Round 9 Feature Match: Sushant Bhardwaj vs. Dorian Foster
Dorian Foster and Sushant Bhardwaj are both 7-1 in the tournament, so a win here will put one of these Duelists in great position for Top 32. But Bhardwaj’s Gravekeepers won’t make it easy for Foster’s Infernities. With Necrovalley capable of shutting down the effects of Foster’s most important cards, Foster has a tough road ahead of him.
Bhardwaj started off the Match by Setting 2 back row cards and a monster.
Foster opened up with Bottomless Trap Hole, Infernity Archfiend, Infernity Necromancer, Bottomless Trap Hole, Infernity Barrier, and Infernity Inferno. He Summoned Infernity Archfiend and attacked Bhardwaj’s face-down Gravekeeper’s Spy. He lost 200 Life Points and Bhardwaj Special Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Deck with the Spy’s effect. Foster Set all of his Trap Cards and ended his turn.
Bhardwaj activated the effect of his Descendant next turn. He Tributed Gravekeeper’s Spy to destroy Foster’s Bottomless Trap Hole, then Summoned Gravekeeper’s Recruiter and Tributed it to destroy Infernity Barrier. Bhardwaj grabbed a Gravekeeper’s Commandant from his Deck with the effect of his Recruiter. Then he pitched the Commandant to search his Deck for Necrovalley and activated it. He attacked over Infernity Archfiend with his 2000 ATK Gravekeeper’s Descendant, Set a back row, and ended his turn.
Foster drew Giant Trunade next turn! He activated it, then Set his Traps again. He Summoned Infernity Necromancer, switched it into Defense Position, and activated its effect to Special Summon Infernity Archfiend from his Graveyard. Foster used Infernity Archfiend’s effect to search his Deck for Infernity Break when it was Special Summoned. He Set the Break, then attacked over the 1500 ATK Descendant with Infernity Archfiend.
Bhardwaj activated Gravekeeper’s Stele next turn to return Gravekeeper’s Spy and Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Graveyard to his hand. He activated Necrovalley, but Foster Chained Infernity Break by removing Infernity Barrier from his Graveyard, and destroyed Necrovalley. Bhardwaj Set a monster and 3 back rows, ending his turn.
Foster drew Dark Grepher next turn. He activated Infernity Inferno to discard it and send Infernity Archfiend from his Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he activated the effect of his Infernity Necromancer. But Bhardwaj flipped Royal Oppression and paid 800 Life Points to negate the effect and destroy the Necromancer!
Bhardwaj activated another copy of Necrovalley next turn. He Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant and then flipped his face-down Gravekeeper’s Spy, but Foster negated the Spy’s effect and destroyed the Spy by paying 800 Life Points with Royal Oppression. Gravekeeper’s Descendant attacked and destroyed Infernity Archfiend.
Foster drew Torrential Tribute and Set it in his back row.
Bhardwaj attacked directly with Gravekeeper’s Descendant, Set a back row, and passed.
Foster drew Infernity Mirage next turn. He Normal Summoned it and activated its effect by Tributing it. Bhardwaj negated the effect with Royal Oppression, and Foster activated Torrential Tribute to destroy Bhardwaj’s Gravekeeper’s Descendant.
Bhardwaj activated Pot of Duality next turn. He revealed Gravekeeper’s Spy, Gravekeeper’s Stele, and Mirror Force from the top of his Deck. He added the Stele to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He used the Stele to add Gravekeeper’s Recruiter and Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Graveyard to his hand. Then he Summoned his Recruiter, and Foster flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to try to remove it from the game. Bhardwaj Chained Book of Moon to save the Recruiter by putting it face-down.
Foster drew Monster Reborn next turn. He passed, unable to use it successfully with Necrovalley and Royal Oppression face-up on the field.
Bhardwaj Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant next turn. He attacked directly with his Descendant and Recruiter, dropping Foster down to 1100 Life Points.
Foster drew One for One. With only Monster Reborn and One for One in his possession, Foster conceded, unable to make a play.
Necrovalley makes it a tough Duel for Dorian Foster, who will be looking to turn things around in Duel 2!
