Jack Hoyt has fourteen Dragon Duel Championships under his belt, but he’s turning 13-years old on March 1st, so this is his last chance to win a Dragon Duel at a YCS. 10-year-old Oliver Tomajko still has years of Dragon Dueling ahead of him, but is nonetheless doing everything he can to stop Hoyt in his Dragon Dueling rampage. Both Duelists are currently 3-0 in the Dragon Duels, and a victory here will allow one of them to finish off the tournament undefeated. Jack Hoyt put down his X-Sabers this weekend in favor of Six Samurais, and Oliver Tomajko is running a teched out Gadget Deck, specifically designed to take down Samurai Decks like Hoyt’s.

Hoyt opened up with Six Samurai United, Mystical Space Typhoon, Book of Moon, 2 copies of Grandmaster of the Six Samurai, and Gateway of the Six in his hand. He Set Book of Moon and ended his turn.

Tomajko Summoned Spirit Reaper and tried to attack Hoyt directly with it. Hoyt took the hit instead of using his Book of Moon, and lost a Six Samurai United from his hand due to the Reaper’s effect. Tomajko Set 2 cards in his back row before ending his turn.

Hoyt drew Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan next turn. He activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Tomajko’s face-down Seven Tools of the Bandit and then activated Gateway of the Six. He Normal Summoned Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan next, and Tomajko flipped Book of Moon to put it face-down before Hoyt could Special Summon Grandmaster from his hand. Hoyt put 2 Counters on his Gateway and ended his turn.

Tomajko Summoned Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind next turn and halved the ATK of Kizan with Gale’s effect. Then, he used Gale to attack Kizan, but Hoyt blocked the attack by putting Gale face-down with Book of Moon. In Main Phase 2, Tomajko Set a card to his back row and switched Spirit Reaper into Defense Position.

Hoyt drew Shien’s Smoke Signal next turn and activated it to search his Deck for Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. He Summoned it, putting 2 Bushido Counters on his Gateway, and then Special Summoned Grandmaster of the Six Samurai to add 2 more Counters to his Gateway. Hoyt Tuned Kagemusha with Kizan next, to try to Summon Naturia Barkion, but Tomajko flipped Royal Oppression and paid 800 Life Points to negate Barkion’s Summon. Hoyt attacked Tomajko’s face-down Gale with Grandmaster before ending his turn.

Tomajko Set a monster and passed.

Hoyt drew Kagemusha next turn. He thought for a while about attacking Tomajko’s face-down monster. “I think that’s Sazank,” he said. He attacked Tomajko’s face-down monster with his Grandmaster anyway. He was right: it was Karakuri Ninja mdl 339 “Sazank”! Sazank sent Grandmaster to the Graveyard, and since it wasn’t destroyed, Hoyt didn’t get to use Grandmaster’s effect. In Main Phase 2, Hoyt Normal Summoned Kagemusha and Special Summoned Grandmaster, making the total number of Bushido Counters on his Gateway 10 Counters.

Tomajko Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh next turn and attacked Kagemusha to destroy it. He Set a card to his back row and passed.

Hoyt drew Mystical Space Typhoon. He removed 4 Counters from his Gateway to grab a Kizan from his Graveyard and then Normal Summoned it, gaining back 2 Bushido Counters. Tomajko flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to remove Kizan from the Duel and then Grandmaster attacked and destroyed Tomajko’s Thunder King Rai-Oh. Hoyt Set Mystical Space Typhoon and ended his turn.

Tomajko Set a card in his back row and passed.

Hoyt removed 4 Counters from his Gateway to search for Kizan and add it to his hand. He Special Summoned it to the field, and when Tomajko paid 800 Life Points to negate the Summon with Royal Oppression, Hoyt Chained Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the Royal Oppression. The score stood with both Duelists at 6200 Life Points. Hoyt Normal Summoned Kagemusha of the Six Samurai next, adding 2 more Counters to his Gateway. Next, Hoyt Tuned Kizan with Kagemusha to Synchro Summon Naturia Barkion. But Tomajko flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate Barkion’s Summon! Hoyt removed 4 more Counters from his Gateway next, and retrieved a Kizan from his Graveyard. He Special Summoned it to the field, adding 2 Bushido Counters to Gateway, giving it a total of 4. Hoyt ended his turn.

Tomajko drew a card, Set a card in his Spell and Trap Card Zone, and passed.

