Isaias Estrada from Idaho, Nampa and Nicholas Jadusingh from Kingston, Jamaica are both currently 4-0 with their Tenpai strategies, but Isaias’s Deck has a twist to it. He’s using a Sky Striker engine that he can use to clear his opponent’s field to make way for his direct attacks. Will the Sky Striker cards give him an edge in this Round 5 Feature Match? We’re about to find out. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Estrada won the die roll and chose to go second, likely signaling that he was on a Tenpai strategy.

Jadusingh started off the Duel by activating Pot of Prosperity.

He banished 6 cards from his Extra Deck face-down to excavate the top 6 cards of his Deck: Tenpai Dragon Chundra, 2 Forbidden Droplets, Sangen Kaimen, Bystial Magnamhut, and Tenpai Dragon Paidra. He added Chundra to his hand and then Normal Summoned Tenpai Dragon Genroku. He Special Summoned Chundra next and used Genroku’s effect to Special Summon Paidra from his Deck. He used Paidra’s effect to add Sangen Kaimen from his Deck to his hand. He sent Chundra and Paidra to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon Sangenpai Bident Dragion and used Bident Dragion’s effect to Special Summon Paidra from his Graveyard. He Link Summoned Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres and then Set a card to his back row.

Estrada opened up Duel 1 with Forbidden Droplet, Raigeki, Pot of Desires, Tenpai Dragon Chundra, and Sky Striker Mecha – Widow Anchor. He drew Sangen Summoning and then activated Raigeki to destroy the Heavenly Seal. Next, he banished the top 10 cards of his Deck face-down to activate Pot of Desires and drew Lightning Storm and another Widow Anchor from his Deck. He used Lightning Storm to try to destroy Jadusingh’s face-down Kaimen, which he Chained to add Tenpai Dragon Fadra from his Deck to his hand. Next, Estrada activated Sangen Summoning and added a Chundra from his Deck to his hand before discarding a Widow Anchor. Next, he Special Summoned a Chundra from his hand. He attacked with a Chundra to inflict 1500 points of damage to Jadusingh’s Life Points and then used the Chundra’s effect to Special Summon Genroku from his Deck. Next, another Chundra attacked, dropping Jadusingh down to 5000 Life Points. He used Chundra’s effect to Tune it with Genroku and Summon Bident Dragion, and used the Bident Dragion’s effect to Special Summon Genroku back to his field. He attacked directly with Bident Dragion to drop Jadusingh down to 2400 Life Points and then used his other Chundra’s effect to Tune with it. Jadusingh Chained the effect of the Bident Dragion in his Graveyard to Special Summon it and destroy Sangen Summoning. Chundra’s effect resolved to Tune it with Genroku and Synchro Summon a Bident Dragion. Next, Estrada activated Forbidden Droplet and sent his Bident Dragion to the Graveyard to negate the effect of the Bident Dragion on Jadusingh’s field. Estrada Special Summoned Bident Dragion from his Graveyard next. He wanted to use Widow Anchor to take control of Jadusingh’s Bident Dragion and win the Duel with an attack from his own Bident Dragion, but couldn’t target it with Widow Anchor because its effect was negated by the Droplet! He attacked Jadusingh’s Bident Dragion to destroy it instead. In Main Phase 2, Estrada Link Summoned Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres and Set Widow Anchor. Jadusingh used the effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being to clear the field, Summoning his Nibiru and giving Estrada a Primal Being Token with 0 ATK.

Jadusingh Summoned Fadra and then Special Summoned Chundra. He Tuned them together to Synchro Summon Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon. He entered his Battle Phase and then activated Sangen Kaimen to add Chundra to his hand and then Special Summon it. He attacked the Primal Being Token with Nibiru to inflict 3000 points of damage and destroy the Token, and then attacked Chundra with Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon. Jadusingh used his own Chundra’s effect to Special Summon Paidra from his Deck and used Paidra’s effect to add Sangen Summoning to his hand. Chundra attacked directly to end the Duel!

Nicholas Jadusingh survives a turn against Isaias Estrada’s Sky Striker Tenpai Dragon Deck and takes the comeback victory in Duel 1! Isaias Estrada chose to go second in Duel 2!

Duel Two

Jadusingh started off Duel 2 without a play! Play immediately passed to Estrada!

