Here are the Duelists who have made it to the round of 16!

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QQ stands for Quick Questions! One of the coolest Public Events at every YCS event is the ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARDS!! event. In it, Duelists compete for a gigantic copy of a pre-selected card. This weekend, the 2 giant cards available for Duelists to win are Tour Bus From the Underworld and Inzektor Giga-Mantis. I surveyed this weekend’s competitors to see which cards they would like to compete for in the ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!! Public Events. See what they said! Read more…

Texas’s Blake McCrary and Oklahoma’s Alexander Dukes both finished their Swiss Rounds with a 9-2 record, and now they’re Dueling for a spot in the Top 16. McCrary is using a Six Samurai Deck, and Dukes is running Inzektors.
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QQ stands for Quick Questions! Each of the seven Millennium Items in the original series has a unique power. I surveyed the Duelists in attendance and asked them which Millennium Item (Puzzle, Ring, Eye, Necklace, Rod, Scale, or Key) they would want most if they could have any Millennium Item. Check out their answers!
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Alexander Reed is from Dallas, Texas and came to this tournament with a couple of friends. All of them are using the same Dragon Lightsworn Deck and currently have 8-2 records or better. Reed is currently 9-1, and is Dueling against Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Benito Garcia in Round 11. Garcia is using a Gemini HERO Deck. Both Duelists have a great shot at making it into the Top 32, but the winner here will be guaranteed a spot.
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Check out who’s at the top tables in Round 11!
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Herman Herrera and Dominique Eskridge are both Texas locals and both have 8-1 records going into Round 10. Herrera traveled here from Fort Worth to compete with his Gemini HERO Deck (featuring Elemental HERO Bubbleman), and Eskridge came from Austin to battle it out with a teched out Dino Rabbit Deck that Main Decks Macro Cosmos.
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Check out who’s at the Top Tables in Round 10! After this, there’s only one more round left before we cut for the playoffs! Read more…

After a hard fought day of Dueling, here are the standings after all 9 of today’s rounds! Read more…

Das Anuraag and Steven Arias both currently have 6-1-1 records in the tournament, and both of them are using interesting Decks that aren’t widespread in the current field of competitors. Das Anuraag is using a Rescue HERO Deck that can Special Summon Elemental HERO Sparkman from his Deck with Rescue Rabbit in order to make Blade Armor Ninja. Steven Arias is using the newest Dragons from the Dragons Collide Structure Deck, Lightpulsar Dragon and Darkflare Dragon, in a Deck that fills the Graveyard through the effects of Lightsworn monsters in order to make it easier to Summon those Dragons. One of these Duelists will advance to Day 2 with an impressive 7-1-1 record.
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