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2018/09 – 200th YCS Columbus, OH tagged with 'Feature Match'

200th YCS Columbus: Table of Contents

September 25th, 2018

Did you miss any of the action from the historic 200th Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series in Columbus, Ohio? Don’t worry – you can revisit the action using this handy Table of Contents!

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200th YCS Columbus: Top 8 Feature Match – Manav Dawar vs. Yuchen Li

September 24th, 2018

We’re now in the Top 8! Manav Dawar was the 64th seed and is still in the tournament with Sky Striker, while his opponent, the 40th seed Yuchen Li has Altergeist.  Only one of these Duelists will move onto the Top 4 and have a chance at new YCS Prize Card Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon! Who’s moving on to the Semi-Finals?  It’s time to Duel!

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200th YCS Columbus: Top 4 Feature Match – Adrian Gonzalez vs. Manav Dawar

September 24th, 2018

Only 4 Duelists remain in the 200th YCS in Columbus, Ohio out of the 2774 that originally registered, and they’re about to battle it out for a spot in the Finals! In our written Top 4 Feature Match, Adrian Gonzalez from Harvey, Illinois is using his Altergeist Deck to Duel against Manav Dawar from Seattle, Washington and his Sky Strikers. One of these Duelists will advance to the Finals. The other will be eliminated. It’s time to Duel!

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200th YCS Columbus: Top 16 Feature Match – Luciano Greco vs. Justin Przymierski

September 23rd, 2018

Luciano Greco from Canada is the last Trickstar Duelist remaining in the tournament. Now, he’s facing off against Justin Przymierski from Toledo, Ohio and his Sky Striker Deck! Sky Strikers were a dominating force in the tournament this weekend, and Justin Przymierski – like many other competing Duelists – enjoyed tremendous success with them under the new Forbidden & Limited List. Will Sky Strikers carry Przymierski to the Top 8, or will Greco be able to defeat Przymierski and make it to the Top 8 with his Trickstars? It’s time to Duel!

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200th YCS Columbus: Round 11 Feature Match – Ryan Arthur Levine vs. Taylor Alexander McCollister

September 23rd, 2018

Welcome to Round 11. We have this round and one more before the cut to the Top 64. At table 38 we have a World Championship competitor, Ryan Levine from Fairfax, Virginia, who qualified for the 2018 Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship via World Qualifying Points with a YCS Columbus record of 8-1-2 taking on Taylor McCollister from Nashville, Tennessee. Both players are looking to make it to the Top 64 and every win at this point is important. It’s time to Duel!

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200th YCS Columbus: Top 32 Feature Match – Nicholas Scarangella vs. Daniel Ramirez

September 23rd, 2018

Nicholas Scarangella from Harrington Park, New Jersey is the last remaining Cyber Dragon Duelist in the tournament. He finished the Swiss Rounds with a 9-2-1 record, earning a spot in the Top 64. Daniel Ramirez from Seattle, Washington finished the Swiss Rounds with a 10-2 record, also making the Top 64 cut. Ramirez used a DARK Gouki Deck throughout the tournament. Now, Scarangella’s Cyber Dragons are up against Ramirez’s Gouki monsters in this Match that will determine which Duelist advances to the Top 16. It’s DARK versus LIGHT in this Top 32 Feature Match. It’s time to Duel!

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200th YCS Columbus: Top 64 Feature Match – Jeffrey Michael Alexander Jones vs. Manav Dawar

September 23rd, 2018

Welcome to the Top 64! It’s Single Elimination until we have a winner! We just saw him on the livestream, but we’re featuring YCS and Ultimate Duelist Series Champion Jeff Jones, who placed first after Swiss with a Sky Striker Deck, facing off against Manav Dawar who placed 64th after Swiss who is also running Sky Striker.  It’s a mirror match, and only the winner advances!  It’s time to Duel!

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200th YCS Columbus: Round 12 Feature Match – Aleksandr Roytburd vs. James Winning

September 23rd, 2018

Welcome to the final Swiss Round of the 200th YCS here in Columbus, Ohio! For our written Feature Match in this final Swiss Round, we have our Duelists at Table 1: Aleksandr Roytburd and James Winning! Both Duelists are currently 10-1 in the tournament, so regardless of a win or a loss here, they’re likely to make the Top 64 cut. Nevertheless, they’ll be Dueling their hardest to secure a spot in the higher rankings of the Top 64 before the top cut begins. Roytburd is using a True Draco Deck with Inspector Boarder, while Winning is using Sky Strikers. It’s time to Duel!

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200th YCS Columbus: Round 10 Feature Match – Esala Wathuthantrige vs. Thanh Nguyen

September 23rd, 2018

Esala Wathuthantrige from Los Angeles and Thanh Nguyen from Detroit are both currently 7-2 at the 200th YCS in Columbus, Ohio. Now, they’re facing off in a Match that could determine their fates in the tournament. Both Duelists are using combo-oriented Decks that make big fields, with Nguyen’s Deck focusing on Gouki monsters, and Wathuthantrige’s Deck focusing on DARK Warriors. There are just three more Swiss Rounds before the Top 64 cut begins. It’s time to Duel!

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200th YCS Columbus: Round 8 Feature Match – Kevin Yim vs. Angel Serrano

September 23rd, 2018

Kevin Yim from Tucson, Arizona and Angel Serrano from Queens, New York are both currently 6-1 in the tournament. They’re each using a Deck that’s simple and pure. Yim is using a Trickstar Deck, untainted by any other card themes, while Serrano is using a pure Sky Striker Deck. It’s Trickstars versus Sky Strikers in this Round 8 Feature Match. It’s time to Duel!

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