Name: Luis Flores
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Playing cards
Age: 16
Deck you played today, and why: Normal Beatdown, because it’s better winning with a Beatdown deck than with anything else.
Matchups you’re hoping to face today: Anything
Matchups you’re hoping not to face today: Nothing
What do you feel are the top three decks in the current environment? Beatdown, Burn, and Deckout.
Card you will miss the least due to the new Advanced list? Fiber Jar


Name: Kevin “Kenzo” Hor
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Professional Yu-Gi-Oh! player?
Age: 17
Deck you played today, and why: Chaos deck and D.D. Assailants because I feel that it’s still the best. It’s done so much for me.


Name: Brodie Heinrichsen
Residence: Anaheim, CA
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Age: 22
Deck you played today, and why: Burn, cause it rocks!
What do you feel are the top three decks in the current environment? Cookie-cutter Warrior Chaos, Zombie
Card you will miss the least due to the new Advanced list? Painful Choice


Name: Tony Lee
Residence: Laguna Hills, CA
Occupation: Student
Age: 19
Deck you played today, and why: Cookie-cutter chaos focusing on flip effects negation, because I wanted to stop Magician of Faith abusers.
What do you feel are the top three decks in he current environment? My teammate’s Soul Control deck (Evan Vargas), cookie-cutter Chaos focusing on Magician of Faith, and Return from the Different Dimension Control.
Card you will miss the least due to the new Advanced format? Magical Scientist is the bane of my existence! I lost to it at an SJC and at Regionals . . . every time when it counted the most.