Estrada opened up Duel 2 with D.D. Crow, Sangen Summoning, Tenpai Dragon Genroku, Tenpai Dragon Chundra, and Lightning Storm. He drew Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage! and then activated Sangen Summoning. He activated its effect, but lost out to Aash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Next, he activated Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage! and added Sky Striker Mecha – Hornet Drones from his Deck to his hand. He activated it to Special Summon a Sky Striker Ace Token and then traded it in for a Link-1 Sky Striker Ace – Kagari. He used its effect targeting Engage, but lost out to Effect Veiler. Next, he Normal Summoned Genroku and Special Summoned Chundra. He entered his Battle Phase and Jadusingh activated Infinite Impermanence targeting Chundra. Estrada Chained the effect of Genroku to Special Summon Fadra from his Deck. In a new Chain, Fadra’s effect activated to Special Summon Genroku. He attacked directly with Kagari, Chundra, and Fadra. He tried to use Fadra’s effect to Synchro Summon, but lost out when Fadra’s effect was negated by Infinite Impermanence. In Main Phase 2, Estrada sent Chundra and Fadra to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon Bident Dragion and used its effect to Special Summon Genroku. Next, he Tuned Fadra and Bident Dragion to Synchro Summon Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion and ended his turn.

Jadusingh drew to a second card in his hand and then activated Sangen Summoning. He used its effect to add Paidra from his Deck to his hand and discard it. Next, he activated Sangen Kaimen and used its effect to add Fadra to his hand. He Normal Summoned it and used its effect to try to Special Summon Paidra; but Estrada Chained D.D. Crow to banish Paidra and Jadusingh conceded.

Isais Estrada capitalizes on Nicholas Jadusingh’s weak hand to win Duel 2 and push the Match to a third Duel! Estrada was forced to go first in Duel 3!

Duel Three

Estrada opened up Duel 3 with D.D. Crow, Dimension Shifter, Forbidden Droplet, Pot of Desires, and Tenpai Dragon Fadra.

In the Draw Phase, Jadusingh activated the effect of his own Dimension Shifter. Estrada banished the top 10 cards of his Deck face-down to use Pot of Desires and draw Terraforming and Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage! from his Deck. He activated the Terraforming to add Sangen Summoning from his Deck to his hand and then activated Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage! to add a Widow Anchor to his hand. He activated Sangen Summoning and then used its effect to add a Tenpai Dragon Paidra to his hand and get rid of a Dimension Shifter. He Normal Summoned Paidra and used its effect to add Sangen Kaimen to his hand. He activated it to add a Tenpai Dragon Chundra to his hand and then Special Summoned the Chundra. He traded in both monsters to Link Summon Hieratic Seal and then Set Widow Anchor to his back row. Jadusingh activated the effect of Magnamhut in the End Phase to banish the Shifter from his Graveyard and Summon Magnamhut. He added Genroku to his hand with Magnamhut’s effect and then used Genroku’s effect to Special Summon the Genroku to the field. He Tributed it to Special Summon Paidra and used Paidra’s effect to add Sangen Summoning to his hand.

Jadusingh activated Sangen Summoning on his own turn and then Normal Summoned a Paidra. He used its effect to add a Sangen Kaimen to his hand. He then used the effect of Sangen Summoning to add Chundra to his hand and discard another Sangen Summoning. He Special Summoned Chundra from his hand next and then Tuned it with Magnamhut to Synchro Summon Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion While still in the Battle Phase, Estrada used the effect of his Hieratic Seal to return Sangen Summoning to Jadusingh’s hand. He activated the effect of Hieratic Seal and Chained Widow Anchor to negate the Sangenpai’s effect. He Special Summoned Chundra from his Deck and then Jadusingh continued his Main Phase. He activated Sangen Summoning once again and then activated Sangen Kaimen. He added Genroku to his hand and then used its effect to Special Summon it as a Level 4 Tuner. He Tuned Genroku with Paidra to Synchro Summon Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon and then entered his Battle Phase. He attacked Chundra with Meteorburst to destroy it and then attacked directly with Paidra and the Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion to drop Estrada down to 3300 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Jadusingh sent Paidra and Meteorburst Dragon to the Graveyard to Link Summon Hieratic Seal.

Estrada drew a Chundra and then activated the effect of Sangan Summoning. Jadusingh Chained the effect of his Hieratic Seal to return the Sangen Summoning to Estrada’s hand, and Estrada Chained D.D. Crow to banish the Hieratic Seal. Next, Estrada activated Droplet and sent Chundra to the Graveyard to negate the effect of Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion. He Normal Summoned Fadra and used its effect to Special Summon Chundra. Fadra attacked and destroyed Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion and then Chundra’s effect activated to Special Summon Fadra from Estrada’s Deck in Attack Position. Estrada used Chundra’s effect to Tune it with Fadra and Summon Sangenpai Bident Dragion and then used Bident Dragion’s effect to Special Summon Fadra. He attacked directly with Bident Dragion and then used the effect of Fadra to Tune it with Bident Dragion and Summon his own Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion. He attacked with the Sangenpai Transcendent Dragion and then used the effect of the Biden Dragion in his Graveyard to Special Summon it back to his field. A direct attack from his Bident Dragion wiped out the rest of Estrada’s Life Points!

Isais Estrada uses his Sky Striker cards to get the edge over Nicholas Jadusingh and win the Round 5 Feature Match! Isais Estrada advances with a 5-0 record using his Sky Striker Tenpai Dragon Deck!