The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008, also abbreviated as WCS 2008, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Berlin from 9 - 10 August 2008, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2007-2008 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Championship 2008.
The TCG/OCG tournament was primarily dominated by "Gladiator Beast" and "Lightsworn". Fittingly, these were the only decks left by Top 4. Mazuki Mutsuoka won the tournament, defeating Robert Ackerman in the finals. Takeru Norihama and Claudio Kirchmair came in third and fourth place respectively. Apart from Takeru, who played a "Lightsworn" deck, all of these players were on "Gladiator Beast".[1]
At the Video Game tournament, Su-Hyung Kim won against Emily Fuchs in the finals. The semifinalists were Besnik Kajtazi and Ryo Nakamura. Not much is known about this tournament's metagame, but since the Top 3 players all used "Perfect Circle" decks, this was presumably a very dominant strategy.[2]
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2008, also abbreviated as WCS 2008, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Berlin from 9 - 10 August 2008, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2007-2008 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Game World Championship 2008.
The TCG/OCG tournament was primarily dominated by "Gladiator Beast" and "Lightsworn". Fittingly, these were the only decks left by Top 4. Mazuki Mutsuoka won the tournament, defeating Robert Ackerman in the finals. Takeru Norihama and Claudio Kirchmair came in third and fourth place respectively. Apart from Takeru, who played a "Lightsworn" deck, all of these players were on "Gladiator Beast".[1]
At the Video Game tournament, Su-Hyung Kim won against Emily Fuchs in the finals. The semifinalists were Besnik Kajtazi and Ryo Nakamura. Not much is known about this tournament's metagame, but since the Top 3 players all used "Perfect Circle" decks, this was presumably a very dominant strategy.[2]TCG/OCG[]
Competitors[]
- World Championship 2007 Winner
Andres Toro ("Monarch")
- Canada
- USA
- Chris Bowling ("Destiny Hero DAD")
- Robert Ackerman ("Gladiator Beast")
- Miguel Garcia ("Destiny Hero DAD")
- Mexico
- South America
- Santiago Vera ("Gladiator Beast")
- Europe
- Vasilis Boulbasakos ("Gladiator Beast")
- Claudio Kirchmair ("Gladiator Beast")
- David Dursun ("Monarch")
- Terence Figueiredo ("Destiny Hero DAD")
- Australia
- Richard Hahn ("Lightsworn")
- New Zealand
- Chris Gehring ("Gravekeeper's Burn")
- Asian National Champions
- Kit Chun Li ("Gladiator Beast")
- Eddy Fang ("Monarch")
- Michael Santoso ("LIGHT Machine")
- Jung-Ho Ahn ("Skill Drain Beatdown")
- Wei Hao She ("Lightsworn")
- Japan
- Kazuki Mutsuoka ("Gladiator Beast")
- Takeru Norihama ("Lightsworn")
- Takahiro Kawaguchi ("Lightsworn")
- Takayoshi Kashiwagi ("Lightsworn")
Deck Breakdown[]
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Gladiator Beast | 6 |
| Lightsworn | 6 |
| Monarch | 4 |
| Destiny Hero DAD | 3 |
| Gravekeeper's Burn | 1 |
| LIGHT Machine | 1 |
| Skill Drain Beatdown | 1 |
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Gladiator Beast | 3 |
| Lightsworn | 3 |
| Gravekeeper's Burn | 1 |
| Skill Drain Beatdown | 1 |
Decklists[]
Kazuki Mutsuoka[]
Robert Ackerman[]
Takeru Norihama[]
Claudio Kirchmair[]
Video Game[]
Competitors[]
- USA
- Emily Fuchs ("Perfect Circle")
- Joel Enriquez
- European National Champions
- Besnik Kajtazi ("Perfect Circle")
- Samuel Parker
- Christophe Barre
- Matteo Bertuzzo
- Eduard Alvarez
- South Korea
- Su-Hyung Kim ("Perfect Circle")
- Japan
- Ryo Nakamura
- Makoto Ito
- Koichi Asada
- Noriaki Matsumura