Raffle Playoffs Feature Match: Jesus Santos vs. Francisco Vaca
Jesus Santos and Francisco Vaca are about to face off for the final set this weekend of the 3 brand new prize cards. Jesus Santos is running a Blackwing Deck with the new Cards for Black Feathers and Blackwing – Breeze the Zephyr in it, while his opponent, Francisco Vaca is running Quickdraw Dandywarrior. This Match could go either way.
Santos won the dice roll and chose to go first. He opened up with Cards for Black Feathers, Royal Oppression, Book of Moon, Necro Gardna, Icarus Attack, and Reinforcement of the Army. He Set Book of Moon and ended his turn.
Vaca Set a monster along with 3 back rows before passing back to Santos, who drew Bottomless Trap Hole on his next turn. He Set it before ending. During his End Phase, Vaca activated Dust Tornado to destroy the Bottomless Trap Hole Santos just Set.
Vaca flipped Ryko face-up next turn, destroying Santos’s Set Book of Moon and sending Gorz the Emissary of Darkness, Book of Moon, and Bottomless Trap Hole from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. He attacked for 200 points of damage, Set a card, to his back row, and ended his turn.
Santos drew another Bottomless Trap Hole next turn. Then he activated Reinforcement of the Army and searched his Deck for a copy of Dark Grepher to add to his hand. He Summoned it to the field and activated its effect by discarding Necro Gardna from his hand. He sent Blackwing – Vayu the Emblem of Honor from his Deck to his Graveyard. Grepher attacked Ryko and Vaca flipped Book of Moon to Set Ryko face-down. Ryko flipped when it was attacked, and its effect destroyed Dark Grepher and sent the top 3 cards of Vaca’s Deck to his Graveyard. Santos Set 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.
Vaca Set a card to each zone next turn before passing to Santos, who drew Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn and Summoned it. Vaca flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to remove it from play.
Vaca Summoned Debris Dragon next turn and tried to activate its effect, but Santos flipped Royal Oppression and paid 800 Life Points to negate and destroy Debris Dragon.
Santos drew Brain Control and passed to Vaca, who Set a monster and ended his turn.
Santos drew Blackwing – Vayu the Emblem of Honor next turn, Set it along with an Icarus Attack he had in his hand, and then passed to Vaca.
Vaca activated Pot of Avarice next turn and Santos chained Icarus Attack, Tributing Vayu to try to destroy both of Vaca’s monsters. But Vaca chained My Body as a Shield and gave up 1500 Life Points to protect them. Vaca sent all 5 monster in his Graveyard back to his Deck and drew 2 new cards. Then he Tributed his 2 monsters, Dandylion and Plaguespreader Zombie, to Summon Light and Darkness Dragon! Dandylion tried to Special Summon 2 Tokens, but Light and Darkness Dragon attempted to negate its effect. Santos chained Bottomless Trap Hole, and Vaca chained Torrential Tribute to clear the field. When Light and Darkness Dragon was destroyed and tried to Special Summon a monster from Vaca’s Graveyard, Santos paid 800 Life Points to negate its effect.
Santos drew Sirocco and activated Cards for Black Feathers next turn. He removed Sirocco from his hand to draw 2 cards and passed to Vaca.
Vaca activated Foolish Burial to send Tytannial to his Graveyard next turn and then Set a monster. Santos was up, and he Set a monster before ending.
Vaca Set a back row and passed right back to Santos.
Santos drew Charge of the Light Brigade next turn! He activated it, sending Caius, Heavy Storm, and Mirror Force from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard to search his Deck for Ryko and add it to his hand. Then he flipped his face-down Ryko and destroyed Vaca’s Set Lonefire Blossom. He sent 3 cards, including a Plaguespreader Zombie, from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard with Ryko’s effect. He Set Ryko in Main Phase 2 and ended his turn.
Vaca Summoned Card Trooper next turn, pumped it to 1900 ATK by sending the top 3 cards of his Deck to his Graveyard, and then attacked Ryko. Santos flipped Book of Moon to turn Ryko face-down and used Ryko to destroy Vaca’s Set Call of the Haunted when it was flipped.
On his next turn, Santos flipped his face-down Ryko to destroy Vaca’s Set Solemn Judgment. Then he activated Brain Control to take control of Card Trooper and boosted Card Trooper to 1900 ATK by sending 3 cards including a Sirocco from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. He removed Vayu and Sirocco from his Graveyard to Special Summon Blackwing Armed Wing and then Summoned Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind to the field. Gale, Ryko, Card Trooper, and Armed Wing all attacked directly, dropping Vaca down to 600 Life Points. Santos Tuned Gale, Card Trooper, and Ryko all together to Special Summon Stardust Dragon in Main Phase 2.
Vaca drew a card next turn – the only card in his possession. He thought for a second about whether or not it would help him and then conceded.
