David Stolhanske from Minneapolis, Minnesota is competing in his first-ever YCS this weekend. He’s using a Mitsurugi Yummy Deck, which is a popular Deck for the tournament. Now, he’s facing off against Marc Routhier from Quebec in this Round 1 Feature Match! Routhier is using a Solfachord Yummy Deck. Routhier says he chose to use Solfachord cards instead of Mitsurugi cards because he believes that his Solfachord variant of a Yummy Deck is less vulnerable to cards like Nibiru, the Primal Being and Droll & Lock Bird, and is more consistent at achieving its goal. Routhier believes he sacrificed power for consistency by choosing to use Solfachord cards instead of Mitsurugi cards, but will it pay off? We’re about to find out. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Stolhanske opened up Duel 1 with Mitsurugi Prayers, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Yummy☆Surprise, and 2 copies of Ame no Habakiri no Misurugi.

He activated Habakiri’s effect by revealing it from his hand. He Special Summoned Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Saji from his Deck and Tributed it. Next, he activated Saji’s effect to add Mitsurugi Ritual from his Deck to his hand. He used Mitsurugi Ritual to Ritual Summon Habakiri from his hand by Tributing Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Kusanagi and Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa from his Deck. He activated the effects of Kusanagi and Aramasa to return Mitsurugi Ritual from his Graveyard to his hand and add Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated another Mitsurugi Ritual to Tribute Habakiri from his field and Summon Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi from his Deck. He activated the effect of his Tributed Habakiri to try to Special Summon it and add a card from his Deck to his hand, but Routhier Chained Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion to negate the activation. Routhier Chained Mitsurugi Prayers by Tributing Futsu. He added Habakiri to his hand and Special Summoned Saji from his Graveyard by taking 800 points of damage. In a new Chain, Stolhanske used the effect of Futsu to add Mitsurugi Mirror from his Deck to his hand and Special Summon Futsu back from his Graveyard. He activated the Mirror and Tributed Habakiri from his hand to Special Summon Murakumo. Next, he used Habakiri’s effect to add Mitsurugi Great Purification from his Deck to his hand. He combined Futsu with Murakumo to Xyz Summon The Zombie Vampire and then detached Murakumo to activate its effect; but Routhier Chained Infinite Impermanence to negate the effect of The Zombie Vampire! Stolhanske Normal Summoned Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring next and then sent Saji and The Zombie Vampire to the Graveyard to Link Summon I:P Masquerena. He Set Great Purification and Yummy☆Surprise before ending his turn.

Routhier activated Solfachord Happiness to start his turn. Stolhanske Chained Masquerena’s effect to Link Summon S:P Little Knight by using Ash Blossom and Masquerena as Link Materials. Routhier resolved Happiness by discarding Cooky☆Yummy and adding DoSolfachord Cutia and Solfachord Primoa from his Deck to his before and Special Summoning them from both his hand. He activated the effects of Primoa and Cutia on the field, and Stolhanske Chained Little Knight’s effect to banish Primoa since it had just been Link Summoned using Masquerena as a Link Material. Routhier added Solfachord Solfegia and Solfachord Primoa to his hand with the effects of his two monsters. Next, Routhier used Cutia as a Link Material to Link Summon Linkuriboh, sending Cutia to his Extra Deck face-up. He placed Primoa and Solfegia in the Pendulum Zones next, and then Pendulum Summoned Cutia from his Extra Deck and Primoa from his hand. Next, he used the effect of the Primoa in his Pendulum Zone to return the Primoa to his hand. He then sent Cutia and Primoa to the Graveyard to Link Summon GranSolfachord Musecia. He Special Summoned Cupsy☆Yummy next and activated its effect to add Yummy☆Surprise from his Deck to his hand. He sent Cupsy☆Yummy and Linkuriboh to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon Cupsy★Yummy Way and activated its effect to add Lollipo☆Yummy and Marshmao☆Yummy from his Deck to his hand before discarding the Marshmao. Next, he Normal Summoned Primoa and used Primoa and Musecia as Link Materials to Link Summon GranSolfachord Coolia. He Special Summoned Lollipo☆Yummy from his hand next, and used it as a Link Material to Summon Yummy★Snatchy. He activated its effect, and when Stolhanske Chained Little Knight’s effect to try to banish the Snatchy and Little Knight until the End Phase, Routhier used the effect of the Solfegia in his Pendulum Zone to negate the effect as it tried to resolve. With no more cards left to stop Routhier’s plays, Stolhanske conceded the first Duel!

Mark Routhier takes the first win with his Solfachord Yummy Deck, and Stolhanske chose to let Routhier go first in Duel 2!

Duel Two

Routhier started off the second Duel by Normal Summoning Primoa.

