Welcome to Round 5! We’re at Table 35 where Ramiro Garcia – YCS Guadalajara Champion – from Dallas, Texas, has SPYRALs and is taking on Steven Trifunoski, who says he’s from Mt. Olympus but I’m not entirely sure that’s accurate, and his Pendulum Deck. Trifunoski has historically done well with the Pendulum strategy, taking it to a Top 8 finish at a Regional Qualifier in Scarborough, Canada that conformed to the latest Forbidden and Limited List before the list went into effect. This is relevant because that means he was able to make Top 8 using only one copy of Servant of Endymion while people were likely still playing decks like Salamangreat with Salamangreat Miragestallio, Sky Striker with 3 copies of Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage!, and Orcust with 3 copies of Orcust Harp Horror. This is sure to be a high-powered matchup! It’s time to Duel!
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Cristian Urena from Reading, Pennsylvania won YCS Peru last year, and David Flores from Houston, Texas won North America’s most recent Ultimate Duelist Series Invitational in Indianapolis last summer. Flores is here to defend the title of “Ultimate Duelist”, while YCS winner Cristian Urena is here to challenge it. It’s SPYRALs against SPYRALs in this Round 4 Feature Match. Let’s Duel!
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Welcome to Round 3! We’re at Table 50 this time around. Aaron Chase Furman from New Jersey is no stranger to the Feature Match table. He’s a UDS and YCS Champion, having won the Summer Invitational in 2016 and YCS Pittsburgh in 2017. He’s taking on Jimmy Doss from Commerce, Oklahoma – who had over 400 points going into this event, gained mostly from judging events starting in 2014 – with Nekroz! The Deck has some new tricks since we last saw the strategy in competitive play in 2015, and we’re about to see what the Deck can do in 2020! It’s time to Duel!
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Billy Brake from Dallas, Texas is no stranger to big tournaments. Brake has been Dueling since the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME was first released, and he has countless victories and top cut finishes. He has multiple YCS wins, and even competed in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship. You might also know him from the commentary he provides on the Live Stream at YCS events. Now this expert Duelist is up against Benjamin Deeter from Ames, Iowa. Deeter took 2nd place in a recent UDS Invitational in Indianapolis, and was just one Match away from taking home the Championship Belt. Now Deeter is back, looking to do just a little bit better than last time so that he can call himself the ultimate Duelist. It’s Billy Brake’s Shaddoll Deck against Benjamin Deeter’s HERO Deck in this Round 2 Feature Match. It’s time to Duel!
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Welcome to Round 1! There’s about 70 players in the tournament right now, but once the players with Round 1 byes enter the fray, we’ll have 243 players in the last Ultimate Duelist Series Invitational in North America! For Round 1’s Feature Match, we’re looking at Table 6 where Carl Manigat from Long Island, New York – who placed 2nd in last year’s UDS Invitational in Las Vegas – has a Shaddoll Invoked Deck powered up with cards from the recently released Structure Deck: Shaddoll Showdown. He’s taking on Stephen Neil Muldoon Marquez from Phoenix, Arizona and his Lunalight Deck. This matchup will come down to whether or not Muldoon Marquez can make his plays before Manigat can bring El Shaddoll Winda to the field. For the first time this weekend, it’s time to Duel!
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Welcome to Top 4! It’s the Semi-finals and one of these Duelists will go on to the finals. This is actually a rematch of their Round 11, and Doug Zeeff won that match. Now in the Semi-Finals, Doug was looking to take another win and advance to the finals! But Benjamin Deeter has been strong all weekend and wasn’t looking for a repeat of Round 11. It’s Doug Zeeff and his Altergeists vs… Benjamin Deeter and his well… we’ve been over this. Who’s going to the Finals? It’s time to Duel!
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Only 8 Duelists remain in the UDS Invitational – Summer 2019 here in Indianapolis, Indiana. Now, Mason Mattila from Wisconsin is facing off against David Flores from Texas in a Feature Match that will determine which Duelist advances to the Top 4. Mattila is using a Sky Striker Deck, and was ranked in first place at the end of the Swiss Rounds. Flores earned 9th place at the end of the Swiss Rounds with his Thunder Dragon Deck. One of these Duelists is about to be eliminated. It’s time to Duel! Read more…
Welcome to the Top 16! It’s Single Elimination from here on out until we have a winner! Robert Kenny III from Orlando, Florida is entering at the 10th seed with a record of 10-2 with his… well, we’ve been calling it Phantom Knight Orcust all weekend on Top Tables Updates and such, but there’s also Machina Fortress, Mecha Phantom Beast O-Lion, and Mecha Phantom Beast Tetherwolf on the list along with Carboneddon and Galaxy Serpent, and there’s 60 cards… so…? Anyway – he has his Deck! And he’s taking on Benjamin Deeter, the 7th seed from Iowa, also with a record of 10-2 with… well, we’ve also been calling this Phantom Knight Orcust. His version is 55 cards and uses monsters like Super Quantam Red Layer, Junk Forward, and the Neo Space Connector package. The only thing I can tell you for sure is that besides the awesome cards these players have in their Decks, only of them will advace to the Top 8! It’s time to Duel!
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Welcome to Round 13 – the final Swiss Round of the UDS Invitational – Summer 2019! For this final Swiss Round Feature Match, we have Ryan Fletcher from St. Petersburg, Florida Dueling against Jimmy Nguyen from Dallas, Texas at Table 11! Fletcher is currently 8-2-2 in the tournament, and Nguyen is currently 8-3-1. Both Duelists will need a win here to have a shot at the Top 16. Fletcher is using a Burning Abyss Danger! Deck made possible by Cherubini, Ebon Angel of the Burning Abyss, that features Block Dragon and other EARTH monsters to create unbeatable fields. Nguyen is using Sky Strikers. It’s time to Duel!
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There are two more Rounds of Swiss before the cut to Top 16, and now that we have a good idea of what’s out there, we can show you some of the unique Decks that made Day 2! Michael Johnson from Virgina has a record of 7-3-1 with Madolche! His opponent, Johnathan Marquiz Condecon-Acker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin also has a 7-3-1 record with Dinosaur Guardragon! This is a combo Deck that can put up impressive fields on turn 1. Can Madolche Queen Tiaramisu break open some multiple-negate fields? It’s time to Duel!
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