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Top 16 Feature Match: Astro Luke Mattingly vs. Commander Frazier Smith

June 19th, 2011

Luke Mattingly made it to the Top 16 with his new Fairy Deck that runs Herald of Perfection along with the Agents from the Lost Sanctuary Structure Deck. Mattingly aims to pin down his opponents with his Herald to put his opponents in an impossible-to-win situation. His Top 16 opponent is YCS Champion Frazier Smith, who is running X-Sabers this weekend. If Mattingly can Summon Herald of Perfection quickly, he should be able to dominate each Duel and win the Match.

Smith started off the Match by Setting a monster and Setting 2 cards to his back row.

Mattingly opened up with Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, Senju of the Thousand Hands, Gozen Match, Herald of Perfection, Honest, and Pot of Duality. He Normal Summoned Senju and activated its effect to add Herald of Perfection from his Deck to his hand. Then he activated Pot of Duality, revealing Archlord Kristya, Herald of Orange Light, and Herald of Perfection from the top of his Deck. He added Herald of Orange Light to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Next, Mattingly Set Gozen Match and ended his turn.

Smith Flip Summoned XX-Saber Emmersblade on his turn and then Normal Summoned X-Saber Pashuul. Mattingly activated Gozen Match to prevent Smith from Synchro Summoning a non-EARTH monster. Smith Special Summoned XX-Saber Faultroll next, and then attacked Senju with Emmersblade. Emmersblade was destroyed and Smith lost 100 Life Points. Smith Special Summoned XX-Saber Darksoul from his Deck with Emmersblade’s effect. Next, Smith attacked Senju with Faultroll, and Mattingly discarded Honest from his hand during Damage Calculation to give his Senju an additional 2400 ATK and win the battle. Smith lost 1400 Life Points and his Faultroll was destroyed. In Main Phase 2, Smith Tuned Darksoul with Pashuul to Synchro Summon Naturia Beast. In his End Phase, Smith searched his Deck for a copy of XX-Saber Boggart Knight to add to his hand with the effect of his Darksoul.

Mattingly drew another copy of Manju on his next turn. He tried to Normal Summon it and Smith flipped Solemn Warning, giving up 2000 Life Points to negate its Summon!

Smith Normal Summoned XX-Saber Boggart Knight next turn and activated its effect to Special Summon XX-Saber Fulhelmknight from his hand. Next, he activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon XX-Saber Emmersblade from his Graveyard. Emmersblade attacked into Senju, and when Emmersblade was destroyed, Smith Special Summoned X-Saber Airbellum to the field in Attack Position. Next, Smith flipped Enemy Controller to switch Senju to Defense Position. Fulhelmknight destroyed it in battle, and when Fulhelmknight tried to Special Summon another X-Saber from Smith’s Graveyard with its effect, Mattingly discarded Herald of Orange Light and Herald of Perfection to negate Fulhelmknight’s effect and destroy Fulhelmknight with the effect of his Orange Herald. Next, X-Saber Airbellum, XX-Saber Boggart Knight, and Naturia Beast attacked directly, dropping Mattingly down to 2300 Life Points while forcing him to discard a copy of Herald of Perfection due to Airbellum’s effect.

Mattingly drew another copy of Manju next turn, and Summoned it to the field, using its effect to add Herald of Perfection from his Deck to his hand.

Smith Normal Summoned XX-Saber Emmersblade next turn and rammed it into Manju, costing him 100 Life Points and allowing him to Special Summon XX-Saber Darksoul in Attack Position with Emmersblade’s effect. Boggart Knight attacked and destroyed Manju next, and then Naturia Beast attacked directly, ending the Duel!

Frazier Smith leaves Luke Mattingly unable to Summon Herald of Perfection, and dominates the first Duel with a swarm of X-Sabers and Naturia Beast! Mattingly will be going first in Duel 2!

