Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
He found a way to cheat that never touched his own deck — and it took an entire tournament to catch him.
At the 2013 European World Championship Qualifier, during the Dragon Rulers vs Spellbooks format, Simon He allegedly pressed fingernail marks into his opponents' cards while reading their graveyard, then stacked those marked cards to the top when shuffling their decks between games. His opponents kept drawing their worst hands at the worst moments — until a Spellbook opponent started comparing notes with others and the judges investigated. Konami suspended him in October 2013. He returned in 2018 and started topping events again.
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He found a way to cheat that never touched his own deck — and it took an entire tournament to catch him.
At the 2013 European World Championship Qualifier, during the Dragon Rulers vs Spellbooks format, Simon He allegedly pressed fingernail marks into his opponents' cards while reading their graveyard, then stacked those marked cards to the top when shuffling their decks between games. His opponents kept drawing their worst hands at the worst moments — until a Spellbook opponent started comparing notes with others and the judges investigated. Konami suspended him in October 2013. He returned in 2018 and started topping events again.
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