Thank you for everyone who voted in this tournament! It's been a delight to host. I plan to start submissions for a best GX monster tournament, but probably not until February.
But onto the main point of the post: our winners!
First I want to give a shout out to the bronze medal winners. In third place is Mystical Elf & Red Eyes Black Dragon! They may not have made it to the finals, but top 4 is not bad.
(Personally I want rooting for Mystical Elf since she's my girl but... oh well, I'm still proud of her for getting this far!)
In second place is our runner-up, the only God card to make it this far, it's Slifer the Executive Producer Sky Dragon! Otherwise known as Sky Dragon of Osiris! He wins the silver medal!
Although Slifer may be a God card, one little guy managed to trump over him! The winner of the tournament, the certified best duel monster from the original series, the one and only KURIBOH!
KURIBOH HAS WON THE SPOT OF THE BEST DUEL MONSTER IN YUGIOH DUEL MOSNTERS!!!! CONGRATS TO THE LITTLE GUY
Kuriboh is used by Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi. Its stats are the following:
Attribute: DARK
Level: 1
Type: FIEND / EFFECT
Effect Type: QUICK
Effect (according to the anime): "During your opponent's turn, at damage calculation: You can discard this card; you take no battle damage from that battle (this is a Quick Effect)."
ATK / DEF: 300 / 200
Propaganda:
Turn 18 of the duel between Kaiba and Yugi in the Duelist Kingdom arc - INFINITE KURIBOH WALL.
There's one part in Duelist Kingdom (when the rules didn't matter) where the Kuribohs multiply and there's an endless amount of them.
He's cute.
Have you seen this adorable fluff ball?! He's adorable and will take a hit for you because he loves you.
It's just a small, fluffy guy. One that Yugi and Atem used destroy many an opponent, an example of how even a monster that seems useless can be used to topple an opponent. But mostly I'm submitting him because he's a small, fluffy guy. Very iconic, even if it's not the strongest monster.
In my opinion, he's the mascot of DM. Of the whole series, really. That's why there's on in each series. But you cannot go wrong with the OG!!
Slifer the Sky Dragon is used by Malik Isthar ("Marik Ishtar" in the dub) through Doll/Pantomimer ("Strings" in the dub) and Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi. Its stats are the following:
Attribute: DIVINE
Level: 10
Type: DIVINE-BEAST
Effect Type: TRIGGER / CONTINUOUS
Effect (according to the anime): "Everytime the opponent summons creature into the field, the point of the player's cerd is cut by 2000 points. X stands for the number of the player's cerds in hand."
It completely went over my head to make a winner announcement post, so even though this tourney has been over for some time now, here is an annoucnement of the winners!
Our two quarterfinalists, our bronze-medalists, are none other than Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle & Treeborn Frog! Ruby was not a surprise to me, as its one of the aces of fan-favorite Johan Andersen and overall is so cute & iconic, but I was still glad to see that little guy get so far! Treeborn Frog on the other hand WAS a surprise to me, as it was a card that I forgot about yet this little frog was able to get farther than many fan favorites. Good job you guys!
For our runner-up and silver medalist is none other than Rescue Cat! This OSHA-approved kitty got soooo much father than anyone thought, again beating many fan favorites, and even looked like they were going to beat our eventual winner for a while (and I mean it, there was a good chunk of time in the finals that Rescue Cat was beating the eventual winner & even I thought it might have won!) This is no small feat, considering how popular our eventual winner was, so don't take this cat lying down! Congrats Rescue Cat!
Finally, our winner was none other than WINGED KURIBOH!!!
IS IT ANY SURPRISE? Kuriboh was the winner of the DM tourney and Winged Kuriboh is such an iconic and classic monster. It is the MASCOT of GX, no context! Winged Kuriboh, we salute you!
Anyway, thank you for the great GX tourney! As you guys might have guessed with how how it took me to post rounds of GX tourney I have been losing interest in doing Yugioh monster tournaments. However, I do still want to do a 5Ds tourney, but that might be the last one. Submissions won't open for a while in any case, maybe a few weeks!
Rescue Cat is used by Momoe Hamaguichi (Mindy in the English dub). Its stats are the following:
Attribute: EARTH
Level: 4
Type: BEAST / EFFECT
Effect Type: IGNITION / CONDITION
Effect (according to the anime): “By sending this face-up card to the Graveyard, Special Summon 2 Level 3 or lower Beast-Type monsters from your Deck. The monsters Special Summoned this way are destroyed at the end of this turn.”
ATK / DEF: 300 / 100
Propaganda:
BABY MEOW MEOW!!!!
OBJECTIVELY THE BEST BECAUSE LOOK AT IT. This cat saves lives.
Outstanding Dog Marron is used by Rei Saotome (Blair Flannigan in the English dub). Its stats are the following:
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 1
Type: BEAST / EFFECT
Effect Type: TRIGGER
Effect (according to the anime): “When this card is sent to your Graveyard, add it to your Deck and shuffle it.”
