Denny Yu from Sacramento, California is Dueling against Brian Rayos from Los Angeles, California in the most important Match of their lives. The winner will make it to the Top 4 and be invited to compete in the World Championship – the other Duelist will be eliminated. It’s time to Duel!
And we’re now at Top 16! Walter Jule finished Swiss in 27th place as the only one of two Duelists to take Pendulum Magician into Top 64. His opponent is Russell Kenneth Novak-Burdick who finished Swiss in 54th with a Trickstar Sky Striker Deck. Pendulum Magicians have had to adapt since losing Astrograph Sorcerer in the latest Forbidden and Limited List, but it’s still clearly a Deck to be considered! Only one of these Duelists will move on to the Top 8. Who will move on? It’s time to Duel!
Chester Henson from Georgetown, Kentucky was the 2017 North America World Championship Qualifier winner. Just one year ago, he took first place and earned an invitation to the World Championship in Tokyo, Japan; but because of his work schedule, he was unable to attend the World Championship, and his invitation passed down to the fifth place Duelist, allowing Aaron Furman to attend the World Championship in his place. Now, Chester Henson is here again, Dueling his way back to another paid trip to Tokyo, Japan and an invitation to compete in the 2018 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship. Henson is using a Gouki Deck, and he’s facing off against Russell Novak-Burdick and his Trickstar Sky Strikers in the Top 32 in a Match that will determine which one of these Duelists advances to the Top 16. It’s time to Duel!
Welcome to the playoffs! We’re in the Top 64 and we’re playing Single Elimination until we have a Champion of the North American WCQ! A loss here will knock a Duelist out of contention, so it’s high stakes for the next 6 Rounds! Ryan Gaskins from Sioux City, Iowa placed 11th after Swiss with a record of 9-1-1 with a Dinosaur Deck while his opponent, Russel Novak-Burdick from Sacramento, California placed 54th after Swiss with a record of 8-2-1 with Sky Striker Trickstars. Which of these Duelists will advance to Top 32? It’s time to Duel!
We’re at Round 11, the final round of Swiss. After this match, only the Top 64 players will advance to the Single Elimination playoff with the top 4 players qualifying for this year’s World Championship! Brian Rayos from Los Angeles, California has Sky Striker Trickstars, a variation of the Deck he used to top YCS Dallas, the event in which he earned his WCQ invite. We just saw his opponent, Gabriel Vargas on a livestream Feature Match and he has Gouki Deck. A win will solidify a spot in the Top Cut. It’s time to Duel!
Two-time YCS Champion and Ultimate Duelist Jeff Jones is currently 7-2 with his Trickstar Sky Striker Deck. Jones consistently sees strong results in the tournaments that he enters, and now he’s Dueling using one of the most consistent Decks out there. Will Jones’s strong Dueling skills combined with the tried-and-true strategy he’s wielding allow him to secure a Top 64 finish and keep the dream of competing in the World Championship alive? He’s about to face off against Andres Torres Reyes and his dedicated Sky Striker Deck in this Round 10 Feature Match. It’s time to Duel!
We’re now in Round 9 and we’re looking at a bubble match, one where a win is necessary to keep a player’s hopes of making the cut alive. In this case, a win will give a player 19 points and a guaranteed day 2 appearance. Michael Walters is from Brampton, Ontario Canada and qualified for the WCQ by making top 16 at YCS San Diego. His opponent is Spencer Donnelly from Rock Hill, South Carolina who got his invite from an OTS Championship at Get Some Game in Charlotte, North Carolina. Donnelly has pure Sky Strikers while Walters is 5-2-1 with… Zoodiac?! Even without the power cards of Zoodiac Drident and Zoodiac Broadbull, Walters has found a winning record with the strategy using new tools like Link Monsters and a solid anti-meta suite using cards like Mistake and Anti-Spell Fragrance. Which one of these players will make it to Day 2? It’s time to Duel!
Brandon Miotke from Detroit, Michigan has been Dueling since 2003, and now he’s 6-1 in the North America WCQ! He’s Dueling against Aaron Furman – an Ultimate Duelist, YCS Champion, and 2017 World Championship Competitor – whose only loss this weekend was in his on-stream Feature Match. Will Furman be able to win this written Feature Match to make up for his previous loss, or will Miotke be able to defeat one of the biggest names in the game? It’s time to Duel!
Welcome to Round 7! We’re at Table 23 where Jason Zimmerman from Winston-Salem, North Carolina and who qualified at a Charlotte Regional Qualifier has Trickstar Sky Strikers facing off against Hani Jawhari from Louisiana and his Gouki Deck. Jawhari qualified for the WCQ by topping YCS Dallas. Both Decks are well-represented in the North American WCQ but only one of these players will walk away with a win here. It’s time to Duel!
Denny Yu from Sacramento, California is Dueling against Ashik Najib from Atlanta, Georgia in this Round 6 Feature Match! Yu won a YCS in Las Vegas back in 2014, and now he’s looking for another championship win. He’s using a Gouki Sky Striker Deck this weekend, and now he’s facing off against Ashik Najib’s Trickstar Sky Striker Deck. Both Duelists are currently 4-1 and looking for a win in this round to maintain a record strong enough to have high hopes of a Top 64 finish. It’s time to Duel!
