Omar Hidalgo from Middletown, New York has competed in a couple of YCS events in the past, and is hoping to make it into his first Day 2 finish this weekend. Now, he’s 2-0 with his K9 Cyber Dragon Deck, Dueling against local Duelist Gavin Walton from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in this Round 3 Feature Match! Walton is using a Branded Dracotail Deck, which relies on a more common strategy that Duelists are using here at YCS Pittsburgh. Only one of these Duelists can advance into the next round with an undefeated record. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Hidalgo opened up Duel 1 with Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Therion “King” Regulus, Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and Cyberdark Wurm. He passed his turn without making a play.

Walton started off his turn by activating Branded Fusion and Hidalgo negated it with the effect of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Next, Walton Normal Summoned Dracotail Lukias and used its effect to add Dracotail Phryxul from his Deck to his hand. Walton activated the effect of Dracotail Faimena in his hand next, and Hidalgo Chained the effect of Fuwalos. Walton fused Dracotail Lukias and Dracotail Urgula from his hand to Fusion Summon Dracotail Arthalion. Hidalgo drew a card, and Walton used the effects of Lukias, Urgula, and Arthalion. He Set Ketu Dracotail and Rahu Dracotail from his Deck with the effects of Lukias and Urgula, and used Arthalion’s effect to return Faimena and Lukias from his Graveyard to his hand. He flipped Ketu Dracotail to add Dracotail Mululu from his Deck to his hand next and then flipped Rahu Dracotail to fuse Mululu from his Deck with Faimena from his hand. He Fusion Summoned Dracotail Gulamel, allowing Hidalgo to draw a card thanks to Fuwalos, and then he used the effects of Faimena and Mululu to Set Dracotail Flame and Dracotail Sting from his Deck. He passed his turn without attacking, forgetting that it was the second turn of the Duel because Hidalgo had quickly passed his first turn with no play!

Hidalgo Normal Summoned K9-17 Izuna and used its effect to send K9-ØØ Lupis from his Deck to his Graveyard. He attacked Lukias with Izuna to destroy it in battle and then Set a Called by the Grave and Forbidden Droplet face-down. In the End Phase, Walton activated Dracotail Sting targeting Lupis, but lost out to Ghost Belle.

Walton Normal Summoned Lukias and activated its effect. He Chained Gulameg’s effect targeting the face-down Called by the Grave, which Hidalgo Chained to try to banish Faimena from Walton’s Graveyard. Walton Chained Dracotail Flame targeting Called by the Grave to try to negate it, and Hidalgo Chained Forbidden Droplet, sending Called by the Grave to the Graveyard. Walton Chained Faimena’s effect from his hand. He fused Phryxul from his hand with Arthalion on the field to Fusion Summon Secreterion Dragon with Faimena’s effect, then Droplet resolved to negate Secreterion Dragon’s effect. The Flame resolved without effect, and Called by the Grave banished Faimena. Finally, Lukias’s effect resolved to add Dracotail Pan from Hidalgo’s Deck to his hand. In a new Chain, Walton activated Phryxul’s effect, and Hidalgo Chained Lupis’s effect in the Graveyard to Special Summon it to his field. Walton Set Ketu Dracotail from his Deck with the Phryxul’s effect. Next, Walton sent Lukias and Secreterion Dragon to the Graveyard to Link Summon S:P Little Knight and used Little Knight’s effect to try to banish Lupis. Hidalgo Chained Lupis’s effect to try to Xyz Summon with it, and Walton Chained his Little Knight’s other effect to banish Lupis and Little Knight. Next, Walton flipped Ketu Dracotail to add Dracotail Mululu from his Deck to his hand and fuse Mululu and Pan from his hand. He Fusion Summoned Arthalion and then used the effects of Arthalion, Mululu, and Pan. He targeted Lukias and Mululu to return them to his hand with Arthalion and then Set Dracotail Horn and Rahu Dracotail with Mululu and Pan, while destroying Izuna with Pan’s effect. Next, he activated Rahu Dracotail to fuse Faimena from his Deck with Lukias in his hand and Summon another Arthalion. He used Urgula’s effect in the Graveyard to return it to his Deck and add a Faimena from his Graveyard to his hand. He couldn’t attack directly due to the effect of Little Knight and passed his turn. In the End Phase, Little Knight returned to the field, but Lupis remained banished due to its own effect.