He activated its effect to add Solfachord Happiness from his Deck to his hand and then activated Happiness. He discarded Mulcharmy Fuwalos from his hand to add Primoa and Solfegia from his Deck to his hand and then Special Summon Cutia from his hand. He used Cutia’s effect to add Primoa from his Deck to his hand and then placed Primoa and Solfegia in the Pendulum Zones. He used Primoa and Cutia as Link Materials to Summon Musecia, sending Primoa and Cutia face-up to his Extra Deck. Next, he Pendulum Summoned Cutia and Primoa from his Extra Deck linked to Musecia, as well as a Primoa from his hand. He used Primoa and Musecia as Link Materials to Link Summon Coolia and then used Primoa’s on-field effect to return Happiness from his Graveyard to his hand. He used Primoa as a Link Material to Summon Linkuriboh, sending Primoa to his Extra Deck face-up, and then used Linkuriboh and Cutia as Synchro Materials to Summon Cupsy★Yummy Way. He used its effect to add Marshmao and Cupsy☆Yummy from his Deck to his hand and discarded PSY-Framegear Gamma. Next, he Special Summoned Cupsy and used its effect to add Yummy☆Surprise from his Deck to his hand. He sent Cupsy☆Yummy and Cupsy★Yummy Way to his Graveyard to Synchro Summon Martial Metal Marcher and used its effect to Special Summon Cupsy★Yummy Way back from his Graveyard. He activated Surprise to Special Summon Marshmao from his hand next, and used Marshmao’s effect to return Surprise to his hand. He used Marshmao and Metal Marcher as Synchro Materials to Summon Herald of the Arc Light. Next, he activated another Happiness, this time using its effect to perform another Pendulum Summon. He Pendulum Summoned Cutia and Primoa from his Extra Deck Linked to Coolia and then used both monsters to Link Summon I:P Masquerena, sending them back to the Extra Deck face-up. Next, he used Cupsy★Yummy Way as a Link Material to Summon Yummy★Snatchy and used Snatchy’s effect to place Yummyusment☆Mignon from his Deck into his Field Spell Zone. He activated Mignon’s effect to Special Summon Cupsy☆Yummy from his Graveyard and then sent Snatchy and Cupsy☆Yummy to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon Lollipo★Yummy Way. He used Lollipo☆Yummy’s effect to Special Summon Marshmao and Cupsy from his Graveyard and then Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Stolhanske opened up Duel 2 with Yummy☆Surprise, Kusanagi, Cupsy☆Yummy, Habakiri, and Mitsurugi Prayers. He drew Dark Ruler No More for his turn! He activated it and it resolved to negate the effects of all monsters on Routhier’s field! Next, Stolhanske activated the effect of Habakiri in his hand to Special Summon Saji from his Deck and Tribute it. He activated Saji’s effect, but lost out to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Stolhanske Chained Mitsurugi Prayers by Tributing Habakiri, allowing him to add Murakumo from his Deck to his hand and then Special Summon Saji by taking 800 points of damage. In a new Chain, he activated the effect of his Tributed Habakiri to add Mitsurugi Ritual from his Deck to his hand. He activated the Ritual to Summon Murakumo from his hand by Tributing Aramasa from his Deck and Kusanagi from his hand. He used Kusanagi’s effect to return Mitsurugi Ritual to his hand and Aramasa’s effect to add a card from his Deck to his hand. Routhier Chained the effect of Lollipo★Yummy Way to return it to the Extra Deck even though its effect was negated by Dark Ruler No More, and Stolhanske added Habakiri from his Deck to his hand with Aramasa’s effect. Next, he activated Mitsurugi Ritual to try to Special Summon from his Deck, and Stolhanske Chained Yummy☆Surprise! He returned Cupsy and Marshmao to his own hand, and returned Murakumo and Saji to Stolhanske’s hand! Stolhanske resolved Mitsurugi Ritual by Tributing Murakumo from his hand to Special Summon Habakiri from his Deck. He used the effect of Murakumo to add Mitsurugi Mirror from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated Mitsurugi Mirror and Tributed Habakiri from his hand to Special Summon Murakumo from his Graveyard. He activated Murakumo’s effect to try to destroy all of Routhier’s monsters, and Routhier used the effect of the Solfegia in his Pendulum Zone to negate Murakumo’s effect as it resolved and send the Solfegia face-up to his Extra Deck. Next, Stolhanske Normal Summoned Cupsy☆Yummy and activated its effect to add Lollipo☆Yummy from his Deck to his hand. He sent Cupsy☆Yummy to the Graveyard to Link Summon Yummy★Snatchy, prompting Stolhanske to concede with about 14 minutes left in the round!

Dark Ruler No More rescues Stolhanske and pushes the Match to a third and final Duel! Routhier chose to go first in the third Duel!

Duel Three

Routhier started off Duel 3 by Special Summoning Marshmao☆Yummy from his hand, prompting Stolhanske to activate the effect of Mulcharmy Fuwalos; but Routhier Chained Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring’s effect to negate it! Next, Routhier Link Summoned Yummy★Snatchy and used its effect to place Yummyusment☆Mignon in his Field Spell Zone. He Special Summoned Cupsy☆Yummy from his hand next, and used its effect to add Yummy☆Surprise from his Deck to his hand. He sent Cupsy and Snatchy to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon Lollipo★Yummy Way and used its effect to Special Summon Yummy★Snatchy and Cupsy from his Graveyard. That prompted Stolhanske to activated the effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being in his hand, Tributing all monsters on the field to Summon the Nibiru and give Routhier a Primal Being Token. Routhier used the Token to Link Summon Link Spider and then used Yummyusment☆Mignon’s effect to Special Summon Cupsy from his Graveyard. He sent Cupsy and Spider to the Graveyard to Link Summon Little Knight and used Little Knight’s effect to banish Nibiru from Stolhanske’s field. Next, he used Yummy☆Surprise to Special Summon Lollipo★Yummy Way from his Graveyard and then Special Summoned Lollipo☆Yummy from his hand. He Set a card to his back row and then ended his turn.

Stolhanske had Dark Ruler No More and Nibiru, the Primal Being in his hand, then drew Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring for his turn. With no cards central to his strategy, he ended his turn.

Routhier switched Lollipo★Yummy Way and Lollipo☆Yummy into Attack Position and then attacked directly with both monsters plus Little Knight, dropping Stolhanske down to 2600 Life Points. He passed his turn with no further play.

Stolhanske drew Droll & Lock Bird on his next turn and conceded. He hadn’t drawn any Mitsurugi or Yummy cards in the entire Duel, so there was nothing he could do to take down Routhier.

Marc Routhier advances with a 1-0 record using his Solfachord Yummy Deck!