Top 32 Decklists from YCS Dallas!
The Top 32 Decklists from this event are now live!
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The Top 32 Decklists from this event are now live!
This will be the final YCS before the March 2011 Forbidden & Limited Cards List shakes up the Dueling world. It’s every Duelist’s last chance to earn a YCS title under the September 2010 List, and many veteran Duelists flew out to Texas for one last shot at that victory. A huge turnout of over 1100 Duelists were in fierce competition at the main event.
But for many of the Duelists in attendance, today is a first chance to compete in a YCS. Tons of the Duelists in contention this weekend have never competed in a high-level Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME event before, but brought out their best cards to create a tournament experience that they’ll never forget. Let’s meet some of those YCS first-timers! Read more…
Jack Hoyt has fourteen Dragon Duel Championships under his belt, but he’s turning 13-years old on March 1st, so this is his last chance to win a Dragon Duel at a YCS. 10-year-old Oliver Tomajko still has years of Dragon Dueling ahead of him, but is nonetheless doing everything he can to stop Hoyt in his Dragon Dueling rampage. Both Duelists are currently 3-0 in the Dragon Duels, and a victory here will allow one of them to finish off the tournament undefeated. Jack Hoyt put down his X-Sabers this weekend in favor of Six Samurais, and Oliver Tomajko is running a teched out Gadget Deck, specifically designed to take down Samurai Decks like Hoyt’s. Read more…
The Top 3 finishers in a Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series main event win special prize cards, but that’s not the only way to get a set of these coveted Darklord cards! At the end of each weekend, eight lucky Duelists are also selected for their participation in the Public Events that are played alongside the YCS main event. Those Duelists compete in a pair of four-competitor Public Event Playoffs, and the winner of each will go home with a set of the three Darklord prize cards. Today, Ft. Worth’s Leonard Williams and San Antonio’s Eric Vaughn are two of those Duelists, and they’re competing in the Finals of one of the Playoffs! The winner of this Match will win a set of Darklords! Read more…
Congratulations to Alberto Gonzalez, who piloted his Samurai Deck to victory in Sunday’s ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!! event. Alberto took home a giant-sized copy of Karakuri Steel Shogun mdl 00X “Bureido”.
Nizar Sarhan and his Six Samurai Deck have triumphed in Dallas, defeating Travis Massengale’s Gravekeeper Deck in the final round!
New Jersey’s Nizar Sarhan squaring off against Kansas’ Travis Massengale, as the final Match of the weekend pitted Six Samurai against the winning Deck from the previous Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series tournament: Gravekeepers. Would the reigning Deck to beat score another Championship? Or would Six Samurai ascend to the throne? We’ll have the answer – and a new Champion – in mere minutes! Read more…
After 11 rounds of Swiss, Honorable Billy Brake rose to the top with his Red and Blue Samurai Deck, emerging in first place! He then went on to win his Top 32 match against Honorable Joshua Harris’ Six Samurai. As this tournament draws to a close, we caught up with Brake to take a look at his innovative “Red and Blue” Deck.
Brake’s Deck can make the same basic plays that the other Six Samurai Decks profiled earlier are capable of, but with 2 copies of Legendary Six Samurai – Mizuho and 1 copy of Legendary Six Samurai – Shinai added into the mix, Brake is able to pull off a combo that gives him a virtually infinite number of Bushido Counters to use with his Gateway. Read more…
QQ Stands for Quick Questions!
One of the best parts about any big Championship-level event is the travel! The most experienced Duelists have crossed North America – and some the entire globe – seeing new sights, meeting new friends, and rising to unique challenges. Dallas is a city with a strong Dueling community and a lot to offer Duelists from out of town, so we asked the Quick Question: “What’s your favorite part so far about your trip to Dallas?” Read more…
Many called this tournament the death of Gravekeepers, assuming that the Deck would falter in the face of the speedy Six Samurai. But now, Travis Massengale is playing Gravekeepers in the Top 4, competing against Honorable Six Samurai Duelist Arnold Alvarado. He’d defeated many Samurai Duelists on the way here – but could Massengale’s luck hold out? Or would luck even be a factor? Read more…