WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN A YCS | Yu-Gi-Oh Championship Series Vancouver 2023 Tournament Documentary/Vlog

Do I have what it takes to win a YCS? I certainly believed so.
This video is a documentary/vlog that documents my experience preparing for one of the biggest events of the year - YCS Vancouver 2023. I made it my goal to win this tournament, but to do that, I needed to prepare for months in advance. Join me as I take you through the entire process I went through from beginning to end - all the ups, downs, and everything in between.
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Timestamps:
0:00 YCS Vancouver Introduction
0:48 CYAC OTS Introduction
1:44 CYAC OTS Swiss Recap
6:19 CYAC OTS Top Cut Recap
11:35 Why I Cut King Calamity
13:00 Replacements for Calamity
13:20 Prisma or Fenrir?
13:58 Post DUNE Testing
14:52 DUNE Regionals Prep
15:37 DUNE Regionals Deckbuilding
17:07 DUNE Regionals Recap
20:08 A Tough Decision
21:16 YCS Vancouver Deckbuilding
24:02 Travelling to Vancouver
24:52 YCS Vancouver Day 1 Recap
29:07 Backs Against the Wall
29:39 YCS Vancouver Day 2 Recap
31:01 Regrets
31:16 Reflection
33:33 Outro
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Timestamps:
0:00 - YCS Vancouver Introduction
0:48 - CYAC OTS Introduction
1:44 - CYAC OTS Swiss Recap
6:19 - CYAC OTS Top Cut Recap
11:35 - Why I Cut King Calamity
13:00 - Replacements for Calamity
13:20 - Prisma or Fenrir?
13:58 - Post DUNE Testing
14:52 - DUNE Regionals Prep
15:37 - DUNE Regionals Deckbuilding
17:07 - DUNE Regionals Recap
20:08 - A Tough Decision
21:16 - YCS Vancouver Deckbuilding
24:02 - Travelling to Vancouver
24:52 - YCS Vancouver Day 1 Recap
29:07 - Backs Against the Wall
29:39 - YCS Vancouver Day 2 Recap
31:01 - Regrets
31:16 - Reflection
33:33 - Outro

[@tomasrodrigues2862]

Awsome video! Loved watching your path and thought process as you improved your deck!

[@tcgsam]

Thanks for your kind words! Appreciate your support

[@sp1ze]

actually an amazing video

[@LordR6]

Watched the whole thing. Dope video. I’ll be waiting for that updated mannadium list post agov👍🏽

[@tcgsam]

Thanks for your support! I'll definitely be making a profile/combo video once I get the cards

[@e.j.4702]

Great recap. Very entertaining!

[@tcgsam]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind words :)

[@differentgamingllc]

I've been watching your videos your were playing shaddolls and I'm proud of you!!! This has given me more confidence as I am preparing for YCS Richmond and am highly nervous and feel like I'm going to make misplays out the ass. Thank you Sam!!! You'll get that title!!

[@tcgsam]

Thanks so much for your kind words! Good luck at Richmond, I'm sure you're going to do great :)

[@Sparda900]

Great video and Recap of your journey! I love your content and I am looking forward to your future videos!
Would you consider using a different deck for future Tournaments( Regionals/ YCS) Or the deck used in this video?

[@tcgsam]

Thanks for your support! I'm currently planning to stick with Mannadium for the forseeable future since I like this type of combo deck, and since they're getting support in AGOV to make them more competitive. I definitely think the deck is good and I'm going to keep experimenting with it