Sunday Dragon Duel Feature Match: Heroic Johan Aparicio vs. Honorable Joshua Roberts
Johan Aparicio and Joshua Roberts are both rising 12-year-old Duelists from Los Angeles. They frequently Duel at the same local tournament, and now they’re facing off at Table 1 in this final Dragon Duel Feature Match of the weekend. Aparicio is currently undefeated with a 4-0 record using an Absolute Zero Deck, and Roberts is 3-1 with Six Samurais. But only one of them can win this Feature Match!
Roberts started off the Match by activating Six Samurai United and then Normal Summoning Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki and using its effect to Special Summon Kagemusha of the Six Samurai from his hand. He put 2 Bushido Counters on his Six Samurai United and then sent it to the Graveyard to draw 2 cards. He Tuned Kagemusha with Kageki to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En next, and then finished his turn by Setting 3 cards to his back row.
Aparicio opened up with E – Emergency Call, Elemental Hero Neos Alius, Cyber Dragon, Royal Decree, Deep Sea Diva, and Miracle Fusion. He Set the Neos Alius along with Royal Decree and then ended his turn. Roberts activated Mystical Space Typhoon in his End Phase to destroy the Royal Decree.
Roberts flipped Double-Edged Sword Technique next turn to Special Summon Kagemusha and Kageki back from the Graveyard and Synchro Summon another Shi En. Then he Special Summoned Grandmaster of the Six Samurai from his hand. Grandmaster attacked and destroyed Neos Alius, and then both Shi Ens attacked directly, dropping Aparicio down to 3000 Life Points. Roberts Set 2 cards to his back row to finish his turn.
Aparicio drew Spined Gillman next turn. He activated Emergency Call, but Roberts negated it with the effect of one Shi En. Next, Aparicio Special Summoned Cyber Dragon. He activated Miracle Fusion next, but when Roberts negated it as well, Aparicio conceded, knowing he wouldn’t be able to survive the next turn.
Joshua Roberts dominates the first Duel with 2 copies of Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En! Johan Aparicio will be going first in Duel 2!
Aparicio opened up Duel 2 with 2 copies of Miracle Fusion, 2 copies of Elemental Hero Neos Alius, Deep Sea Diva, and Effect Veiler. He Summoned Neos Alius and ended his turn.
Roberts started off his turn by activating Gateway of the Six and Six Samurai United! He Summoned Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan and put 2 Bushido Counters on Gateway and 1 Counter on Six Samurai United. Then he Special Summoned Grandmaster of the Six Samurai to put another pair of Counters on the Gateway and a second Counter on Six Samurai United. He sent Six Samurai United to the Graveyard to draw 2 cards, and then removed 4 Bushido Counters from his Gateway to search his Deck for Kageki and add it to his hand. Next, Roberts attacked Aparicio’s Neo Alius with Grandmaster of the Six Samurai to destroy it, and attacked directly with Kizan. Roberts Set 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.
Aparicio drew Elemental Hero Voltic next turn. He Summoned Deep Sea Diva to the field and activated its effect, and Roberts flipped Book of Moon to put the Diva face-down. Aparicio Special Summoned Spined Gillman from his Deck and then activated Miracle Fusion to fuse the Neos Alius in his Graveyard with the Gillman on the field and Summon Elemental Hero Absolute Zero! Absolute Zero attacked and destroyed Grandmaster before Aparicio ended his turn.
Roberts Summoned Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki next turn and activated its effect, but Aparicio discarded Effect Veiler from his hand to negate it. Roberts added 2 Bushido Counters to his Gateway and then Set a card to his back row.
Aparicio drew Destiny Hero – Malicious next turn. He Flip Summoned Deep Sea Diva and Roberts flipped Torrential Tribute to clear the field! Next, Aparicio activated Miracle Fusion to Summon another copy of Absolute Zero, and then Normal Summoned Elemental Hero Voltic. Voltic and Absolute Zero attacked directly, and when Voltic inflicted its damage, Aparicio Special Summoned Neos Alius to the field! Neos Alius attacked directly next, dropping Roberts down to 2200 Life Points.
Roberts removed Grandmaster of the Six Samurai and Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan from his Graveyard next turn to Special Summon Enishi, Shien’s Chancellor. He activated its effect to destroy Absolute Zero, and Absolute Zero took down Enishi with it. Next, Roberts Normal Summoned Kagemusha to add 2 Counters to his Gateway, and removed all 4 Counters from it to grab a Kizan from his Deck. He Special Summoned it to add 2 Counters to his Gateway, and then Tuned Kizan with Kagemusha to Synchro Summon Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier. Next, he activated Double-Edged Sword Technique to Special Summon Kageki and Kagemusha from his Graveyard and add 2 more Bushido Counters to his Gateway, for a total of 4 Bushido Counters. He removed the 4 Counters from his Gateway to search his Deck for Grandmaster of the Six Samurai and then Tuned Kageki with Kagemusha to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En and add 2 more Bushido Counters to his Gateway. Next, he Special Summoned Grandmaster of the Six Samurai and added 2 more Bushido Counters to his Gateway. Aparicio quickly conceded, staring down more Samurais than he could handle.
Joshua Roberts defeats Johan Aparicio to secure his spot as a Top 4 Dragon Duelist!