ATK / DEF: 100 / 100
Propaganda:
I mean, it's not called REGULAR dog maron, is it?
She's outstanding. She's a dog. She's Marron. Three great points right there.
Effect (according to the anime): “When this card is Special Summoned from the Spell & Trap Zone, you can Special Summon the "Crystal Beast" cards set in your Spell & Trap Zone. (You can Special Summon up to 4 as long as you have empty Monster Zones.) When this card is destroyed, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone, instead of sending it to the Graveyard. While this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, it is treated as a Continuous Spell Card.”
ATK / DEF: 300 / 300
Propaganda:
Super cute monster who is pretty good in a crystal beast deck
Rescue Cat is used by Momoe Hamaguichi (Mindy in the English dub). Its stats are the following:
Attribute: EARTH
Level: 4
Type: BEAST / EFFECT
Effect Type: IGNITION / CONDITION
Effect (according to the anime): “By sending this face-up card to the Graveyard, Special Summon 2 Level 3 or lower Beast-Type monsters from your Deck. The monsters Special Summoned this way are destroyed at the end of this turn.”
ATK / DEF: 300 / 100
Propaganda:
BABY MEOW MEOW!!!!
OBJECTIVELY THE BEST BECAUSE LOOK AT IT. This cat saves lives.
Kuriboh is used by Yugi Mutou/Yami Yugi. Its stats are the following:
Attribute: DARK
Level: 1
Type: FIEND / EFFECT
Effect Type: QUICK
Effect (according to the anime): "During your opponent's turn, at damage calculation: You can discard this card; you take no battle damage from that battle (this is a Quick Effect)."
ATK / DEF: 300 / 200
Propaganda:
Turn 18 of the duel between Kaiba and Yugi in the Duelist Kingdom arc - INFINITE KURIBOH WALL.
There's one part in Duelist Kingdom (when the rules didn't matter) where the Kuribohs multiply and there's an endless amount of them.
He's cute.
Have you seen this adorable fluff ball?! He's adorable and will take a hit for you because he loves you.
It's just a small, fluffy guy. One that Yugi and Atem used destroy many an opponent, an example of how even a monster that seems useless can be used to topple an opponent. But mostly I'm submitting him because he's a small, fluffy guy. Very iconic, even if it's not the strongest monster.
In my opinion, he's the mascot of DM. Of the whole series, really. That's why there's on in each series. But you cannot go wrong with the OG!!
Blue-Eyes White Dragon is used by Sugoroku Mutou ("Solomon Mutou" in the dub) and Seto Kaiba. Its stats are the following:
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 8
Type: DRAGON
Description (according to the anime): "This legendary dragon is a powerful engine of destruction. Virtually invincible, very few have faced this awesome creature and lived to tell the tale."
ATK: / DEF: 3000 / 2500
Propaganda:
It's big, it's strong, it's a freaking dragon for Ra's sake. With a sleek, elegant design and easily recognizable silhouette, this dragon is sure to blast you of your feet. Easily one of the most iconic monsters in the whole series, I mean say Yu-gi-oh to someone who only barely knows the series and what monster are they gonna think of? None other than the Blue Eyes White Dragon of course. And don't even get me started on the fusion possibilities. I mean, Blue Eyes *Ultimate* Dragon? Say no more. And the Blue Eyes is resilient, too. After all, I'm sure we've all heard the classic saying, "If at first you don't succeed, blast them with your Blue Eyes again". This is because the Blue Eyes is persistent. Even in the face of resistance, in the face of seeming defeat, it will bare its fangs and strike again. So vote Blue Eyes White Dragon, the superior duel monster.
Helios – the Primordial Sun is used by Amnael / Daitokuji (Amnael / Lyman Banner in the English dub). Its stats are the following:
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 4
Type: PYRO / EFFECT
Effect Type: CONTINUOUS
Effect (according to the anime): “This card gains 100 ATK and DEF for each removed from play Monster Card.”
ATK / DEF: ? / ?
Propaganda:
This was definitely the reason everyone played Macro Cosmos. I mean, they're the sun.
Rescue Cat is used by Momoe Hamaguichi (Mindy in the English dub). Its stats are the following:
Attribute: EARTH
Level: 4
Type: BEAST / EFFECT
Effect Type: IGNITION / CONDITION
Effect (according to the anime): “By sending this face-up card to the Graveyard, Special Summon 2 Level 3 or lower Beast-Type monsters from your Deck. The monsters Special Summoned this way are destroyed at the end of this turn.”
ATK / DEF: 300 / 100
Propaganda:
BABY MEOW MEOW!!!!
OBJECTIVELY THE BEST BECAUSE LOOK AT IT. This cat saves lives.
