Dillon N., is currently 6-1 with Six Samurais. His opponent Chris Gong, is also 6-1 with his Samurai Deck. An early Summon of Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En may secure a quick victory for one of these Duelists, and advance that Duelist in the tournament with a 7-1 record.

Dillon opened up with Enishi, Shien’s Chancellor, Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki, Book of Moon, Monster Reborn, and 2 copies of Upstart Goblin. He activated both copies of Upstart Goblin to give Gong 2000 Life Points and draw Double-Edged Sword Technique and Solemn Warning from his Deck. He Set Solemn Warning, Book of Moon, and Double-Edged Sword Technique before ending his turn.

Gong Summoned Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan and Dillon flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate Kizan’s Summon. Gong Set 2 cards to his back row before passing.

Dillon drew Kagemusha of the Six Samurai next turn! He Summoned Kageki and activated its effect to Special Summon Kagemusha from his hand in Defense Position. Gong flipped Book of Moon to put Kagemusha face-down after it hit the field, so Dillon wasn’t able to use it in a Synchro Summon. Next, Dillon attacked directly with Kageki to inflict 200 points of damage to Gong.

Gong activated Reinforcement of the Army next turn to search his Deck for a copy of Kagemusha to add to his hand. He Normal Summoned Kageki and activated its effect to Special Summon Kagemusha, and Dillon flipped Book of Moon to put the Kagemusha face-down. Gong’s Kageki attacked into Dillon’s Kageki, destroying them both.

Dillon drew another Kagemusha next turn and then Flip Summoned his face-down Kagemusha. He activated Monster Reborn next, reviving Gong’s Kageki. He Tuned Kageki with Kagemusha to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En, then flipped Double-Edged Sword Technique to Special Summon Kageki and Kagemusha from his Graveyard. He Tuned Kageki with Kagemusha once again to Synchro Summon another Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En. Next, he used one Shi En to destroy Gong’s face-down Kagemusha in battle, and attacked directly with the other one to drop Gong down to 7300 Life Points. Gong Special Summoned Gorz, along with a 2500 DEF Emissary of Darkness Token! In Main Phase 2, Dillon Special Summoned Enishi from his hand by removing Kagemusha and Kageki from his Graveyard, and activated its effect to destroy Gorz.

Gong attacked Enishi with his Token next turn, destroying Enishi and taking out 300 of Dillon’s Life Points. He Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Dillon drew Gateway of the Six next turn! He activated it and then attacked Gong’s Emissary of Darkness Token with his Shi En, destroying them both out. Next, he attacked directly with Shi En, dropping Gong down to 4800 Life Points.

Gong Set a card to his back row and passed.

Dillon drew Solemn Judgment and attacked directly with Shi En. He Set Solemn Judgment before ending his turn.

Gong conceded on his next turn, destined to be wiped out by Shi En on Dillon’s next turn.

Chris Gong finds it impossible to break through 2 copies of Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En, allowing Dillon to take a commanding victory in the first Duel. Chris Gong will be going first in Duel 2!

Gong started off Duel 2 by Setting 2 cards in his back row and ending his turn.

Dillon opened up with Shien’s Smoke Signal, 2 copies of Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan, Upstart Goblin, Monster Reborn, and Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. He activated Shien’s Smoke Signal to search his Deck for Kageki and add it to his hand, then activated Upstart Goblin to draw Solemn Judgment from his Deck and give Gong 1000 Life Points. He Summoned Kageki and activated its effect to Special Summon Kagemusha from his hand, then Tuned them together to try to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En; but Gong flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate Shi En’s Summon! Dillon activated Monster Reborn next to revive Kagemusha, and then Special Summoned Kizan from his hand. He Tuned his 2 monsters together to Synchro Summon Naturia Barkion, then attacked directly to drop Gong down to 4500 Life Points. Dillon Set Solemn Judgment in Main Phase 2, and Gong flipped Mystical Space Typhoon in his End Phase to destroy it.

