Now that the dust tornados have settled, you can read our post-event analysis of each Feature Match from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Chicago held last month. Here’s a match-by-match list:

Round 1 Feature Match: Rey Garza vs. Chris Schwarz

Round 1 Feature Match: Octavio Alvarez vs. Daniel McNally

Round 2 Feature Match: Karryon Dietrich vs. Vincent Hampton

Round 3 Feature Match: A.J. Searcy vs. Roy St. Clair

Round 4 Feature Match: Darelle Lewis vs. Skylar Schlutz

Round 5 Feature Match: Gabriel Shaket vs. Ryan Spicer

Round 5 Feature Match: Austin Kulman vs. Alex Vansant

Round 6 Feature Match: William Erker vs. David Sanville

Round 6 Feature Match: Nehemias Diaz vs. David Hopfensperger

Round 7 Feature Match: Mitchell Anderson vs. Stephano Zmirich

Round 8 Feature Match: Carolyn Colajezzi vs. Grant Kelly

Round 9 Feature Match: Luis Aldama vs. Andrew Lindskog

Round 10 Feature Match: Steven Kraml vs. Michael Lee

Round 10 Feature Match: Luis Aldama vs. Bobby Chambers

Top 32 Feature Match: Chris Duff vs. Agustin Herrera

Top 16 Feature Match: Dale Bellido vs. Jeff Jones

Top 16 Feature Match: Billy Brake vs. Ben Haynes

Top 8 Feature Match: Bobby Chambers vs. Gary Miotke

Top 8 Feature Match: Billy Brake vs. Agustin Herrera

Top 4 Feature Match: Omar Beldon vs. Gary Miotke

Final Round Feature Match: Omar Beldon vs. Billy Brake

Raffle Playoffs Feature Match: Edward Adams vs. Tyler Forrester

Raffle Playoffs Feature Match: Tyler Forrester vs. Daniel Turman

Feature Match: Saturday’s Dragon Duel Final

Feature Match: Sunday’s Dragon Duel Final

Be sure and watch the drama unfold this upcoming weekend, at the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG United States World Championship Qualifier in Minneapolis, MN.

Here are the Top 32 Decklists from the YCS!

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Dragon Duels are for Duelists age 12 & under only, and are usually held on Saturdays and Sundays at  Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series tournaments.

Duelists who place near the top of a Dragon Duel event can get cool prizes like Regional Qualifier Game Mats, special card binders, and Dragon Duel T-Shirts. Here are our Top 4 finalists from Sunday’s event:

In the top Match of Sunday’s Dragon Duel, 12-year olds Jimmy Kenzie and Brandon Miotke, both from the Detroit area, were undefeated. Brandon’s dad got a Top 4 Feature Match in this week’s main event, and Brandon is following in his footsteps with a Feature Match in this final round of the Dragon Duels. Brandon Miotke is running a Chaos Deck, while Jimmy Kenzie is using Infernities. Read more…

Dragon Duels are for Duelists age 12 & under only, and are usually held on Saturdays and Sundays at  Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series tournaments.

Duelists who place near the top of a Dragon Duel event can get cool prizes like Regional Qualifier Game Mats, special card binders, and Dragon Duel T-Shirts. Here are our Top 4 finalists from Saturday’s event:

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Everybody’s Dueling career has to start somewhere, and for dozens of Duelists here this weekend, that journey started today! We sat down to interview six of the many YCS First-Timers making their Championship-level debut this weekend to talk about their beginnings, their Decks, and their impressions of the YCS experience. Read more…

As this Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship drew to a close, two Duelists remained in the Raffle Playoff event, and minutes from now, one of them would walk away from this table with a Super Rare set of Prize Cards! While Forrester was playing Infernities, Turman was running Gladiator Beasts. Read more…

At every Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship, four lucky Duelists who competed in Public Events over the weekend are randomly selected for the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to Duel in a 4-person Playoff, with the winner receiving a Super Rare set of the Darklord Prize Cards!

Edward Adams and Tyler Forrester were 2 of the lucky competitors this weekend. While Adams was playing a Lockdown Burn Deck, Forrester was running Infernities. Read more…

In a field of 610 Duelists this weekend, Omar Beldon and his Infernity Deck have come out on top, winning this Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series event!

Congratulations to the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship winner!

Two Duelists remain in this tournament: Omar Beldon with Infernities, and Billy Brake with X-Sabers. In a matter of minutes we would have a new YCS Winner! Read more…

Gary Miotke is running X-Sabers in this tournament, while his opponent, Omar Beldon, is running Infernities. The winner here will be guaranteed a set of all 3 Darklord Prize Cards, while the other competitor will Duel for 3^rd place and a shot at the final prize set. With so much at stake, Miotke and Beldon will be trying their hardest to win this Match. Read more…