Mattingly opened up with Soul of Purity and Light, Dawn of the Herald, Herald of Perfection, Dark Hole, and 2 copies of The Agent of Mystery – Earth. He Summoned Earth to the field and activated its effect to search his Deck for a copy of The Agent of Miracles – Jupiter to add to his hand. Next, he activated Dawn of the Herald, sending Soul of Purity and Light to the Graveyard to Special Summon Herald of Perfection in Defense Position. He proceeded to remove Dawn of the Herald from his Graveyard and return Soul of Purity and Light to his hand. Play passed to Smith.

Smith Normal Summoned XX-Saber Fulhelmknight and attacked Earth, destroying it in battle while dealing 300 points of damage to Mattingly. Smith Set a card to his back row in Main Phase 2 and then ended his turn.

Mattingly drew Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands next turn and Normal Summoned it, activating its effect to add a Herald of Perfection from his Deck to his hand. Manju attacked Fulhelmknight, and Smith negated the attack with Fulhelmknight’s effect.

Smith activated Pot of Duality next turn, revealing X-Saber Pashuul, Dimensional Prison, and Pot of Duality from the top of his Deck. He added Dimensional Prison to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Next, Smith Normal Summoned Doomcaliber Knight. He attacked Manju with his Knight, destroying it in battle. Smith Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Mattingly drew Kinetic Soldier on his next turn. He Normal Summoned it to the field and used it to attack Smith’s Fulhelmknight. When Kinetic Soldier battled Fulhelmknight, its effect activated, attempting to give it an extra 2000 ATK. Doomcaliber Knight Tributed itself to try to negate Kinetic Soldier’s effect and try to destroy Kinetic Soldier, but Smith used his Herald to discard Soul of Purity and Light from his hand and negate the effect of Doomcaliber Knight, allowing his Kinetic Soldier to destroy Fulhelmknight.

Smith Set a monster and a card to his back row.

Mattingly drew Pot of Duality next turn. He Normal Summoned Earth and activated its effect to search his Deck for a copy of The Agent of Miracles – Jupiter to add to his hand. Next, he activated Pot of Duality, revealing Pot of Duality, Herald of Orange Light, and Herald of Perfection from the top of his Deck. He added Herald of Orange Light to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Mattingly attacked Smith’s face-down monster with Earth, revealing XX-Saber Darksoul and destroying it. Next, Kinetic Soldier attacked directly. Smith flipped Dimensional Prison to try to remove it from the Duel, but Mattingly discarded Jupiter from his hand to negate the Prison by using his Herald’s effect. Smith dropped down to 4650 Life Points and searched for X-Saber Pashuul to add to his hand with the effect of Darksoul in his End Phase.

Smith Set a monster and a card to his back row.

Mattingly drew Preparation of Rites next turn. He activated it to search his Deck for a copy of Herald of Perfection to add to his hand. Next, he attacked Smith’s face-down Pashuul with Earth, leaving it unharmed.

Smith activated Dark Hole next turn, and Mattingly discarded Herald of Perfection from his hand to negate it. Next, Smith activated Gottoms’ Emergency Call and Mattingly discarded another Herald of Perfection to negate it.

Mattingly drew another copy of Earth next turn, and Smith lost 1000 Life Points due to Pashuul’s effect in the Standby Phase. Mattingly switched Kinetic Soldier to Defense Position and then ended his turn.

Smith Tributed Pashuul to Summon Cyber Dragon and then attacked Kinetic Soldier to destroy it. He Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Mattingly drew Royal Decree next turn. He tried to Summon Jupiter to the field, and Smith flipped Solemn Judgment to negate its Summon by giving up 1825 Life Points. Mattingly Set Royal Decree and then ended his turn.

Smith Normal Summoned XX-Saber Fulhelmknight next turn. He Tuned his Cyber Dragon with Fulhelmknight to Synchro Summon Colossal Fighter. Smith had 3 Warriors in his Graveyard, so Colossal Fighter had 3100 ATK! Colossal Fighter attacked and destroyed Herald of Perfection! Mattingly flipped Royal Decree in Smith’s End Phase.

