We are 2 thirds of the way through the swiss rounds. Fatigue is starting to settle in and some players are crumbling to the pressure while others are rising to the occasion having had experience in long tournament sessions before.

This round we have 2024 Oceanic Champion Fox Chudleigh against a relatively newer player Dillon Taylor. Will Fox show that he has what it takes to make his way back to the World Championships? Lets find out. Fox is piloting a pure Power Patron deck while Dillon has opted to also play Artmage cards in his Power Patron Deck.

Game 1

Fox opens a hand of Book of Eclipse, Lightning Storm, 2 Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and a Plundered Power Patron Plane - Vidolia

Dillon has 2 Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron, Artmage Vandalism -Assault-, Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron, and a Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity. 

Dillon starts off with Artmage Vandalism -Assault- to add Medius the Pure to his hand. He places a Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron in his Pendulum Zone. He Normal Summons Medius the Pure and uses it to Special Summon Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron from deck. Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron allows him to draw 2 cards destroying itself and discarding his other Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron. He then Special Summons Artmage Non-Finito tributing the Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron. He then places Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity in the Pendulum Zone and destroys it to Special Summon Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and uses it and Medius the Pure to Link Summon Beyond the Pendulum which adds another Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity while the Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron adds Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus to hand. He activates Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus sending Artmage Power Patron to add Shade the Obscure. He places Shade the Obscure and Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron into the Pendulum Zones and conducts a Pendulum Summon of Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron before using them both to Xyz Summon Mercurium the Living Quicksilver which attaches Amorphage Goliath from his deck as a material. Mercurium the Living Quicksilver and Beyond the Pedulum are used to Link Summon S:P Little Knight banishing his own Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron in his Pendulum Zone. He places Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity the Pendulum Zone and uses it to summon Artmage Power Patron. He adds back Shade the Obscure back to hand then uses Artmage Power Patron to Fusion Summon Artmage Artmage Diactorus. He places Amorphage Lechery in Scale. He link Summons Beyond the Pendulum using S;P Little Knight and Artmage Power Patron as well as adding Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis in hand. Beyond the Pendulum is then used to summon Charmer Quartet in Bloom. He activates Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis discarding Forbidden Crown to add Artmage Graflare to hand. Charmer Quartet in Bloom is used to Summon back Artmage Power Patron and Amorphage Goliath. Dillon proceeds to special summon the Artmage Graflare setting Artmage Varnish -Alteration- from deck and activates it adding Artmage Pact -Awakening- to hand. He sets one and places Lechery back into the Pendulum Zone before ending his turn.

Fox sets 3 cards and ends his turn. Dillon uses Artmage Graflare to destroy Fox’s set Lightning Storm.

Dillon draws and Fox promptly proceeds.

Game 2

Fox will start game 2.

Fox starts off with Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and then Special Summons Shade the Obscure destroying Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and placing Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron into the extra deck and adding Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus. He adds Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus and Special Summons Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron. He activates Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus to send Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and adds Medius the Pure the Pure Normal Summoning it to Special Summon Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron from deck. Fox Fusion Summons Artmage Non-Finito to set a card. He activates Artmage Varnish -Alteration- to add Artmage Power Patron to hand. He Link Summons  Beyond the Pendulum using Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron adding Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron to hand and places Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity into scale as well as Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron from Extra deck. Fox Pendulum Summons Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron from his Extra deck. Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Beyond the Pendulum are used to Link Summon Exceed the Pendulum. Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron are used to Xyz Summon Mercurium the Living Quicksilver placing Amorphage Goliath under it. Medius the Pure returns Mercurium the Living Quicksilver to summon itself and is used with Shade the Obscure to Xyz Summon Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir  He places Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron into the Pendulum Zone then uses the Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity in Pendulum Zone is destroyed to Special Summon Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron from the graveyard adding another Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus to hand.  Fox draws 2 cards and discards Droll & Lock Bird. Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron and Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron are used to Link Summon S:P Little Knight. Exceed the Pendulum and Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir are used to summon Charmer Quartet in Bloom to summon back Amorphage Goliath and Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir. Fox ends his turn. 

Dillon draws and starts his turn with The Fallen & The Virtuous sending Albion the Branded Dragon to destroy Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir. He places Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity in Pendulum Zone and destroys it to summon Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron. Fox uses S:P Little Knight to banish his Charmer Quartet in Bloom and the Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron. Dillon ends his turn.

Fox draws and on his turn goes through a sequence of Power Patron plays to take game 2.

“I knew I had lost, I was just taking the time to study his deck and how he plays” claims Dillon 

Game 3

Dillon starts in game 3 and places Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron and then Summons Shade the Obscure. He destroys Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron to add Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron to his Extra deck which summons Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron from his deck. Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Shade the Obscure are used to Link Summon Beyond the Pendulum and he adds Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus and Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity from deck to his hand. He places Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron and Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity into the Pendulum Zones and Pendulum Summons Jupredo the Shademachine Power Patron and Junoldo the Shadespirit Power Patron and uses them the Xyz Summon Varudras, the Final Bringer of the End Times and activates Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus ending Artmage Power Patron and adding Medius the Pure. He activates Artmage Academic Arcane Arts Acropolis and additional Normal Summons the Medius the Pure to Special Summon Nervedo the Shadebeast Power Patron from deck. Vidolium the Unstable Power Patron of Unity summons Artmage Power Patron back from the graveyard and destroys itself adding another Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus to hand. Medius the Pure and Artmage Power Patron are used to Fusion Summon Artmage Dractorius adding Artmage Varnish -Alteration- to hand. He then Special Summons Artmage Non-Finito and sets Artmage Impasto -Recapture-from deck. He discards  He activates Artmage Varnish -Alteration- discarding Artmage Pact -Awakening- to add Artmage Finmel to hand Special Summoning it and draws a card. He uses Beyond the Pendulum and 2 Artmage monsters to make Charmer Quartet in Bloom immediately summoning back 2 Artmages. Dillon sets cards and ends his turn

Fox starts with Prohibited Power Patron Portal – Terminus but upon using its effect its destroyed by a set The Fallen & The Virtuous. He uses Pot of Sloth and Dillon uses Artmage Dractorius. Fox uses Book of Eclipse but that’s stopped by Varudras, the Final Bringer of the End Times. Fox concedes the match.