This is it! These two Duelists have each won a Dragon Duel tournament this weekend, and now they’re facing off to determine who’s the YCS Atlanta Dragon Duel Champion! Giovanna Calderon is using her Bujin Deck that won the Saturday tournament, and Oliver Hinton is using the Evilswarm Deck he’d won today’s tournament with. The winner here will receive
Only eight Duelists remain in this tournament, and we’re beginning to get a taste of Draft play. Jesse Choate and Joseph Bogli are fresh off their last round Feature Match wins, and now they’re pitted against each other! Choate has practiced a lot of Draft play, but Bogli has multiple YCS tops under his belt. This match is looking to be a good one!
It’s the Top 16, and we’re about to witness the first ever Draft play in a YCS! We’re here with Jesse Choate, who we spoke to [here] about his Draft choices. He’s facing Sehabi Kheireddine, in the first Top 16 Draft happening at a YCS.
Joseph Bogli finished the Swiss Rounds with a perfect 11-0 record using his Fire Fist Deck, Stephen Silverman ended the Swiss Rounds with a 9-2 record using his Prophecy Deck. But now, the field has been leveled. Silverman and Bogli have just finished constructing their draft Decks and will be putting them to the test in this Top 16 Feature Match! It’s time to Duel!
We are down to 4 people!! Here are your pairing for Top 4 at YCS Atlanta.
QQ stands for Quick Questions! This weekend’s YCS is the first one that will crown a champion after a Battle Pack 2: War of the Giants – Round 2 draft in the Top 16. I surveyed the Duelists in attendance this weekend to see what preparation they did for the possibility of a Top 16 finish. Check out their responses!
So how do you Draft, anyway?
Now that we’re entering the Top 16 of YCS Atlanta, all Dueling from here on will be done with Draft Decks from Battle Pack: War of the Giants – Round 2. What does that mean exactly? Many Duelists are unaware of the process, so here’s exactly how it works.
Step 1: Open three Battle Pack 2 boosters!
You’ll combine those three booster packs into one pile. Each pack has five cards, so you should have fifteen in the pile.
Step 2: Pick a card!
Choose any one card you want from the pile. That card is yours now, and you can put it into your Deck. Once everyone has selected a card, pass the pile to the player on your left side.
Step 3: Repeat!
With your new pile, you’ll choose a card you want, and put it with the first card you took. Pass the pile to the left again, and keep doing this until there are no cards remaining.
Step 4: Open the Round 2 booster, and do the same thing
Now you open up the Round 2 pack, which has fifteen cards in it. You’ll take one card, and this time pass to the Duelist on your right. Continue passing until all of the cards are gone.
Step 5: Repeat steps 1-3
You’ll have three remaining packs of Battle Pack 2, and once again combine them into one pile. Choose a card, and pass to the left. Once this is done, all of the packs should be open, and all the cards should be selected. You will have 45 cards when you’re done.
Step 6: Build your Deck!
With your pool of handpicked cards, you’ll build a Deck to Duel with. 40 cards is the recommended Deck size to use in tournaments, and that is what we’ll be doing here in YCS Atlanta. Any cards you don’t want to use in your Main Deck will be treated as your Side Deck.
The tactics for Draft are varied. You can go in with a specific strategy in mind, and try to Draft for that, or you can feel out the packs you’re getting and form a strategy as you go. You’ll often find that simply choosing the “best” card isn’t going to work, you must also form a cohesive strategy with everything else you’ve drafted. In addition, you’ll want to pay close attention to what is being passed to you – if you’re receiving a lot of similar or notable cards, you can infer what the Duelist next to you is taking instead.
QQ stands for Quick Questions! The upcoming Dragons of Legend Set will include lots of previously unreleased cards that characters used in the animated Yu-Gi-Oh! series. I surveyed the Duelists in attendance this weekend to see which cards they’re hoping to see in Dragons of Legend. Check out their responses!
The players are currently drafting, here are the pairings for Top 16 War of the Giants: Round 2 draft.
