Jehanzab Siddiqui is 4-1 so far today, piloting the same Deck that we saw earlier in the hands of Austin Herrera: Anti-Monster Beasts. Robbie Kohl is playing Tech Genus Gadgets, packing Ultimate Offering to make the most of Number 39: Utopia. Both of these Decks are making their YCS debut here today, so this one should be fun to watch! Read more…
After 5 rounds of play, 217 Duelists remain in the competition, 14 of them with undefeated records. Read more…
Tyler Tabman is undefeated here in Round 5 with an Elemental Hero Fusion Deck. Tabman is running triple Fusion Gate, double Super Polymerization, and a bunch of other tricks. His opponent, Marcus Paternoster, is playing a Master Hyperion Deck with The Agent of Creation – Venus and Archlord Kristya. Kristya may give Paternoster an edge, but the surprise factor is definitely on Tabman’s side. This one is anybody’s Match! Read more…
Ten weeks ago at YCS Orlando, Alex Vansant made the Top 32 with an aggressive Gadget Deck featuring Ultimate Offering. His strategy in that tournament centered on combining a flood of Gadgets with a flood of Level 1 Tuners, kicking out Synchro after Synchro without emptying his hand. But today that strategy takes on a new dimension! The debut of Number 39: Utopia takes the Deck to a totally different level. Now, Vansant can use his Gadget / Ultimate Offering combo to unleash an army of attack-negating 2500 Xyz Monsters!
His opponent is William Presser, a Plant Synchro Duelist with a deadly Side Deck. Presser’s Side lets him move from a Synchro-driven strategy to something completely different: Anti-Monster. He may be at a bit of a disadvantage in the first Duel, but with the right Side Deck decisions he could really catch Vansant off-guard. Read more…
After dominating the North American World Championship Qualifier just weeks ago, Horn of the Phantom Beast is one of the hottest cards here in Indianapolis. We already showed you Johnny Nagel playing it in Crystal Beasts. Now, we’ll see the undefeated Augustin Herrera play it in a Beast-ly version of an Anti-Monster strategy. Herrera combos Horn with cards like Pitch-Black Warwolf and King Tiger Wanghu, wielding powerful control effects.
His opponent is Sean Turner, traveling here to Indy from New Jersey to compete with a Master Hyperion Deck. Packing The Agent of Creation – Venus, Turner’s Deck wields all sorts of cool Special Summon tricks that could help him overwhelm Herrera’s defensive plays. The key to victory here will likely be a matter of time. if Turner can stabilize the Duel, he can put together big plays to overcome Herrera. But if Herrera controls stuff early and plays aggressively, he can knock Turner off balance and shatter his combos. Read more…
Joshua Thomas traveled here this weekend from Decatur, Illinois, and he’s piloting a Deck we haven’t seen in a YCS Feature Match before. Chaos Piper. You may remember Thomas from previous Deck Profile in 2009, where he played a strategy that also revolved around Kinka-byo (http.//yugiohblog.konami.com/?p=1037).
His opponent hails from Jackson, North Carolina. Matthew Lenihan is a Gravekeeper Duelist, which may give Thomas some problems. Without access to his Graveyard, Thomas might have some trouble. Lenihan can shut down his Chaos Sorcerers and his Kinka-byo tricks with Necrovalley alone. Read more…
Johnny Nagel traveled here this weekend from Colorado, competing with a flashy Crystal Beast Deck to finish out his run in the March 1st 2011 F&L era. His opponent is Toronto’s 14 year-old Jordan Grant! If you’re not familiar with Grant’s track record, he’s undefeated in his Feature Matches over the past two years, scoring impressive showings in both YCS main events and Dragon Duels. This is a cool matchup because Grant’s piloting Six Samurai. That means both of these Decks have explosive Special Summoning effects, and powerful negation effects that can shut down opposing Spells and Traps. Read more…