Monday, August 16th – Allen Pennington discusses his first place finish at The Game Academy’s Yu-Gi-Oh! 2K Championship.
Leveling Up With Frogs
Ever since US Nationals I had dedicated myself to mastering the deck that is Frog OTK. Although when the deck was young, I had considered it a luck-based “all or nothing” deck that required you [...]
Monday, June 28th – Allen Pennington discusses results from the most recent YCS in Chicago.
*Editor’s Note* – The Game Academy hosts Yu-Gi-Oh! locals every Saturday and Sunday. For more information about our locals, CLICK HERE. Allen is always in attendance to play in our locals to offer advice on card choices and rulings questions. Please [...]
Wednesday, June 9th – Allen Pennington discusses his thoughts on two of Yu-Gi-Oh’s most popular decks; Infernities and X-Sabers.
For a competitive card game player, there’s one question that’s always on your mind: What is the best deck? Given that my audience is the competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! player, this is often the question that my articles will [...]
Wednesday, June 2nd – Allen Pennington, math whiz and Yu-Gi-Oh! resident genius runs the numbers on our most recent Yu-Gi-Oh! 3K Event. He takes us through his advanced research and discusses his thoughts on Yu-Gi-Oh’s most popular decks.
Warning: If you do not like math (particularly statistics) don’t read this article. If you don’t want to [...]
The Game Academy 3K Top 8 Decklists are now posted! Please click “continue reading” to view all of the Top 8 lists. Thank you to everyone who attended our amazing Yu-Gi-Oh! 3K event!
Christopher Rivera – 1st place after swiss
Monsters: 19
[1] Dark Armed Dragon
[1] Mezuki
[1] Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
[1] Spirit Reaper
[2] Goblin Zombie
[2] Krebons
[1] Psychic [...]
Wednesday, April 21st – Allen Pennington, back from a long hiatus, takes us through his advanced Yu-Gi-Oh! strategy and discusses his thoughts on Yu-Gi-Oh’s most popular decks.
Everything In One
I’m going to start off this article with two interesting facts about me. The first is that I’ve actually tried to play many different games [...]
Wednesday, February 24th – Allen Pennington takes us through his advanced Yu-Gi-Oh! strategy and discusses his deck choice for the upcoming Shonen Jump in Nashville, TN.
Everyone going to an event, whether locals, regionals, or a Shonen Jump Championship, has to decide what deck to play. Some people might have very limited options, making their choice [...]
Wednesday, February 10th – In his third article for The Game Academy, Allen Pennington takes us through his advanced Yu-Gi-Oh! strategy and sheds light on the format defining card: Royal Oppression.
Fear The Oppression
I always felt like I never got to fully enjoy the September 2008 format, often called the TeleDAD format (named after the deck [...]
Wednesday, February 3rd – In his second article for The Game Academy, Allen Pennington takes us through his advanced Yu-Gi-Oh! strategy and unveils his version of the popular Lightsworn archetype.
Revising Lightsworn – January 30th was the first regional to be held in Florida in nearly five months. Many players were there just to get their [...]
Wednesday, January 27th – Allen Pennington takes us through his advanced Yu-Gi-Oh! strategy and shares tips on improving your Yu-Gi-Oh! game.
This was a classic matchup between Zombie and Lightsworn, a matchup I would consider to be even. Sometimes one player draws better that the other, but more often than not someone gets outplayed.
This was [...]
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