Round 3: Scrapper Kay Shim VS Tombkeeper Christopher Reitz
Kay Shim is currently undefeated with his Scrap Deck that runs Forbidden Lance for protection from Bottomless Trap Hole and Dimensional Prison.. His opponent, Christopher Reitz, is also undefeated, with a traditional Gravekeeper’s Deck. Necrovalley’s ability to shut down the effect of Scrap Chimera may make this a difficult Matchup for Shim, but if Shim can take down enough of Reitz’s Necrovalleys one at a time with the effects of cards like Scrap Dragon, he may be able to pull ahead.
Shim opened up with Scrap Chimera, Effect Veiler, 2 copies of Scrap Goblin, Mind Control, and Dark Hole. He Set Scrap Goblin and ended his turn.
Reitz Set 2 cards to his back row and passed.
Shim drew Solemn Warning next turn. He passed without making a play.
Reitz discarded Gravekeeper’s Commandant from his hand to search his Deck for Necrovalley and add it to his hand. He activated the Necrovalley and then Normal Summoned Gravekeeper’s Assailant. Reitz declared an attack with Gravekeeper’s Assailant, and struck into Shim’s face-down Scrap Goblin, which survived the battle.
Shim drew Scrap Beast next turn. He activated Mind Control to take control of Gravekeeper’s Assailant, and as soon as he gained control of it, Reitz activated Compulsory Evacuation Device to return the Assailant to his hand. Shim Set Solemn Warning and Scrap Beast before ending his turn.
Reitz Set a monster and a back row.
Shim drew Morphing Jar next turn. He Flip Summoned Scrap Beast and then Normal Summoned Scrap Chimera from his hand. Reitz flipped Book of Moon to turn Scrap Chimera face-down so that Shim wouldn’t be able to Tune with it. Shim ended his turn.
Reitz flipped Gravekeeper’s Spy next turn, and when Shim tried to negate the Flip Summon with Solemn Warning, Reitz flipped Seven Tools of the Bandit and paid 1000 Life Points to negate the Solemn Warning. Spy’s effect activated to Special Summon Gravekeeper’s Recruiter from Reitz’s Deck in Attack Position, and then Reitz Normal Summoned Gravekeeper’s Assailant. Recruiter attacked Shim’s Defense Position Scrap Goblin, and then Spy attacked it. Finally Gravekeeper’s Assailant attacked and destroyed Shim’s Defense Position Scrap Chimera. The Goblin was destroyed at the end of the Battle Phase but its effect couldn’t retrieve a Scrap Monster from the Graveyard since Necrovalley was on the field.
Shim drew Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter next turn and then activated Dark Hole, wiping the field clear! The effect of Reitz’s Recruiter activated, and he grabbed another one from his Deck. Shim Set his freshly drawn Ryko and ended his turn.
Reitz activated Gravekeeper’s Stele to grab Gravekeeper’s Commandant and Gravekeeper’s Assailant from his Graveyard. Then he pitched the Commandant to grab another copy of Necrovalley, and Set a monster.
Shim flipped Ryko next turn and activated its effect to destroy Reitz’s Necrovalley. Then he Summoned Scrap Chimera and used the Chimera’s effect to Special Summon Scrap Beast from his Graveyard. He Tuned the Beast with his Chimera to Synchro Summon Scrap Dragon, and used the Dragon’s effect to destroy Shim’s Ryko and Reitz’s face-down Mirror Force. Next, Scrap Dragon attacked and destroyed Reitz’s Gravekeeper’s Spy, and Reitz Special Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Deck with the Spy’s effect.
Reitz actiated Necrovalley, Summoned Gravekeeper’s Recruiter next turn and activated his Descendant’s effect, Tributing the Recruiter to try to destroy Scrap Dragon without letting it Special Summon another Scrap in return.. But Shim used his Effect Veiler to negate the Descendant’s effect! Reitz searched his Deck for another Recruiter with his Recruiter’s effect before ending his turn.
Shim Set Scrap Goblin next turn and then activated Scrap Dragon’s effect to destroy his face-down Scrap Goblin and Reitz’s Necrovalley. Shim used his Goblin’s effect to retrieve a Scrap Chimera from his Graveyard. Then he attacked Reitz’s Attack Position Gravekeeper’s Descendant with his Scrap Dragon, and Reitz lost 1300 Life Points, dropping down to 5700 Life Points. Shim Set Dimensional Prison and ended his turn.
Reitz activated another copy of Gravekeeper’s Stele next turn to retrieve Gravekeeper’s Commandant and Gravekeeper’s Spy from his Graveyard. He pitched the Commandant to get another copy of Necrovalley, then Set a card to each zone.
Shim drew Mirror Force next turn. He tried to Normal Summon Scrap Chimera, but Reitz paid 2000 Life Points and negate its Summon with Solemn Warning. Shim attacked Reitz’s face-down Gravekeeper’s Recruiter with his Scrap Dragon, destroying Reitz’s monster and allowing Reitz to add a Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Deck to his hand. Shim Set Mirror Force and ended his turn.
Reitz activated Dark Hole next turn! Scrap Dragon was destroyed, and its effect activated to Special Summon Scrap Beast from Shim’s Graveyard in Attack Position. Reitz activated Necrovalley and Set a monster before ending his turn.
Shim drew Scrap Golem next turn. He Normal Summoned Morphing Jar and Tuned it with Scrap Beast to try to Synchro Summon Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier; but Reitz activated Solemn Judgment and gave up 1850 Life Points to negate the Summon!
