We are in Round 4 of the Genesys Format YCS here in Columbus, Ohio. Both Duelists are currently undefeated with some really interesting Decks. 

Brandon Browning, from Centerville, Virginia, is using a Primite Dark Magician Deck! Joseph Intrieri is from Ghent, New York, and is using a Magnet Warrior Deck! 

Both Duelists are using strategies used by the King of Games himself, and are eager to continue their undefeated streak this weekend. 

Both Duelists exchanged pleasantries as they got set up for their match. 

Duel One

Browning won the dice roll and chose to go first. 

Browning’s starting hand consisted of Dark Magician Girl, Dark Magician, Eternal Soul, The Gaze of Timaeus, and Dark Magical Circle. 

Browning started the Match with Dark Magical Circle and revealed Secrets of Dark Magic. He activated it and Fusion Summoned Dark Magician of Destruction using his Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl! Browning activated Dark Magician of Destruction’s effect and added Magician’s Rod from his Deck to his hand. He then Normal Summoned Rod and used its effect to add Soul Servant to his hand.

Browning activated Soul Servant and placed Secrets of Dark Magic on the top of his Deck, then banished Soul Servant and drew Secrets and Mulcharmy Fuwalos. He Set 3 cards and ended his turn.

Intrieri started his turn by activating Duoterion’s effect, and added Magnet Bonding from his Deck to his hand. He activated Magnet Warrior Sigma Minus and Fusion Summoned Conduction Warrior Plasma Magnum with Sigma Minus and Sigma Plus. He activated Plasma Magnum, then Chained Sigma Plus’s effect and targeted Sigma Minus. Browning then Chained Secrets of Dark Magic and Fusion Summoned The Dark Magicians.

Intrieri Special Summoned Sigma Minus and added Magnet Induction to his hand. In a new Chain, he activated Sigma Minus and sent Tellusion the Magna Warrior from the Deck to the Graveyard. Intrieri then activated Magnet Induction and Special Summoned Epsilon The Magnet Warrior and activated its effect by sending Magnet Warrior Omega Plus from the Deck to the Graveyard, Browning Chained the effect of The Dark Magicians and drew Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction. 

Intrieri Xyz Summoned Primathmech Laplacian using Epsilon, Sigma Plus, and Sigma Minus, and activated its effect by detaching all three of its materials. Browning Chained his Set The Gaze of Timaeus, then he activated Eternal Soul! Browning Special Summoned his Dark Magician with Eternal Soul, then Fusion Summoned Timaeus the United Magical Dragon by returning Dark Magician of Destruction to his Extra Deck. Intrieri sent The Dark Magicians, Eternal Soul, and Mulcharmy Fuwalos to the Graveyard with Laplacian’s effect. 

In a new Chain, Eternal Soul activated to wipe Browning’s field, Browning Chained Dark Magical Circle, then activated his Magician’s Rod’s effect and Tributed his Dark Magician to add it back from the Graveyard to his hand. Browning banished Plasma Magnum and then lost most of his field to his own Eternal Soul’s effect.

Intrieri continued his turn by Normal Summoning Koa’ki Meiru Guardian. He activated and Special Summoned Adamancipator Researcher, and then tried to excavate a non-Tuner Rock monster, but didn’t reveal any!

Intrieri activated the effect of Omega Plus and destroyed Researcher to Special Summon itself from the Graveyard. He then Xyz Summoned Number 60: Dugares the Timeless. Intrieri activated its effect and drew two cards before discarding Beta The Electromagnet Warrior.

Intrieri activated Magnet Bonding and added Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus, which he then Special Summoned by sending a Beta and Sigma Minus from his Deck to the Graveyard. Intrieri Special Summoned Tellusion the Magna Warrior from his Graveyard and then activated Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus’s effect and gained half of Tellusion’s ATK. He then activated Magnet Bonding and Fusion Summoned Flux Ochsenfeld.

Intrieri went into his Battle Phase, attacked Timaeus with his Conduction Warrior, then attacked directly with everything else to wipe out Browning’s Life Points!

Intrieri shows just how powerful Magnet Warriors can be as he takes the first Duel!

Duel Two

Browning chose to start the second Duel. 

Browning started with Dark Magical Circle; Nibiru, the Primal Being; The Gaze of Timaeus, Dark Magician Girl the Magician’s Apprentice; and Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction. 

Browning started the Duel by sending Gandora-G to the Graveyard to Special Summon his Dark Magician Girl the Magician’s Apprentice. He activated its effect and added Shining Sarcophagus from his Deck to his hand, which he then activated to add Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic. Browning Special Summoned his Magician of Black Magic, and then banished it to Special Summon Dark Magician of Destruction. He activated his Magician of Destruction’s effect and added Soul Servant to his hand.

Browning activated Dark Magical Circle, and then Chained Soul Servant! He put Magician’s Salvation on the top of the Deck, then added to his hand with his Magical Circle’s effect. Browning then banished Soul Servant from his Graveyard and drew Primite Dragon Ether Beryl and another Soul Servant. 

Browning Normal Summoned Primite Dragon Ether Beryl and used its effect to Set Primite Lordly Lode from his Deck to the field. He activated Lordly Lode and added Primite Fusion from his Deck to his hand. Browning then activated Ether Beryl’s second effect and sent Dark Magician from the Deck to the Graveyard! He activated Primite Fusion and shuffled Dark Magician and Gandora-G into the Deck to Fusion Summon Dark Magician the Dragon Knight. Browning then banished Primite Fusion to use its second effect and added Primite Imperial Dragon from his Deck to his hand.