Hidalgo drew Cyber Dragon and Special Summoned it. He entered his Battle Phase and attacked Little Knight; but Walton flipped Horn to return Cyber Dragon to Hidalgo’s hand, return Flame from his Graveyard to his Deck, and draw a card. In Main Phase 2, Hidalgo Special Summoned Cyber Dragon again. He Tributed it to Tribute Summon Cyberdark Wurm and Walton used Faimena’s effect in his hand. He activated Gulamel’s effect to destroy the Wurm, even though Faimena’s effect was negated by Called by the Grave. Hidalgo used his Wurm’s effect in the Graveyard to send Cyber Dragon Herz from his Deck to his Graveyard and Special Summon the Wurm back from his Graveyard. He then used Herz’s effect to return Cyber Dragon from his Graveyard to his hand. He activated the effect of Regulus in his hand next by targeting the Herz in his Graveyard, and Walton Chained Little Knight’s effect to banish Wurm and Little Knight until the End Phase. Hidalgo Special Summoned Regulus with Herz attached, and the monsters banished by Little Knight returned to the field in the End Phase.

Walton Normal Summoned Lukias on his next turn, and Hidalgo finally conceded. He realized there was no chance he would survive another turn.

Gavin Walton wins the first Duel of the Match! Omar Hidalgo chose to go first in the second Duel.

Duel Two

Hidalgo opened up Duel 2 with Clockwork Night, Triple Tactics Thrust, K9-04 Noroi, K9-ØØ Lupis, and Called by the Grave. He Normal Summoned Noroi and activated its effect. Walton Chained the effect of Mulcharmy Fuwalos, and when Hidalgo Chained Called by the Grave, Walton Chained the effect of another copy of Fuwalos! Hidalgo Special Summoned K9-66A Jokul from his Deck allowing Walton to draw a card and then used Jokul’s effect to add K9-66B Lantern from his Deck to his hand. Hidalgo Tributed Jokul to use Noroi’s effect and look at Walton’s hand of Dracotail Flame, Dracotail Mululu, Dracotail Urgula, and Rahu Dracotail. He activated the effect of Lantern in his hand, Special Summoning it alongside the Jokul in his Graveyard. He used Lantern’s effect to add “A Case for K9” from his Deck to his hand and activated it to add K9-17 Izuna from his Deck to his hand. He combined Jokul with Lantern to Xyz Summon K9-17 “Ripper”, allowing Walton to draw another card. Next, he used the effect of “Ripper” by detaching an Xyz Material to add Noroi from his Deck to his hand and Set K9-X Forced Release from his Deck. He activated the effect of Lupis in his hand to Special Summon it and then activated Clockwork Night. With his monsters turned into Machines, he used Lupis and Noroi to Xyz Summon Cyber Dragon Nova. Walton drew a card, and then Hidalgo Xyz Summoned Cyber Dragon Infinity by using Nova as an Xyz Material, allowing Walton to draw another card. Finally, Hidalgo activated Triple Tactics Thrust to Set Cyber Emergency from his Deck to his field. At the end of the Main Phase, Walton tried to use the effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being, and Hidalgo negated it with the effect of “Ripper”.

