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Philadelphia Shonen Jump TCG Championship Series Tournament
Metagame Staff
 
July 05, 2008

It’s over! Just like at Canadian Nationals, the last match of the day came down to Dark Armed Dragon versus Gladiator Beasts. And after a 2-0 sweep, Gladiators came out on top again: Michael Kohanim is a Shonen Jump Champion!

 

Kohanim had one of the toughest paths through the Top 16, beginning with a mirror match against Day 2 veteran Robert Ackerman. Ackerman took a Top 4 spot at the recent US National Championship, and was the definitive favorite heading into this morning’s competition, but that didn’t stop Kohanim from scoring a huge upset. And things just got better from there.

 

After defeating Ackerman, Kohanim faced Canadian National Champion Lazaro Bellido in another mirror. After winning the first duel, Kohanim lost the second, and when everything was lost in game 3 a brilliant topdeck saved him at the last second, allowing him to steal the match! He then blew through Tariq Williams and surprise finalist Jose Arocho, defeating Arocho’s double-Plasma Dark Armed Dragon deck in the finals!

 

Day 2 saw four different decks clash: Monarchs, Dark Armed Dragon, Lightsworn, and, of course, Gladiator Beasts. Lightsworn was one of the big stories of the weekend, scoring three spots in the Top 16 with Frank Schifano taking the deck to the Top 8 — Schifano just keeps creeping closer and closer to a title win with Lightsworn. The new dueling group Team Evolution put two competitors into Day 2 as well, making a strong first showing courtesy of Tim Howell and Stanley Jolibois. But the biggest showing went to Team Overdose, placing Adam Corn, Lazaro Bellido, and Dale Bellido into the Top 16.

 

749 duelists brought their A-game to the Pennsylvania Convention Center this weekend, but there can be only one winner. Our congratulations go out to Michael Kohanim, your new Shonen Jump Champion!


Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Champion
Anthony Ling
  Jose Arocho
Jose Arocho
  Jose Arocho
Adam Corn
  Adam Corn
Bobby Barone
  Michael Kohanim
Michael Kohanim
  Michael Kohanim
Lazaro Bellido
  Michael Kohanim
Frank Schifano
  Tariq Williams
Tariq Williams

 

Results

Standings

Round 1

Round 1

Round 2

Round 2

Round 3

Round 3

Round 4

Round 4

Round 5

Round 5

Round 6

Round 6

Round 7

Round 7

Round 8

Round 8

Round 9

Round 9

Round 10

Round 10
 
Day 2
Could Gladiators win again, or would Dark Armed Dragon, the least-represented deck in this Top 16, recapture its former glory?
These players were not getting a Shonen Jump Championship title this time around but there was still the chance for a precious Doomcaliber Knight.
Both competitors were playing Gladiator Beasts, so this one was going to be quick.
Jose Arocho is a repeat top 16 SJC player and he had to climb the mountain yesterday, recovering from a round 1 loss and winning the next 9 to Top 16 here today.
I’d like to lie and say that the pre-game period was intense, filled with talk about current matchups and the upcoming bracket possibilities, but actually, Lazaro, Kohanim, and myself sat around for twelve minutes talking about our Crystal Beast decks and the dead dream of Diamond Duck.
We just saw Jose's deck in action, but will Anthony's Wing Blasts slow him down too much?
This match pitted “Corny” Monarchs against Gladiator Beasts, a situation Adam Corn was all too familiar with.
Both players could now breathe a little, having earned an invitation to the National Championship for 2009.
Anthony Ling is from right here in Philadelphia and went undefeated yesterday with a 10-0 record.
Both players engaged in discussion about their deck of choice this weekend: Lightsworn. That’s right, we were about to watch a Top 16 Lightsworn mirror match.
Gladiator Beasts vs. Dark Armed Dragon. What better feature match to represent the format?
Lazaro has had arguably the biggest year of any duelist on the planet, taking his first Shonen Jump Championship by winning the massive 50th SJC in Costa Mesa, then becoming National Champion four months later.
It’s Sunday morning, and sixteen players have dueled their way through a field of more than 700 competitors to make it to the final rounds here at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Day 1
“Impressive” does not begin to describe the Day 2 field.
Both of these duelists were 8-1 and on the bubble going into the final round.
The winner here would move on to Day 2 for sure, while the loser would have to pray for some insanely good tiebreakers to earn a seat in the Top 16.
I specifically chose this match because I already knew what Nareg was running today: a new, fast-paced Magical Explosion deck featuring Kuraz the Light Monarch.
Frank Schifano was on the bubble with a 7-1 record, but so was Mike Zeits, and both duelists were playing Lightsworn.
Both of these duelists were running Gladiator Beasts, yet another mirror match here today.
Adam Corn is as much of a household name as one can be in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.
Dale Bellido is playing Gladiator Beasts today, which is ironic given the fact that Frank Schifano’s Lightsworn build is heavily borrowed from Bellido’s own Saint Louis version.
Canada was doing exceedingly well here today, with Dale Bellido, Matt Peddle, Lazaro Bellido, and Michael Sherkin all undefeated headed into Round 5.
Billy Brake has made Day 2 three times, but his greatest claim to fame is bringing Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest to Day 2.
Chris Kennedy of Team TonkaTough is currently 2-0 with a Batteryman deck that blends raw OTK potential with the Destiny Hero draw engine. I can’t wait to see it in action.
We’re only two rounds into this tournament, and already we’re seeing some defining tech emerge thanks to recent rulings revisions made earlier this week.
With so much tech on his side, if Levitin didn’t win this one, it would be a travesty.
Nobody could have predicted this one.
In 2006 a record-shattering 808 duelists convened at this very venue to compete in what was the largest Shonen Jump Championship of its time. Today, we may see that record broken yet again, as numbers seem to climb toward those achieved at Shonen Jump Championship San Mateo back in March.
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