Over in the Public Event Playoffs, two Chicago Duelists were competing for a copy of Blood Mefist! Jason Okubo is playing a Samurai Deck with the new Shadow of the Six Samurai – Shien, while Mitchell Celicious is running a Shooting Quasar Dragon Deck that’s made big waves in the Public Events up until this point! Celicious played Shooting Quasar Dragon three times in the Semi-Finals Match that preceded this one, unleashing it with what appears to be his catchphrase – “Are you ready?” – every time.
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Billy Brake and Alistar Albans are no strangers to the top tables. Albans has made it to the Top 32 a total of 6 times, and Brake has made it there a whopping 11 times, including a YCS victory that he took last month in Toronto! Both Duelists entered this weekend’s YCS with near-identical Decks that they built together. Deck construction will not be a factor in this Match! Luck, skill, and experience will help one of these Duelists get ahead and become the champion of YCS Columbus!
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This is Billy Brake’s 4th Top 4 of the year, but so far he has only won 1 YCS in his life. Now, he’s Dueling against Thomas Vo in a Tengu Synchro mirror-Match that will determine who advances to the final round!
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Xin Huang is the only Duelist left in the Top 8 who isn’t using a Synchro Summon Deck, and he’s facing off against Alistar Albans in this Top 8 Feature Match. To advance to the Top 4 with his Agents Deck, Xin Huang will need to beat the most represented Deck in the Top 8.
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Paco Cervantes’s Deck is the last Deck in the Top 16 that uses Gallis the Star Beast. But in order for him to advance to the Top 8 with his new Deck, he’ll need to defeat Billy Brake, the winner of the previous YCS! Will Cervantes take his innovative Deck to the Top 8, or will Billy Brake keep his dream of becoming a back-to-back YCS Champion alive?
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Sean Montague and Daniel LaMartina both made it to the top 4 of the World Championship Qualifier in 2010, but have never played against one another. Now, for the first time ever, these 2 World Championship competitors are facing off against each other for a shot at advancing with a 9-1 record in the tournament. Sean Montague, who won the 2010 WCQ with X-Sabers, is using a Synchro Summon Deck in today’s tournament. Daniel LaMartina, who used Gladiator Beasts back in the 2010 World Championship Qualifier, is using a HERO Deck today. The pressure is on!
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REMATCH! Earlier this year we saw these two Duelists face off in the Top 4 of YCS Charlotte. There, an unbelievably lucky string of topdecks led to a huge comeback for Lacaille, who dealt Brake a crushing defeat. Lacaille was victorious with Coelacanth OTK, demolishing Brake’s X-Sabers despite a XX-Saber Gottoms combo that left Lacaille with no hand. Now, Brake had a chance to redeem himself. If he could, he’d win his first-ever Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series title.
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Tyler Nolan has taken Tech Genus all the way to the Top 4, but now he’s up against Billy Brake’s Plant Synchro Deck! Nolan is well-teched for this matchup: he defeated half a dozen Plant Synchro Duelists on his way to the Top 4. Could he keep it up, or would Brake be headed to the Finals?
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This is the fourth time Billy Brake has made it to the Top 32 of a YCS this year: over the course of his Dueling career, he’s topped ten times total, but he’s never won. His opponent here in the Top 8 is Tristan Gonzalez, and this was a mirror match between two Decks suited for Synchro Summoning.. Both of these Duelists were hungry for the win.
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Justin Delhon and Billy Brake are both 5-1 in the tournament and were paired up against each other for this Round 7 Feature Match. Justin Delhon is running a Gadget Deck that makes optimal use of new Xyz Monsters like Number 39: Utopia and Steelswarm Roach. Billy Brake is running a Synchro Summon Deck which, although weakened by the September 1st Forbidden & Limited List, is still a strong contender in the tournament. The winner of this Match will be guaranteed to make it to Day 2, so both of these Duelists will be giving it their all! Read more…
