Dragon Duels are a tournament series that are open only to players age 12 & under. At this weekend’s Dragon Duels, about 50 Dragon Duelists competed to win Game Mats, card binders, and other cool stuff, plus one special, awesome prize: a copy of the Championship Prize Card Dark End Dragon!
At the end of the day, the tournament came down to two finalists: Brandon Miotke from Michigan and Jared Centamore from New Jersey, a pair of 12 year-old Duelists who have each won Dragon Duel tournaments in the past. When the dust settled, Miotke had emerged victorious. Here’s a card-by-card report on their exciting Duel to determine this weekend’s champion!
(If you’re 12 years old or younger, and you want to play in a Dragon Duel championship yourself, you can find them at any Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event. Check the Events Calendar and be on the lookout for a Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series coming near you!) Read more…
Renaldo Lainez is the surprise success of the weekend, Dueling his way to the Finals with a Gadget Deck that doesn’t run any Machina monsters. Instead it plays Doomcaliber Knight, a card played in multiples in 2 of the Top 4 Decks. “People like surprises,” remarked Lainez. “I think it’s a good way to end it, don’t you think?” Lainez himself was a tremendous surprise, coming out of nowhere to defeat some of the greatest Duelists of the weekend.
His opponent is Jeff Jones, the most successful Quickdraw Dandywarrior Duelist of the weekend! Jones has made Day 2 at 5 SHONEN JUMP Championships, and won his first victory one year ago at SHONEN JUMP Championship Anaheim, winning the first Dark End Dragon prize card. Read more…
Jessy Samek and Igor Martins both participated in several side events this weekend, racking up enough points to earn the right to compete for a Dark End Dragon in the side events playoff. Now, they’ve each made it to the final round and are competing against one another with their Quickdraw Dandywarrior Decks. The winner here will take home that prized card. Read more…
There were 7 Tin Challenge Side Events held throughout this weekend. In each Tin Challenge, competitors received one Ancient Fairy Dragon or Power Tool Dragon Tin and constructed a Deck out of the packs inside, plus 2 packs of Raging Battle and and 1 pack of Duelist Pack – Yusei 2. Each Tin Challenge Side Event had one winner, and then all 7 winners competed in a tournament for a Dark End Dragon. Joshua Korovesi and Michael Nguyen are the final two competitors of this tournament, now facing off for their chance to take home a Dark End Dragon. Read more…
Sorosh Saberian and Renaldo Lainez already Dueled in the 12th of the Swiss rounds, when Lainez’s Gadget Deck was victorious over Saberian’s Quickdraw Dandywarrior Deck. Lainez is hoping for a repeat here, while Saberian is looking to change things. Read more…
Jeff Jones was the only player to defeat Billy Brake in the Swiss Rounds of this tournament. And in pre-tournament testing on Friday, Jones’ Quickdraw Dandywarrior beat Brake in 8 games out of 11. Brake had commented earlier in the tournament that the only Deck he couldn’t beat was Jones’s. “Normally when you go 14-1 in a JUMP you win!” laughed Brake. Jeff Jones is a SHONEN JUMP Champion with 5 Day 2 appearances. Brake has made it to Day 2 5 times as well, but has never made it past the Top 8 until today. Read more…
Renaldo Lainez made it to the Top 8 of the tournament using a Gadget Deck with Doomcaliber Knight in it. This Top 8 Feature Match pits that Deck against Jake Mattern’s Gladiator Beasts. Lainez’s many monster destruction effects may make this a tough Match for Mattern. Read more…
We’ve seen plenty of Quickdraw Dandywarrior Decks in action this weekend, but this is the first time we’ve seen a Quickdraw mirror Match! Three of the Top 8 Duelists left in this tournament are playing Quickdraw, far and away the most successful Deck today. Now, we’re going to see what happens when 2 of the world’s best Duelists go head-to-head with this exciting new Deck-type. Read more…
The pressure was on! Winners here in the Top 16 would move on to the Top 8, and each would win a copy of Dark End Dragon! This Match would pit Jerry Wang’s Quickdraw Dandywarrior Deck against Bryan Ortiz’s Blackwings! Read more…
You may remember Jake Mattern from his Day 1 Deck Profile. He’s running a Prisma Gladiator Deck that easily Summons Gladiator Beast Gyzarus to destroy his opponent’s cards and take control of the Duel. Now, he made it to the Top 16 and is Dueling Thai Bui, a Lightsworn Duelist determined to bring his Lightsworn Deck to the Top 8. But only one of these Duelists can win the prized Dark End Dragon awarded to the Top 8 competitors of this event. Read more…
