This was a total blast from the past!
“I feel like we’re in a time machine to 2006 right now,” laughed Paul Levitin as he took his seat. Nareg Torossian grinned in return.
Both of these Duelists are former Champions with YCS wins under their belts. Torossian won the first-ever Des Volstgalph at YCS Indianapolis in 2005, while Levitin won YCS Anaheim in 2005, and YCS Minneapolis in 2008. As teenagers these Duelists were living legends. Now, at twenty-two and twenty-one years of age respectively, Levitin and Torrosian are back to fight for a spot in the Top 16 this weekend! The names are the same, but the Decks are very different: Levitin is playing Geargia, while Torossian is running a unique Zombie Monarch strategy. Both Duelists shook hands before getting down to business!
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Joseph Maddalena had a 9-1 record heading into this round, and a win here would make him a lock for the Top 32! His opponent, John Banks, was 8-1-1 with eight wins, a loss, and a draw. Victory may or may not take Banks to the Top 32, but he was ready to throw down and find out!
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Both of these competitors were 9-1 headed into this Round: they were shoe-ins for the Top 32, but pride was at stake! Simon He is playing Agents, while Nicholas Ma is running Wind-Ups.
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Welcome to Day 2! Two more Rounds of Swiss competition remain in this tournament, and these Duelists were both 7-2 here this morning! Two more wins would put them in contention for the Top 32, but one more loss might knock them out of the running entirely! Robert Palumbo is playing Machina Geargia, a strategy that has yet to win a YCS; Michael Kmiotek is running Six Samurai, the deck that won YCS Indianapolis one month ago. Who would win?! We were about to find out!
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In Round 9 we’re featuring two New York Duelists who are nearly neighbors! Nicholas Amato is from Long Island and Dakota Poppe is from Staten Island. Dakota has been using Machina Geargia today, and Nicholas has been relying on Agents.
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13-year-old Nicole Tipple from New Jersey is Dueling against 15-year-old James Chow from New York in our Round 9 Feature Match! Tipple is using an Agents Deck against Chow’s Hieratics. Both of these Duelists are currently 6-2 in the tournament, so they’ll each need a victory in this round if they hope to maintain a strong shot at a Top 32 finish!
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Joseph Maddalena is 7-1 here in the last Round of Day 1, packing a unique strategy with cards like Ghost Ship, Machina Fortress, and Cyber Eltanin. Curious? We were too! His opponent is Octavio Santiago, a HERO Duelist. Santiago’s wealth of simple removal effects may allow him to pick apart Maddalena’s big, sweeping combos, but a little momentum could go a long way. Santiago either has to have answers to everything Maddalena attempts in this Match, or take two Duels as fast as possible before Maddalena’s combos come together. That won’t be easy.
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Both of these Duelists are undefeated here in Round 8! Canadian Bo Tang is playing Dino Rabbit, while Drahorad – a German Duelist – is running Wind-Ups.
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Matt Manno made his way here from Philadelphia, PA with his Wind-Up Deck. He’s facing off against the son of Yusei Fudo (‘s voice), New York’s Dakota Ticheli! Dakota is playing HEROes.
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Ankit Shah from Queens, New York and Devin Cutts from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are both currently 7-1, and now they’re Dueling against one another in our Round 8 Feature Match! Shah is using a Wind-Up Deck in this weekend’s tournament, and Devin Cutts is running Chaos Dragons.
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