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Jesse Kotton is a Canadian player and content creator widely regard to be one of the most accomplished players in the game, if not the most.
He is the joint Master Duel World Champion of 2024 (with Ryan Yu and Raymond Dai) and has also won six YCSs (London 2017, Knoxville 2019, San Jose 2022, Sydney 2023 , Vancouver 2023 and Sacramento 2024), one regular UDS (Panama City 2019) as well as the Undisputed UDS Championship in 2024.

Including his win in 2024, he has participated in five total World Championships (TCG/OCG in 2017, 2018 and 2019; Master Duel in 2023 and 2024). In Master Duel, he teamed up with Ryan Yu and Raymond Dai both times. In 2023, it was Raymond who qualified via the Regional Qualifiers. One year later, Ryan earned his team the invite by winning one of the Duelist Cups. In both 2023 and 2024, their team faced the exact same opponents in the finals (Joshua Schmidt, Emre Kizilates and Jack-Rory Steenkamer).

In early 2023, Jesse finished business school and started doing Yu-Gi-Oh! content creation on YouTube and Twitch. His focus is primarily on competitive gameplay and discussions. As of mid 2024, his two channels have over 70,000 subscribers/followers in total. He also has regular guest appearances on TeamSamuraiX1's channel.

He holds several records within competitive Yu-Gi-Oh!:

  • Excluding National Championships, he was won the highest amount of TCG premier events, at eight (If Nationals are included, Andres Torres is tied with Jesse).
  • He and Chris LeBlanc have won more YCSs than any other player, at six.
  • Among North American players, he was the first player to achieve 30 and 40 premier event tops respectively and has held the record for the most tops since late 2019, overtaking Adam Corn.
  • He was the first player in the world to top a total of 30 YCSs.
  • He currently has the most YCS tops of any player, at 36.
  • He has played in eleven total YCS finals, more than any other player.
  • Between November 2022 and September 2023, he managed to win three YCSs over the course of just 9 months 14 days. No other player has accomplished this feat so quickly.
  • He is the only player who has won YCSs in four different TCG regions (Europe, North America, Central America and Oceania).

TCG/OCG Tournament Decks[]

YCS Niagara Falls 2024 (Top 8)[]


YCS Cancun 2024 (Top 32)[]

60-Card Fiendsmith Sinful Spoils Snake-Eye Crystal Beast


YCS Sacramento 2024 (1st place)[]


YCS Rio de Janeiro 2024 (Top 32)[]


Undisputed UDS Championship (1st place)[]


YCS Richmond 2023 (Top 32)[]


YCS Dortmund 2023 (Top 16)[]


YCS Cancun 2023 (Top 8)[]


YCS Vancouver 2023 (1st place)[]


TEAM YCS Sao Paulo 2023 (Top 4)[]


YCS Philadelphia 2023 (Top 8)[]


YCS Santiago 2023 (2nd place)[]


YCS Los Angeles 2023 (Top 16)[]


YCS Lima 2023 (Top 16)[]


YCS Sydney 2023 (1st place)[]


Remote Duel YCS North America III 2022 (Top 32)[]


YCS San Jose 2022 (1st place)[]


YCS Dortmund 2022 (Top 16)[]


YCS Pasadena 2022 (2nd place)[]


YCS Niagara Falls 2022 (2nd place)[]


YCS Rio de Janeiro 2022 (4th place)[]


Remote Duel YCS North America II 2021 (Top 16)[]


UDS Tulsa 2020 (Top 8)[]

Deck unknown (Decklist Unavailable)

TEAM YCS Lima 2019 (Top 16)[]


UDS Panama City 2019 (1st place)[]


YCS Niagara Falls 2019 (Top 32)[]


World Championship 2019 (9-28th place)[]

Thunder Dragon (Decklist Unavailable)

WCQ North America 2019 (Top 64)[]

Deck unknown (Decklist Unavailable)

YCS Knoxville 2019 (1st place)[]


YCS Guatemala City 2019 (Top 16)[]


TEAM YCS Atlanta 2019 (2nd place)[]


YCS Sydney 2019 (2nd place)[]


UDS Monterrey 2018 (Top 8)[]


YCS Niagara Falls 2018 (Top 32)[]


YCS Columbus 2018 (Top 64)[]


World Championship 2018 (5-8th place)[]


YCS Santiago 2018 (Top 8)[]


YCS Salt Lake City 2018 (Top 16)[]


YCS Atlanta 2018 (Top 32)[]


YCS London 2017 (1st place)[]


YCS Dallas 2017 (Top 32)[]


YCS Toronto 2017 (3rd place)[]


World Championship 2017 (9-26th place)[]


YCS Toronto 2016 (Top 16)[]

Phantom Knights Burning Abyss (Decklist Unavailable)

WCQ North America 2016 (Top 8)[]

Phantom Knights Burning Abyss (Decklist Unavailable)

YCS Toronto 2015 (3rd place)[]


WCQ North America 2015 (Top 16)[]

Burning Abyss (Decklist Unavailable)

Dragon Duel Tournament Decks[]

YCS Philadelphia 2012 (?th place Saturday / ?th place Sunday)[]

Deck unknown (Decklist Unavailable)

YCS Chicago 2012 (?th place Saturday / ?th place Sunday)[]

Deck unknown (Decklist Unavailable)

YCS Long Beach 2012 (?th place Saturday / 1st place Sunday)[]

Dino Rabbit (Decklist Unavailable)

Master Duel Tournament Decks[]

World Championship 2024 (1st place)[]



Duelist Cup 2023 DEC (94th place)[]

Note: The Duelist Cup format allows players to change their deck for every single game. Because of this, the following decklist might not have been used in 100% of games:


World Championship 2023 (2nd place)[]



External Links[]

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