Mattingly drew Archlord Kristya next turn! He activated Dark Hole to destroy Colossal Fighter along with his own Earth, and then Normal Summoned another copy of Earth. He activated its effect to add another Jupiter from his Deck to his hand and then attacked directly with Earth, dropping Smith down to 825 Life Points!

Smith Normal Summoned XX-Saber Boggart Knight next turn. He attacked Earth with it, destroying it in battle and dropping Mattingly down to 6300 Life Points.

Mattingly drew Royal Decree next turn. He Normal Summoned Jupiter and activated its effect by removing Earth from his Graveyard, in order to boost it to 2600 ATK. Jupiter attacked and destroyed Boggart Knight, dropping Smith down to 125 Life Points.

Smith conceded on his next turn, unable to destroy Jupiter!

Frazier Smith manages to take down Herald of Perfection in Duel 2, but it isn’t enough for him to defeat Luke Mattingly! Mattingly pushes the Match to a third Duel, and Smith will be going first in Duel 3!

Smith started off Duel 3 by activating Pot of Duality, revealing Doomcaliber Knight, Pot of Duality, and XX-Saber Fulhelmknight from the top of his Deck. He added the Doomcaliber Knight to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Smith Summoned the Knight and then Set 4 cards to his back row.

Mattingly opened up with Royal Decree, Soul of Purity and Light, Dawn of the Herald, Preparation of Rites, and 2 copies of The Agent of Miracles – Jupiter. He Set the Decree and passed.

Smith attacked directly with Doomcaliber Knight to drop Mattingly down to 6100 Life Points and then Set a 5th card to his back row. In his End Phase, Mattingly flipped Royal Decree, and Smith Chained Reinforced Truth to Special Summon X-Saber Pashuul in Defense Position.

Mattingly drew Mystical Space Typhoon next turn, and in Mattingly’s Standby Phase, X-Saber Pashuul’s effect activated to deal 1000 points of damage to Smith; but Doomcaliber Knight Tributed itself to negate Pashuul’s effect and destroy Pasuul! Mattingly activated Preparation of Rites next, searching his Deck for a copy of Herald of Perfection to add to his hand. Then he activated Dawn of the Herald by sending Soul of Purity and Light from his hand to his Graveyard, and Special Summoned Herald of Perfection in Defense Position. He removed Dawn from his Graveyard to return Soul of Purity and Light to his hand next, and then Summoned Jupiter and attacked Smith directly.

Smith Summoned Doomcaliber Knight next turn. He attacked Jupiter with his Knight, dropping Mattingly down to 6000 Life Points. Smith activated Enemy Controller next, switching Herald of Perfection into Attack Position.

Mattingly drew Senju of the Thousand Hands on his next turn. He Summoned it to the field and activated its effect. When Doomcaliber Knight Tributed itself to try to negate the effect, Mattingly discarded Jupiter from his hand to negate the Doomcaliber Knight’s effect. Mattingly added Herald of Perfection from his Deck to his hand thanks to Senju’s effect. Senju attacked directly and Mattingly switched Herald of Perfection to Defense Position in Main Phase 2.

Smith Set a monster and passed.

Mattingly drew Kinetic Soldier next turn. He Summoned it and then attacked Smith’s face-down Darksoul with it, triggering its effect. Mattingly discarded Herald of Perfection to negate the effect with his Herald. Senju followed up with a direct attack.

Smith Set a card to his back row and passed.

But it was all over on Mattingly’s next turn! Mattingly switched Herald of Perfection to Attack Position and then attacked directly with Kinetic Soldier, Herald of Perfection, and Senju to wipe out Smith’s last 3400 Life Points!

Luke Mattingly is moving on to the Top 8!