Francisco Vaca will be going first in Duel 2! He Set a monster and 2 back rows, ending his turn.
Santos started off with Cards for Black Feathers, Blackwing – Vayu the Emblem of Honor, Blackwing – Shura the Blue Flame, Crevice into the Different Dimension, Bottomless Trap Hole, and D.D. Crow. He activated Cards for Black Feathers, removing Vayu from his hand in order to draw Dust Tornado and Ryko from his Deck. He Set Ryko, Bottomless Trap Hole, and Dust Tornado before ending his turn. In Santos’s End Phase, Vaca used Compulsory Evacuation Device to bounce Ryko back to Santos’s hand and activated Dust Tornado to destroy Bottomless Trap Hole.
Vaca Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh next turn, attacked directly for 1900, and Set a Torrential Tribute face-down. He lost the Torrential Tribute to Santos’s Dust Tornado in the End Phase.
Santos Summoned Shura next turn and attacked into a face-down Legendary Jujitsu Master. Shura was returned to the top of his Deck. He Set 2 back rows and ended his turn.
Vaca attacked for 1900 damage with Rai-Oh and ended his turn. Santos drew Shura and Set Ryko on his next turn.
Vaca attacked Santos’s Set Ryko with Thunder King Rai-Oh next turn. Ryko flipped, destroying Thunder King Rai-Oh and sending Deck Devestation Virus, Book of Moon, and Charge of the Light Brigade from the top of Santos’s Deck to his Graveyard. Vaca Summoned Lonefire Blossom in Main Phase 2 and Tributed it to activate its effect. But Santos flipped Royal Oppression and paid 800 Life Points to negate it!
Santos drew Gale next turn. He Summoned Shura and passed to Vaca, who Set a back row and ended his turn.
Santos drew Vayu next turn. He Normal Summoned Gale, activated its effect to halve the ATK and DEF of Legendary Jujitsu Master, and then attacked it with Gale. Gale went to the top of his Deck and Shura attacked directly for 1800 damage.
Vaca Set a monster next turn and passed to Santos, who drew and Summoned Gale once again. Shura attacked Vaca’s Set Ryko. Ryko destroyed Shura and sent 3 cards from the top of Vaca’s Deck to his Graveyard. Then Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind scored a direct hit, dropping Vaca to 4900 Life Points. Santos ended his turn.
Vaca activated Pot of Avarice next turn and Santos chained Crevice into the Different Dimension. He removed 2 copies of Legendary Jujitsu Master from Vaca’s Graveyard and Pot of Avarice wasn’t able to resolve. Vaca Set a back row and ended his turn.
Santos drew Mystical Space Typhoon next turn and used it to destroy Vaca’s newly Set Book of Moon. Then he attacked directly with Gale and ended his turn.
Vaca activated Foolish Burial next turn and sent Dandylion from his Deck to his Graveyard. Santos paid 800 Life Points to negate the effect of Dandylion and prevent Vaca from Special Summoning Fluff Tokens. Santos had 2600 Life Points remaining. He activated D.D. Crow from his hand next, removing Dandylion from Vaca’s Graveyard.
Santos attacked directly with Gale on his next turn before Setting a monster and passing to Vaca, who Set a monster and passed right back.
Santos drew Ryko next turn. He attacked Vaca’s face-down Debris Dragon with Gale, lost 700 Life Points, and then Set Ryko before ending his turn.
Vaca drew a card and gave a sigh. “A turn too late,” he said. He had drawn Mystical Space Typhoon. He Set it to his back row and ended his turn.
Santos drew Burial from a Different Dimension next turn. Then he flipped Ryko and used its effect to target Vaca’s set Mystical Space Typhoon, which was chained to destroy his Royal Oppression. He Tributed a Set Vayu to Summon Sirocco and lost it to Vaca’s Set Bottomless Trap Hole. But it didn’t matter. Santos activated Burial to return Sirocco to his Graveyard and removed it and Vayu from his Graveyard to Special Summon Blackwing Armed Wing. Then, he Tuned Gale and Ryko together to Synchro Summon Ally of Justice Catastor, attacked Debris Dragon with it, and finished the Duel with a direct attack from Armed Wing to take out Vaca’s remaining 2300 Life Points!
Jesus Santos earns his 3 Championship Prize Cards by taking a 2-0 victory over Francisco Vaca with his new Blackwing Deck!
Post-Event Analysis!
See what our panel of experts had to say about this Duel after the event was over.
Michael Kohanim (2009 World Championship Competitor)
In both Duels, Santos was able to use Royal Oppression to shut down Vaca’s options and seal his victory. Royal Oppression is still one of the best cards a Blackwing Duelist has at his disposal because of how effectively he can play around it. It was a cool idea for Santos to run Cards for Black Feathers to draw out his best cards, like Royal Oppression and Black Whirlwind.
