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The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2012, also abbreviated as WCS 2012, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held at the Tokyo Midtown Hall from 11 - 12 August 2012, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2011-2012 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2012.

This World Championship was historic for being the first one to not include a Video Game tournament as well as the first one to come with a Dragon Duel World Championship.

The tournament's format was largely dominated by the "Inzektor" strategy, with half the competitors using the deck. As the tournament progressed, other strategies fell more and more behind, and in the end, the entire Top 4 was just "Inzektor" decks. In the finals, Akikazu Saito from Japan managed to take the win against Stefano Memoli from Italy. A young Joshua Schmidt, who would go on to become one of the most renowned players in the world the following years, finished in third place. Wesley Seek from Singapore made fourth place.[1]

Among the non-"Inzektor" players, there were several interesting strategies being used at the event. Perhaps most notably, Jarel Winston from the US piloted his "Chain Exodia" deck all the way to a Top 8 finish, only losing to the eventual winner of the tournament.

The metagame at the Dragon Duel event was somewhat different. Here, "Inzektor" only managed to take the silver medal, played by Toya Minami from Japan. His opponent in the finals, and first ever Dragon Duel World Champion, Yu Hao Liou from Taiwan, used a "Dino Rabbit" deck. The two semifinalists also used rogue strategies: Zachary Leverett from the US finished in third place with "Hieratic", while Brandon Medrano from Mexico took his "Final Countdown" deck to a fourth place finish.[2]

The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2012, also abbreviated as WCS 2012, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held at the Tokyo Midtown Hall from 11 - 12 August 2012, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2011-2012 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2012.

This World Championship was historic for being the first one to not include a Video Game tournament as well as the first one to come with a Dragon Duel World Championship.

The tournament's format was largely dominated by the "Inzektor" strategy, with half the competitors using the deck. As the tournament progressed, other strategies fell more and more behind, and in the end, the entire Top 4 was just "Inzektor" decks. In the finals, Akikazu Saito from Japan managed to take the win against Stefano Memoli from Italy. A young Joshua Schmidt, who would go on to become one of the most renowned players in the world the following years, finished in third place. Wesley Seek from Singapore made fourth place.[1]

Among the non-"Inzektor" players, there were several interesting strategies being used at the event. Perhaps most notably, Jarel Winston from the US piloted his "Chain Exodia" deck all the way to a Top 8 finish, only losing to the eventual winner of the tournament.

The metagame at the Dragon Duel event was somewhat different. Here, "Inzektor" only managed to take the silver medal, played by Toya Minami from Japan. His opponent in the finals, and first ever Dragon Duel World Champion, Yu Hao Liou from Taiwan, used a "Dino Rabbit" deck. The two semifinalists also used rogue strategies: Zachary Leverett from the US finished in third place with "Hieratic", while Brandon Medrano from Mexico took his "Final Countdown" deck to a fourth place finish.[2]

TCG/OCG[]

Competitors[]

North America
Central America
South America
Europe
Oceania
Asian National Champions
Japan

Deck Breakdown[]

Overall
Deck Number
Inzektor 13
Chaos Dragon 4
Dark World 2
Gravekeeper's 2
Chain Exodia 1
Final Countdown 1
HERO 1
Six Samurai 1
Skill Drain Beatdown 1
Top 8
Deck Number
Inzektor 6
Chain Exodia 1
Skill Drain Beatdown 1

Top 8 Bracket[]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
       
  Japan Yohei Arimura  
  Singapore Wesley Seek    
  Singapore Wesley Seek  
      Italy Stefano Memoli    
  Italy Stefano Memoli  
  Japan Kota Yumoto    
  Italy Stefano Memoli  
   
    Japan Akikazu Saito  
  Japan Takeru Norihama  
  Germany Joshua Schmidt    
  Germany Joshua Schmidt   Third place play-off
      Japan Akikazu Saito    
  United States Jarel Winston  
  Singapore Wesley Seek  
  Japan Akikazu Saito    
  Germany Joshua Schmidt  
 

Decklists[]

Akikazu Saito[]


Stefano Memoli[]


Joshua Schmidt[]

Inzektor (Decklist Unavailable)

Wesley Seek[]

Inzektor (Decklist Unavailable)

Dragon Duel[]

Competitors[]

North America
  • United States Zachary Leverett ("Hieratic")
  • United States Tyler Nilsson
Central America
South America
  • Peru Mijail Flores
Europe
  • Germany Erik Schmidt
  • Italy Alessandro Rossi
Oceania
  • Australia Callum Borck
Asia
South Korea
  • South Korea Ji-Hyung Ma
Japan
  • Japan Toya Minami ("Inzektor")
  • Japan Mao Goto
  • Japan Sota Sawaguchi

Decklists[]

Yu Hao Liou[]


Toya Minami[]

Inzektor (Decklist Unavailable)

References[]

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