Hoyt removed 4 Counters from Gateway next turn to bring back Kagemusha from his Graveyard. He Normal Summoned it and Tuned it with Kizan to Synchro Summon Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier! He pitched Book of Moon to get Spirit Reaper off of the field, then attacked with Grandmaster and Brionac. Tomajko flipped Dimensional Prison to remove the Grandmaster from the Duel, and Brionac attacked directly, reducing Tomajko down to 1900 Life Points.

Tomajko Set a back row and passed.

Hoyt drew Kizan next turn. He attacked with Brionac, hoping to end the Duel, but Tomajko flipped Mirror Force to destroy it. Hoyt Summoned Kizan in Main Phase 2, bringing his Gateway up to 4 Counters. He removed all 4 Counters to bring Grandmaster of the Six Samurai back from his Graveyard and Special Summon it, adding 2 more Counters to his Gateway.

Tomajko pitched 2 copies of Machina Fortress from his hand next turn to Special Summon one of them to the field, and then attacked Hoyt’s Grandmaster, destroying it.

But it was all over on Hoyt’s next turn! He drew Shien’s Smoke Signal and activated it, searching his Deck for Hand of the Six Samurai. He Summoned it, adding 2 Counters to his Gateway, and then removed 4 Counters from Gateway to fetch Grandmaster back from his Graveyard. He Special Summoned the Grandmaster and then Tributed Kizan with Hand of the Six Samurai to destroy Machina Fortress with Hand’s effect. After a direct attack from Grandmaster of the Six Samurai, Tomajko was out of the Duel!

A slow buildup of Bushido Counters on Gateway of the Six allows Hoyt to gain the lead and triumph in the first Duel! Oliver Tomajko will be going first in Duel 2!

Tomajko started things off by Summoning Thunder King Rai-Oh to the field and Setting a card to his back row.

Hoyt opened up with Torrential Tribute, Monster Reborn, Musakani Magatama, 2 copies of Solemn Warning, and Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki in his hand. He Set Kageki and both copies of Solemn Warning, ending his turn.

Tomajko Set a monster and passed, without attacking Hoyt’s face-down monster with Rai-Oh.

Hoyt drew Kagemusha of the Six Samurai next turn. He Set Musakani Magatama and passed.

Tomajko Summoned another copy of Thunder King Rai-Oh next turn, and Hoyt flipped Solemn Warning to pay 2000 Life Points and negate its Summon.

Hoyt drew another copy of Musakani Magatama on the following turn. He Set it in his Spell and Trap Card Zone and then ended his turn.

Tomajko attacked Hoyt’s face-down monster with Thunder King Rai-Oh on his next turn, revealing Hoyt’s Kageki and taking 100 points of damage. Tomajko Set a card to his back row and passed.

Hoyt drew Dark Hole and Set Torrential Tribute on his next turn.

Tomajko pitched Yellow Gadget and Machina Fortress from his hand to Special Summon the Fortress to the field, but Hoyt flipped Torrential Tribute to wipe everything out! Play passed back to Hoyt.

Hoyt drew and activated Reinforcement of the Army next turn, searching his Deck for Kageki and adding it to his hand. He activated Monster Reborn next, Special Summoning Kageki from his Graveyard. Next, he Normal Summoned Kageki from his hand and activated its effect to Special Summon Kagemusha from his hand. But Tomajko flipped Gozen Match, and Hoyt was forced to send Kagemusha to the Graveyard! Hoyt attacked with both copies of Kageki, and when Tomajko flipped Mirror Force to try to destroy them, Hoyt flipped Musakani Magatama to negate it.

Tomajko tried to Summon Machina Gearframe next turn, but Hoyt negated its Summon with Solemn Warning.

Hoyt drew Double-Edged Sword Technique and Set it on his next turn. He attacked with one copy of Kageki for 200 points of damage and then switched his other Kageki to Defense Position.

Tomajko activated Mystical Space Typhoon, getting rid of Hoyt’s Musakani Magatama. Then he Normal Summoned Red Gadget and activated its effect to search his Deck for a Yellow Gadget to add to his hand. Red Gadget attacked and destroyed the Attack Position Kageki, and Hoyt lost 1100 Life Points.

Hoyt drew Kizan next turn. He Summoned it and sent Kageki to the Graveyard due to the effect of Gozen Match. He attacked with Kizan to destroy Red Gadget and ended his turn.

