This was the final Match of the 2010 WCQ tournament season! Both of these Duelists had won Dark End Dragons, both had won Darklord prize card sets, and both were headed to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship! But there was one last prize to be decided – the title of 2010 U.S. National Champion! X-Sabers versus X-Sabers in the Finals of the U.S. World Championship Qualifier! Read more…
Both of these competitors were now headed to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship to represent the United States, but for now, 2 Rounds still remained in this tournament, and the winner would become the 2010 U.S. National Champion! Three X-Saber Decks and one Gladiator Beast Deck remained in this tournament, and Vincent Pagila was set to Duel Sean Montague in an X-Saber mirror Match! Read more…
Only 3 Rounds remained in this tournament – the winner of this Match would be traveling to Long Beach to compete in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship in August, and would have a 1-in-4 shot at becoming the U.S. National Champion right here today! They’d also score a set of the Darklord prize cards. Sean Montague was playing X-Sabers. Grant Kelly was playing Caliber Cat. Montague would open the Match! Read more…
For each of the 4 Matches in the Top 8, the winner of that Match would be invited into the 2010 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship in Long Beach, California, to compete against several Duelists from around the world for the honor of being named the world champion. Jay Hornung made it here with his Frog Monarch Deck and Chris Arantes made it here with X-Sabers. This is the most anxious either Duelist has ever been before playing, and in mere moments, we would know which of these Duelists would advance to the Top 4 and compete in the World Championship. Read more…
Sometimes, competitors in a long tournament will have to play each other in both the Swiss Rounds, and again in the playoff Rounds. As the undefeated field narrows in the Swiss Rounds, it becomes more likely for Duelists with the same record to Duel each other, and make it to the playoffs. That’s the situation we have here, as Caliber Cat Duelist Grant Kelly Duels Gadget Duelist Carl Waite in a rematch of a Round 10 Match that Kelly won just hours before. Read more…
Daniel LaMartina made it into the Top 16 of the YCS in Edison, Jersey with his Lightsworn Deck. Now he’s back, travelling from Rochester, New York, to compete in the World Championship Qualifier with Gladiator Beasts. His opponent, Barrett Keys, traveled here from Los Angeles and is competing with X-Sabers. The winner of this Match will advance to the Top 8, where he’ll be just one win away from an invitation to the World Championship. Read more…
Ryan Newburn is the last remaining competitor who competed in the 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG World Championship. He took 3rd place last year in the U.S. National Championship with his Lightsworn Deck, earning his invitation to the World Championship in Tokyo. Now, he’s competing for another chance to compete in the most prestigious Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG tournament of the year.
Newburn is playing X-Sabers today and will be facing Chris Arantes’s X-Saber Deck in this Feature Match. The winner of this Duel will advance to the Top 32 and be awarded a Dark End Dragon prize card, along with the potential to advance even further. The other Duelist, however, will be eliminated. Read more…
Theerasak Poonsombat won the U.S. National Championship in 2005, and now he’s back competing for another shot at the World Championship. He drove for 30 hours to get here from California and won’t let anyone stand in his way. But his opponent, Alistar Albans flew in from Baltimore and will be facing off against Poonsombat’s X-Saber Deck with his Herald Deck this round. Both Duelists were 8-2 in the tournament heading into round 11, so a win here would guarantee one of these Duelists a spot in the Top 64. Read more…
Johnny Nagel is 7-2 here today with his Gravekeeper Deck. His opponent, Sam Oransky, is running Gladiator Beasts – a tough matchup for Gravekeepers, but certainly not insurmountable. With 2 Swiss rounds remaining in today’s tournament, the winner of this Match would stand a great chance of making the the Top 64. The pressure was on! Read more…
