After 11 Rounds of Swiss and 5 Rounds of Single Elimination, the YCS Charlotte 2022 Champion is Elijah Green. Elijah successively piloted a Destiny Adventurer Prank-Kids Deck over the two-day event to become the new YCS Champion.

Congratulations to Christopher Pyke! He won the Public Events Random Playoff, and a Super Rare Duel Link Dragon, the Duel Dragon for his efforts!

Congratulations to Daniel Cunningham, the winner of our Public Events Points Playoff! He’s taking home a Super Rare Duel Link Dragon, the Duel Dragon!

Here are the winners of Sunday’s ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!! Taking 1st place and the GIANT Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign – Qixing Longyuan, we have Zach Caldwell (center). In 2nd place, Raymond Griffin (left). In 3rd place, Steven Logan (right). Congratulations, Duelists!

Yesterday, Jeremy Gosnell (center) took 3rd place in the Speed Duel ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!!, but this time he’s returned to claim 1st place and a GIANT Beatdown Skill Card! In 2nd place, we have Collin Berman (left), and in 3rd it’s Daniel Ross (right). Congratulations, Speed Duelists!

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QQ stands for Quick Questions! The newest OTS Tournament Pack 18 is out, with some extra cool Ultimate Rare prints of Fusion Destiny; Dogmatika Ecclesia, the Virtuous; and Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder. Which one is the favorite of our YCS Charlotte Duelists?

Let’s take a closer look at what made it into the Top 32 of YCS Charlotte. You can see the individual players and pairings here: https://yugiohblog.konami.com/2022/04/ycs-charlotte-top-32-pairings-and-deck-types/ 

QQ stands for Quick Questions! We got a lot of awesome new cards in Battle of Chaos, so we asked our Duelist – what’s your favorite of the new cards?

Eden Salins and Ethan Cheng pooled together every Public Event ticket they could get to take home the first-ever uncut sheet of Starlight Rares! This sheet featuring Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon and Number 17: Leviathan Dragon is a sight to behold ⁠⁠— it’s absolutely gorgeous in person. Congratulations!