The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2016, also abbreviated as WCS 2016, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Orlando from 20 - 21 August 2016, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2015-2016 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2016.
The tournament's format was mostly dominated by "Blue-Eyes", "Monarch" and "Majespecter" decks.
In the TCG/OCG category, it came down to a "Blue-Eyes" mirror match in the finals, where Shunsuke Hiyama from Japan managed to defeat Erik Christensen from the US. As Shunsuke was already the reigning Champion, he became the first person to win the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship twice. To this day, no other person has accomplished this, not even in any of the other World Championship categories (Video Game, Dragon Duel, Duel Links or Master Duel).
Soichiro Kajihara, also from Japan, took the third place with his "Majespecter" deck. Matthew Casiero came in fourth playing "Monarch".[1]
The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2016, also abbreviated as WCS 2016, was a Yu-Gi-Oh! Official (OCG) and Trading Card Game (TCG) tournament that was held in Orlando from 20 - 21 August 2016, being the most prestigious and final event of the 2015-2016 season. It was held alongside the Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Duel World Championship 2016.
The tournament's format was mostly dominated by "Blue-Eyes", "Monarch" and "Majespecter" decks.
In the TCG/OCG category, it came down to a "Blue-Eyes" mirror match in the finals, where Shunsuke Hiyama from Japan managed to defeat Erik Christensen from the US. As Shunsuke was already the reigning Champion, he became the first person to win the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship twice. To this day, no other person has accomplished this, not even in any of the other World Championship categories (Video Game, Dragon Duel, Duel Links or Master Duel).
Soichiro Kajihara, also from Japan, took the third place with his "Majespecter" deck. Matthew Casiero came in fourth playing "Monarch".[1]
TCG/OCG[]
Competitors[]
- World Championship 2015 Winner
- Dragon Duel World Championship 2015 Winner
Mijail Flores ("PSY-Frame")
- North America
Erik Christensen ("Blue-Eyes")
Thomas Rowe ("Phantom Knights Burning Abyss")
Admassu Williams ("Monarch")
Travis Smith ("Blue-Eyes")
Adam Hutchins ("Blue-Eyes")
Jimmy Nguyen ("Blue-Eyes")
- Central America
- South America
Joaquin Petroni ("Odd-Eyes Pendulum Magician Majespecter")
- Europe
Samir Bachar ("Madolche")
Carmelo Buttiglieri ("Majespecter")
Lorenzo Roma ("Odd-Eyes Pendulum Magician Majespecter")
Finn Bakewell ("Odd-Eyes Dracoslayer")
- Oceania
Matthew Casiero ("Monarch")
Bohdan Temnyk ("Blue-Eyes")
- Asia
Tsun-Yu Hsiao ("Blue-Eyes")
- South Korea
Byung-Hyug Choi ("Speedroid Phantom Knights")
- Japan
Makoto Yada ("Majespecter")
Soichiro Kajihara ("Majespecter")
Kai Satou ("Monarch")
Daiki Momiji ("Phantom Knights Burning Abyss")
Deck Breakdown[]
Deck | Number |
---|---|
Blue-Eyes | 7 |
Majespecter Variants | 5 |
Monarch | 3 |
Phantom Knights Burning Abyss | 3 |
Madolche | 1 |
Odd-Eyes Dracoslayer | 1 |
PSY-Frame | 1 |
Speedroid Phantom Knights | 1 |
Deck | Number |
---|---|
Blue-Eyes | 3 |
Majespecter | 2 |
Monarch | 2 |
Phantom Knights Burning Abyss | 1 |
Top 8 Bracket[]
Decklists[]
Shunsuke Hiyama[]
Erik Christensen[]
Soichiro Kaijara[]
- Ally of Justice Cycle Reader x3
- Dark Hole
- Effect Veiler x2
- Mask of Restrict x3
- Maxx "C" x2
- Mystical Space Typhoon x3
- Unknown Card
Matthew Casiero[]
Monarch (Decklist Unavailable)
Dragon Duel[]
Competitors[]
- North America
Aiden Tiemann ("Pendulum")
John Wilkin ("Qliphort")
Ian Parish ("Tellarknight")
- Central America
Ronaldo Sierra ("Blue-Eyes")
- South America
Christian Suarez ("Majespecter")
- Europe
Gabriele Scialpi ("Phantom Knights Burning Abyss")
Shaun Aliwalas ("Blue-Eyes")
- Oceania
Declan Matthews ("Odd-Eyes Majespecter")
- Asia
Po-Hsiang Peng ("Monarch")
- South Korea
Wook-Young Hong ("Blue-Eyes")
- Japan
Deck Breakdown[]
Deck | Number |
---|---|
Blue-Eyes | 5 |
Majespecter Variants | 2 |
Domain Monarch | 1 |
Pendulum | 1 |
Phantom Knights Burning Abyss | 1 |
Qliphort | 1 |
Tellarknight | 1 |
Top 8 Bracket[]
Decklists[]
Po-Hsiang Peng[]
Aiden Tiemann[]
- Archfiend Eccentrick x3
- Guiding Ariadne x3
- Lector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord
- Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer
- Magical Abductor x3
- Majespecter Raccoon - Bunbuku x3
- Majespecter Unicorn - Kirin x3
- Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer x3
- Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon
- Performapal Odd-Eyes Light Phoenix
- Performapal Odd-Eyes Unicorn x2
- Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer
- Performapal Skullcrobat Joker
- Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord