Julian Lipoff from Monroe Township, New Jersey and Santiago Caras from Middletown, New York are both currently 4-0 at YCS Providence. Lipoff is using a Live☆Twin Fiendsmith Deck with new support from Alliance Insight. Caras is using an Atlantean Mermail Deck. Atlantean Mermail Decks lost Abyss Dweller and Bahamut Shark in the latest Forbidden & Limited List update, weakening the Deck significantly. But that didn’t dissuade Caras from using the Deck this weekend, now with with Toxic Boxfish from Alliance Insight in his Extra Deck. One of these Duelists has the opportunity to advance with a 5-0 record and maintain a perfect record going into Round 6. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Lipoff opened up Duel 1 with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, 2 copies of Infinite Impermanence, Called by the Grave, and Live☆Twin Sunny’s Snitch.

He activated Sunny’s Snitch to add Live☆Twin Ki-sikil from his Deck to his hand. He Normal Summoned Ki-sikil and used its effect to Special Summon Live☆Twin Lil-la from his Deck. He sent Ki-sikil from his field to his Graveyard to Link Summon Evil★Twin Ki-sikil Deal and used Deal’s effect to send Live☆Twin Lil-la Sweet from his Deck to his Graveyard. He used Lil-la Sweet’s effect to Special Summon it from his Graveyard and then sent Ki-sikil Deal to the Graveyard to Link Summon Fiendsmith’s Requiem. He Tributed the Requiem to activate its effect, and Caras activated Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to try to negate it; but Lipoff Chained Called by the Grave to banish the Ash Blossom and negate its effect. He Special Summoned Lacrima the Crimson Tears from his Deck and used Lacrima’s effect to send Fiendsmith Engraver from his Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he sent his two Lil-Las to the Graveyard to Link Summon Evil★Twin Lil-La and used its effect to Special Summon Ki-sikil Deal. He used Lil-La and Ki-sikil Deal as Link Materials to Summon Evil★Twin Ki-Sikil and then used Ki-sikil’s effect to Special Summon Evil★Twin Lil-la from his Graveyard. He sent Lil-la and Ki-sikil to the Graveyard to Link Summon Evil★Twins Trouble Sunny and then Tributed it to activate its effect and Special Summon Evil★Twin Lil-la and Evil★Twin Ki-sikil from his Graveyard. He used Ki-sikil’s effect to draw Live☆Twin Ki-sikil from his Deck and then sent his two Evil★Twins to the Graveyard to Link Summon A Bao A Qu, the Lightless Shadow. He returned Ki-sikil Deal from his Graveyard to his Extra Deck to Special Summon Engraver from his Graveyard and then equipped his Lacrima with the Requiem in his Graveyard. He sent Lacrima and Requiem to the Graveyard to Link Summon Necroquip Princess and then Caras activated the effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being in his hand! Lipoff Chained A Bao A Qu’s effect by discarding Ash Blossom from his hand to try to banish it and Special Summon a monster, but Caras Chained Infinite Impermanence to negate its effect! Nibiru was Summoned to the field by Tributing all monsters, and Lipoff got a Primal Being Token with 6600 ATK and 4400 DEF in Attack Position. Lipoff Set both copies of Infinite Impermanence before ending his turn, devastated by Nibiru’s effect.

Caras activated Pot of Prosperity by banishing 6 cards from his Extra Deck face-down. He excavated 6 cards from the top of his Deck and added Mermail Abyssteus to his hand before returning the other 5 excavated cards to his Deck. Next, he activated the effect of Abyssrhine, the Atlantean Spirit in his hand by discarding it and Tributing Abyssteus from his hand. He Special Summoned Poseidra, the Storming Atlantean from his Deck and activated its on-field effect by sending Mermail Shadow Squad from his Deck to his Graveyard. He targeted a face-down Infinite Impermanence on Lipoff’s field to return it to the hand, and Lipoff Chained Lacrima’s effect in the Graveyard to Special Summon Requiem. One Infinite Impermanence returned to Lipoff’s hand and Caras Special Summoned Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince with the effect of Shadow Squad. He activated its effect by sending Atlantean Dragoons from his Deck to his Graveyard and added another Poseidra from his Deck to his hand. Next, he added Moulinglacia the Elemental Lord to his hand with the effect of Dragoons. He sent Neptabyss to the Graveyard to Special Summon Poseidra from his hand and then used the Neptabyss’s effect to Special Summon Atlantean Dragoons from his Graveyard. He combined both copies of Poseidra to Xyz Summon Abysstrite, the Atlantean Spirit and activated its effect, but lost out to Infinite Impermanence. Next, he used Abysstrite as an Xyz Material to Summon Poseidra Abyss, the Atlantean Dragon Lord. He detached 2 Xyz Materials from Poseidra Abyss to send Atlantean Dragoons from his Deck to his Graveyard and remove the Primal Being Token from the field. He added Neptabyss to his hand with Dragoons’s effect and Normal Summoned it. He attacked directly with all four of his monsters. Since damage was halved as a result of the effect of the recently activated Pot of Prosperity, Lipoff dropped down to 3700 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, he sent Poseidra Abyss and Neptabyss to the Graveyard to Link Summon Marincess Coral Anemone. He used his Poseidra’s effect by discarding Moulinglacia and Special Summoned Neptabyss, Mermail Shadow Squad, and Abyssrhine from his Graveyard. He combined Shadow Squad and Abyssrhine to Xyz Summon LeVirtue Dragon and then detached an Xyz Material from LeVirtue Dragon to return Neptabyss from his Graveyard to his hand. Next, he sent Coral Anemone and LeVirtue to the Graveyard to Link Summon Mermail King – Neptabyss. He Link Summoned Mermail Abyssalacia before ending his turn.

