The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2013, also abbreviated as WCS 2013, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held at the Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from 10 - 11 August 2013, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2012-2013 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2013.
This tournament was notable for being the World Championship with the least diverse format (outside of the very early World Championships before Archetypes existed). Apart from one Dragon Duel competitor, who used a "Stun" deck, everyone else played "Dragon Ruler" or "Spellbook" decks, with "Dragon Ruler" being the defining deck of the format and "Spellbook" the only other strategy capable of keeping up with it.[1][2]
Fittingly, the finals of both tournaments were "Dragon Ruler" vs. "Spellbook" matches, with "Dragon Ruler" winning both of them. In the TCG/OCG category, it was Shin En Huang from Taiwan who beat David Keener from the US. In Dragon Duel, Oliver Tomajko from the US won against Mao Goto from Japan.[3]
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2013, also abbreviated as WCS 2013, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held at the Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino from 10 - 11 August 2013, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2012-2013 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2013.
This tournament was notable for being the World Championship with the least diverse format (outside of the very early World Championships before Archetypes existed). Apart from one Dragon Duel competitor, who used a "Stun" deck, everyone else played "Dragon Ruler" or "Spellbook" decks, with "Dragon Ruler" being the defining deck of the format and "Spellbook" the only other strategy capable of keeping up with it.[1][2]
Fittingly, the finals of both tournaments were "Dragon Ruler" vs. "Spellbook" matches, with "Dragon Ruler" winning both of them. In the TCG/OCG category, it was Shin En Huang from Taiwan who beat David Keener from the US. In Dragon Duel, Oliver Tomajko from the US won against Mao Goto from Japan.[3]TCG/OCG[]
Competitors[]
- World Championship 2012 Winner
Akikazu Saito ("Dragon Ruler")
- North America
- Patrick Hoban ("Dragon Ruler")
- David Keener ("Spellbook")
- Stephen Silverman ("Dragon Ruler")
- Norberto Leon ("Spellbook")
- Aaron Riker ("Dragon Ruler")
- Robert Boyajian ("Dragon Ruler")
- Central America
- Luis Gallegos ("Dragon Ruler")
- South America
- Europe
- Chris Bountaloudis ("Spellbook")
- Michel Grüner ("Dragon Ruler")
- Sergio Soldani ("Spellbook")
- Valerio Rozza ("Dragon Ruler")
- Oceania
- Chris Mattiske ("Dragon Ruler")
- Kye Baker ("Spellbook")
- Asian National Champions
- Wing Ho Cheung ("Dragon Ruler")
- Zhen Pei Teoh ("Dragon Ruler")
- Elvis Agoto ("Spellbook")
- William Oh ("Dragon Ruler")
- Jin-Woo Park ("Dragon Ruler")
- Shin En Huang ("Dragon Ruler")
- Weerapun Suebyoubol ("Dragon Ruler")
- Japan
- Kei Murakoshi ("Dragon Ruler")
- Hiromi Kudou ("Dragon Ruler")
- Nobuhiko Kuroiwa ("Dragon Ruler")
- Atsushi Fujiwara ("Spellbook")
Deck Breakdown[]
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Dragon Ruler | 19 |
| Spellbook | 7 |
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Dragon Ruler | 6 |
| Spellbook | 2 |
Top 8 Bracket[]
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
 David Keener
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| Aaron Riker
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| David Keener
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 Weerapun Suebyoubol
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| Robert Boyajian
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| Weerapun Suebyoubol
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| David Keener
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 Shin En Huang
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 Sergio Soldani
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 Hiromi Kudou
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| Hiromi Kudou
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3rd place | |||||||||
| Shin En Huang
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| Kei Murakoshi
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| Weerapun Suebyoubol
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| Shin En Huang
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| Kudou, Hiromi
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Decklists[]
Shin En Huang[]
- Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos x3
- Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks x2
- Eclipse Wyvern
- Light and Darkness Dragon
- Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts x2
- Maxx "C" x3
- Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles x2
- Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders x3
- Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets x2
- Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms x3
- Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls x3
- * Card Destruction
- DNA Surgery x2
- Droll & Lock Bird x3
- Electric Virus x2
- Mystical Space Typhoon x3
- Swift Scarecrow x2
- Tsukuyomi x2
David Keener[]
Weerapun Suebyoubol[]
Dragon Ruler (Decklist Unavailable)
Hiromi Kudou[]
Dragon Ruler (Decklist Unavailable)
Dragon Duel[]
Competitors[]
- World Championship 2012 Winner
- Yu Hao Liou ("Spellbook")
- North America
- Oliver Tomajko ("Dragon Ruler")
- Benjamin Leverett ("Dragon Ruler")
- Central America
- Marco Ruiz ("Dragon Ruler")
- South America
- Juan Alva ("Stun")
- Europe
- Niels Kühnberger ("Spellbook")
- Luca Accettulli ("Dragon Ruler")
- Oceania
- Callum Borck ("Dragon Ruler")
- Asia
- Yu An Li ("Spellbook")
- South Korea
- Ji Hyeong Ma ("Dragon Ruler")
- Japan
- Mao Goto ("Spellbook")
- Shogo Chatani ("Dragon Ruler")
Deck Breakdown[]
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Dragon Ruler | 7 |
| Spellbook | 4 |
| Stun | 1 |
Decklists[]
Oliver Tomjako[]
- Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos x3
- Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks x2
- Droll & Lock Bird x2
- Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts x2
- Maxx "C" x3
- Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles x2
- Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders x3
- Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets x2
- Swift Scarecrow
- Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms x3
- Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls x3
Mao Goto[]
Spellbook (Decklist Unavailable)