William Bak from Fort Lee, New Jersey and Jerry Woods from Dallas, Texas both currently have 6-2 records here at YCS Houston. Now, they’re facing off in a Match that will determine which Duelist will make it into Day 2! A victory in this Match will secure that Day 2 spot for one of these Duelists, while a loss will effectively mean elimination. Bak is using a Bystial Tachyon Deck, while Woods is using a Primite Blue-Eyes Deck. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Woods started off the first Duel by activating Wishes for Eyes of Blue by discarding a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his hand.

He added Sage with Eyes of Blue and Roar of the Blue-Eyed Dragons from his Deck to his hand with its effect and then Normal Summoned Sage. He used its effect to add Effect Veiler from his Deck to his hand and then sent the Sage to the Graveyard to Link Summon Spirit with Eyes of Blue. He activated its effect to add Mausoleum of White from his Deck to his hand. He activated it and then activated the effect of the Maiden of White in his hand by sending it from his hand to his Graveyard. He placed True Light from his Deck face-up into his Spell & Trap Zone. Next, he used the effect of his Mausoleum to increase his Spirit with Eyes of Blue’s ATK and send a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck to his Graveyard. He activated Spirit’s effect to Tribute it and Special Summon a Blue-Eyes from his Graveyard and then activated the effect of the Maiden in his Graveyard to Special Summon it. He activated Roar of the Blue-Eyed Dragons next and Special Summoned Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon from his Deck. Next, he Tuned the Maiden with his Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Synchro Summon Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon. In the End Phase, he activated the effect of True Light to Set Majesty of the White Dragons from his Deck face-down to his field.

Bak drew Droll & Lock Bird and added it to his hand of Called by the Grave, 2 copies of Tachyon Cloudragon, and 2 copies of Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. He Normal Summoned a Cloudragon and activated its effect by Tributing it. He Special Summoned Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Primal from his Deck. He activated Tachyon Primal’s effect, and when Woods Chained Effect Veiler targeting the Tachyon Primal, Bak used his Called by the Grave to target Effect Veiler in the Graveyard; but Woods Chained his Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon’s effect to Special Summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Spirit Dragon from his Extra Deck! The Ultimate Spirit Dragon’s effect prevented Called by the Grave from banishing Effect Veiler, allowing the Veiler’s effect to resolve and negate the Tachyon Primal’s effect. Bak attacked Jet Dragon with Primal, and Jet Dragon’s effect returned Tachyon Primal to Bak’s hand at the start of the Damage Step. Bak ended his turn with no cards on the field, and in the End Phase Woods activated the effect of True Light to Special Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Graveyard. He used his Maiden’s effect next to Special Summon it from the Graveyard, and the Ultimate Spirit Dragon was destroyed due to the effect of the Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon. He used his destroyed Ultimate Spirit Dragon’s effect to Special Summon Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon back from the Graveyard and Bak chose to concede.

Jerry Woods takes a quick victory with his Primite Blue-Eyes Deck in the first Duel of the Match!

Duel Two

Bak opened up Duel 2 with Seventh Ascension, Seventh Tachyon, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Tachyon Transmigration, and Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon.

He activated Seventh Tachyon by revealing Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon from his Extra Deck and added Schwarzschild Infinity Dragon from his Deck to his hand before returning a Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from his hand to the top of his Deck. Next, he activated the effect of his Infinity Dragon, but lost out to Woods’s Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Bak activated Seventh Ascension next, adding Seventh Tachyon from his Deck to his hand. He Set Tachyon Transmigration before ending his turn.

Woods activated Primite Lordly Lode and used its effect to add Primite Drillbeam from his Deck to his hand. He Normal Summoned Primite Dragon Ether Beryl and then sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Spirit with Eyes of Blue. He used Spirit’s effect to add Mausoleum of White from his Deck to his hand and then activated the Mausoleum. He activated the effect of the Maiden of White in his hand next, sending it to the Graveyard to place True Light face-up in his Spell & Trap Zone from his Deck. He activated Mausoleum’s effect targeting his Spirit, and increased Spirit’s ATK by sending a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck to his Graveyard. He activated the effect of Spirit with Eyes of Blue to Special Summon Blue-Eyes from his Graveyard and then used his Maiden’s effect to Special Summon it from his Graveyard alongside the Blue-Eyes. He activated the effect of True Light to try to Set a card from his Deck, and Bak Chained the effect of Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit to destroy it! Since True Light was destroyed, its effect destroyed all monsters on Woods’s field! Next, Woods activated the effect of Primite Lordly Lode to Special Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Graveyard in Defense Position. He Set a card to his back row and then ended his turn.

Bak drew Bystial Magnamhut and then activated the effect of his Infinity Dragon once more. He Special Summoned it from his hand along with a Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon from his Deck. He used Infinity and Afterglow as Xyz Materials to Summon Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon and then activated Seventh Tachyon by revealing Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon from his Extra Deck. Woods Chained Drillbeam targeting Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon, and Bak Chained Tachyon Transmigration to negate the activation of the Drillbeam and shuffle it back into Woods’s Deck. Bak added Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Primal from his Deck to his hand with the effect of Seventh Tachyon and then returned Magnamhut from his hand to the top of his Deck. Next, Bak Special Summoned Tachyon Primal from his hand and activated its effect, but he lost out to Woods’s Effect Veiler. Bak entered his Battle Phase and then used the effect of his Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon at the start of the Battle Phase by detaching his Afterglow Dragon. He used his Afterglow Dragon’s effect to Special Summon Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from his Deck and doubled the ATK of Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon. Tachyon Primal attacked and destroyed Blue-Eyes, and then direct attacks from the Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon with 3000 ATK Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon with 6000 ATK wiped out all 8000 of Woods’s Life Points!

