| Day 2: Canadian National Championships |
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One duelist will emerge victorious, and claim the title of National Champion. This is it. |
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Dexter Dalit has a chance to become the first ever two-time National title holder, and take a second shot at becoming World Champion. |
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This match pits the stunning force of The Six Samurai against a very basic, but effective Monarch deck with interesting tech, so it should be an exciting confrontation. |
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After seven rounds of Swiss, three members of Superfriends have made Top 8. |
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It was a small challenge, but we managed to get two winners — check it out! |
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One of Canada’s perennial underdogs, Ervin So, was now just one match away from winning his way into the Top 8 of the National Championships. |
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Another feature match, another pair of Superfriends forced to compete! |
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Fate had pitted two Windsor boys against each other, both with 3-1 records. |
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Shane Morris is undefeated going into this round with Big City, one of the few players at the top tables not playing Monarchs or Destiny Heroes. |
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This was the exact same match these two competitors had fought last year, also in round 3. |
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There are some noted names here already! |
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So, which provinces were the most represented at today’s event? Out of 109 players . . . |
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The amount of sheer damage Dubeau can churn out should give him an edge, but Destiny Hero beatdown is still an incredibly deadly, versatile archetype. |
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We figured we’d revive the Scrub Brush Challenge one final time. |
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Peddle’s had a successful, albeit somewhat low key year, and is at the top of my list for a Top 8 seat this weekend. |
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| Day 1: Last Chance Regionals |
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This was the last shot for today’s aspiring hopefuls, and it boiled down to two final competitors. |
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Matt Abrams is a relatively well-known duelist in the local Toronto scene, and nearly made Top 8 at last year’s National Championships. |
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After the unfortunate turn of events we witnessed in the feature match coverage earlier today, Karl Davidson appears to have hung up his Demise OTK deck. |
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Today’s been an interesting day for a lot of reasons. |
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This is John Marchand’s first feature match this afternoon, in fact his first ever, and he’s packing one of the more interesting decks today. |
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This match began in a rather unconventional way — with a hug. |
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Stephen Chin’s next opponent was 20 year-old Russell Melia, a native of Kingston, Ontario attending school in Peterborough. |
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Stephen Chin had defeated his first opponent of the day, and needed to defeat four more to make it to the National Championships. |
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Stephen Chin is our first big story of the day, and his round 1 opponent is just as hungry as he is. |
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Despite being ousted in last year’s tournament only by the National Champion of that event, Chin is as-of-yet unqualified for tomorrow’s main event. |
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The Canadian National Championships are an invitation-only event, restricted to Canadian duelists who have distinguished themselves as top competitors. |
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