This round we are looking at table 1 and are just halfway through the swiss rounds of play.
We have local Melbourne Duelist Frankie Lin against Eric Li from Sydney.
Game 1
Frankie Opens a hand of Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Droll & Lock Bird, Branded in High Spirits, Super Polymerization, Fallen in Albaz
Eric has a hand of 2 Sky Striker Ace - Raye, The Fallen & The Virtuous, Called by the Grave and Sky Striker Mecha - Shark Cannon
Frankie starts with Branded in High Spirits in the draw phase discarding Fallen in Albaz sending Titaniklad the Ash Dragon adding Fallen of the White Dragon. He Special Summons it sending Albion the Branded Dragon to also Special Summon Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous, tributing it to Special Summon The Golden Swordsoul and using his 2 monsters to Synchro Summon Ecclesia The Dark Dragon. He banishes it to Special Summon Guiding Quem, the Virtuous (which sends Tri-Brigade Springans Kitt), and banishes his Golden Swordsoul to Special Summon back Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous and Tri-Brigade Springans Kitt Summons back Fallen of the White Dragon. He then Synchro Summons The Three Champions of Swordsoul adding Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous to hand before Special Summoning it and then uses to Fusion Summon Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon using The Three Champions of Swordsoul and Fallen of the White Dragon. He sets a card and during the End Phase resolves a number of effects including
- Adding back Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous
- Sets The Fallen & The Virtuous with Albion the Branded Dragon
- Special Summons Dogmatika Ecclesia, the Virtuous with Titaniklad the Ash Dragon adding The Fallen & The Virtuous to hand
- Activates the The Fallen & The Virtuous destroying his Dogmatika Ecclesia, the Virtuous sending The Dragon that Devours the Dogma
- The Dragon that Devours the Dogma adds Tri-Brigade Mercourier to hand
- Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon returns to the field.
Eric draws and starts with his own The Fallen & The Virtuous sending Albion the Branded Dragon to destroy Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon and then banishes it with Sky Striker Mecha - Shark Cannon. In the Main Phase he Normal Summons Sky Striker Ace - Raye and uses its effect. Frankie attempts to use Tri-Brigade Mercourier, Eric tries to stop it with Called by the Grave but Frankie uses his set The Fallen & The Virtuous to Special Summon to Tri-Brigade Mercourier to circumvent the Called by the Grave. Eric uses Pot of Desires, looks at the 10 banished cards and the cards he drew and concedes.
Game 2
Eric starts off the game with Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage adding Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones then uses it to summon a token using it to Link Summon Sky Striker Ace - Hayate then Prototype Sky Striker Ace - Amatsu and then Sky Striker Ace - Kagari adding back Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage which adds Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage. He activates Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage to summon to send Sky Striker Ace - Kagari to Special Summon Sky Striker Ace - Zero adding another Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage which adds Sky Striker Special Maneuver - Lemnisgate! and draws a card. He follows up with Radiant Typhoon Vision drawing 2 cards discarding a Sky Striker Mecha - Widow Anchor. He activates his third Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage this turn adding Sky Striker Mecha - Widow Anchor and drawing another card. He sets 4 cards and ends his turn.
“What have you added off each Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage this turn?”
“I honestly cannot remember”
“I guess it doesn’t matter” says Frankie as he draws, looks at his hands and says they will go to game 3.
Game 3
Going into game 3, Eric says “I’m going to need you to draw the worst hand you can get, something like Fallen of Albaz, The Golden Swordsoul and Albion the Shrouded Dragon.”
Although Frankie is going first, Eric has the first move with Mulcharmy Fuwalos. Frankie starts with Fallen of the White Dragon sending Albion the Branded Dragon to Special Summon Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous. Frankie Synchro Summons Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon. He attempts to use Nadir Servant but its stopped by Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Frankie Normal Summons The Golden Swordsoul and uses Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon to Banish itself to Special Summon Guiding Quem, the Virtuous from deck which sends Tri-Brigade Springans Kitt from deck to graveyard. Tri-Brigade Springans Kitt Special Summons back Fallen of the White Dragon which with The Golden Swordsoul is used to Synchro Summon The Three Champions of Swordsoul adding Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous to hand which is promptly also Special Summoned. Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous uses its effect using itself and The Three Champions of Swordsoul to Fusion Summon Granguignol the Dusk Dragon using its effect to send Diabellze the Original Sinkeeper. Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon returns to the Field in the End Phase. Furthermore, Frankie adds The Fallen & The Virtuous from Albion the Branded Dragon and uses it to Special Summon back the Diabellze the Original Sinkeeper. Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous also returns to hand.
Eric starts his turn with The Winged Dragon of Ra – Sphere Mode tributing Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon, Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous and Diabellze the Original Sinkeeper. He continues using The Fallen & The Virtuous to send his own Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon to destroy Guiding Quem, the Virtuous. Next is Upstart Goblin and then Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage with a Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage on top sending the Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage to Summon Sky Striker Ace - Hayate. Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage Resolves adding Sky Striker Mecha - Shark Cannon drawing a card. He activates a second Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage this time adding Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones and draws a card. This is followed by a third Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage adding Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage drawing another card. He activates Pot of Sloth to draw 2 more cards putting one back. Eric now has 9 cards in hand and asks to take some time to think of how to sequence his turn.
He uses Sky Striker Ace - Hayate to make Sky Striker Ace - Shizuku, then Prototype Sky Striker Ace - Amatsu and then Sky Striker Ace - Kagari adding back Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage. For his fourth Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage this turn, he adds Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage and draws another card and draws 2 more off Radiant Typhoon Vision discarding The Fallen & The Virtuous. In the Battle Phase, Eric uses Sky Striker Special Maneuver - Lemnisgate! shuffling back 3 Link monsters and 3 Spells to return The Winged Dragon of Ra – Sphere Mode and Granguignol the Dusk Dragon to hand. He attacks with Sky Striker Ace - Kagari, then uses Sky Striker Mobilize - Linkage to Special Summon Sky Striker Ace - Zero attacking with it then using Sky Striker Ace - Zero to tribute itself to Special Summon Sky Striker Ace - Raye and Sky Striker Ace - Roze and attack with both. Eric realised he activated Upstart Goblin earlier in the turn and in fact did not have enough damage to end the game that turn. In Main Phase 2, he uses Sky Striker Ace - Raye and Sky Striker Ace - Roze to Link Summon Sky Striker Ace - Camellia. He sets 4 cards and ends his turn.
Frankie draws and concedes and reveals he did in fact open a hand of Fallen of Albaz, The Golden Swordsoul and Albion the Shrouded Dragon.
