Four Decks remained in this tournament: 2 Blackwings, 1 Volcanic Quickdraw Dandywarrior, and 1 Gemini Deck. This Match would pit Volcanic Quickdraw Duelist Pete Navarro against Blackwing Duelist Mark Garcia. The winner of this Match would move on to the Finals, and clinch their set of the Darklord Prize Cards. Read more…

Austin Kulman and Pete Navarro have both made it to the Top 8 of the YCS. Kulman got here with X-sabers, but his opponent, Pete Navarro made it here with a teched out Quickdraw Deck running Volcanic Shell in his Main Deck. Will creativity win out over tradition? Read more…

Only four Duelists remain in the main event! Here are the pairings for the Semi-Finals. Three of these Duelists would walk away with sets of the YCS Prize Cards.

Mark Garcia (Blackwings)
Versus
Pete Navarro (Volcanic Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
Mark Garcia wins and advances to the Final Round!

Angel Flores (Gemini)
Versus
Tommy Cecil (Blackwings)
Angel Flores wins and advances to the Final Round!

Angel Flores is here in the Top 8 piloting a Gemini Deck like one that made the top cut 3 weeks ago in YCS Toronto. But his opponent is Jonathan Cortez, a Machina Gadget Duelist. Machina Gadgets are usually a pretty good matchup for Gemini, since an early Elemental Hero Stratos can create enough momentum to leave the Gadget Duelist on the defensive. Read more…

Darryl Huang got to the Top 16 of this tournament with his daring and innovative Scrap Deck. Earlier this morning we saw Huang Summon Scrap Dragon 7 times in just 2 Duels, finishing the first Duel of that Feature Match with a field of 3 Scrap Dragons. Here’s what his Deck looks like: Read more…

Chris Hurayt and Mark Garcia both made it to the Top 16 with Blackwings. Garcia lives right here in California, and Hurayt drove in from Vegas. Both Duelists have had Feature Matches this weekend, but there was never this much pressure. The winner here will advance to the Top 8, while the other competitor will be eliminated. Read more…

Darryl Huang has piloted his Scrap Deck into our Top 16, while Steffon Rice has made it here to the Top 16 with his Plant Deck! The winner of this Match would move on to the Top 8, and in a fresh new matchup like this, it was truly anybody’s Duel. Both competitors were eager to dive right into Duel 1. Read more…

Eight Duelists remain! Here are the pairings for the Quarter-Finals:

Mark Garcia (Blackwings)
Versus
Mario Cordova (Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
Mark Garcia wins and advances to the Top 4!

Austin Kulman (X-Sabers)
Versus
Pete Navarro (Volcanic Quickdraw Dandywarrior)
Pete Navarro wins and advances to the Top 4!

Angel Flores (Gemini)
Versus
Jonathan Cortez (Machina Gadgets)
Angel Flores wins and advances to the Top 4!

Steffon Rice (Plants)
Versus
Tommy Cecil (Blackwings)
Tommy Cecil wins and advances to the Top 4!

Mario Cordova is a veteran judge from Southern California, so he’s more used to watching Feature Matches than Dueling in them. But this weekend, he’s taking a break from judging to play in his first YCS. He’d made it to the Top 32 with his Quickdraw Dandywarrior Deck. His opponent this round was Bobby Chambers, a Blackwing Duelist. That could mean trouble for Cordova, because often, the Quickdraw / Blackwing matchup just comes down to the Blackwing Duelist using Blackwing – Bora the Spear to pierce through Defense Position monsters for easy wins. But Cordova wasn’t going to throw in the towel just yet. Read more…

Oscar Renderos is a long-time competitor who has competed in 5 YCS tournaments. He hadn’t topped before, but his persistence paid off today! He traveled here from Arizona and made it to his first Top 32 finish! But his opponent, Sang Bui, is looking to make sure that Renderos won’t make it any further in the tournament by beating him in an X-Saber mirror-match. Read more…