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PHILLY WELCOMES THE Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AT THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION CENTER MAY 17^TH – 18^TH

New Format for Top 16 Contenders Duelists Can Pre-register May 16^th

El Segundo, CA (April 22, 2014) – The City of Brotherly Love welcomes the Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (YCS), presented by Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI), with open arms. YCS Philadelphia is expected to draw hundreds of Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) players from across Pennsylvania and from up and down the Eastern Seaboard May 17^th – 18^th.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Duelists, trying to qualify for the North American World Championship Qualifier in July, get to test their Decks, skills and strategies as they compete head-to-head against some of the best players in the country during the course of the weekend. From the First Round of the Main Event on Saturday morning to the Final Round on Sunday, every Duelist will be playing their hardest, hoping that their game is the winning one to take them to the YCS Champion’s podium.

Duelists should make time to pre-register for the YCS Philadelphia Main Event from 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. on May 16^th as those players that pre-register and submit a Deck list will receive an event-exclusive YCS Token Card! Registration will begin again promptly at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 17^th.  Upon registering, Duelists will receive five Primal Origin booster packs for participating in KONAMI’s YCS Philadelphia.  The First Round will start at 10:00 a.m. and the Top 16 or 32 YCS finishers (depending on attendance) will earn invitations to participate in their 2014 World Championship Qualifier and other great prizes.

KONAMI continues with a new format for the Top 16 Duelists at YCS Philadelphia in which the YCS Top 16 will construct their Decks by drafting War of the Giants – Round 2.  This exciting draft format will draw on Duelists’ keen abilities and test a completely different skill set from that of playing with a standard Constructed Deck – the possible outcome is anybody’s guess and any Duelist’s game to win!

KONAMI will also hold Dragon Duels for the younger players (for Duelists born in 2001 or later) on Saturday and Sunday. A new format is now in effect in which the winner of Saturday will play against the winner of Sunday to determine the YCS Dragon Duel Champion. The top four players in each of the Dragon Duel events will receive a special Dragon Duel Winner’s Medal, a Regional Game Mat, a Dragon Duel t-shirt and an invitation to their 2014 Dragon Duel World Championship Qualifier. Those who attend the Qualifier have the chance to earn an invitation to their 2014 Dragon Duel World Championship.

Duelists and spectators taking a break from the competition can participate in a wide variety of challenging and fun Public Events to push their Dueling skills to the limit! KONAMI will be conducting a host of events such as Regional Qualifiers, 3 vs. 3 Team Dueling, ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!!, Win-A-Mats, Cyber Dragon Revolution Structure Deck Tournaments, and Sealed Pack Tournaments for War of the Giants – Round 2, which awards exclusive Starfoil prize cards only available at premier events.

The Main Event winner, the two runners-up and winners of Sunday’s two Public Event playoffs will each be awarded a YCS prize card.  The Main Event winner will take home an Ultra Rare version of the Number 106: Giant Hand prize card, with the other winners bringing home Super Rare versions.

Event Address:

Pennsylvania Convention Center

Exhibit Hall B

1101 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA  19107

www.paconvention.com

Prizing Information:

1st place – Ultra Rare Number 106: Giant Hand YCS Prize Card; Trophy; Paid travel to their World Championship Qualifier (if underage, then winner and guardian) or a local-market YCS (flight and accommodations) if the Duelist has already won an earlier YCS in the current year; YCS Top Cut Game Mat; 8GB gaming system and an invite to their 2014 World Championship Qualifier tournament

2nd place –Super Rare Number 106: Giant Hand YCS Prize Card; 32GB Tablet PC; YCS Top Cut Game Mat; and an invite to their 2014 World Championship Qualifier

3rd place – Super Rare Number 106: Giant Hand YCS Prize Card; the recently released all-in-one gaming and entertainment system; YCS Top Cut Game Mat; and an invite to their 2014 World Championship Qualifier

4th place – the recently released all-in-one gaming and entertainment system; YCS Top Cut Game Mat; and an invite to their 2014 World Championship Qualifier

5th – 8th place – 12GB video game console with YCS Top Cut Game Mat and an invite to their 2014 World Championship Qualifier

9th – 16th place – 24 booster packs of Primal Origin; YCS Top Cut Game Mat; and an invite to their 2014 World Championship Qualifier

If attendance exceeds 513 Duelists:

17th – 32nd place – YCS Top Cut Game Mat and an invite to their 2014 World Championship Qualifier

Duelists unable to participate in YCS Philadelphia can check out live online coverage of the event provided by KONAMI staff at www.yugioh-card.com/en/events.