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It all comes down to this everyone.! We have finally come to the conclusion of our Inaugural Alter Reality Games Circuit Series 20k Championship. This has been a year in the making and promises to be the first of many Championships.  A huge thank you to all of the players, supporters, venues, judges, event staff,  and especially Jim McMahan and Brad Hoisington. Without everyone working together this would have never come to fruition. I must say that we have a bright future within this game and it’s all thanks to everyone who has supported us. Without further ado let me Read more


We’re heading into the home stretch of the tournament as we feature Ali Yassine and Tyree Tinsley in the Top 16!  Infernity has been on an absolute tear this weekend, will Tyree’s innovative Geargia Artifact deck be enough to weather the storm that is the explosive Infernities? Game 1 Ali starts off with a Reinforcement of the Army to search Armageddon Knight.  He then Special Summons Photon Thrasher followed by a Dynatherium.  He Normal Summons Armageddon Knight to send Infernity Archfiend to the graveyard.  He Xyz SUmmons Lavalval CHain then uses its effect to send Necromancer to the grave.  He Read more


We’re finally here at the Top 32!  This feature match brings us upcoming Worlds competitor Sehabi Keireddine going up against Ned Salkovitch who finished 3rd at the ARG Player’s Championship.  Both duelists are no stranger to the feature match table as we hope to give you a good match between Sehabi’s powerful Mermails and Ned’s Traptrix Artifact deck! Game 1 Ned wins the die roll and decides to go first.  He Normal Summons Traptrix Myrmeleo and adds Bottomless Trap Hole to his hand.  He sets three then ends his turn. Sehabi starts off with an Upstart Goblin.  He then Normal Read more


Justin Russell vs. Parker Roberson Justin won the die roll and elects to go first.  He starts off with two copies of Upstart Goblin to dig deeper into his deck.  He Normal Summons Kuribandit then activates Mount Sylvania.  During the End Phase he excavates another Sylvania, double Rose Archer, Sylvan Hermitree, and Sylvan Komushroomo, adding Sylvania.  He reorders the top three cards of his deck and passes the turn. 8000 (Justin) – 10000 (Parker) Parker starts off with a Normal Summon of Summoner Monk  He activates the effect discarding Reinforcement of the Army to Special Summon another Summoner Monk in Read more


1st Place – Chase Cosgrove 3 Borran, the Reality Shaper 2 Broodmother 3 Cryo-Nucleus 2 Grand Manipulator Agaryx 3 Hover-Talon 3 Infernal Taskmaster 2 Kronax the Brutal 1 Major Ao 3 Psychic Predator Rusalka 3 Rain-Cloud Kraken 2 Serpens, the Spirit Shifter 1 Squillace Scourge 3 Sumo Artichoke 3 Tar Gusher 3 The Arbiter 2 Underworld Stalker 3 Warchief Kyo 2nd Place – Alexander Greene 3 Blinder Beetle 2 Blitzer-Mech Falkora 2 Bodyguard Vorg 2 Ember Adept 3 Krakus the Dominator 2 Luminous Shieldwing 3 Magris the Magnetizer 3 Major Ao 3 Metal Max 3 The Arbiter 3 Blinder Beetle Read more


Adrian Sean Shakir – HAT Main Deck: 3 Traptrix Myrmeleo 2 Traptrix Dionae 2 Artifact Moralltach 3 Fire Hand 2 Ice Hand 3 Maxx “C” 1 Cardcar D 2 Pot of Duality 2 Pot of Dichotomy 1 Soul Charge 1 Mystical Space Typhoon 1 Book of Moon 1 Double Cyclone 3 Artifact Sanctum 3 Fiendish Chain 2 Traptrix Traphole Nightmare 2 Wiretap 1 Torrential Tribute 1 Bottomless Trap Hole 1 Solemn Warning 1 Vanity’s Emptiness 1 Memory of an Adversary 1 Black Horn of Heaven Side Deck: 1 D.D. Crow 1 Dark Hole 1 Mind Control 1 Mystical Space Typhoon Read more


Allllllllright everyone welcome back to the ARG Circuit Series Championship here in Cleveland, OH. We have an awesome feature match for you guys here in the Top 16. First we have ARG Hall of Famer and multiple premier event winner Jeff Jones from Shelby Township, Michigan playing Bujin. Next his opponent is Matthew Nistico from New Jersey and he is playing HAT. For this round players are re-sleeving their decks and reviewing their opponents deck lists. Jeff rolls a 6 and Matthew rolls a 2, Jeff opts to start us off. Game 1 Jeff’s opening hand consists of Bunjingi Crane, Read more


Alright here is our Top 32 Feature Match for the first ever ARG Circuit Championship here in Cleveland, OH. We have an awesome match coming to you. We have someone who we saw yesterday in a few feature matches Larry Musgrove from Cincinnati, OH and he is playing Geargiakuri. His opponent Pedro Parreno from New York City, New York and he is playing Madolche. Pedro rolls a 9 to Larry’s 5 and he opts to go first. Let’s get right into it. Game 1 Pedro leads off with Madolche Anjelly tributing it to Special Summon Madolche Hootcake. Hootcake’s effect banishes Read more


Here we are in our last feature match of our swiss rounds. We have a whopper of feature match for you guys here because both of our players are ARG Circuit Series winners. First we have Kevin Silva from San Diego, California playing HAT. His opponent is Nate Forte from Cleveland, OH and he is playing T.G. Hand Madolche. Kevin rolls a 6 and Nate rolls a 7, he chooses to go first. Let’s jump right into the match without further ado. Game 1 Nate opens with Bottomless Trap Hole, Madolche Messengelato, Madolche Anjelly, Compulsory Evacuation Device, and Maxx “C”. Read more


Place Name Points 1 Jones, Jeffrey 30 2 Smith, Frazier 30 3 Aguero, Hansel 30 4 Roberson, Parker 27 5 Klein, Kevin 27 6 Sheahan, Scott 27 7 Parreno, Pedro 27 8 Kheireddine, Sehabi 27 9 Shahir, Adrian 27 10 Johnson, Desmond 27 11 Bousman, Dalton 27 12 Yassine, Ali 27 13 Guerrero, James 27 14 Williams, Admassu 27 15 Crawley, Pierce 24 16 Nistico, Matthew 24 17 Rowe, Tommy 24 18 Phinney, Jake 24 19 Welden, Roman 24 20 Ball, Brandon 24 21 Zeng, Stephen 24 22 Guo, Eaton 24 23 Vansant, Alex 24 24 Hojnacki, Phillip 24 25 Read more