We’re nearing the end of the first day here at YCS Providence, but the Duels are still running hot! We’ve got Carl Manigat, from Elmont, NY, who just won his live streamed Feature Match with his Ryzeal Deck thanks to his inclusion of Nemeses cards! He’s facing Timmy Crane, from Townsend, MA, playing Ogdoadic Mitsurugi! There’s a ton of sweet new Mitsurugi cards, and many Duelists have gone with a Ryzeal pairing to easily access King of the Feral Imps. Crane’s gone with Ogdoadics instead, for even more Reptile synergy.

Duel 1

Manigat won the dice roll and played first, with a hand of Ryzeal Cross, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Ice Ryzeal, Small World, and Seventh Tachyon. He Normal Summoned Ice Ryzeal, which brought Star Ryzeal to the field. Star’s effect put Ryzeal Plasma Hole on the field. He activated Cross, then Xyz Summoned Ryzeal Duo Drive. He activated Seventh Tachyon, revealing Number 103: Ragnazero from his Extra Deck to add Surfacing Big Jaws to his hand, placing Fuwalos back on top of his Deck. He Special Summoned Surfacing Big Jaws, which brought Drake Shark to the party. He used both Fish to Xyz Summon Infernal Flame Banshee. He activated Duo Drive’s effect, detaching a material from each of his monsters to add Ryzeal Plugin and Sword Ryzeal to his hand. Then he used Infernal Flame Banshee to put Ext Ryzeal in his hand. He Special Summoned Sword, which let him find another Ice. Then he Special Summoned Ext by sending Toadally Awesome to the Graveyard. Toad’s effect put Surfacing Big Jaws back in his hand, and Ext put Node Ryzeal in his hand. He Special Summoned Node, using it to send Banshee to the Graveyard and Special Summon Star. He stacked Node and Star for Gallant Granite, using its effect to add Nibiru, the Primal Being to his hand. He sent Surfacing Big Jaws to the Graveyard to Special Summon Ice. He stacked Sword and Ext for Ryzeal Detonator, attaching Toadally Awesome as a material. He Set Plugin to finish the turn.

Crane played Book of Eclipse! Manigat Chained Detonator, detaching Toadally Awesome to destroy itself before everything flipped face-down. Toadally Awesome’s effect put Surfacing Big Jaws back in Manigato’s hand. Crane played Snake Rain, discarding Nephilabyss, the Ogdoadic Overlord! Snake Rain sent Keurse, the Ogdoadic Light; Nunu, the Ogdoadic Remnant; Nauya, the Ogdoadic Remnant; and Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Saji to the Graveyard. He Special Summoned Nephilabyss from the Graveyard. Before he could activate its effect, Manigat flipped Plugin to revive Detonator, attaching Sword to it as a material. Detonator then attached Toadally Awesome as a material again. Manigat then flipped Plasma Hole targeting Nephilabyss, but Crane had Forbidden Droplet, sending Nephilabyss to the Graveyard to negate Detonator! Crane tried activating Nunu’s effect in the Graveyard, but Manigat negated it with Ryzeal Cross, detaching Toadally Awesome from his Detonator. Crane had a second Snake Rain! He discarded Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi, sending Night Sword Serpent; Aron, the Ogdoadic King; Nauya, and Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi to the Graveyard. He Special Summoned Night Sword Serpent, with no other cards on the field or in hand. He Tributed Night Sword Serpent to Special Summon Keurse from the Graveyard, which let Manigat Special Summon Star from the Graveyard. Keurse activated, and Manigat Chained Plasma Hole’s effect in the Graveyard! That let him use Ice and Star to Xyz Summon Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir in Defense Position, negating Keurse and shutting down Crane’s turn for good!

Duel 2

Manigat began with Ice, Small World, Nemeses Flag, Mulcharmy Purulia, and Mulcharmy Meowls.

In the Draw Phase, Crane played Mitsurugi Prayers by Tributing Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Kusanagi, and Manigat Chained both of his Mulcharmy effects. Crane added Habakiri to his hand, and Kusanagi returned Prayers to the hand. In the Main Phase he used Habakiri to Special Summon Saji and Tribute it. Saji’s effect put Mitsurugi Great Purification in his hand. He activated Mitsurugi Ritual to Tribute Habakiri, Ritual Summoning Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi from the Deck. Habakiri’s effect put Mitsurugi Magatama in his hand. He Set three cards in his back row.

