all of our talented Dragon Duelists, only four remain! There are three invitations available to the World Championship, so a victory here will guarantee them an invite. The losing Duelist here will still have a shot, but they’ll have to win the playoff for 3rd place. But that’s later, this is now! We have Ian Parish, from Arnold, Missouri, against John Wilkin from Toronto, Ontario. Parish has come this far thanks to his Burning Abyss Deck, with the added power of Phantom Knights and Speedroids to make a lot of strong Xyz plays possible. Wilkin is using Monarchs, specifically the more popular version that uses Brilliant Fusion and a full Extra Deck.
Both Aiden Tiemann and Connor Perrotta have Dueled their hearts out to make it this far. The winner of this match will guarantee their invite to the Dragon Duel World Championship in Orlando, Florida; the other will need to win his 3rd/4th place play-off match to get his invitation. Twelve year old Aiden Tiemann traveled from Austin, Texas this weekend, and has brought Performapals to the tournament. The premier Pendulum strategy, Performapals focus on strong combos and powerful Rank 4 plays to overwhelm the opponent. Eleven year old Connor Perrota made the trip from Lee, New York, and has chosen Burning Abyss as his weapon of choice. Can the evil Malebranches best the jovial Performapals? Or will the silly Pendulums reign supreme over the dastardly Fiends?
Welcome to Round 8, the final round of Swiss play for today. We have two Monarch Duelists here, but with wildly different strategies! Timothy Justise Reed, from Phoenix, Arizona, is using a mostly standard build, but is using Droll & Lock Bird in the Main Deck! He can use it to shut down many opposing card effects, and it can even combo with Artifact Durendal to rob them of their entire hand! Tyler Ashlock, from Benton, Arkansas, is using a mixed Monarch and Burning Abyss Deck. He uses Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss to send cards like Erebus the Underworld Monarch, The Prime Monarch, and Pantheism of the Monarchs to the Graveyard. Each Duelist has two losses so far, so they’ll need to win if they want a shot at making the cut to Top 64 tomorrow!
Ohio’s Tyler Andrews is Dueling against Colorado’s Anthony King in our Round 7 Feature Match! Andrews and King are both currently undefeated with rather unconventional strategies. Andrews is using a Blue-Eyes Deck bolstered by cards from the new Rise of the True Dragons Structure Deck, including Return of the Dragon Lords, Arkbrave Dragon, and Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand. King, on the other hand, is using a Burning Abyss Monarch Deck that mashes together the power of Monarchs with the consistency of a Burning Abyss Deck. Only one of these Duelists will advance to Round 8 with a perfect 7-0 record, and we’re about to find out who it’ll be. It’s time to Duel!
Jake Valliere is currently 4-1 in the Main Event with probably the most awesome deck we could find: Blue-Eyes. Valliere’s strategy utilizes Kaijus to deal with opposing resilient threats, in addition to crazy combos to easily summon Number 95: Galaxy-Eyes Dark Matter Dragon. His opponent, Luciano Greco, is 4-1 with an Odd-Eyes Magician Pendulum Deck. With Majespecter Unicorn – Kirin and a slew of powerful Magician Pendulums, Greco is looking to come out of the gate big and end the Duel quickly. Can Dragons manage to defeat Pendulums? Or will the tournament mainstay crush the Blue-Eyes dream?
For our Round 5 Feature Match, we’ve got Eden Salins from St. Louis, Missouri. He’s using the popular Burning Abyss Deck, packing Phantom Knights and Speedroids to boost its power. His opponent is Benjamin Ott, from Indianapolis, Indiana, using a Qliphort Deck ‘teched’ out to beat the rest of the field.
For Round 2, we’ve got Andrew Eppard from Toledo, Ohio, piloting a Monarch Deck. He’s up against Bryan Bradshaw, from Indianapolis, Indiana. Bradshaw is using a unique Deck featuring Destiny HEROes, Masked HEROes, Brilliant Fusion, and even Sky Scourge Norleras!
Welcome to Round 1! To kick things off, we have Scott DeVoe, from upstate New York, playing a Blue-Eyes Deck featuring the new cards from the Rise of the True Dragons Structure Deck! He’s facing Monarch Duelist Andrew Calascione, who is the head judge of his local tournament in Fargo, North Dakota.