Walton started off his turn by activating Rahu Dracotail. Hidalgo tried to negate the activation with Infinity’s effect, and Walton Chained Faimena’s effect in his hand. Hidalgo Chained the effect of Izuna in his hand, followed by Lupis’s effect. He Special Summoned Lupis and Izuna, and then Walton fused Mululu, Urgula, and Mulcharmy Purulia from his hand to Fusion Summon Dracotail Arthalion with Faimena’s effect. He activated the effects of Arthalion (targeting Mululu, Faimena, and Mululu in the Graveyard), Urgula, and Mululu, and Hidalgo Chained Forced Release to Summon K9-X “Werewolf” using “Ripper” as an Xyz Material while destroying Arthalion. Walton Set Ketu Dracotail from his Deck with Mululu’s effect and negated the effect of “Werewolf” thanks to Mululu. With Urgula’s effect, he Set another Ketu Dracotail and destroyed the face-down Cyber Emergency. Finally, Arthalion’s effect resolved to add the 3 cards he had previously targeted in his Graveyard back to his hand. In a new Chain, Hidalgo used Lupis’s effect to combine it with Izuna and Xyz Summon Chronomaly Vimana. Walton flipped Ketu Dracotail and Hidalgo Chained the effect of “Werewolf” even though it was negated by Mululu. Walton fused Pan and Faimena from his hand to Summon Gulamel and then activated the effects of Pan and Faimena as Chain Links 1 and 2 respectively. Hidalgo negated Faimena’s effect with Vimana by detaching 2 Xyz Materials and then used Pan’s effect to Set Dracotail Sting from his Deck and destroy Cyber Dragon Infinity. Walton Normal Summoned Lukias next and activated its effect, Chaining Gulamag’s effect to destroy “Werewolf”. He added Faimena from his Deck to his hand and then attacked Vimana with Gulamel. In the Damage Step, however, Hidalgo used his Vimana’s effect to attach “Werewolf” to it from the Graveyard and increase Vimana’s ATK by 1650 for the turn, allowing it to win the battle and destroy Gulamel. Walton Set a card to his back row and passed.

Hidalgo drew an Ash Blossom and then used Vimana’s effect to attach “Ripper” from his Graveyard to it as an Xyz Material and increase Vimana’s ATK once again. He Normal Summoned Noroi in the Main Phase and activated its effect to Special Summon K9-66A Jokul from his Deck. He used Jokul’s effect to add Izuna from his Deck to his hand and then combined Jokul with Izuna to Xyz Summon another “Ripper”. He entered his Battle Phase and then attacked Lukias with “Ripper” to destroy it and drop Hidalgo down to 4850 Life Points. Next, he attacked directly with Vimana and Walton activated Dracotail Flame. He returned Ketu Dracotail from his Graveyard to his Deck to draw a card after negating Clockwork Night’s effect. Walton dropped down to 1400 Life Points.

Walton drew a card and then activated the effect of Bystial Druiswurm in his hand by targeting Jokul in the Graveyard. He banished the Jokul to Summon the Druiswurm. Next, he activated Branded Fusion. Hidalgo Chained Lupis’s effect to Special Summon the Lupis and Walton fused Phryxul and Fallen of Albaz from his Deck to Special Summon Albion the Sanctifire Dragon. He activated Ketu Dracotail next, and Hidalgo Chained the effect of Izuna in his hand to Special Summon it. Walton added Lukias from his Deck to his hand and then fused Mululu and Urgula from his hand to Summon Arthalion. He activated Arthalion’s effect as Chain Link 1 targeting Pan and Faimena in his Graveyard, then Urgula as Chain Link 2 and Mululu as Chain Link 3. Hidalgo Chained the effect of “Ripper” to negate Mululu’s effect and then Walton used Urgula’s effect to Set Rahu Dracotail from his Deck and destroy Clockwork Knight. He returned Pan and Faimena from his Graveyard to his hand with Arthalion’s effect. He attempted to enter his Battle Phase, and Hidalgo activated Lupis’s effect to combine Lupis with Izuna and Xyz Summon Vallon, the Super Psy Skyblaster in the Main Phase. Next, Walton activated the effect of Faimena in his hand, and Hidalgo stopped it with Vimana’s effect. Hidalgo used his Skyblaster to put Druiswurm face-down and then, finally entering his Battle Phase, Walton attacked “Ripper” with Albion, not realizing his monster was weaker and would be destroyed by battle! Next, Arthalion attacked Vimana, but Hidalgo used the Vimana’s effect to attach “Werewolf” to it and increase its ATK, destroying the Arthalion in battle too! Walton used Urgula’s effect in the Graveyard to return Urgula to his Deck and add Phryxul to his hand.