Manigat drew Archnemeses Eschatos! He Normal Summoned Ice and activated its effect, and Crane flipped Great Purification to Tribute Murakumo, negating and destroying Ice. Murakumo’s effect put Saji in Crane’s hand, and the Ritual Monster returned to the field. Manigat played Small World, banishing Nemeses Flag from his hand and Node Ryzeal from his Deck, putting Ext Ryzeal in his hand. He Special Summoned Ext by sending Mereologic Aggregator to the Graveyard. Aggregator negated Murakumo, and Ext put Sword in his hand. He Special Summoned Sword and used its effect to put another Ice in his hand. Crane flipped Prayers, Tributing Murakumo to add Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa to his hand, and took 800 damage to Special Summon Murakumo once more. Having left the field and returned, it was no longer negated by Aggregator, so Murakumo destroyed Manigat’s monsters! Manigat Special Summoned Eschatos, and used its effect on Reptile monsters! Crane Chained Murakumo’s effect, and Manigat discarded Ice to make his effect resolve. Eschatos attacked directly.

Crane Normal Summoned Saji, which added Prayers to his hand. He flipped Magatama, Tributing Saji to target Eschatos. He knew Eschatos couldn’t be destroyed by Magatama, but he needed to get his Reptile off the field to prevent Eschatos from applying a second time. He Set a card in the back row, unable to make meaningful plays while Eschatos’s effect still lingered for the rest of this turn.

Manigat drew Seventh Tachyon. He sent Eschatos to attack directly.

Crane activated Nauya’s effect, sending Keurse to the Graveyard. Manigat had nothing but Eschatos, and he could see where Crane’s turn was about to go. He chose to concede here with 17 minutes remaining in the round, rather than spend those minutes on a Duel he knew was over.

Duel 3

Manigat chose to play second this time, and began with began with Node, Sword, Eschatos, Fuwalos, and Meowls. Crane played Snake Rain, discarding Nephilabyss to send Nunu, Nauya, Keurse, and Aramasa to the Graveyard. He declined to activate Nephilabyss, but did use Nunu’s effect. Manigat responded with Meowls to draw Nemeses Flag. Crane Normal Summoned Night Sword Serpent, and Manigat used Fuwalos. Crane Xyz Summoned King of the Feral Imps, and Manigat drew Ice. King of the Feral Imps put Habakiri in Crane’s hand, and he used it to Special Summon Saji and Tribute it. Manigat drew Plugin. Saji’s effect put Prayers in Crane’s hand. He played Prayers, Tributing Habakiri. He put Murakumo in his hand, and then Habakiri’s effect put Mitsurugi Ritual in his hand. He played Mitsurugi Ritual to Ritual Summon Murakumo from his hand, Tributing Kusanagi and Aramasa from his Deck. Kusanagi and Aramasa activated, putting Prayers and Habakiri in his hand, respectively. He Set two cards in his back row.

Manigat drew Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. He Normal Summoned Ice and activated its effect, bringing Star Ryzeal to the field. Star’s effect put Cross on the field. Crane flipped Book of Eclipse, and Manigat Chained Ash Blossom. Crane Chained Murakumo, forcing Manigat to discard Node for his Ash Blossom to Eclipse. In a new Chain, Crane flipped Prayers by Tributing Murakumo. He added Saji to his hand and Special Summoned Kusanagi. Murakumo returned to the field and destroyed Manigat’s monsters, and Kusanagi put Prayers back in Crane’s hand. Manigat Special Summoned Sword, adding Ext to his hand. He Special Summoned Ext by sending Mereologic Aggregator to the Graveyard. Aggregator negated Kusanagi, and Ext put another Sword in Manigat’s hand. He flipped up Cross, then stacked Sword and Ext for Detonator. It attached Ice as a material. Then Manigat Special Summoned Eschatos, banishing Ash Blossom, Fuwalos, and Meowls! It destroyed all of Crane’s Reptile monsters! Then he Special Summoned Flag, which put Archnemeses Protos in his hand. He Special Summoned that, giving him enough ATK to end the Match!

Carl Manigat takes the Match with Ryzeal!