YCS Columbus 2026

📅 May 23, 2026📍 Columbus, Ohio🏷️ YCS Official coverage ↗ 🚫 May 2026 banlist

YCS Columbus ran two parallel main events on May 23-24, 2026: a 1,618-duelist Advanced Format tournament won by Jesse Kotton piloting Branded Dracotail, and a 175-duelist Genesys Format event taken down by Stanley Huang with Red Dragon Archfiend. Kewl Tune was the most represented deck in the Advanced top cut, while DoomZ put six players into the Top 32.

Archetype Breakdown — Top 32 Cut

Across 32 published decklists from the Top 32 cut.

Kewl Tune
8
DoomZ
6
Artmage
2
Branded
2
Fairy Tail
2
Maliss
2
Branded Dracotail
1
Dogmatika Despia Branded
1
Radiant Typhoon Sky Striker
1
Mitsurugi
1
Power Patron
1
Radiant Typhoon
1
Sky Striker
1
R.B.
1
Elfnote
1
D/D/D
1

Standings

PlayerDeckRecordPrice
WinnerCAJesse Dean Kotton 13–2 $428.86
Runner-UpUSGeorge Lucas Sacco 13–4 $588.70
Top 4USRaymond Young Dai 14–2 $209.23
USDominic Eduardo Couch 13–3 $632.65
Top 8CAAndrew Robert Hadfield 9–2* $324.17
USEnzo Maximiliano Fiallos Velasco 12–3 $655.38
USJorje Jamil Joseph Kosho 10–3 $610.67
CAIttipat Arunnaveesiri 10–4* $647.97
Top 16USChase Alexander DeDomenic 8–3* $796.08
USJeffrey Michael Alexander Jones 9–3 $574.90
USBrandon Lee Freeman Martin 11–3 $571.27
USCody Cameron Bartz 11–3 $514.09
USSylvia Matthew Dupee 10–3* $448.29
USHunter Francis Lloyd 10–3* $631.89
USCharley Ray Futch III 10–3* $563.61
USAnthony Xu 10–3* $556.14
Top 32USRyan James Carrigan 9–3 $599.68
USLeonardo Dominguez 10–3* $591.04
USKevin Zuger 11–3 $624.22
CARyan Linus Yu 11–3 $467.11
USAlex James Mondlak 11–3 $363.21
USMaurice Anderson Ickes III 11–3 $533.89
USJames Miles Valentino 10–3* $358.97
USSantiago Caras 11–3 $553.85
USMinsu Park 6–3* $568.26
USMichael Cody Makela 11–3 $544.77
USBrandon James Hagen 11–3 $673.31
USMichael Joseph Gold Jr. 10–3* $316.60
USMichael Haynes Thomas 11–3 $660.12
BRLuciano Jeronimo Bregion Junior 10–3* $628.21
USPascal Manigat 11–3 $324.11
USJustin Chase Russell 10–3* $676.10

Side Events

ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!! (Saturday) 🏆 USJason Bai Won a giant Fydraulis Harmonia. 2nd: Guotian Zhu , 3rd: Wyatt Morales .
ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!! (Genesys) 🏆 Nathaniel Kennedy Won a giant Cyber-Stein. 2nd: Jarod Ladnier , 3rd: Brandon Church .
ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!! (Sunday) 🏆 Wiley JonesFairy Tail Won a giant Clown Crew Biancaviso. 2nd: Gabriel Medina (Branded Despia), 3rd: Logan Shepard (Kewl Tune).
3v3 Team Dueling 🏆 Team "Damage Step Chundra" Jose Mateo , Nicholas Luciano and Emmanuel Rayford each won an uncut sheet of Blazing Dominion Secret Rares.
Public Events Random Playoff 🏆 Alexis RoccoBranded Won a copy of the YCS Prize Card, Anotherverse Stratios.
Public Events Points Playoff 🏆 Briar JonesBranded Won a Super Rare Anotherverse Stratios.
Speed Duel Main Event Series 🏆 Anthony Saurini Won the exclusive Jinzo Game Mat and Promo Card.
Dragon Duel Championship 🏆 Gregory "PJ" C. Won the Championship Playoff vs Nicholas R. for a Super Rare Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon and the trophy.
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