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.
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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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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