The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2015, also abbreviated as WCS 2015, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Kyoto from 15 - 16 August 2015, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2014-2015 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2015.
The main tournament was mostly dominated by "Tellarknight", "HERO" and "Nekroz". As the majority of "HERO" decks fell off early, the finals came down to "Tellarknight" vs. "Nekroz", piloted by Shunsuke Hiyama from Japan and Galileo de Obaldia from Panama respectively. In the end, Shunsuke managed to take the win. As a small consolidation, Galileo became the first and so far only player to achieve first, second and third place finishes at separate World Championships, being the 2010 Champion and 2011 Runner-Up.
The semifinalists were Akira Hasegawa from Japan and Chase Cunningham from the US, also playing "Nekroz" and "Tellarknight" decks.[1]
What is quite notable about this World Championship is the way the eventual winner, Shunsuke Hiyama, qualified. Shunsuke had made second place at the World Championship one year prior. The player he lost to in the finals, Sehabi Kheireddine received a suspension from Konami tournaments just a few months before the World Championship 2015, allowing Shunsuke to take his place.
In the Dragon Duel tournament, the most represented deck was "Qliphort", a strategy almost completely absent from the main event. DeAndre Mason from the US managed to take the deck all the way to a second place finish. His opponent in the finals and new Dragon Duel World Champion, Mijail Flores from Peru, was using "Tellarknight". Zoltan Kolonics from Hungary and Haruka Yamasaki from Japan finished in third and fourth place, playing "HERO" and "Tellarknight" decks respectively.[2]
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2015, also abbreviated as WCS 2015, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Kyoto from 15 - 16 August 2015, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2014-2015 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2015.
The main tournament was mostly dominated by "Tellarknight", "HERO" and "Nekroz". As the majority of "HERO" decks fell off early, the finals came down to "Tellarknight" vs. "Nekroz", piloted by Shunsuke Hiyama from Japan and Galileo de Obaldia from Panama respectively. In the end, Shunsuke managed to take the win. As a small consolidation, Galileo became the first and so far only player to achieve first, second and third place finishes at separate World Championships, being the 2010 Champion and 2011 Runner-Up.
The semifinalists were Akira Hasegawa from Japan and Chase Cunningham from the US, also playing "Nekroz" and "Tellarknight" decks.[1]
What is quite notable about this World Championship is the way the eventual winner, Shunsuke Hiyama, qualified. Shunsuke had made second place at the World Championship one year prior. The player he lost to in the finals, Sehabi Kheireddine received a suspension from Konami tournaments just a few months before the World Championship 2015, allowing Shunsuke to take his place.
In the Dragon Duel tournament, the most represented deck was "Qliphort", a strategy almost completely absent from the main event. DeAndre Mason from the US managed to take the deck all the way to a second place finish. His opponent in the finals and new Dragon Duel World Champion, Mijail Flores from Peru, was using "Tellarknight". Zoltan Kolonics from Hungary and Haruka Yamasaki from Japan finished in third and fourth place, playing "HERO" and "Tellarknight" decks respectively.[2]TCG/OCG[]
Competitors[]
- World Championship 2014 Runner-Up
- Dragon Duel World Championship 2014 Winner
Chan-Ho Kim ("Bujin")
- North America
- Noah Greene ("Tellarknight")
- Chase Cunningham ("Artifact Tellarknight")
- Miguel Soto ("Ritual Beast")
- Jake Phinney ("HERO")
- Maxwell Schrack ("Tellarknight")
- Matt Kolenda ("HERO")
- Central America
- South America
- Europe
- Ido Marcus ("HERO")
- Jörg Müller ("Harpie")
- Riccardo Loggia ("HERO")
- Alessandro Di Patria ("HERO")
- Oceania
- Oliver Parle ("Qliphort")
