Chancy Wigglestove from Vancouver is Dueling against Raymond Dai from Detroit, Michigan! Both of these Duelists are currently undefeated with perfect 5-0 records. Raymond Dai competed in the World Championship in 2019 after getting 2^nd place at the WCQ, made Top 8 at YCS Secaucus in 2018, and most recently made Top 32 of YCS Hartford in May of 2022. Now he’s looking to add a YCS victory to his list of accomplishments. Chancy Wigglestove started Dueling competitively in 2011 and after a hiatus from Dueling to focus on work is now back and looking for a YCS victory. It’s Exosisters versus Sprights in this Round 6 Feature Match. Let’s Duel!

Jake Quinsee is a British Duelist with a storied history in Yu-Gi-Oh, having at least eight YCS Top Cut appearances, multiple European World Championship Qualifier tops, and a Top 8 finish at the 2019 World Championship! He’s here in Canada visiting the Golden Horseshoe for the week, taking local sights and chasing a YCS win.

Albert Aguilar from Norwalk, Connecticut is Dueling against Noah Beygelman from Merrimack, New Hampshire in this Round 4 Feature Match. Both of these Duelists are currently 2-1, and Albert Aguilar achieved this record with a rather unconventional strategy: War Rocks. Aguilar relies on lots of defensive cards like Mystic Mine and Rivalry of Warlords to restrict what his opponents are able to do, before sending in the War Rocks to finish them off. Beygelman is using a Deck that is much more popular this weekend: Tearlaments with Spright and Noh-P.U.N.K. monsters included. We’ve seen this type of Deck build some incredible fields on the first turn of the Duel in our earlier Feature Matches, which could spell trouble for Aguilar and his War Rocks. It’s time to Duel!

Is Jesse Kotton the greatest Canadian Duelist of all time? Probably. Is he the greatest Yu-Gi-Oh! player in the world? It’s possible! A three-time competitor at the World Championship and a two-time YCS winner, Kotton’s the poster boy for the Worlds Qualifier Point grind and one of the most innovative, respected Duelists in any room he walks into. He’s also a UDS Winner, and as a belt-carrying Ultimate Duelist he had two byes to start his day. That means he’s only now entering this tournament, entirely fresh with a 2-0 record.

Dominic Couch from Richmond Hill, Georgia is no stranger to the Feature Match table. He started Dueling when he was 11 years old and has had a lot of success at YCS events ever since. He even won the 3 vs. 3 YCS (with his teammates) in Las Vegas in 2020. Now he’s bringing his Punk Spright Tearlaments Deck up against Jad Andary in this Round 2 Feature Match! Andary is from St. Petersburg, Florida and Dueling in his second YCS event ever! Andary has never Dueled in a Feature Match before, but he follows the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME closely and keeps up on modern strategies. In fact, he admits that he follows it closely enough to know that he’s up against a Dueling legend! Andary is using a strategy similar to Couch’s, so we’re sure to see a long Duel with a lot of combos. It’s time to Duel!

It’s been two months since we crowned a Champion at the 2022 North America Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Championship in Chicago, and now our storied winner is back in action! Hansel Aguero is the first-ever two-time North American Champion, but he’s never won a YCS, and now he’s here in Niagara Falls looking to change that.

Local Canadian Duelist Ryan Yu from Toronto is an experienced competitor who has been playing the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME since he was 11 years old. He won the Dragon Duel Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship in 2017 when he was 12 years old, and has continued in his Dueling success ever since. Most recently, he took second place at the 2022 North America Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Championship in Chicago, Illinois! Now he’s looking for a YCS victory here in Niagara Falls using his Exosister Deck! Reda Zekkari traveled here from Paris, France to compete this weekend with his Adventure Spright Deck and has only competed in one YCS before. He ended that tournament, YCS Utrecht, with a 6-3 record. He was close to a top cut finish, and now he’s looking to perform just a bit better in his second YCS and to make it into the top cut! Yu has experience on his side, but Zekkari had the heart and commitment to come to Canada for just a weekend to compete! It’s time to Duel!