Lipoff drew Forbidden Droplet in his Draw Phase. He Normal Summoned Ki-sikil and activated its effect. He Chained Forbidden Droplet’s effect by sending Ki-sikil and Sunny’s Snitch to the Graveyard, negating the effects of Caras’s two Link Monsters. Lipoff Special Summoned Live☆Twin Lil-la from his Deck and used its effect to Special Summon Live☆Twin Ki-sikil Frost from his Deck. Caras activated the effect of the Abyssrhine in his Graveyard to discard Neptabyss and draw a card. He Special Summoned Poseidra, the Storming Atlantean with Neptabyss’s effect and activated Poseidra’s on-field effect by sending Atlantean Heavy Infantry from his Deck to his Graveyard. He returned Lil-la to the hand with Poseidra’s effect, then Heavy Infantry’s effect destroyed Ki-sikil Forst. Caras returned Requiem from his Graveyard to his Extra Deck to Special Summon Engraver from his Graveyard and then conceded, realizing he couldn’t overcome Caras’s field.

Santiago Caras wins the first Duel of the Match with his Atlantean Mermail Deck!

Duel Two

Lipoff opened up Duel 2 with Infinite Impermanence, Forbidden Droplet, Effect Veiler, Fiendsmith’s Tract, and Called by the Grave. He activated the Tract to add Fabled Lurrie from his Deck to his hand and discard it, then used its effect to Special Summon it. He sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Requiem and then Tributed Requiem to activate its effect. Caras activated the effect of Ash Blossom, but Lipoff negated it with Called by the Grave. Lipoff Special Summoned Lacrima and used its effect to send Engraver to his Graveyard. He Special Summoned it back from his Graveyard by returning Lurrie from his Graveyard to his Deck, then equipped his Lacrima with Requiem. He sent Lacrima and Requiem to the Graveyard to Special Summon Necroquip Princess, prompting Caras to activate the effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being once again! He Special Summoned Nibiru in Defense Position, and gave Lipoff a Primal Being Token with 3800 ATK and 4400 DEF in Attack Position. Lipoff Set his Droplet and Impermanence before ending his turn.

Caras Special Summoned Abyssteus from his hand by discarding Gluttonous Reptolphin Greethys from his hand.

He used Abyssteus’s on-field effect to add Mermail Shadow Squad from his Deck to his hand. Next, he discarded Abyssrhine from his hand and Tributed Shadow Squad to activate Abyssrhine’s effect and Special Summon Poseidra. Then, he used the effects of Shadow Squad and Poseidra as Chain Links 1 and 2 respectively. He sent Atlantean Dragoons from his Deck to his Graveyard to return a face-down Droplet on Lipoff’s field to his hand and then Special Summoned Neptabyss from his Deck with Shadow Squad’s effect. He used the Dragoons’s effect to add Deep Sea Minstrel from his Deck to his hand and then Lipoff Special Summoned Requiem from his Graveyard with Lacrima’s effect. He Tributed Requiem to Special Summon Lacrima and used Lacrima’s effect to send Fiendsmith in Paradise from his Deck to his Graveyard. Caras used his Neptabyss’s effect by sending Dragoons from his Deck to his Graveyard and added an Atlantean Dragoons from his Deck to his hand. He used the Dragoons’s effect to add a Neptabyss from his Deck to his hand. He used the effect of his Minstrel by discarding Dragoons and banished the Veiler from Lipoff’s hand until the End Phase. Caras used his Dragoons’s effect to add a Poseidra from his Deck to his hand and then combined his two Level 7 monsters to Xyz Summon Abysstrite, the Atlantean Spirit. He activated its effect, but lost out to Infinite Impermanence. Caras Special Summoned Poseidra by sending Neptabyss to his Graveyard and then used Neptabyss’s effect to Special Summon Shadow Squad from his Graveyard. He used Abysstrite as an Xyz Material to Summon Poseidra Abyss, the Atlantean Dragon Lord and Lipoff used the effect of his Fiendsmith in Paradise by banishing it from his Graveyard. He sent Fiendsmith’s Desirae from his Extra Deck to his Graveyard and then returned Requiem to his Extra Deck to send Nibiru the Primal Being to the Graveyard. Next, Caras activated Poseidra Abyss’s effect by detaching 2 Xyz Materials from it. He sent Abyssteus from his Deck to his Graveyard and returned the Primal Being Token and Lacrima to Lipoff’s hand. Next, he sent Shadow Squad and Poseidra to the Graveyard to Link Summon Coral Anemone and used his Poseidra Abyss’s effect to Special Summon Greethys, Abyssrhine, and Minstrel from his Graveyard. He Special Summon Neptabyss with the effect of Greethys and then direct attacks from all 6 of Caras’s monsters finished Lipoff off!

Santiago Caras advances with a 5-0 record with his Mermail Deck!