The Gen Con So Cal game convention rocked Anaheim California from December 2-5 and, in the middle of all the gaming chaos, Upper Deck held a big Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game tournament or two. All the details on the card game tournaments, and other tournaments, at Gen Con So Cal are right here. There was one duelist who became the first ever Yu-Gi-Oh! Shonen Jump Convention Champion and we have the 411 right here.

The Champion's Winning Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Deck!

The winning duelist is a dude named John Umali. He played an awesome game of Yu-Gi-Oh! and ended up as the top duelist out of 309 challengers. Here's a list of the cards in the deck he used to win.

Monster Cards	Spell Cards
Air Knight Parshath Berserk Gorilla Blade Knight Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning Breaker the Magical Warrior Dark Magician of Chaos D. D. Warrior Lady x2 Fiber Jar Jinzo Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer Magical Scientist Magician of Faith x2 Reflect Bounder Tribe	Scapegoat x2 Book of Moon Mirage of Nightmare Confiscation Mystical Space Typhoon Emergency Provisions Change of Heart Creature Swap Premature Burial Pot of Greed Heavy Storm Swords of Revealing Light Snatch Steal Nobleman Crossout Forceful Sentry Painful Choice Metamorphosis

Trap Cards	Side Deck Cards
Raigeki Break Bottomless Trap Hole Ring of Destruction Torrential Tribute Call of the Haunted Sinister Serpent	Dust Tornado x2 Magic Drain Bottomless Trap Hole Magic Cylinder Ceasefire Hallowed life barrier Nobleman of Crossout Book of Moon Mask of Darkness Mystic Swordsman LV2 x2 Exiled Force Mobius the Frost Monarch

Fusion Deck Cards

Ryu Senshi x3 Dark balter x3 Thousand-Eyes Restrict x2 Dark Flare Knight x3 Darkblade the Dragon Knight x3 Reaper of Nightmare x2 Fiend Skull Dragon Ojama King St. Joan Giltia the D. Knight Musician King Darkfire Dragon Dragoness the Wicked Knight

Big Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Tournament Prize News!

The lucky tournament winner scored the first-ever Cyber-Stein card, a smokin' hot Dell Inspirion XPS gaming laptop and a way-shiny championship trophy. Plus, he's going to be remembered as the first-ever Shonen Jump tournament champ. Click the card for a bigger image.

Bigger Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game News!

Not only did John Umali win the Cyber-Stein card, but he's selling it on eBay! One of Gary's gamin' buddies found this sucker going for a $15,000 bid. If you want one of these cards, and don't have a spare $15,000 kicking around, the only way to get one is by winning a Shonen Jump Convention Championship. The next chance to do that is happening in Las Vegas on February 6, 2005 so practice your dueling skills and stay tuned to Kidzworld for the latest news!

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