Tomajko Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh next turn and attacked over Kizan before Setting a card to his back row.

Hoyt drew Hand of the Six Samurai next turn. He activated Double-Edged Sword Technique to Special Summon Kizan and Kagemusha, and Tomajko flipped Book of Moon to put Kagemusha face-down. Hoyt ended his turn.

Tomajko attacked Kizan with Rai-Oh and passed.

Hoyt drew Mystical Space Typhoon! He activated it to destroy Gozen Match, then flipped Kagemusha and Normal Summoned Hand of the Six Samurai. He Tributed the Kagemusha to destroy Rai-Oh with Hand’s effect, and then attacked with Hand, dropping Tomajko down to 5200 Life Points.

Tomajko pitched a Machina Force from his hand next turn to Special Summon Machina Fortress from his Graveyard and then Normal Summoned Green Gadget, activating its effect to search his Deck for a Red Gadget to add to his hand. Fortress attacked and destroyed Hand of the Six Samurai, and then Green Gadget attacked Hoyt directly, dropping him down to 400 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Tomajko activated Prohibition, naming Dark Hole!

Hoyt drew Kizan next turn. With only Dark Hole and Kizan in his hand, Hoyt conceded.

Oliver Tomajko wins Duel 2 after a great call with Prohibition to push the Match into a final Duel! Jack Hoyt will be going first in Duel 3!

Hoyt opened up with Dark Hole, 2 copies of Solemn Warning, Bottomless Trap Hole, Seven Tools of the Bandit, and Gateway of the Six. He Set 4 cards to his back row and passed.

Tomajko tried to Summon Machina Gearframe, but Hoyt negated the Summon with Solemn Warning. Tomajko Set a card to his back row and passed.

Hoyt activated Gateway and then Normal Summoned Kizan, gaining 2 Bushido Counters. He attacked with Kizan, and when Tomajko flipped Dimensional Prison, Hoyt negated it with Seven Tools of the Bandit.

Tomajko Set a card to each zone and passed.

Hoyt drew Mystical Space Typhoon and passed.

Tomajko Summoned Green Gadget next turn and searched his Deck for a Red Gadget to add to his hand with its effect. Next, he pitched Red Gadget and Machina Fortress to Special Summon the Fortress back to the field, and Hoyt flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to remove the Fortress from the Duel. Tomajko activated Monster Reborn next to try to Special Summon Machina Gearframe from his Graveyard, but Hoyt flipped Solemn Warning to negate it.

Hoyt drew Giant Trunade. He attacked Green Gadget with Kizan, Set Mystical Space Typhoon, and ended his turn.

Tomajko passed without making a play.

Hoyt drew Mirror Force, Set it, and passed.

Tomajko Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh and attacked Kizan, but Hoyt flipped Mirror Force to destroy it.

Hoyt drew Six Samurai United and passed.

Tomajko flipped his face-down Kinetic Soldier next turn and attacked Hoyt’s Kizan, destroying it and dealing 1550 points of damage to Hoyt.

Hoyt drew Kagemusha of the Six Samurai next turn. He activated Dark Hole to destroy Kinetic Solder and then activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Tomajko’s Set Solemn Warning. Next, he activated Six Samurai United and Summoned Kagemusha, adding 2 Bushido Counters to his Gateway (for a total of 4) and putting a counter on his Six Samurai United. He removed the 4 Counters from Gateway to grab a Kizan from his Deck and Special Summoned it, adding 2 Counters to Gateway and putting a second Counter on Six Samurai United. Tomajko flipped Torrential Tribute to clear the field. Then Hoyt removed 4 Bushido Counters from his field to return Kizan from his Graveyard to his hand. Hoyt Set Giant Trunade and ended his turn.

Tomajko Summoned Yellow Gadget next turn and activated its effect to add a Green Gadget from his Deck to his hand. Yellow Gadget attacked directly and Hoyt lost 1200 Life Points. Tomajko Set Mind Crush before ending his turn.

Hoyt drew a second Kizan next turn, and in his Standby Phase, Tomajko flipped Mind Crush, naming Kizan! Hoyt dropped both copies from his and, with only 250 Life Points remaining, offered a  handshake to Tomajko as he conceded this Duel.

An amazing call with Prohibition in Duel 2 and a Duel-changing activation of Mind Crush in Duel 3, allow Oliver Tomajko to defeat Jack Hoyt and become Sunday’s Dragon Duel Champion!