It’s all over!

Brent Yetter was forced to play against his own teammate, Edgar Flores, in a quarterfinals rematch of their round 6 feature match yesterday! If Flores could make it through Yetter, his triple Royal Decree would have set him apart from the rest of the Top 4 field, but Yetter shut him down. He was then pitted against the crowd favorite, Dale Bellido, whom he defeated in a one-sided 2-0 match. In the finals, he went up against lesser-known duelist Adam Baxter, and fate and aggression delivered Yetter the win.

For Team Rampage, this is a huge victory. Yetter is one of the team’s newest acquisitions, and with the rivalry between Rampage and Overdose heating up, this Shonen Jump win adds a lot of heat to the team’s performance at Nationals. In fact, with a copy of Shrink for their very own, Rampage may be looking at sending a lot more team members to San Francisco in two weeks.

For Yetter, this victory has been a long time coming. Making Top 8 previously at Shonen Jump Boston, he’s been a well-recognized player for Hunger Force and Team Scoop in the past, but has never managed a Shonen Jump victory of his own. Now it’s his turn in the spotlight, and like Emon Ghaneian at Shonen Jump Columbus, raw aggression and guts carried him to a decisive victory in the finals.

The stage is set for the US National Championships two weeks from now, with all of America’s biggest teams sending competitors. The weekend displayed some interesting play trends and individual card tech. Cards like Last Will, Enemy Controller, Royal Decree, and Creature Swap seem bound to make an impact at Nationals. Despite Chaos Return variants again taking the day, duelists across the country are certain to be studying the results from this weekend’s competition in preparation for the season’s final showdown.