Yu - Gi - Oh ! Championship Series Dallas 2012 Yu - Gi - Oh ! Championship Series Dallas 2012 was a Yu - Gi - Oh ! Championship Series tournament held at the Arlington Convention Center in Dallas , Texas in the United States from April 14 to 15 , 2012 . Events . Main event . The first day consisted of nine rounds of Swiss . At the end of the first day Nizar Sarhan and Benito Garcia tied first on 27 points . The second day consisted of two more rounds of Swiss before the playoffs . In the top 16 , Nizar Sarhan defeated Joseph Giorlando , Frazier Smith defeated Benito Garcia , Raul Calderon defeated Nicholas Wei , Larry Chapman defeated Adrian Shakir , Dominique Eskridge defeated Nicklos Dukes , Justin Duran defeated Juan Flores , Alexander Reed defeated Samuel Parry and Christopher Hentz defeated Jacob Rewald . In the quarter - finals , Nizar Sarhan defeated Frazier Smith , Raul Calderon defeated Larry Chapman , Justin Duran defeated Dominique Eskridge and Alexander Reed defeated Christopher Hentz . In the semi - finals , Nizar Sarhan defeated Raul Calderon and Alexander Reed defeated Justin Duran . In the finals , Nizar Sarhan defeated Alexander Reed . Side events . Side events included Dragon Duel tournaments , regional qualifiers , 3 vs . 3 Team Dueling , Attack of the Giant Card ! ! , Classic Drafts , " " Starter tournaments , Retro Drafts , Win - A - Mat s and an eight - player single - elimination " Dragons Collide " Sealed Deck tournament . Chase Fulmer won the Dragon Duel on the first day using an " Inzektor " Deck . He defeated Zachary Leverett , who used a " Dino Rabbit " Deck , 2 - 0 in the final round . On the second day , the Dragon Duel tournament was won by Benjamen Leverett , who defeated his brother Zachary Leverett 2 - 1 in the final round . Both of them used " Dino Rabbit " Decks . Brian McNeese came third in this tournament . Brian McNeese , the father of the Brian McNeese from the Dragon Duel tournament , won the random prize playoffs using a Stun Deck . Abraham Durazo won the points playoffs with a " Frognarchs " Deck . He earned his points by entering six " Dragons Collide " Sealed tournaments , winning one of them and entering two Classic Draft tournaments , winning one of them . Prizes . The prizes for the main event were as follows : Players who pre - registered received a Yu - Gi - Oh ! Championship Series TKN4 - EN002 " Token " card . Everyone who registered received five " Order of Chaos " Booster Packs . The top four in the Dragon Duel tournaments received Dragon Duel medals , a 2012 regional game mat , a Dragon Duel t - shirt and an invitation to their 2012 Dragon Duel World Championship Qualifier . The winner of the " Dragons Collide " Sealed Deck tournament received an exclusive " Dragons Collide " game mat . The prize for the Win - A - Mat tournaments was a game mat featuring Yuma Tsukumo and " " . The prizes for the Attack of the Giant Card ! ! were giant sized " Tour Bus From the Underworld " and " Inzektor Giga - Mantis " cards . Decks . In the top sixteen , Nizar Sarhan , Joseph Giorlando , Frazier Smith , Raul Calderon , Nicholas Wei and Dominique Eskridge used " Dino Rabbit " Decks , Larry Chapman , Nicklos Dukes , Juan Flores and Christopher Hentz used " Inzektor " Decks , Benito Garcia and Justin Duran used " Miracle Gemini " Decks , Adrian Shakir and Samuel Parry used " Wind - Up " Decks , Alexander Reed used a Dragon " Lightsworn " Deck and Jacob Rewald used a " Chain Burn " Deck . The top two Decklists were as follows :