Round 5 Feature Match: Honorable Billy Brake vs. Chase Sly
Billy Brake and Chase Sly are both local Texans who are currently undefeated in the tournament. Billy Brake is running a Six Samurai Deck that uses Legendary Six Samurai – Mizuho and Legendary Six Samurai – Shinai to pull off cool combos that can give him a bunch of Bushido Counters.
Chase Sly is running a Blackwing Deck. Sly’s copies of Mystical Space Typhoon and Icarus Attack could be problematic for Brake, who relies heavily on his Gateway of the Six and Six Samurai United to win.
Brake opened up with Gateway of the Six, Six Samurai United, Musakani Magatama, Dust Tornado, Dark Hole, and Reinforcement of the Army. He activated Reinforcement of the Army to search his Deck for Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan and add it to his hand. Then he activated Gateway of the Six and Six Samurai United. He Summoned Kizan from his hand and put a Bushido Counter on Six Samurai United, along with 2 more Bushido Counters on Gateway. Brake Set Dust Tornado and Musakani Magatama before ending his turn.
Sly Normal Summoned Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn and then Special Summoned Blackwing – Bora the Spear from his hand. Sirocco attacked and destroyed Kizan, and then Bora attacked Brake directly, dropping him down to 6100 Life Points. Sly Set 2 cards in his back row before ending his turn. In his End Phase, Brake activated Dust Tornado to destroy Sly’s face-down Solemn Warning.
Brake drew Book of Moon next turn. He sent his United to the Graveyard to draw Mystical Space Typhoon from his Deck, and then activated Dark Hole to clear the field. He Set Mystical Space Typhoon and Book of Moon before ending his turn.
Sly activated Pot of Duality, revealing Mystical Space Typhoon, Book of Moon, and Pot of Duality from the top of his Deck. He added Mystical Space Typhoon to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Sly activated Mystical Space Typhoon next, destroying Brake’s Gateway.Then he Normal Summoned Blackwing – Kalut the Moon Shadow and attacked Brake directly, dropping him down to 4700 Life Points.
Brake drew Grandmaster of the Six Samurai next turn. He passed without a play.
Sly Summoned Blackwing – Shura the Blue Flame and then attacked directly with Kalut, dropping Brake to 3300 Life Points. When Shura declared an attack, Brake flipped Book of Moon to block the attack and put Shura face-down.
Brake drew Giant Trunade next turn. He activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Sly’s face-down Book of Moon and then Set his Trunade to try to bluff Sly.
But the bluff didn’t work! Sly flipped Shura next turn and attacked directly with Kalut and Shura. After dropping a Kalut from his hand to boost the attack of Shura, Brake’s Life Points dropped to 0!
A weak hand for Brake, despite starting with Gateway of the Six and Six Samurai United, makes the first Duel an easy win for Chase Sly. Billy Brake will be going first in Duel 2!
Brake opened up with Giant Trunade, Six Samurai United, 2 copies of Book of Moon, and 2 copies of Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. He activated Six Samurai United and then Normal Summoned Kagemusha, adding a Bushido Counter to his Six Samurai United. Brake Set 2 cards to his back row and ended his turn.
Sly activated Pot of Duality next turn, revealing Black Whirlwind, Seven Tools of the Bandit, and Blackwing – Blizzard the Far North from the top of his Deck. He added Black Whirlwind to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Sly activated Black Whirlwind and then Normal Summoned Blackwing – Bora the Spear from his hand, but Brake activated Book of Moon to put Bora face-down so that Sly wouldn’t get to search for a monster with his Whirlwind.
Brake drew another copy of Six Samurai United next turn and activated it. Next, he Normal Summoned Kagemusha of the Six Samurai, adding a Bushido Counter to each copy of Six Samurai United. He sent the United with 2 Bushido Counters to the Graveyard to draw 2 cards, then sent the other copy to the Graveyard to draw another card. He activated Giant Trunade next, and then Special Summoned Kizan from his hand. He Tuned Kizan with Kagemusha to Synchro Summon Goyo Guardian and then attacked Sly’s face-down Bora with Goyo. Brake took control of Bora with Goyo’s effect. Next, Brake attacked directly with Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. Brake Set 2 cards in Main Phase 2 and ended his turn.
Sly reactivated Black Whirlwind next turn and tried to Normal Summon Blackwing – Kalut the Moon Shadow from his hand, but Brake negated the Summon with Solemn Warning. Sly Set 2 cards to his back row and passed.
