The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005, also abbreviated as WCS 2005, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Ariake from 7 - 8 August 2005, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2004-2005 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Championship 2005.
With 40 participants, this was the largest World Championship of all time. This was because all the European National Champions received an invite. Starting the following year, European players would have to earn their qualification by making Top 4 at the newly established European Championship, drastically reducing the amount of participants from 2006 onwards.
The TCG/OCG tournament was mostly dominated by different versions of "Chaos" decks, including the now iconic "Goat Control". Some rogue strategies like "Burn" and "Deckout" also saw representation.
Miltiadis Markou took the gold medal playing a "Goat Control" variant that also made use of "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys". Jorge Pina, his opponent in the finals, used a "Deckout" strategy. The semifinalists, David Kretschmer and Guan Sian Li, played a "Machine" and a "Warrior"-focused "Chaos" decks respectively.[1]
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2005, also abbreviated as WCS 2005, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Ariake from 7 - 8 August 2005, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2004-2005 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Championship 2005.
With 40 participants, this was the largest World Championship of all time. This was because all the European National Champions received an invite. Starting the following year, European players would have to earn their qualification by making Top 4 at the newly established European Championship, drastically reducing the amount of participants from 2006 onwards.
The TCG/OCG tournament was mostly dominated by different versions of "Chaos" decks, including the now iconic "Goat Control". Some rogue strategies like "Burn" and "Deckout" also saw representation.
Miltiadis Markou took the gold medal playing a "Goat Control" variant that also made use of "Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys". Jorge Pina, his opponent in the finals, used a "Deckout" strategy. The semifinalists, David Kretschmer and Guan Sian Li, played a "Machine" and a "Warrior"-focused "Chaos" decks respectively.[1]
TCG/OCG[]
Competitors[]
- Canada
Dexter Dalit ("Goat Control")
- USA
- Max Suffridge
- Miguel Garcia
- Adam Kruszynski
- Central American National Champions
- Jorge Pina ("Deckout")
- Teodoro Lai
- South America
- Gonzalo Ercole
- Eric Jugo
- Stephan Holtermann
- Raul Toro
- European National Champions
- Michael Brix
- Guy Israel
- Joso Zrilic
- Michael Poulsen
- Valter Liblik
- Pierre Pradelles
- David Kretschmer ("Machine Chaos")
- Miltiadis Markou ("Nephthys Goat Control")
- Attila Zsili
- James Kinsella
- Ido Marcus
- Namer Merli
- Guan Her Ng
- Pawel Marcinkowski
- Jose Lopes
- Marko Thuma
- Christopher Westholm
- Luis da Silva
- Australia
- Stewart Brine
- New Zealand
- Cindie Uddstrom ("Burn")
- Asian National Champions
- King Hang Shum
- Mun Wai Low
- Melvin Sta. Maria
- Jun Yuan Soh ("Goat Control")
- Soo-Hyun Park
- Guan Sian Li ("Chaos Warrior Toolbox")
- Japan
- Kenji Watanabe
- Takeru Norihama ("Goat Control")
- Kyosuke Tanaka
- Shotaro Hongo
Decklists[]
Miltiadis Markou[]
- Dark Balter the Terrible x2
- Dark Blade the Dragon Knight x2
- Dark Flare Knight
- Darkfire Dragon x2
- Dragoness the Wicked Knight
- Fiend Skull Dragon x2
- Flame Ghost x2
- Gatling Dragon x2
- Giltia the D. Knight
- Ojama King
- Reaper on the Nightmare
- Ryu Senshi x2
- Sanwitch
- The Last Warrior from Another Planet x2
- Thousand-Eyes Restrict x3
Jorge Pina[]
- A Feather of the Phoenix x2
- Book of Moon x3
- Book of Taiyou x3
- Card Destruction
- Dragged Down into the Grave x3
- Giant Trunade x2
- Graceful Charity
- Heavy Storm
- Level Limit - Area B x2
- Pot of Greed
- Premature Burial
- Reload x3
- Serial Spell
- Spell Reproduction x3
- Swords of Revealing Light
- The Shallow Grave x3
- Upstart Goblin x2
- Unknown
David Kretschmer[]
Guan Sian Li[]
- Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
- Blade Knight x2
- Breaker the Magical Warrior
- D.D. Assailant
- D.D. Warrior Lady
- Don Zaloog
- Exiled Force
- Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer x2
- Magician of Faith x2
- Mystic Swordsman LV2
- Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke
- Sangan
- Sinister Serpent
- Spirit Reaper
- Tribe-Infecting Virus
- * Airknight Parshath
- Bottomless Trap Hole x2
- Chiron the Mage x2
- Dust Tornado x2
- Lightning Vortex
- Mobius the Frost Monarch
- Royal Decree x2
- Royal Oppression x2
- Unknown Cards x2
Video Game[]
Competitors[]
- USA
- Patrick Dicks
- Brian Dunlap
- Raymond Lantz
- Matthew Mancuso
- Jason Lee
- European National Champions
- Marco Krist
- ?
- Tsi-Tsun Wong
- Sebastien Choukron
- Omar Prazzoli
- Sergi Saludes
- ?
- Japan
- Ryuzo Ikuta
- Junichi Natsume