Hidalgo drew a card and then used Vimana’s effect in the Standby Phase to give it another Xyz Material. He banished Clockwork Night from his Graveyard and discarded Ash Blossom from his hand to add Therion “King” Regulus from his Deck to his hand. He activated Regulus’s effect by targeting Noroi to try to Special Summon Regulus with Noroi equipped, and when Walton flipped Sting, Hidalgo Chained Ash Blossom to negate it. Walton tried to use Faimena’s effect next, and after Hidalgo negated it with “Ripper”, Walton conceded.

The Match is going to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Walton started off Duel 3 by activating Ketu Dracotail to add Dracotail Lukias from his Deck to his hand.

He Normal Summoned it and activated its effect to add Dracotail Pan from his Deck to his hand. He activated Faimena’s effect in his hand to fuse Phryxul from his hand and Lukias on his field to Summon Arthalion. He used Arthalion’s effect to return the Faimena in his Graveyard to his hand and used the effects of Lukias and Phryxul to Set Sting and Rahu Dracotail from his Deck to his field. He flipped Rahu Dracotail and fused Faimena from his hand with Urgula from his Deck to Summon Gulamel. He used Urgula’s effect to Set Ketu Dracotail from his Deck to his field. Next, he Set 2 cards to his back row and used the effect of Urgula in his Graveyard. He returned Urgula to his Deck and returned Faimena from his Graveyard to his hand.

Hidalgo opened up Duel 3 with Cyber Dragon Core, Forbidden Droplet, Cyber Dragon, K9-X Forced Release, and K9-04 Noroi. He drew Mulcharmy Fuwalos and then activated its effect in the Standby Phase. Next, he Normal Summoned Cyber Dragon Core and used its effect to add Cyberdark Realm from his Deck to his hand. He activated it, but Walton Chained Horn targeting Core. Hidalgo Chained Droplet by sending Core to the Graveyard, and Walton Chained Flame to negate the effect of Realm, return a Dracotail card from his Graveyard to his Deck, and draw a card. Next, Hidalgo Special Summoned Cyber Dragon from his hand, prompting Walton to activate the effect of Faimena in his hand. He fused Mululu from his hand with Arthalion on his field  to Summon Khaos Starsource Dragon, allowing Hidalgo to draw a card from Fuwalos’s effect. Walton used the effect of his Khaos Starsource Dragon to destroy Cyber Dragon and used the Mululu’s effect to Set a Dracotail card from his Deck. Next, Hidalgo used Jokul’s effect to Special Summon it from his hand along with Noroi. He then added Izuna to his hand with Jokul, and combined Jokul with Noroi to Xyz Summon K9-66X “Jacks”. He activated Forced Release next to Summon K9-X “Werewolf” over Jokul and destroy Dracotail Sting! “Werewolf” had 3300 ATK and could attack three times, plus the damage it inflicted was doubled since “Jacks” was attached as an Xyz Material and Hidalgo had activated Faimena’s effect in the hand that turn! “Werewolf” attacked Khaos Starsource Dragon to destroy it and drop Walton down to 5400 Life Points. “Werewolf” attacked Gulamel next, destroying that too and dropping Hidalgo down to 1600 Life Points. Finally, a direct attack from “Werewolf” wiped out the rest of Walton’s Life Points!

Omar Hidalgo wins the Match and advances 3-0 with his K9 Cyber Dragon Deck!