William Bak wins the second Duel of the Match with his Bystial Tachyon Deck, pushing the Match to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Woods started off Duel 3 by Normal Summoning Primite Dragon Ether Beryl and using its effect to Set Primite Drillbeam from his Deck to his field face-down. Next, he activated Primite Lordly Lode and added Primite Scream from his Deck to his hand. He activated his Lordly Lode’s effect to Special Summon a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck and then sent Ether Beryl and Blue-Eyes from his field to his Graveyard to Link Summon Hieratic Seal of the Heavenly Spheres.

Bak opened up with Bystial Druiswurm, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Seventh Ascension, Seventh Tachyon, and Schwarzschild Infinity Dragon. He drew Galaxy-Eyes Afterglow Dragon for his turn and then activated Seventh Ascension to add Rank-Up-Magic – The Seventh One from his Deck to his hand. He activated Seventh Tachyon by revealing Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon from his Extra Deck and Woods Chained Drillbeam and revealed Lordly Lode from his hand to negate and banish the Seventh Tachyon. Next, Bak activated the effect of the Seventh Ascension in his Graveyard. He banished it and sent The Seventh One from his hand to his Graveyard in order to imitate the effect of The Seventh One. Woods Chained the effect of his Seals by Tributing it, and returned Lordly Lode to his hand. Bak Special Summoned Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon from his Extra Deck and then Xyz Summoned Number C107: Neo Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon over it with the effect of Seventh Ascension. Woods tried to Special Summon a monster from his Deck with the effect of his Spheres in a new Chain, but lost out to Bak’s Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Bak entered his Battle Phase and attacked directly with Number C107, dropping Woods down to 3500 Life Points.

Woods drew a card and then returned Ether Beryl from his Graveyard to his hand in the Standby Phase. He activated Lordly Lode to add an Ether Beryl from his Deck to his hand and then Normal Summoned Ether Beryl. He activated the effect of the Drillbeam in his Graveyard to Set it back to his field and then used Lordly Lode’s effect to Special Summon a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck. Next, he Set a card to his back row and ended his turn.

Bak drew another Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and then Woods flipped Drillbeam to target C107, negate its effects, and banish it. Bak activated the effect of the Schwarzschild Infinity Dragon in his hand, but lost out to Woods’s Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Bak ended his turn with no other play.

Woods activated the effect of his Drillbeam in the Graveyard to Set it and then Normal Summoned an Ether Beryl. He sent his Ether Beryl to the Graveyard to Link Summon Spirit and then used Spirit’s effect to add Mausoleum of White from his Deck to his hand. He Tributed the Spirit to try to Special Summon a Blue-Eyes from his Graveyard, but Bak Chained the effect of the Druiswurm in his hand to banish the Blue-Eyes from Woods’s Graveyard. Next, Woods activated the Mausoleum. He activated Infinite Impermanence to negate the effect of the Druiswurm and then Normal Summoned Maiden of White. He Tuned the Maiden with Blue-Eyes to Synchro Summon Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon and then entered his Battle Phase. The Spirit Dragon attacked Druiswurm to destroy it, and Druiswurm’s effect tried to send Spirit Dragon to the Graveyard; but Woods negated the Druiswurm’s effect with his Spirit Dragon’s effect. Ether Beryl attacked directly next, dropping Bak down to 6100 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Woods used his Lordly Lode’s effect to try to Special Summon a Blue-Eyes, but lost out to Ash Blossom.

Bak drew a Cloudragon and Woods activated his Spirit Dragon’s effect to Tribute ithe Spirit Dragon and Special Summon Ultimate Spirit Dragon from his Extra Deck. Bak then used the effect of Schwarzschild Infinity Dragon to Special Summon it from his hand along with a Nebula Dragon from his Deck. He combined his 2 Level 8 monsters to Xyz Summon Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon and Woods flipped Drillbeam by revealing Lordly Lode in his hand to negate the Cipher Dragon’s effect and banish the Cipher Dragon. Bak Normal Summoned Cloudragon next and activated its effect by Tributing it, but Woods negated it with his Ultimate Spirit Dragon’s effect. Bak banished Nebula Dragon from his Graveyard to activate its effect and return Cloudragon from his Graveyard to his hand, and then Special Summoned Cloudragon from his hand with its other effect. In the End Phase, Ultimate Spirit Dragon was destroyed, and its effect Special Summoned Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon from Woods’s Graveyard.

Woods used his Drillbeam’s effect to Set it back to his field once again, then Link Summoned a Spirit with Eyes of Blue. He Tributed Spirit to Special Summon a Blue-Eyes, then Special Summoned a Maiden from his Graveyard alongside it with Maiden’s effect. He Synchro Summoned a second Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon next, and then used the effect of one Spirit Dragon to Tribute it and Special Summon Crimson Dragon from his Extra Deck. He used the Crimson Dragon’s effect to target a Spirit Dragon, return Crimson Dragon to Extra Deck, and Special Summon Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier. He banished the only card remaining on Bak’s field and in his hand, plus a card from his Graveyard, with Trishula’s effect. Direct attacks from Trishula and Spirit Dragon dropped Bak down to 900 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Woods used his Lordly Lode’s effect to Special Summon another Blue-Eyes.

Bak drew Seventh Ascension and activated it, but when Woods negated it with his Drillbeam, Bak conceded.

Jerry Woods finishes Day 1 of YCS Houston with a 7-2 record and will return tomorrow for Day 2!