Foster opened up Duel 2 with Smashing Ground, Reinforcement of the Army, Call of the Haunted, Solemn Judgment, and Infernity Necromancer. He activated Reinforcement of the Army and searched his Deck for a copy of Armageddon Knight to add to his hand. Then he Summoned it to the field and activated its effect to send Infernity Archfiend from his Deck to his Graveyard. Foster Set Solemn Judgment, Call of the Haunted, and Smashing Ground before ending his turn.
Bhardwaj activated Necrovalley! Foster flipped Solemn Judgment and paid 4000 Life Points to negate it. Next, Bhardwaj Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant. He attacked over Armageddon Knight, and Foster dropped down to 3900 Life Points. Bhardwaj Set 3 cards to his back row and ended his turn.
Foster drew Infernity Break next turn. He Set it, and then Summoned Infernity Necromancer with no cards in his hand. But Bhardwaj flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate the Summon!
Bhardwaj attacked with Gravekeeper’s Descendant next turn, and Foster flipped Call of the Haunted to revive his Infernity Archfiend. Bhardwaj Chained Royal Oppression and paid 800 Life Points to try to negate Call of the Haunted, but Foster flipped Infernity Break and removed Infernity Necromancer from his Graveyard to destroy Royal Oppression. Infernity Archfiend hit the field and its effect activated. Bhardwaj flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to remove Infernity Archfiend from the game, but Foster still got Infernity Break from his Deck with the effect of his Archfiend. Gravekeeper’s Descendant attacked directly, and Foster dropped down to 2400 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Bhardwaj Summoned another copy of Descendant and Tributed it with his other Descendant to destroy Foster’s face-down Smashing Ground.
Foster drew Cyber Dragon next turn. He Set Infernity Break and Special Summoned Cyber Dragon. Cyber Dragon attacked and destroyed Gravekeeper’s Descendant, and Foster ended his turn.
Bhardwaj activated Gravekeeper’s Stele next turn to return 2 copies of Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Graveyard to his hand. He Set a monster and passed.
Foster drew Torrential Tribute. He attacked a Set Descendant with Cyber Dragon, Set Torrential Tribute, and passed.
Bhardwaj Set a card to each zone and ended his turn.
Foster drew Infernity Barrier. He Set it and attacked with Cyber Dragon, destroying Bhardwaj’s face-down Gravekeeper’s Spy. Its effect activated to Special Summon Gravekeeper’s Recruiter from the Deck in Defense Position.
Bhardwaj Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant next turn and activated its effect, Tributing Gravekeeper’s Recruiter to destroy Cyber Dragon. Foster flipped Torrential Tribute to take down the Descendant with it. Bhardwaj grabbed another Gravekeeper’s Recruiter from his Deck with the effect of his Recruiter. He Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.
Foster drew Thunder King Rai-Oh. He Summoned it to the field and then flipped Infernity Break to try to destroy Bhardwaj’s Trap Stun, but Bhardwaj negated it by Chaining the Trap Stun. When Thunder King Rai-Oh attacked, Foster flipped it down by activating Book of Moon.
Bhardwaj Summoned Gravekeeper’s Recruiter and attacked over Thunder King Rai-Oh next turn.
Foster drew Plaguespreader Zombie and Set it.
Bhardwaj discarded a Commandant from his hand to search his Deck for Necrovalley. He attacked over Plaguespreader Zombie with Recruiter and then activated Necrovalley.
Foster drew Giant Trunade. He Set it and passed.
Bhardwaj Set a card and attacked directly with Gravekeeper’s Recruiter.
Foster drew Solemn Warning. He activated Giant Trunade, but it was negated by Bhardwaj’s Solemn Judgment. Foster put Solemn Warning on top of his Deck to Special Summon Plaguespreader Zombie in Defense Position to survive another turn, but when Bhardwaj Summoned Gravekeeper’s Assailant to switch it into Attack Position on his next turn, it was all over! Foster’s 700 Life Points weren’t enough to keep him in the Match!
Sushant Bhardwaj takes advantage of a favorable matchup to get a 2-0 win over Dorian Foster and advance 8-1 in the tournament!