Round 3 Feature Match: Mark Garcia vs. Tomas Mijares
Tomas Mijares is undefeated with a wild creation that combines the contents of a normal Counter Fairy Deck with the contents of a typical Machina Deck. He transforms his Deck into Counter Chaos after Side Decking, by taking the Machina cards out of his Deck and replacing them with DARK and LIGHT monsters including Chaos Sorcerer. His opponent, Mark Garcia, is also undefeated in the tournament. Garcia is running Blackwings. “I beat my toughest matchup earlier,” said Mijares. Garcia asked, “What’s that?” “Blackwings,” Mijares replied. It looks like Mijares is in for a tough Match.
Garcia won the dice roll and chose to go first. He Summoned Blackwing – Bora the Spear and Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.
Mijares opened up with Effect Veiler, Cyber Dragon, Magic Drain, 2 copies of Solemn Warning, and Seven Tools of the Bandit. He Special Summoned Cyber Dragon and used it to attack and destroy Bora. Garcia lost 400 Life Points. Mijares Set all of his Traps in Main Phase 2 and promptly ended his turn. It was a strong start for Mijares.
Garcia tried to Summon Blackwing – Blizzard the Far North next turn, but Mijares negated the Summon by paying 2000 Life Points with Solemn Warning! Garcia ended without making another play.
Mijares drew and Set Solemn Judgment on his next turn, securing his dominating position. He attacked directly with Cyber Dragon and passed to Garcia.
Garcia Set another back row next turn, then Summoned another Blizzard to the field. Mijares thought for a while before finally negating the Summon with a second copy of Solemn Warning. The Duel stood with Mijares at 4000 Life Points and Garcia at 5500 Life Points.
Mijares activated Pot of Duality next turn, grabbing a Machina Gearframe from the top 3 cards of his Deck and shuffling the other 2 cards back in. He Summoned it to the field and then activated its effect to search his Deck for Machina Fortress and add it to his hand. Cyber Dragon and Machina Gearframe attacked directly, and Garcia dropped to 1600 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Mijares Fusion Summoned Chimeratech Fortress Dragon by combining his Cyber Dragon and Machina Gearframe.
Garcia Set Vayu next turn and passed right back to Mijares.
Mijares drew Black Salvo, then attacked the face-down Vayu with his Chimeratech Fortress Dragon. He ended his turn.
Garcia Normal Summoned Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn next turn! Then he Special Summoned Blackwing – Bora the Spear from his hand. Garcia activated the effect of Sirocco to boost Bora to 3700 ATK, then attacked over Chimeratech Fortress Dragon to destroy it and drop Mijares down to 2300 Life Points. Garcia ended his turn.
Mijares drew Machina Gearframe next turn, and Garcia activated Trap Dustshoot in the Draw Phase. But Mijares negated it with Seven Tools of the Bandit! Next, Mijares Summoned Machina Gearframe to the field, and activated its effect to search his Deck for a copy of Machina Force to add to his hand. He discarded Machina Fortress and Black Salvo from his hand to Special Summon Machina Fortress back from the Graveyard. Then he attacked Bora with Gearframe, and Garcia flipped Icarus Attack! Garcia Tributed Bora to activate it, but Mijares negated the Icarus Attack with Solemn Judgment! Fortress proceeded to attack and destroy Garcia’s Sirocco, and then Mijares ended his turn.
The score stood with Mijares at 650 Life Points and Garcia at 1100 Life Points.
Garcia Summoned Blackwing – Shura the Blue Flame on his next turn. Then he removed Sirocco and Vayu from his Graveyard to Special Summon Blackwing Armed Wing. Armed Wing attacked Gearframe, and Garcia dropped a Blackwing – Kalut the Moon Shadow from his hand to give it enough ATK to end the Duel!
Both players Side Decked and Mijares chose to go first in Duel 2!
Mijares opened up with 2 copies of Pot of Duality, Mirror Force, Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive, Seven Tools of the Bandit, and Doomcaliber Knight. He activated Pot of Duality and revealed Effect Veiler, Monster Reborn, and Cyber Dragon from the top of his Deck. He chose to add Monster Reborn to his hand and shuffle the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Next, he Set Mirror Force, Seven Tools, and Pot of Duality. Then he Set Dekoichi and ended his turn.
