Yu-Gi-Oh! Asia Championship Winter 2018

by Akira · 21 January 2018

Yu-Gi-Oh! Asia Championship Winter 2018 was held on 21 January 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

12 duelists were invited as follow:

6 duelists from each region’s Asia Championship Winter 2018 Qualifier
6 duelists from each region’s Ranking Tournament 2017 Season 1 + 2

Format:

4 rounds of Swiss
Top 4 Single-Elimination

Metagame Breakdown

Trickstar and Magician were the most popular among the 12 participants, comprising of 4 mono Trickstar, 1 Invoked Trickstar, 2 Performapal Magician and 2 Supreme King Magician. The remaining 3 participants chose to run Frog Paloezoic, Plant and Shiranui.

There is a surprising lack of Burning Abyss and Zefra.

Trickstar performed exceedingly well, with 3 of the 4 mono Trickstar players making into the Top 4. The lone Plant completes the Top 4, and managed to take out a Trickstar during the semi-final, making it a final match between the two Philippines representatives.

The final match went down to Duel 3. Trickstar had a timely Designator from the Grave chained to Lonefire Blossom, and was able to stop Plant from going off with their combo. It was followed by Scapegoat during the End Phase, and during the next turn, the Tokens were used to Link Summon Saryuja Skull Dread. This put Trickstar in an advantageous position that would lead to winning the game and the match.

Asia Championship Winter 2018

1st	Gerald Kent Hui	Philippines	Trickstar
2nd	John Kevin Alcantara	Philippines	Plant Link
3 – 4th	Wu Kai Feng	Taiwan	Trickstar
3 – 4th	Cheung Wing Ho	Hong Kong	Trickstar
5 – 12th	Chan Wai Keung	Hong Kong	Invoked Trickstar
	Su Chiu Mao	Taiwan	Trickstar
	Preecha Udomlap	Thailand	Frog Paleozoic
	Yu Bixuan	Singapore	Performapal Magician
	Cheng Shi Yi	Malaysia	Shiranui
	Satanantana Rungnoppakunsi	Thailand	Performapal Magician
	Calvin Ang	Singapore	Supreme King Magician
	Loo Wei Xuan	Malaysia	Supreme King Magician