Gong Special Summoned Cyber Dragon next turn and then activated Gateway of the Six and 2 copies of Six Samurai United from his hand. He Normal Smmoned Legendary Six Samurai – Mizuho from his hand, adding a Bushido Counter to each Six Samurai United and 2 Counters to his Gateway. He removed 4 Counters to search his Deck for Grandmaster of the Six Samurai, and Special Summoned it to gain 4 more Bushido Counters. He removed those Counters to search his Deck for Kizan, and Special Summon that monster to the field too, gaining 4 more Bushido Counters. After removing those Counters to search his Deck for another Kizan and Special Summon it to gain another 4 Bushido Counters, Dillon conceded, realizing that Mizuho would destroy his Naturia Barkion and a swarm of Samurais would wipe out all of his Life Points that turn.

A strong play enabled by multiple copies of Six Samurai United and Gateway of the Six allows Chris Gong to OTK Dillon and push the Match into a third Duel!

Dillon opened up Duel 3 with Gateway of the Six, Mystical Space Typhoon, Solemn Judgment, Mind Crush, and 2 copies of Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. He activated Gateway and then Normal Summoned Kagemusha to put 2 Bushido Counters on the Gateway. He Set Solemn Judgment, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Mind Crush before ending his turn.

Gong Special Summoned Cyber Dragon next turn. He attacked and destroyed Kagemusha with it, dropping Dillon down to 6300 Life Points. He ended his turn without Setting any cards in his back row.

Dillon drew Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan next turn. He Normal Summoned Kagemusha to put 2 Bushido Counters on his Gateway, then Special Summoned Kizan to gain 2 more Counters. He Tuned Kizan with Kagemusha next, in order to Synchro Summon Naturia Barkion. Next, he removed 4 Bushido Counters from his Gateway, reducing it to 2 Counters, in order to search his Deck for Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki and add it to his hand. Dillon attacked Cyber Dragon with Barkion, destroying it in battle and dropping Gong down to 7600 Life Points.

Gong activated Six Samurai United next turn. Then he played a second copy, and followed up by Normal Summoning Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. Dillon’s Gateway gained 2 Bushido Counters and each Six Samurai United gained 1. Next, Gong Special Summoned Kizan from his hand, adding a second Bushido Counter to each Six Samurai United and 2 more Counters onto Dillon’s Gateway. Gong sent a copy of Six Samurai United to the Graveyard to draw 2 cards, and then activated Gateway of the Six. But before Gong could do anything with the Gateway, Dillon flipped Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy it! Gong sent his other Six Samurai United to the Graveyard next, and drew 2 more cards from the top of his Deck. After he drew them, Dillon activated Mind Crush naming Grandmaster of the Six Samurai. Gong discarded a copy of Grandmaster and revealed Puppet Plant, Kinetic Soldier, Chain Disappearance, and Double-Edged Sword Technique from his hand! Next, Gong Tuned Kizan with Kagemusha to try to Synchro Summon Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, and Dillon flipped Solemn Judgment and paid 3150 Life Points to negate Brionac’s Summon! Gong Set 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

Dillon drew Grandmaster of the Six Samurai next turn. He removed 4 Counters from his Gateway to search his Deck for Kagemusha, then Normal Summoned Kageki and activated its effect to Special Summon Kagemusha from his hand, adding 4 more Counters to the Gateway. He removed those 4 Counters to grab another Kizan from his Deck and add it to his hand, then Tuned Kageki with Kagemusha to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En and add 2 more Counters to his Gateway. Next, he removed the last 4 Counters from his Gateway to search his Deck for another Kizan. He Special Summoned 2 copies of Kizan and a Grandmaster to add 6 more Bushido Counters to his Gateway, and staring down 2 Kizans, a Grandmaster, a Shi En, and a Naturia Barkion, Gong conceded.

An early Gateway of the Six breaks the Duel open for Dillon and allows him to take a 2-1 victory in the mirror-match! Dillon is moving on with a 7-1 record!