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…
It’s come down to the Top 8 Duelists! Each of these competitors has already won a Dark End Dragon card by making it to the Top 8. The battle continues as these Duelists fight their way to the top!
Here’s a list of who’s playing against whom in the Top 8:
Sorosh Saberian (Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
vs.
Edwin Ortiz (Flamvell Synchros)
*Sorosh Saberian wins and advances to the Semi-Finals
Renaldo Lainez (Doomcaliber Gadgets)
vs.
Jake Mattern (Prismadiators)
*Renaldo Lainez wins and advances to the Semi-Finals
Billy Brake (Caliber Cat)
vs.
Jarel Winston (Lightsworn Monarchs)
*Billy Brake wins and advances to the Semi-Finals
Jeff Jones (Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
vs.
Jerry Wang (Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
*Jeff Jones wins and advances to the Semi-Finals
Check out the Top 16 Decklists from SHONEN JUMP Championship Nashville!
Both of these Duelists would walk away from this weekend with their very own copy of “Dark End Dragon,” but only 1 would leave this table a SHONEN JUMP Championship winner. Adric High is playing Zombie Lightsworn, while Satoshi Kato is running a similar Deck, but with “Phantom of Chaos” and “Sky Scourge Norleras” instead of “Judgment Dragon.” Read more…
