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…
The Semi-Finals are done! Here’s how it all shook out:
Sorosh Saberian (Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
vs.
Renaldo Lainez (Doomcaliber Gadgets)
*Renaldo Lainez wins and advances to the Final Round
Billy Brake (Caliber Cat)
vs.
Jeff Jones (Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
*Jeff Jones wins and advances to the Final Round
In this Semi-Final Match, Patrick Hoban is playing a pure Lightsworn build, while Satoshi Kato is running a Zombie Lightsworn variant with “Phantom of Chaos” and “Sky Scourge Norleras,” instead of “Judgment Dragon.” We saw Kato overpower more traditional Decks several times this weekend. Could he do it again, or would Hoban’s more established build take the Match? Whoever won here would be guaranteed a “Dark End Dragon,” and would move on to the Finals! Read more…
Roy St. Clair made it to the Top 4 of this SHONEN JUMP Championship with his innovative X-Saber Deck – an accomplishment that hadn’t been achieved before the release of Absolute Powerforce. His opponent, Adric High, is running a Lightsworn-based Zombie Deck in the tournament, and will be trying his best to make sure St. Clair doesn’t advance any further. Read more…
Here are the results from the Semi-finals:
Satoshi Kato (Zombie Lightsworn) vs. Patrick Hoban (Lightsworn)
Satoshi Kato wins and advances to the Final Match!
Adric High (Zombie Lightsworn) vs. Roy St. Clair (X-Sabers)
Adric High wins and advances to the Final Round!
Once again, we were about to see what’s become a familiar matchup: Lightsworn versus Zombies! In the undead corner we have former U.S. National Champion and SHONEN JUMP Championship winner Adam Corn, and piloting Lightsworn we have three-time Day 2 competitor Stephen Silverman. Read more…
Both Desmond Brown and Kevin Slapnik were running Destiny Hero Zombie Decks in this match-up. Read more…
Only 4 Duelists remained at this point in the tournament, and whoever won this match would move to the Final Match and was guaranteed a copy of the SHONEN JUMP Championship prize card “Dark End Dragon.” The other Duelist would play off for third place and a shot at their own “Dark End Dragon,” but defeat there would mean no prize card. Vincent Ralambomiadana was playing his French Twilight Deck, while George Murray was running Blackwings. Read more…
We’ve gone from 803 Duelists to just 4! Check out this post for up-to-date results of the Semi-Finals as they come in!
Kevin Slapnik (Destiny Hero Zombies) vs. Desmond Brown (Destiny Hero Zombies)
Kevin Slapnik wins and moves on to the Final Round!
Vincent Ralambomiadana (French Twilight) vs. George Murray (Blackwings)
Vincent Ralambomiadana wins and moves on to the Final Round!
