The first Shonen Jump Championship in Canadian history is over, and the title of SJC champ has been captured by a local duelist from Toronto!
Corey Faibish was the hard luck bet going into the Top 8 today, but a favorable technical matchup against Anthony Alvarado got him off to the perfect start in the quarterfinals. Faibish had the entire match won in less than ten turns, and moved on to face Eric Blum, an impressive duelist on the rise. Blum made the Top 4 at SJC Philadelphia, and was running a very consistent Recruiter Chaos build. An explosive win in the first duel paved the way for another victory in Faibish’s favor though, and he was off to the finals.
There he met Kyle Duncan, the North American master of Recruiter Chaos and champion of SJC Philadelphia. Duncan had everything he needed to utterly roll Faibish in the first duel, but the Torontonian underdog battled back from a series of ridiculously unfavorable situations to win the second game. The last duel went back and forth, but in the end, Faibish managed to seal the deal with an unbelievable final attack. Kuribohs, insane comebacks, and a come-from-behind champion? SJC Hamilton had it all!
. . . And in three days, one thing we won’t have is Chaos Sorcerer! Shonen Jump Championship Hamilton is now in the past, and so is the invasion of Chaos. In just three days it will be rotated out of the Advanced format, and duelists are already starting to prepare for the upcoming Shonen Jump Championship Boston. The upcoming format has seemingly unlimited potential, but for now, we here at Metagame.com would like to congratulate Corey Faibish, Canada’s first domestic Shonen Jump Champion!
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Finals |
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Champion |
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Corey Faibish |
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Corey Faibish |
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Anthony Alvarado |
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Corey Faibish |
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Lazaro Bellido |
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Eric Blum |
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Eric Blum |
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Corey Faibish |
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Dwight Lloyd |
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Dwight Lloyd |
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Eric Herdzik |
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Kyle Duncan |
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Kyle Duncan |
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Kyle Duncan |
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Richard Clegg |
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