Reitz Flip Summoned Gravekeeper’s Spy next turn and Special Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Deck with its effect. Next, he Tributed the Spy with the effect of his Descendant and destroyed Shim’s face-down Dimensional Prison. He attacked with his Descendant, and Shim activated Mirror Force to destroy it. In Main Phase 2, Reitz Set a card to each zone.
Shim drew a Scrap Beast and Set it.
Reitz flipped Gravekeeper’s Assailant next turn. Then he Normal Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant. He used the Descendant’s effect to Tribute Assailant and destroy Shim’s face-down Scrap Beast. Reitz attacked with his Descendant to drop Shim down to 4000 Life Points.
Shim drew Scrapstorm and Set it.
Reitz attacked directly with Gravekeeper’s Descendant and Set a monster. Shim drew Mystical Space Typhoon next turn and conceded, with only 2000 Life Points remaining.
A strong play with Solemn Judgment wrests control from Kay Shim, and allows Christopher Reitz to win the Duel despite losing 2 copies of Necrovalley!
Shim opened up Duel 2 with Seven Tools of the Bandit, Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter, Scrap Beast, Puppet Plant, and 2 copies of Scrapstorm. He Set Seven Tools of the Bandit and then Normal Summoned Scrap Beast. He activated a copy of Scrapstorm and then Chained a second copy, allowing him to send Scrap Chimera and Scrap Golem from his Deck to his Graveyard, draw 2 cards, and retrieve the Scrap Chimera by destroying his Scrap Beast.
Reitz activated Necrovalley and then Set a monster along with 2 cards to his back row. Next, he activated Royal Tribute, revealing Necrovalley from his own hand and forcing Shim to discard his entire hand of 4 cards, consisting of Scrap Chimera, Puppet Plant, Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter, and Effect Veiler! Things weren’t looking for Kay Shim.
Shim drew Scrapyard and passed.
Reitz Flip Summoned Gravekeeper’s Commandant and attacked directly.
Shim drew Mystical Space Typhoon. He Set the Mystical Space Typhoon and passed.
Reitz attacked with Gravekeeper’s Commandant, dropping Shim down to 3800 Life Points, and ended his turn.
Shim drew Effect Veiler next turn. He activated Scrapyard to search his Deck for a copy of Scrap Goblin and Set it.
Reitz attacked the face-down Goblin with Gravekeeper’s Commandant next turn, then Set a monster.
Shim drew Bottomless Trap Hole and Set it.
Reitz attacked Shim’s face-up Scrap Goblin with Gravekeeper’s Commandant, and Shim used Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Necrovalley. At the end of the Battle Phase, Shim added a Scrap Chimera from his Graveyard to his hand after his Goblin destroyed itself. Reitz played another copy of Necrovalley and then Set a third card to his back row before passing to Shim.
Shim drew Dimensional Prison and Set it.
Reitz attacked with Gravekeeper’s Commandant and lost it to Dimensional Prison. He Set a fourth card to his back row and passed.
Shim drew Giant Trunade next turn. Reitz activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Shim’s face-down Torrential Tribute, and then Shim activated Giant Trunade! All Spells and Traps were returned to their owners’ hands. Shim Normal Summoned Scrap Chimera next, and activated its effect to Special Summon Scrap Beast. He Tuned his 2 monsters together to Synchro Summon Scrap Dragon, then attacked into Reitz’s face-down Gravekeeper’s Spy, allowing Reitz to Special Summon Gravekeeper’s Recruiter from his Deck in Defense Position. Shim Set Bottomless Trap Hole and Seven Tools of the Bandit before ending his turn.
Reitz activated Pot of Duality next turn, revealing Bottomless Trap Hole, Solemn Judgment, and Mystical Space Typhoon from the top of his Deck. He added Mystical Space Typhoon to his hand, then activated Necrovalley. Reitz Set 4 cards to his back row and ended his turn.
Shim drew Cyber Dragon next turn. He attacked Gravekeeper’s Recruiter with Scrap Dragon, and when Reitz activated Dimensional Prison, Shim Chained Seven Tools of the Bandit to negate the Dimensional Prison and make sure the attack went through. Reitz added another copy of Gravekeeper’s Recruiter from his Deck to his hand with the effect of the Recruiter that was just destroyed. In Main Phase 2, Shim activated Scrap Dragon’s effect to destroy his own face-down Bottomless Trap Hole and Reitz’s Necrovalley.
Shim drew and Set Dust Tornado next turn. He passed, and in his End Phase, lost the Dust Tornado to Reitz’s Mystical Space Typhoon.
Reitz flipped Gravekeeper’s Spy next turn. He Special Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Deck and activated its effect by Tributing Gravekeeper’s Spy. But Shim used his in-hand Effect Veiler to negate the Descendant’s effect and keep his Scrap Dragon on the field! Reitz activated Dark Hole next, destroying the Descendant and Shim’s Scrap Dragon. Reitz used Solemn Warning to prevent Scrap Dragon from Special Summoning a new Scrap monster to the field with its effect, and then Normal Summoned Gravekeeper’s Recruiter to the field. The Recruiter attacked Shim directly, dropping him down to 1100 Life Points.
Shim drew Solemn Warning next turn. With only 1100 Life Points remaining, it would be no help. He tried to Special Summon Cyber Dragon to the field to attack over Reitz’s Gravekeeper’s Recruiter, but Reitz flipped Solemn Warning to negate its Summon! Shim conceded, unable to withstand another attack from Gravekeeper’s Recruiter. (Solemn Warning costs 2000 Life Points.)
After a powerful play with Royal Tribute forces Kay Shim to discard 4 cards in Duel 2, Christopher Reitz is able to triumph in a 2-0 victory for Gravekeeper’s!
