Jarel Winston

Jarel Mckay Winston or more commonly known as Jarel"pro"winston is a succesful North American Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game player and a Konami Judge from New York. Jarel first started playing yugioh at the age of sixteen. Unknowingly He was already surrounded by well known players including Shane Scurry,Steven Harris,Jerry Wang at the time he was introduced to the game,although he still sees them as the best players.Winston believes that the key of success is studying and analysing the game constantly.Winston also disagrees with the "Misplay" theory.

Career(2009-2011)
Winston made the big leap into the tournament scene at the Shonen Jump Championships-Anaheim in 2009 where he already finished off 2nd place with his signature Lightsworn deck only loosing to Jeff Jones in the finals.He later made it to the top 16 on the same year in Shonen Jump Championships Orlando,Florida.He also made it into the Top 8,leaving Day 1 undefeated (X-0) of  the 75th Shonen Jump Series in 2010 in New Jersey,the biggest event at the time with more than 2000 participants,since then has also topped YCS Dallas 2011 with his version of a Six Samurai Deck making him one of the most well known players in the Tournament scene.Winston also made a minor appearance during the 2011 North American World championship Qualifier but eventually lost in time in Round 4 during Day 1.

Judging
Winston also judged for Konami during Regional Championships and other events including the 2011 Indianapolis Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series and YCS Philadelphia 2012.

Career(2011-)
Winston attended many sanctioned events including the 100th YCS Long-beach-the biggest yugioh tournament on history-where he made it into Day 2 until Round 12.However Winston didn't find any notable success compared to his earlier success' until the 2012 World Championship Qualifier-North American Nationals,making a comeback with his former Lightsworn based Chaos Dragon Deck.Chaos Dragon deck was introduced into the tournament scene after Alexander Reed made a 2nd place finish during YCS Dallas 2012 showing off the surprise potential deck.Since then Chaos dragons have been a sensation amongst many players.However Winston didn't decide to run Chaos Dragons until a friend of his recommended him the deck pointing out the lightsworn engine of the deck,as lightsworns was his most experienced deck.Winston's major comeback earned him the 3rd place at the North American World Championship Qualifier giving him the privilege to represent North America for the World Championship 2012.Winston attended the World Championships 2012 and represented america with and unexpected variation of an Exodia Deck which utilizes a Hope for Escape strategy to gain essential draw power by creating massive life point differences.However Winston managed to overcome all the players during the swiss rounds leaving him overall with a 3-2-0 finish including a perfect tie breaker.He was the last and only player to represent North America in the Top 8 of the World Champion 2012 although he later on lost during the Quater Finals.

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