It’s a cool, rainy day in Fort Worth, Texas and 131 players have checked in for the first Evolution-legal Regional event.  Most are looking to acquire one of the final two World Championship spots while others are here to test for the Worlds.  Who will claim entry into the December 5th finale?  Watch online at Next Level Z’s Twitch channel and check back here for updates throughout the day.

Event deck breakdown:

Namekian – 48

Blue – 25

Black – 24

Red – 16

Saiyan – 9

Orange – 9

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Halfway through Swiss, six players are hanging in there with 4-0 records.  Those players are piloting the following decks:

Namekian Knowledge Piccolo x3

Namekian Restored Piccolo

Blue Protective Piccolo

Blue Tag Team Goku

We’ll be back after Round 8 to see if the Namekian and/or Piccolo dominance continues.

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After eight grueling rounds, here are the top 16 players and matchups:

Jay Banna (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. Dillon Warren (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

Tim Cable (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. John Stone (Black Perceptive Piccolo)

John Johnson (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. Rich Bondi (Blue Protective Piccolo)

Sundeep Kutumbaka (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. Jaime Leija (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

David Meckler (Orange Adaptive Ginyu) vs. Chris Clodfelter (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

John Milner (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. Elmer Walter (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

Hugo Olmos (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. Rodney Wilkinson (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

Brian Valdez (Red Enraged Piccolo) vs. Jonathan Torres (Blue Protective Ginyu)

 

Piccolo (with or without Namekian Mastery) has certainly taken Texas by storm, stay tuned to see what comes out on top!

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Top 8:

Jaime Leija (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. Dillon Warren (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

Tim Cable (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. John Johnson (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

Jonathan Torres (Blue Protective Ginyu) vs. Chris Clodfelter (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

John Milner (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. Hugo Olmos (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

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Blue Ginyu hangs in there and makes it into Top 4; here are the pairings:

Jonathan Torres (Blue Protective Ginyu) vs. Dillon Warren (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

Tim Cable (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo) vs. John Milner (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

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Jonathan Torres and John Milner snag the last two spots for Worlds!

Jonathan Torres (Blue Protective Ginyu) vs. John Milner (Namekian Knowledge Piccolo)

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John Milner wins in Texas, taking the finals with a 2-0 score!