Brake drew Kizan and switched Kagemusha to Defense Position. Then he attacked directly with Bora. Goyo attacked next, but was stopped by Sly’s Book of Moon, which turned it face-down.
Sly Normal Summoned another copy of Blackwing – Kalut the Moon Shadow next turn. Brake tried to activate Book of Moon to prevent Sly from searching his Deck for a Blackwing with the effect of Black Whirlwind, but Sly activated Solemn Judgment and paid half of his Life Points to stop it! Sly’s Whirlwind activated and he searched his Deck for a copy of Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind to add to his hand. Sly Special Summoned it and activated its effect to halve the ATK and DEF of Blackwing – Bora the Spear. Next, he Tuned Kalut with Gale to Synchro Summon Goyo Guardian. Sly’s Goyo attacked Brake’s face-down Goyo, and Sly gained control of it with his Goyo’s effect. Sly Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.
Brake drew Smashing Ground next turn. He Tuned Bora with Kagemusha to try to Special Summon Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, but Sly flipped Royal Oppression and paid 800 Life Points to negate the Summon. Brake destroyed both copies of Goyo Guardian by activating Dark Hole next. Then he Summoned Kizan and attacked directly, dropping Sly down to just 350 Life Points.
Sly Normal Summoned Blackwing – Bora the Spear next turn and activated his Whirlwind’s effect to search his Deck for Kalut and add it to his hand. Then he attacked Kizan with Bora and dropped a Kalut from his hand to boost Bora’s attack and win the battle.
But it was all over on Brake’s next turn! Brake activated Smashing Ground to destroy Bora and then activated his freshly drawn Shien’s Smoke Signal to search his Deck for Legendary Six Samurai – Mizuho. Brake Summoned Mizuho and attacked directly, ending the Duel!
A powerful play with Dark Hole allows Billy Brake to come back in Duel 2 and push the Match to a third Duel! Chase Sly will be going first in Duel 3!
Sly started things off by activating Pot of Duality, revealing Spirit Reaper, Blackwing – Blizzard the Far North, and Dark Hole from the top of his Deck. He added Dark Hole to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Sly Normal Summoned Blackwing – Bora the Spear and then Set 3 cards to his back row, ending his turn.
Brake opened up with Solemn Judgment, Gateway of the Six, Solemn Warning, Mystical Space Typhoon, Monster Reborn, and Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. He activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Sly’s face-down Icarus Attack and then Set Solemn Warning, Solemn Judgment, and Kagemusha.
Sly tried to Summon Kinetic Soldier next turn, but Brake flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate the Summon. Sly ended his turn without attacking with his Bora.
Brake drew Dark Hole next turn, and promptly passed to Sly.
Sly activated Dark Hole, destroying his own Bora and Brake’s face-down Kagemusha. Sly Normal Summoned Blackwing – Blizzard the Far North next, activating its effect to Special Summon Blackwing – Bora the Spear from his Graveyard. He Tuned Blizzard with Bora to Synchro Summon Goyo Guardian, and used Goyo to attack Brake directly and drop him down to 3200 Life Points.
Brake drew Shien’s Smoke Signal next turn! Finally, he’d be able to get a monster he needed. Brake activated Dark Hole to destroy Goyo Guardian, then activated Shien’s Smoke Signal to search his Deck for Legendary Six Samurai – Mizuho. Brake activated Gateway of the Six and then Normal Summoned Mizuho, adding 2 Bushido Counters to his Gateway. When Sly tried to negate Mizuho’s Summon with Solemn Warning, Brake flipped Solemn Judgment to negate it! Brake activated Monster Reborn next, and Special Summoned Kagemusha from his Graveyard, adding 2 more Bushido Counters to his Gateway. Brake removed 4 Counters from his Gateway to search his Deck for Kizan and Special Summon it, thus adding 2 more Counter to his Gateway. Next, he Tuned Mizuho with Kagemusha to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En, adding 2 more Counters to his Gateway, for a total of 4 Counters. Brake removed all of those Bushido Counters to search his Deck for Grandmaster of the Six Samurai and add it to his hand, then Special Summoned it to put 2 more counters on his Gateway. With only 6000 Life Points remaining, Brake’s Kizan, Shi En, and Grandmaster had more than enough ATK to finish Sly off!
Billy Brake takes a 2-1 victory over Chase Sly to advance in the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record!
