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2023/04 – 250th YCS Los Angeles, California tagged with '250th YCS Los Angeles'

250th YCS Los Angeles Table Of Contents

April 3rd, 2023

Did you miss any of the action from the 250th YCS in Los Angeles? Find it all here with this handy Event Table of Contents!

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The Top 4 Decklists!

April 2nd, 2023

The 250th YCS in Los Angeles was a showcase of innovation, perseverance, and raw Dueling passion! Now that the dust has settled and the smoke has cleared, check out the Top 4 Decklists from the 250th YCS Main Event…

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Top 4 Feature Match: Shunping Xu Versus Paulie Aronson

April 2nd, 2023

While the other Top 4 Match was a competition between Floowandereeze and Naturia Runick, this Match would see Shunping Xu and Paulie Aronson square off in a Kashtira mirror match. While Aronson’s Deck is a pretty typical build, Xu’s playing a Runick variant, setting his Deck apart and drawing a defining line in this Match.

Paulie Aronson
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250th YCS Los Angeles’ Public Events Points Winner

April 2nd, 2023

At every YCS weekend there are special opportunities and unique rewards for the Duelists who play the hardest, score the most wins, and earn the most tracked points for competing in Public Events. Usually the biggest incentive to get on the grind is a seat in the Public Events Points Playoff, a 2-Round single elimination tournament with four Duelists, where the winner’s awarded a Super Rare YCS Prize Card.

But this weekend there’s an all-new prize in addition to that. The one Duelist who earns the most Public Events Points between Saturday and Sunday gets an Ultra Rare foil Giant Card version of Anotherverse Dragon, complete with serialized text declaring it as having been won at the North American 250th YCS. Check it out!

Congratulations to Alexander Reynolds, the Number 1 winner of Public Events Points at the 250th YCS in Los Angeles!

Top 16 Feature Match: Jesse Kotton Versus Hisam Jawhari

April 2nd, 2023

Four Rounds remained in the 250th YCS here in Los Angeles, and for the handful of surviving Duelists still in contention it was do-or-die. The winner here would move on to the Top 8, while the defeated Duelist would be cast into the shadow realm. (Not really. They’d probably just go back to their hotel.)

Hisam Jawhari
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Sunday 3 vs 3 Team Dueling Winners

April 2nd, 2023

More than 60 teams competed today in the 3 v 3 Team Dueling tournament, the popular Public Events series that awards matted uncut sheets to every individual member of the winning team. Who took home top honors – and some slick sheets! – this Sunday? Here are your victors…

Congratulations to the winners of the Sunday 3 v 3 Team Dueling tournament, Logan S, Jack R, and Derek M, competing as Team Superheavy Samurais!

Sunday Advanced Format ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!! Winners

April 2nd, 2023

Three more extra large prize cards were up for grabs here on Sunday, Day 2 of the 250th YCS in Los Angeles! An oversized Black Luster Soldier – Legendary Swordsman, an oversized Firewall Dragon Darkfluid – Neo Tempest Terahertz, and a Giant Card version of Terahertz were all awarded to three daring competitors, and these are your winners!

Congratulations to 3rd Place finisher Matthew Foster, 2nd Place finisher Ian Campbell, and ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!! winner Matthew Vanden Heuvel!

The View From The Top 32

April 2nd, 2023

Over 3200 competitors played in the YCS Los Angeles main event, and now the remaining field is less than 1% of that original total. After 13 Rounds of play the entire tournament’s been whittled down to just 32 Duelists, now competing in close quarters for five more Rounds. The one Duelist who survives the gauntlet of world-class competitors will earn the title of 250th YCS Champion, a legendary achievement, but getting there won’t be easy.

Here’s a look at the top 32 tables as competition kicks off!

Patrick Hoban squares off against Colin Goodrich, while Dominic Couch Duels Panagiotis Mitrothanasis
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Top 64 Feature Match: Charley Futch Versus Christopher Ho

April 2nd, 2023

Charley Futch made his name winning the 2018 Dragon Duel World Championship, and since then he’s topped Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series tournaments and last year’s North America Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Championship. His last big showing was at Team YCS Las Vegas where he took a 2nd Place finish alongside Ryan Yu and John Wilkin, but he’s back today, piloting the same strategy he played in Vegas: Branded Despia. 

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Round 12 Feature Match: Joshua Kippenberg Versus Colin Goodrich

April 2nd, 2023

If you checked out our Round 11 Top Table Update, you might have noticed that a Marincess Duelist is 10-1 heading into Round 12. That’s Joshua Kippenberg, and we want to see how he’s achieving so much success with such a surprising strategy. So we’re going to find out, in our Round 12 Feature Match!

Colin Goodrich
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