Both of these competitors are playing Decks that are relatively new at this tournament. Jerry Wang is playing the Synchro-free Miracle Gemini strategy this weekend, while his opponent Thomas Luebke is running the Synchro-heavy Karakuri Machina Plants Deck. While Luebke will try to explode with a series of Special Summons, Wang will try to pin him down with cards like Thunder King Rai-Oh and Gemini Spark.
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Our Round 10 Feature Match pits Phillip Pena’s Six Samurai Deck against Jacob Haar’s Plant Synchro Deck. Both of these Duelists currently have 8-1 records, so a victory in this round will put one of them in prime position to reach the playoff rounds!
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Robbie Stargel is one of many Duelists running a Dragunity Deck in today’s tournament. But his build is unlike most others. Stargel’s Dragunity Deck uses Assault Mode Activate and Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode! Stargel aims to Summon Stardust Dragon first turn, just like most Dragunity Decks, but then upgrade his Dragon into an even stronger form. Manny Vargas is running a Chaos Plant Deck packing a full 3 copies of Chaos Sorcerer. Those 3 copies of Chaos Sorcerer could spell trouble for Robbie Stargel, who relies on Level 8 monsters like Stardust Dragon which can easily be removed from the Duel by Chaos Sorcerer’s effect.
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Only 2 Duelists remained in this tournament: Thanh Nguyen with Plant Synchro, and Kenny Kwan with Quickdraw Dandywarrior. Both of these Decks look similar at first glance, but when pitted head-to-head, the differences were sure to become apparent. The winner here would claim an Ultra Rare set of Darklord Prize Cards, airfare and accommodations to the North American WCQ, a netbook laptop, and the title of Champion. Nguyen won the toss and decided to go first.
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Only 4 competitors remained in this tournament, and the winner of this Match was guaranteed to go home with a set of the Darklord Prize Cards! The victor would also win their way to the Finals, where they’d Duel for a heap of prizes and the honor of being a YCS winner. James Neumann was piloting X-Sabers, while his opponent Thanh Nguyen was running Plant Synchro.
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Thomas Luebke and Thanh Nguyen have never topped a YCS before, but today, they’re going head to head in the Top 8! One of these Duelists will advance to the Top 4 with a great shot at winning a Set of Darklord Prize Cards, while the other one will be eliminated. Which Deck will win – Luebke’s Machina Gadgets or Nguyen’s Plants?
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