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2010/04 – 75th SJC – Edison, New Jersey tagged with 'Feature Match'

Top 32 Feature Match: Billy Brake vs. Robert DiMartino

April 25th, 2010

Billy Brake is running Caliber Cat! His opponent, Robert DiMartino is using Gladiator Beasts! Only one of these Duelists will advance to the Top 16. Read more…

Top 32 Feature Match: Ivan Anamaria vs. Jerry Wang

April 25th, 2010

More than 2100 Duelists arrived here yesterday to compete in the biggest SHONEN JUMP Championship of all time. Now, only 32 remain, including competitors like 3-time SHONEN JUMP Champion Jerry Wang. Today, Wang is playing a Quickdraw variant with Super-Nimble Mega Hamsters in his Main Deck.

His opponent is Ivan Anamaria, a veteran Duelist who made Day 2 in SHONEN JUMP Championship Columbus. Anamaria is running an aggressive Machina Gadget Deck with Solidarity, capable of generating some explosive OTKs. This one was anybody’s Match, and the winner would move on to the Top 16! All Top Duelists win a copy of Dark End Dragon, so the stakes couldn’t be higher! Read more…

Round 12 Feature Match: Patrick Clarey vs. Money Smith

April 25th, 2010

Our Round 12 Feature Match pits Money Smith’s Six Samurai Deck against Patrick Clarey’s Dandysworns. The relentless aggression of Six Samurais and the 3 copies of Starlight Road in Smith’s Main Deck may make this a tough Match for Clarey, but he’ll be fighting his hardest to win this Match and stay in the tournament. “You’re running Samurais!” Clarey yelled as Smith walked to the Feature Match table. He had seen Smith’s field earlier in the tournament and it was filled with Samurais. “I can’t beat that stuff! It’s too fast!” We’re about to find out if Clarey’s right about that. Read more…

Round 11 Feature Match: Nik Ristoski vs. Luis Zambrana

April 25th, 2010

With just 2 Rounds left in this tournament, the number of each Deck archetype in contention for Day 2 is narrowing. Nik Ristoski is one of the Blackwing Duelists still in the running, currently 8-2 with a teched out version packing Dark Eruption.

His opponent is Luis Zambrana, running an Elemental Hero Absolute Zero Deck. Zambrana is also 8-2, so whomever wins this Duel will have a chance to lock their seat in the Top 32 by winning their next Match in Round 12. Whoever loses here will need some lucky tiebreakers and a Round 12 win to make the cut. Read more…

Round 10 Feature Match: Jon Mak vs. Michael Rossitto

April 25th, 2010

Both of these Duelists are currently 8-1 in the tournament, so a win here would put either one of them in a great position for making Top 32. Jon Mak is running a Gladiator Beast Deck that uses Gladiator Beast’s Respite and Gladiator Beast Octavius. His opponent, Michael Rossitto, is using a Flamvell Deck with Rekindling. Read more…

Round 9 Feature Match: Dylan DeBolo vs. Alejandro Reyez Suarez

April 25th, 2010

We’re starting off our day with a Feature Match between Dylan DeBolo of Rochester, New York, and 2008 Mexican National Champion Alejandro Reyez Suarez! Both of these competitors are 7-1 in this tournament: each just 4 wins away from a guaranteed seat in the Top 32. Read more…

Round 8 Feature Match: Justin Dizazzo vs. Jeff Jones

April 25th, 2010

For the final Feature Match of Day 1, let’s take a look at the Duelists proudly sitting at Table 1. Jeff Jones is running a Quickdraw Dandywarrior Deck, while his opponent, Justin Dizazzo is playing Machina Gadgets. Both Duelists are undefeated, but a win here would give one of them a big edge in making Top 32 tomorrow. Read more…

Round 7 Feature Match: Steven Martinez vs. Ryan Spicer

April 24th, 2010

Ryan Spicer is undefeated here in Round 7 with his Caliber Cat Deck. A Synchro Cat variant with multiple copies of Doomcaliber Knight, we showed you Spicer’s creation earlier today in a Deck Analysis feature. Now, with the Deck a proven success so far in the tournament, it’s time for a Feature Match!

Steven Martinez is Spicer’s opponent this round, and is so far undefeated with Quickdraw Dandywarrior! Will Martinez end Spicer’s undefeated streak? We were about to find out! Read more…

Round 6 Feature Match: Devin Djuricin vs. Frazier Smith

April 24th, 2010

Our Round 6 Feature Matches feature both of Djuricin brothers! In this Match, Devin Djuricin’s Frog Monarch Deck will face-off against Frazier Smith’s Machina Gadget Deck. Both Duelists here are currently 4-1, so they really wanted this win if they hoped to have a good shot in the tournament. Read more…

Round 6 Feature Match: Logan Djuiricin vs. Luis Poma

April 24th, 2010

Logan Djuiricin is undefeated here today in Round 6, piloting Frog Monarchs to a great success so far in this tournament. The deck plays Substitoad, Treeborn Frog, and Swap Frog to fuel Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, Caius the Shadow Monarch, Raiza the Storm Monarch, and Light and Darkness Dragon, a strategy that’s taken several Duelists to undefeated and 4-1 records so far today.

Amongst them is Devin Djuiricin, Logan’s brother, and this round they’re getting side-by-side Feature Matches as they attempt to prove the strength of their shared strategy! Both brothers are playing identical builds of the same Deck, making this a really unique situation.

Logan’s opponent, Luis Poma, is playing a Machine Deck that’s not your average Gadget Deck, as you will see. Read more…