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While Labounty was armed with the Cyber Phoenix deck Luna had innovated, Luna was running an aggressive deck built around Crush Card Virus that defied categorization. |
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Relative newcomer Cody Miller, who we featured earlier yesterday, was now facing veteran duelist Jonathan Labounty of Team Rampage (and now, the new team YugiohETC). |
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Define irony: Fili Luna, playing against Matt Peddle, using Fili Luna’s deck from last weekend. This was going to be interesting. |
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As the competitors shuffled up, Albarran requested a quick shout-out to his sponsor and Team Kamikaze, while Matt Peddle gave a shout-out to Fili Luna for his deck. |
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The sun has risen here in Detroit, and the Top 16 are ready to play off! |
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Nine rounds have drawn to a close, and 380 duelists have been pared down to a final sixteen! |
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Both of these well-renowned duelists had a chance at making Top 16, albeit Hayton’s tiebreakers were far better than Levitin’s. |
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Lazaro Bellido and Shane Scurry were both right where every duelist loves, and hates, to be: on the bubble. |
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I decided to profile the weirdest deck that still had a shot at Day 2. |
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Shawn Kuchta was the last Team Nexus member clinging to his undefeated record here today. |
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Andrew Hayton was wearing the tightest pants I have ever seen anyone wear, regardless of gender. |
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Ben Walters was the reason for this feature match; he’s running a successful Gadget build today that packs tricks like Monster Gate, Magical Stone Excavation, and Dark Magician of Chaos. |
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Neither of these duelists needs an introduction. |
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"Okay, I’ll tell you I’m playing Crush. Just pleeeease don’t bend my deck!" |
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Feroze Ramcharan is one of Team Nexus’ celebrated duelists, and is one of the players responsible for the Cyber-Stein invasion last year. |
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This is it — the last Shonen Jump Championship before the World Championships two weeks from today. |
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