Name: Dwayne Nunez
Age: 16
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Los Angeles
Deck played today: I played a Warrior Control deck without Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning. I won the San Diego Regional with something similar, so I went with that today.
Favorite card (overall): My overall favorite card is D. D. Assailant. The first day it came out I got three because I played with it in OGC. I loved it ever since.
Favorite Card (Rise of Destiny): My favorite Rise of Destiny card is Mystic Swordsman LV6. It’s one of my favorite Warriors, because it has the ability to disrupt any strategy your opponent might have.
What would you do with the Cyber-Stein if you won it? I’d put it on eBay immediately after winning it.
Coolest thing you saw today: A guy Snatch Stealing my face down monster. *laughs*

Name: Roy St. Clair
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Beltsville, MD
Deck played today: Control
Favorite card (overall): Fusionist
Favorite card (Rise of Destiny): Back to Square One
What would you do with the Cyber-Stein if you won it? Maindeck it.
Coolest thing he saw today: This guy plays three Grave Robbers within three turns, chaining all three with Emergency Provisions and playing my Pot of Greed three times. What the heck?


Name: Vincent Elliott Tundo, Jr.
Age: 20
Occupation: None
Hometown: Silver Creek
Deck played today: Control, because I like feeling the power of a thousand shillelaghs pummelling my opponents to certain death!
Favorite card (overall): Giant Flea
Favorite card (Rise of Destiny): I didn’t have a favorite.
What would you do with the Cyber-Stein if you won it? Why, I’d treasure it until the end of time!
Coolest thing you saw today: Some guy wearing a “Thing One” and “Thing Two” shirt.

Name: Gustavo Reyes
Age: 22
Occupation: Supervisor
Hometown: Chicago
Deck played today: A Creator deck. I was tired of cookie cutter decks and I wanted to be different.
Favorite card (overall): Mirage of Nightmare.
Favorite card (Rise of Destiny): The Creator
What would you do with the Cyber-Stein if you won it? Play with it.
Coolest thing you saw today: The number of people here!


Name: Bryan St. Clair
Age: 19
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Beltsville, MD
Deck played today: My own build of Hybrid. It wins a lot, so I went with that.
Favorite card (overall): Morphing Jar.
Favorite card (Rise of Destiny): Mobius! (He stalwartly ignored that Mobius was not in the set.)
What would you do with the Cyber-Stein if you won it? Can I say eBay? Okay, eBay the heck out of it, then.
Coolest thing you saw today: Dave [Dryen] gave me a Dark Blade. That was pretty cool.


Name: Wilson Luc
Age: 16
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Los Angeles
Deck played today: I played Chaos Warrior because too many people stall in big tournaments and you need a fast deck to win. Also, I won with this deck at the Shonen Jump tournament in Las Vegas, so why mess with a winning thing?
Favorite card (overall): My favorite card is Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, because I play a Warrior deck and he is the strongest Warrior of them all. Also, all my friends like Dark Magician, so I need to pick something stronger than that.
Favorite card (Rise of Destiny): My favorite card is Sasuke Samurai #4, for he is indestructible if you always get the coin flip right. Lucky for me, I have a two-sided coin.
What would you do with the Cyber-Stein if you won it? I have already won a Cyber-Stein and it is on eBay right now. If I win, I’ll sell it on eBay and split the money with the Comic Odyssey Team.
Coolest thing you saw today: The coolest thing I saw today was that cute girls actually played Yu-Gi-Oh!

Name: Ross Nappi
Age: 11
Occupation: Student
Hometown: Mt. Lebanon, PA
Deck played today: Hybrid.
Favorite card (overall): Swordsman of Landstar.
Favorite card (Rise of Destiny): The Creator.
What would you do with the Cyber-Stein if you won it? Sell it.
Coolest thing you saw today: My deck, of course.

Name: Patrick Smith
Age: 16
Profession: Student
Hometown: Fairborn, Ohio
Deck played today: Warrior, because it’s good.
Favorite card (overall): Skull Servant
Favorite card (Rise of Destiny): I don’t know.
What would you do with the Cyber-Stein if you won it? eBay.
Coolest thing he saw today: The judges allowing me to swap cards in the Top 8. (Don’t panic—Patrick played with the same cards, but some people wanted their cards back due to borrowing.)