I finished my exams on 5/7 and had about five days to prepare for the YCS event. To my dismay, I realized that The Shining Darkness, the new Yu-Gi-Oh! set, was a complete game changer. All of the top players I talked to agreed that Infernities and X-Sabers were immensely powerful compared to the current top tier.

Unfortunately I wasted a lot of time on a Gladiator Beast build, unsure of whether I was going to have access to all of the hot Infernity cards at the time. By the time I had hammered out a perfect Infernity build, I had no time to test a side.

As you all know, Infernities have new problems after both players side. I tested tentative sideboards such as a full conversion to beatdown (with Doomcaliber Knight, Thunder King, and others) and a conversion to a removed from play build (with Return from the Different Dimension and Escape along with Infernity Break).

Arriving at the Event

I was very interested in what other top players were running. Because my laptop was in the shop for repair, I was unable to take pictures and update live information to go-YGO.com on the Saturday. However, the majority of Yu-Gi-Oh! “pros” were using Infernities (at least 50%). Here is a breakdown for those who are interested (this will be on go-YGO.com for the next YCS).

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