Garcia started his turn by activating Pot of Duality, revealing Shura, Bottomless Trap Hole, and Delta Crow – Anti Reverse from the top of his Deck. He added Delta Crow – Anti Reverse to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his hand. Then he Set 2 cards to his back row and Summoned Blackwing – Vayu the Emblem of Honor to the field.
Mijares drew Chivalry next turn. Then he activated his face-down Pot of Duality, revealing Cyber Dragon, Grave Squirmer, and Book of Moon from the top of his Deck. He added Cyber Dragon to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Next, Mijares flipped his Deckoichi to draw Book of Moon from the top of his Deck. He attacked Vayu with Dekoichi, and Garcia flipped Delta Crow – Anti Reverse. Mijares negated it by paying 1000 Life Points with Seven Tools! Mijares Set Chivalry and Book of Moon before ending his turn.
Garcia Summoned Blackwing – Kalut the Moon Shadow next turn and attacked Dekoichi, destroying them both. He ended his turn.
Mijares drew Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind next turn. Then he Set Doomcaliber Knight and passed to Garcia.
Garcia Set a card to his back row before Setting a monster and ending his turn.
Mijares drew Solemn Judgment next turn. He tried to flip his Doomcaliber Knight face-up, but Garcia negated the Summon by paying 2000 Life Points with Solemn Warning. Next, Mijares Special Summoned Cyber Dragon. Cyber Dragon attacked and destroyed Garcia’s Set Vayu. Mijares Set Solemn Judgment in Main Phase 2 and ended his turn.
Garcia Summoned Blackwing – Shura the Blue Flame next turn. Then he Special Summoned Dark Armed Dragon! Mijares flipped Solemn Judgment to try to negate the Summon, but Garcia countered with a Solemn Judgment of his own! The score stood with Mijares at 3500 Life Points and Garcia at 2700 Life Points. Garcia removed a Vayu from his Graveyard to destroy Mijares’s Cyber Dragon with the effect of Dark Armed, and Mijares chained Book of Moon to turn Dark Armed Dragon face-down.
Mijares drew Book of Moon next turn. He activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon Cyber Dragon from his Graveyard, then Normal Summoned Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind from his hand. Cyber Dragon attacked and destroyed Garcia’s face-down Dark Armed Dragon, and then Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind attacked directly. Mijares Tuned Cyber Dragon with Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind to Synchro Summon Stardust Dragon. He Set Book of Moon and ended his turn.
Garcia drew and activated Pot of Duality next turn, grabbing a Shura from the top 3 cards of his Deck and shuffling the other 2 cards back in. He Summoned Shura to the field and ended his turn.
Mijares drew Seven Tools of the Bandit on his next turn. He Set it, then attacked Shura with Stardust Dragon. Garcia tried to drop Kalut from his hand to increase the ATK of his Shura, but Mijares negated the boost with Chivalry.
Garcia was on total topdeck. He drew Thunder King Rai-Oh and Set it to protect himself.
Mijares used Stardust Dragon to destroy it in battle on his next turn.
When Garcia didn’t draw a monster on the following turn, he conceded. The Match pressed on to Duel 3!
Garcia chose to go first in the final Duel. He started things off by activating Pot of Duality, revealing Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn, Cyber Dragon, and Delta Crow – Anti Reverse from the top of his Deck. He chose to add the Sirocco to his hand and shuffle the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He Set 2 cards to his back row and ended his turn.
Mijares opened up with Book of Moon, Cyber Dragon, Chivalry, Doomcaliber Knight, and 2 copies of Bountiful Artemis in his hand. He Summoned Doomcaliber Knight and attacked directly, dropping Garcia to 6100 Life Points. Mijares Set Book of Moon before ending his turn.
Garcia Summoned Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn next turn. Then he activated Delta Crow – Anti Reverse, and Mijares chained Book of Moon to turn Sirocco face-down. Garcia Set 4 back rows and ended.
Mijares attacked and destroyed Sirocco with Doomcaliber Knight on the following turn. Then he Set Chivalry in his Spell and Trap Card Zone and Set Bountiful Artemis on in his Monster Card Zone.