- Jak Lubcke ("Hand Artifact Traptrix")
- Asia
- Kian-Sim Kee ("Artifact Tellarknight")
- South Korea
- Seong-Min Ahn ("Ritual Beast")
- Japan
- Akira Hasegawa ("Nekroz")
- Akira Kitaya ("Nekroz")
- Issei Nakayama ("Tellarknight")
- Hayato Kawanami ("Tellarknight")
Deck Breakdown[]
| Deck | Number |
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| Tellarknight | 7 |
| HERO | 5 |
| Nekroz | 4 |
| Ritual Beast | 2 |
| Bujin | 1 |
| Hand Artifact Traptrix | 1 |
| Harpie | 1 |
| Qliphort | 1 |
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Nekroz | 3 |
| Tellarknight | 3 |
| HERO | 1 |
| Ritual Beast | 1 |
Top 8 Bracket[]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 Issei Nakayama
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 Galileo de Obaldia
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| Galileo de Obaldia
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 Chase Cunningham
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| Akira Kitaya
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| Chase Cunningham
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| Galileo de Obaldia
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| Shunsuke Hiyama
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| Miguel Soto
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| Shunsuke Hiyama
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| Shunsuke Hiyama
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| Akira Hasegawa
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| Akira Hasegawa
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| Chase Cunningham
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 Ido Marcus
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| Akira Hasegawa
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Decklists[]
Shunsuke Hiyama[]
- Abyss Dweller
- Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer
- Constellar Pleiades
- Constellar Ptolemy M7
- Daigusto Emeral
- Evilswarm Exciton Knight
- Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk
- Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad
- Stellarknight Constellar Diamond
- Stellarknight Delteros
- Stellarknight Triverr x2
- Tellarknight Ptolemaeus x2
- Tiras, Keeper of Genesis
Galileo de Obaldia[]
Akira Hasegawa[]
Chase Cunningham[]
- Abyss Dweller
- Bujintei Tsukuyomi
- Cairngorgon, Antiluminescent Knight
- Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer
- Constellar Pleiades
- Daigusto Emeral
- Evilswarm Exciton Knight
- Gagaga Cowboy
- Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad
- Stellarknight Constellar Diamond
- Stellarknight Delteros
- Stellarknight Triverr x2
- Tellarknight Ptolemaeus
Dragon Duel[]
Competitors[]
- North America
- Austin Colling ("Qliphort")
- DeAndre Mason ("Qliphort")
- Central America
- Juan Carlos Coronel ("Ritual Beast")
- South America
- Mijail Flores ("Tellarknight")
- Europe
- Oceania
- Bill McCavitt ("Nekroz")
- Asia
- Chia Sheng Liao ("Qliphort")
- South Korea
- Jun-seok Choi ("Tellarknight")
- Japan
- Haruka Yamasaki ("Tellarknight")
- Yugo Kawabata ("Yang Zing")
- Takuma Tsuji ("Qliphort")
Deck Breakdown[]
| Deck | Number |
|---|---|
| Qliphort | 4 |
| Tellarknight | 3 |
| HERO | 2 |
| Nekroz | 1 |
| Ritual Beast | 1 |
| Yang Zing | 1 |
Decklists[]
Mijail Flores[]
- Abyss Dweller
- Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer
- Constellar Pleiades
- Daigusto Emeral
- Diamond Dire Wolf
- Evilswarm Exciton Knight
- Gagaga Cowboy
- Number 103: Ragnazero
- Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk
- Number 86: Heroic Champion - Rhongomyniad
- Stellarknight Constellar Diamond
- Stellarknight Delteros
- Stellarknight Triverr x2
- Tellarknight Ptolemaeus
DeAndre Mason[]
- Abyss Dweller
- Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer x2
- Daigusto Emeral
- Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon
- Diamond Dire Wolf
- Evilswarm Exciton Knight
- Gagaga Cowboy
- Number 101: Silent Honor ARK
- Number 103: Ragnazero
- Number 11: Big Eye
- Number 80: Rhapsody in Berserk
- Stellarknight Constellar Diamond
- Tellarknight Ptolemaeus