It’s all over, and we have a new two-time Shonen Jump Champion!

John Jensen had perhaps the most challenging and imposing path through today’s Top 8 bracket. First he squared off against Kris “Superman” Perovic of Team Overdose, in the one all-star match of the quarterfinals. Then he had to take on Robert Morgan, who was packing a minimalist twist on Cesar Gonzales’s Cyber-Stein deck from Shonen Jump Championship Philadelphia. Finally he went up against Brent Yetter of the newly-reunited Team Hunger Force. That match came down to a third and decisive duel, and ended with Jensen playing his way out of a massive hole to steal the win.

Jensen’s victory is particularly notable because of the field today. While some impressive decks made it to Day 2, including a Chaos Zombie build and an aggressive Hydrogeddon field control deck, Jensen was the only Day 2 competitor running Return from the Different Dimension. Though Return seemed to be a relic of the format, Jensen’s win will certainly turn some heads in the deck-building community and might lead duelists to rethink some of their choices. Built by Team Nexus’s Jason Zigander, Jensen’s deck used Creature Swap, Return from the Different Dimension, Enemy Controller, and an Apprentice Magician suite to beguile his opponents and manipulate the field in unpredictable ways.

Our congratulations go out to John Jensen of Team Nexus, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s third duelist to win a pair of Shonen Jump Championship titles!