Garcia activated Black Whirlwind next turn. He Summoned Blackwing – Kalut the Moon Shadow to the field and searched his Deck for a copy of Gale to add to his hand with the effect of Black Whirlwind. Next, Garcia flipped Icarus Attack, Tributing his Kalut to destroy Doomcaliber Knight and Chivalry. Garcia flipped his face-down Nobleman of Crossout next, removing Mijares’s face-down monster from the game. Garcia was surprised to see that it was a Bountiful Artemis, which he hadn’t encountered in Duels 1 or 2. Garcia used Monster Reborn next. He revived his Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn from the Graveyard, attacked for 2000 points of damage, and ended his turn.
Mijares drew Chaos Sorcerer next turn! He Special Summoned Cyber Dragon and Garcia negated the Summon by paying 2000 Life Points Solemn Warning. The Duel stood with Mijares at 6000 Life Points and Garcia at 4100 Life Points. Mijares Special Summoned Chaos Sorcerer next, by removing Doomcaliber Knight and Cyber Dragon from his Graveyard. He knew that Garcia’s only in-hand card was Gale, and the only cards on his field were Sirocco and Black Whirlwind. He attacked Sirocco with Chaos Sorcerer, destroying it in battle and sending it to the Graveyard. Then he Set Dekoichi and ended his turn.
Garcia Summoned Gale next turn. He activated the effect of his Black Whirlwind to search his Deck for a copy of Vayu to add to his hand. Then he Set a back row, halved the ATK and DEF of Chaos Sorcerer with Gale’s effect, and attacked it with Gale in order to destroy it in battle.
Mijares drew Seven Tools next turn. He flipped Dekoichi, drew another Seven Tools, and attacked over Gale with his Dekoichi. Then he Set 2 copies of Seven Tools and ended his turn.
Garcia drew a card and Set it to his back row. Then he Set Vayu and ended his turn.
Mijares drew Cyber Dragon next turn. He Summoned Artemis, attacked Vayu with Dekoichi, and attacked directly with Artemis before passing to Garcia.
Garcia drew Blackwing – Bora the Spear on the following turn! He Summoned it to the field and used the effect of his Black Whirlwind to grab a Kalut from his Deck to add to his hand. Next, he removed Vayu and Sirocco from his Graveyard to Special Summon Blackwing Armed Wing from his Extra Deck. Armed Wing attacked Artemis and Bora took down Dekoichi, dropping Mijares to 4850 Life Points.
Mijares drew Thunder King Rai-Oh on his next next turn. He was in trouble. With Kalut in Garcia’s hand, he couldn’t take down either of Garcia’s monsters. He Special Summoned Cyber Dragon and Normal Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh anyway. Mijares declared an attack against Blackwing Armed Wing with Cyber Dragon, and Garcia discarded Kalut from his hand to give his monster an extra 1400 ATK and win the battle.
Garcia activated Fissure next turn to destroy Thunder King Rai-Oh, and then attacked directly with Bora and Armed Wing to wipe out Mijares’s remaining 3850 Life Points!
Mark Garcia’s Blackwing Deck takes a 2-1 victory over Tomas Mijares Counter Machina Deck, and Garcia advances 3-0 in the tournament!
Post-Event Analysis!
See what our panel of experts had to say about this Duel after the event was over.
Jason Grabher-Meyer (The Old Man of Dueling)
In Duel 1, Mijares could’ve won by negating Garcia’s Summon of Sirocco with Solemn Judgment. Without Sirocco on the field, Garcia wouldn’t be able to attack over Chimeratech Fortress Dragon, and he couldn’t have activated Icarus Attack: the 2 plays that let him steal the first Duel. Mijares had Seven Tools of the Bandit Set to negate any Trap that could stop his attack next turn, so he didn’t need to save Judgment.
Michael Kohanim (2009 World Championship Competitor)
In Mijares’s final turn of Duel 1, he actually would have won if he had attacked Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn with Machina Fortress before attacking Blackwing – Bora the Spear with Machina Gearframe. This way, if Garcia activated his Icarus Attack by Tributing a Blackwing, Machina Fortress would still be able to take out the remaining Blackwing, and Machina Gearframe would score a direct attack to finish the Duel!