Browning activated Magician’s Salvation and Set Eternal Soul from his Deck. He then activated the effect of Primite Lordly Lode and Special Summoned Dark Magician from his Deck. Browning Set The Gaze of Timaeus and ended his turn!

Intrieri started his turn with Duoterion and added Magnet Bonding to his hand. On a new Chain, Browning activated The Gaze of Timaeus and targeted his Dark Magician of Destruction, Intrieri Chained his Magnet Bonding, and added Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus from his Deck to his hand. Then, Browning bounced Dark Magician of Destruction to his Extra Deck to Fusion Summon Dark Paladin!

Intrieri Special Summoned Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus from his hand by sending Sigma Plus and Epsilon from his Deck to the Graveyard. He activated Sigma Plus and Special Summoned back his Epsilon. Intrieri then activated the effect of Epsilon and sent Magnet Warrior Omega Plus from the Deck to the Graveyard, Browning Chained the effect of his Shining Sarcophagus, and discarded Soul Servant to destroy Epsilon. In a new Chain, Intrieri activated the effect of his Omega Plus in his Graveyard and destroyed his Conduction Warrior.

Realizing they were starting to run short on time, Intrieri conceded the second Duel! Both Duelists quickly reached for their Side Decks and swapped cards out before shuffling up for the third Duel.

Duel Three

Intrieri chose to start the third Duel. 

Intrieri used Duoterion and added Magnet Bonding from his Deck to his hand. He activated it and added Conduction Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus. Intrieri Special Summoned his Conduction Warrior by sending Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus and Beta The Electromagnet Warrior from his Deck to the Graveyard. He activated Sigma Plus’s effect and Special Summoned his Beta. Then, used Beta’s effect to add Epsilon. He Normal Summoned Epsilon and used its effect to send Omega Plus from his Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summoned Sigma Plus. Intrieri activated the effect of his Omega Plus and destroyed his Conduction Warrior, then used its effect to add it back. 

Intrieri Xyz Summoned Gallant Granite with Omega and Epsilon, then used its effect to add Magnet Warrior Sigma Minus from his Deck to his hand. He activated the effect of Sigma Minus and Fusion Summoned Conduction Warrior Plasma Magnum, which he activated to add Magnet Induction from his Deck to his hand. 

Intrieri activated Magnet Induction and Special Summoned Magnet Warrior Sigma Minus from his Deck. He activated the effect of Sigma Minus and sent Tellusion to the Graveyard. Intrieri then used Sigma Minus and Sigma Plus to Xyz Summon Battlin’ Boxer King Dempsey! He activated its effect, adding Courageous Crimson Chevalier Bradamante from his Deck to his hand. Intrieri activated the effect of Bradamante and equipped King Demspey with Xyz Lay. 

Intrieri then used the effect of Xyz Lay to Set Unbreakable Xyz Barrier from his Deck. He then Xyz Summoned Number F0: Utopic Future Zexal with Dempsey and Gallant. Intrieri Set 1 card, then Special Summoned Tellusion from his Graveyard before ending his turn.

Browning started with Timaeus the United Dragon, Illusion Gate, Primite Dragon Ether Beryl, Dark Magician Girl the Magician’s Apprentice, and Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic. He drew Soul Servant at the start of his turn.

Browning sent Soul Servant to the Graveyard to Special Summon his Magician’s Apprentice. He activated its effect and added Shining Sarcophagus, Intrieri Chained the effect of his Utopic Future Zexal, and took control of the Magician’s Apprentice. Browning then activated Shining Sarcophagus and added Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction. He then activated and Special Summoned his Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic. Browning then banished Soul Servant to draw Illusion of Chaos and Primite Lordly Lode. He activated Illusion of Chaos and traded it for a Magicians’ Souls from his Deck. 

Browning then activated the effect of Magicians’ Souls and sent Dark Magician from his Deck to the Graveyard to Special Summon the Dark Magician, but Intrieri banished it with his D.D. Crow!

Browning activated Illusion Gate, Intrieri Chained his Tellusion and targeted the Dark Magician, then Chained Tellusion and Tributed it to Special Summon Sigma Plus and Sigma Minus from his banishment. Dark Magician was destroyed by Tellusion’s effect, and then the field was wiped by Illusion Gate. Browning Special Summoned Tellusion the Magna Warrior, then activated the effect of his Dark Magician the Magician of Black Magic. Intrieri activated his Sigma Plus effect and Special Summoned Epsilon from his Graveyard. Browning Special Summoned his Dark Magician monster and then Set Dark Magical Circle from the Deck. Intrieri activated Epsilon’s effect and sent Beta The Electromagnet Warrior, to the Graveyard to Special Summon Magnet Warrior Omega Plus. 

Browning activated Dark Magical Circle and added another Magical Circle to his hand. Then, he banished his Magician of Black Magic to Special Summon Dark Magician of Destruction. He activated its effect and chained the effect of Dark Magical Circle to banish Utopic Future Zexal! With Magician of Destruction’s effect, Browning added Secrets of Dark Magic. Browning then Normal Summoned Ether Beryl and used its effect to Set Primite Fusion. Intrieri activated Double Cyclone! He destroyed Primite Fusion and his Unbreakable Xyz Barrier. 

Browning Special Summoned both Timaeus the United Dragon and Gandora-G the Dragon of Destruction from his hand, and went into his Battle Phase.

Browning sent Ether Beryl into Epsilon, then he attacked and destroyed Omega Plus with Dark Magician of Destruction. He attacked directly with Timaeus, Tellusion, and Gandora-G. Then, Browning activated Secrets of Dark Magic in the Battle Phase, and Fusion Summoned Timaeus the United Magical Dragon and attacked to end the Duel!

Brandon Browning is still undefeated with Primite Dark Magician!