YCS Atlanta - The Top with a twist

Here's my post about YCS Atlanta. Work Project deadline and searching for decklists pushed this a bit back longer than expected, but it's still here.

For those that didn't hear it, this YCS was a YCS with a twist. The Top 16 was to duke it out in sealed play (Battle Pack 2). Due to this, the posted decklists were only used up to the top-32 cutoff.

As you might have noticed, I'm a fan of sealed play, so I like this twist ending.

Decklists

As per usual, here's a list of the top 32 with decklists (22/32 found):

Note: Hoban's list is spoiled on Dgz, but not confirmed. Though he didn't say it was wrong either. :-P

Name	Place	Swiss Deck	Swiss Decklist
Christian Georges	1st	Fire Fist	Duelistgroundz
David Gancedo	2nd	Fire Fist	Youtube - FloridaTCGMovement
Steven Veit-Quiles	Top 4	Fire Fist	Youtube - TheTeamAviator
Jesse Choate	Top 4	Geargia	Duelistgroundz
Joseph Bogli	Top 8	Fire Fist	Youtube - Prowinston
Yicheng Li	Top 8	Prophecy	Youtube - averylr32
Bryan Tran	Top 8	Mermail	N.A.
Stephen Silverman	Top 8	Prophecy	Youtube - Mkohl40
Alexis Pinedo	Top 16	Geargia	N.A.
Patrick Hoban	top 16	Mermail	spoiled on DuelistGroundz
Sehabi Kheireddine	Top 16	Infernity	Youtube - Prowinston
Adrian Shakir	Top 16	Prophecy	Youtube - Prowinston
Cameron Neal	Top 16	Fire Fist	N.A.
Jonathon Ritzau	Top 16	Fire Fist	N.A.
Stephen Mercier	Top 16	Bujin	Youtube - Prowinston
Tha Vang	Top 32	Geargia	N.A.
Tahmid Zaman	Top 32	Hieratics	Youtube - Prowinston
Alessandro Donato	Top 32	Geargia	N.A.
Bohdan Temnyk	Top 32	Fire Fists	Duelistgroundz
Christopher Leblanc	Top 32	Hieratic	Youtube - Prowinston
Pedro Parreno	Top 32	Geargia	Youtube - Prowinston
Joseph Chou	Top 32	Fire Fist	Duelistgroundz
Jeffrey La Beach	Top 32	Dark World	Youtube - Prowinston
Tyler Poe	Top 32	Fire Fist	N.A.
Da Lee	Top 32	Lightsworn	N.A.
Jacob Feigenheimer	Top 32	Bujin	N.A.
Philip Stabile	Top 32	Fire Fist	Youtube - Mikkivlogs
Garrett Byrd	Top 32	Geargia	Youtube - Prowinston
Souvick Kar	Top 32	Evilswarm	Youtube - Prowinston
Jordan Winters	Top 32	Fire Fist	N.A.
Ali Yassine	Top 32	Hieratics	Youtube - Prowinston
Kevin Halligan	Top 32	Prophecy	Youtube - Prowinston

PS: If you notice a link not working, let me know and I'll fix it.

And 1 week later... ARG Charlotte

One week after YCS Atlanta was ARG Open in Charlotte, which Patrick Hoban won with his usual Mermail Deck.

The good thing about these ARG Open's is that the decklists are fully available (no need to search for hours straight). For the decklists, see ARG's site

Some thoughts

So Fire Fists still reign supreme. More people are playing Geargia's and the Hieratic Druler deck. And Hoban is about the only one that can still top with Mermails (safe Bryan Tran, but who knows what decklist he has).

And is it just me, or has the Fire Fist deck been reduced to a deck with 10-12 monsters, with about 30 spells and traps? The only cards I see is 3 Bears, 3 Wolfbarks and a Gorilla. This added with some Cardcar d's, Veilers and sometimes a Rai-oh. It starts to look more and more like the HERO decks from back in the days.

I could also make a section about the cards from the last set that are used here, but safe the Bujin support (Arasuda, Hare and Tsukuyomi) in the topping Bujin decks, the only relevant cards from the last set are S.H.Ark, Exciton Knight and Leo, the Keeper of the Sacred Tree. Oh, and an occasional Shared Ride in the side.

That's it for the moment. V out.

On a side-note: Primal Origins is apparantly being spoiled. Some interesting cards and once more crying for the OCG exclusives that are very good (a Burning Knuckler & Gogogo Numbers Xyz). I'll give my usual review when the set is fully revealed.