11-year-old Nathan Swaim from North Carolina is facing off against 10-year-old Cole Agan from Virginia in Sunday’s Dragon Duel! Both of these Duelists are currently undefeated with 3-0 records, but only one of them can finish the day with a perfect record and be named the Dragon Duel Champion!
A field of over 1000 Duelists has been trimmed to just 2: Sean Coovert with Six Samurai, versus Nicky Lacaille with Fish! One of these Duelists was about to become a Dueling legend!
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Billy Brake just came from a Top 8 victory over Fish, but now he’d have to repeat his success: Nicky Lacaille is playing the same deadly strategy as Brake faced last Round.
Sean Coovert and Elijah Gersten are battling it out in the Quarterfinals! Sean Coovert is counting on his Samurais to carry him to the Semifinals, while Elijah Gersten is banking on his Gravekeeper’s. In the past, the Gravekeeper’s versus Six Samurai matchup has favored the Six Samurai Duelist, but with a new Forbidden & Limited List in effect, either Duelist can win this one.
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Two Fish Decks are still alive here in the Quarterfinals, but only 1 X-Saber Deck remains in the tournament! Billy Brake could take X-Sabers to the Semifinals, but to do that, he’ll need to overcome the vicious power of Tahan’s Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth. A win here would for Tahan would be a huge leap forward for Fish Duelists!
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Jonathan Barber from Jacksonville, Florida is facing off against Deryck Rothenberger from Indianapolis in a Top 16 Feature Match that pits Flamvellsworn against Miracle Gemini! Neither of these Decks were highly anticipated to be top contenders this weekend, but one of them is now guaranteed to make it to the Quarterfinals.
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Five weeks ago, Nizar Sarhan won YCS Dallas with Six Samurai. At the time, it was a new Deck that was unfettered by the March 1st Forbidden and Limited List. Now, Sarhan’s Deck only has 1 Gateway of the Six, and just 2 Solemn Warning… But that didn’t stop him from going undefeated in this weekend’s tournament! Sarhan was the only Duelist to win every Match he played in the Swiss Rounds of this event: now he’s earned a spot in the Top 16, and he’s looking to repeat his Championship victory! A win here would be almost unprecedented: no Duelist has won back-to-back Championships since Ryan Hayakawa’s 2-time Championship win in 2005.
But his opponent this Round is Stephen Silverman, another YCS winner! Silverman is playing X-Sabers, and the veteran Duelist has a pedigree that extends far beyond Sarhan’s win in Dallas. The X-Saber / Samurai matchup is going to be big in this new format, and this Match is bound to be a formative one for the months ahead. Both of these competitors are truly great Champions, but only one can make it to the Quarterfinals!
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Frazier Smith and Jacob Haar both won their Feature Matches this weekend and are now facing off in a Match that pits Dragunities against Plant Synchro! Neither of these Decks is heavily represented in the Top 32, but either one of them may have what it takes to win the tournament. This Match is the first obstacle that both of these Duelists must face to get there!
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Kevin Silva and Ramon Mera both have 8-2 records, which means their life in the tournament is at stake in this Match. Silva made it here with Dragunities, and his opponent, Ramon Mera, is running a Deck he nicknamed “Spirit Wings” – a Blackwing Deck that Main Decks 2 copies of Spirit Reaper. Lots of Icarus Attacks may be flying around in this Match, and effective use of it may prove to be difference between victory and defeat.
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Our Round 10 Feature Match pits Phillip Pena’s Six Samurai Deck against Jacob Haar’s Plant Synchro Deck. Both of these Duelists currently have 8-1 records, so a victory in this round will put one of them in prime position to reach the playoff rounds!
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