Round 9: ESPer Mark Lundin VS Futuristic Mike Powers
Mark Lundin and Mike Powers are both currently 7-1 in the WCQ. Lundin is using a Psychic Deck without Mind Master, and his opponent, Mike Powers, is playing a T.G. Deck. Lundin made it to the Top 64 at last year’s WCQ, and is looking for a repeat performance this weekend; but first, he’ll have to get through Mike Powers.
Powers started the Match by activating Pot of Duality and revealing King Tiger Wanghu, Royal Oppression, and T.G. Warwolf from the top of his Deck. He added the King Tiger to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Next, he Normal Summoned his Tiger and Set 3 cards to his back row.
Lundin opened up with Torrential Tribute, Solemn Warning, Pot of Duality, 2 copies of Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo, and Silent Psychic Wizard. He activated Pot of Duality to reveal Mystical Space Typhoon, Esper Girl, and Book of Moon from the top of his Deck and chose to add Mystical Space Typhoon to his hand. He shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He Set Mystical Space Typhoon, Torrential Tribute, and Solemn Warning and then ended his turn.
Powers attacked Lundin directly with his Tiger to drop him down to 6300 Life Points. He tried to Summon Reborn Tengu in Main Phase 2, but Lundin flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate its Summon. Powers activated Pot of Duality next, revealing 2 copies of T.G. Striker and a copy of Torrential Tribute from the top of his Deck. He added a Striker to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck.
Lundin drew Bottomless Trap Hole next turn. He Summoned Silent Psychic Wizard and attacked Wanghu with it, but lost his monster to Mirror Force. Lundin Set Bottomless Trap Hole before ending his turn.
Powers activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Bottomless Trap Hole, then Summoned T.G. Striker to the field. Lundin flipped Torrential Tribute to clear the field, destroying Striker and Wanghu, and then Powers activated Pot of Duality. He revealed Seven Tools of the Bandit and 2 copies of T.G. Warwolf from the top of his Deck, and chose to add Seven Tools of the Bandit to his hand. He shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He Set 1 card to his back row and then entered his End Phase, where he used his fallen Striker’s effect to grab a T.G. Warwolf from his Deck.
Lundin drew Cyber Dragon next turn. He Set Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo and passed.
Powers Normal Summoned T.G. Rush Rhino and attacked Lundin’s face-down Fossil Dyna, destroying it in battle. Powers Set another card to his back row and passed.
Lundin drew Silent Psychic Wizard next turn. He flipped his face-down Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Powers’s TG1-EM1, then Special Summoned Cyber Dragon from his hand; but Powers flipped Royal Oppression and paid 800 Life Points to negate Cyber Dragon’s Summon! Lundin Normal Summoned Silent Psychic Wizard next, and used its effect to remove another Wizard from his Graveyard. Lundin attacked and destroyed Powers’s Rhino with his Wizard, destroying it in battle. In Lundin’s End Phase, Powers got a T.G. Striker from his Deck with his fallen Rhino’s effect.
Powers Summoned T.G. Striker and Set a card to his back row next turn.
Lundin drew Dimensional Prison. He tried to attack T.G. Striker with his Wizard, but Powers flipped TG1-EM1 to trade his Striker for Lundin’s Wizard. Lundin switched his Striker to Defense Position in Main Phase 2 and then Set Dimensional Prison.
Powers Summoned T.G. Warwolf next turn. He attacked Striker with Warwolf and then attacked directly with Wizard to drop Lundin down to 2400 Life Points. Powers Set a card to his back row and then entered his End Phase, where he added a T.G. Rush Rhino from his Deck to his hand with the effect of his T.G. Striker.
Lundin drew Serene Psychic Witch next turn. He attacked T.G. Warwolf with it to destroy the Warwolf in battle, and Powers used his Warwolf’s effect to add a T.G. Striker from his Deck to his hand in the End Phase.
Powers Summoned T.G. Rush Rhino next turn and Lundin conceded. He knew that Silent Psychic Wizard would attack and destroy his Witch, and even though he had Dimensional Prison face-down which he could use to try to banish Rush Rhino, he knew that Powers had Seven Tools of the Bandit face-down to negate it.
Mike Powers draws 2 copies of TG1-EM1 to win Duel 1 and take advantage of Mark Lundin’s weak hand. Lundin will be going first in Duel 2!
Lundin opened up Duel 2 with Cyber Dragon, Esper Girl, Giant Rat, Serene Psychic Witch, Solemn Judgment, and Mirror Force. He Set his Witch and Set Mirror Force and Solemn Judgment.
Powers activated Pot of Duality to reveal Reborn Tengu and 2 copies of Horn of the Phantom Beast from the top of his Deck. He added a Horn to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Powers Set 4 cards to his back row before ending his turn.
Lundin drew Mystical Space Typhoon. He Flip Summoned his Serene Psychic Witch and then Normal Summoned Giant Rat. Giant Rat attacked Powers’s face-down T.G. Striker to destroy it, and then Witch attacked Powers directly to drop him down to 6600 Life Points. Lundin Set Mystical Space Typhoon in Main Phase 2 and then entered his End Phase. In the End Phase, Powers used his Striker’s effect to add a T.G. Rush Rhino from his Deck to his hand.
Powers Normal Summoned Rush Rhino and then attacked Serene Psychic Witch. In the Damage Step, he flipped Horn of the Phantom Beast to give his Rhino an extra 800 ATK and let him draw a card from winning the battle. Lundin lost 1400 Life Points and Powers drew a card from his Deck. Lundin removed Destructotron from his Deck with the effect of his Witch so that he’d be able to Special Summon it next turn.
Lundin drew Silent Psychic Wizard. He attempted to Special Summon Destructotron in his Standby Phase, and when Powers activated Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to try to negate the effect of the Witch that Summons it, Lundin flipped Solemn Judgment to negate the Solemn Warning! Lundin paid 1000 Life Points to destroy Powers’s face-down Royal Oppression after Destructotron hit the field, and then paid another 1000 Life Points to destroy Powers’s face-down Mirror Force. Next, Lundin Normal Summoned Esper Girl and Tuned it with Destructotron to Synchro Summon Naturia Barkion. Barkion attacked and destroyed Rush Rhino, and Giant Rat attacked directly to drop Powers down to 3100 Life Points. In Lundin’s End Phase, Powers used the effect of his fallen Rhino to search his Deck for a copy of T.G. Striker to add to his hand.
Powers Special Summoned T.G. Striker and then Normal Summoned Reborn Tengu. He Tuned Striker with Tengu to Synchro Summon Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, then Special Summoned another Tengu from his Deck. Next, Powers discarded a Tengu from his hand to activate Brionac’s effect and return Barkion to Lundin’s Extra Deck. Then he discarded his 2 Wanghus to return Lundin’s Mystical Space Typhoon and Mirror Force to his hand. Tengu attacked Giant Rat, and Lundin used its effect to Special Summon Neo-Spacian Grand Mole from his Deck! Powers was out of cards to discard, and couldn’t defeat Lundin that turn!
Lundin drew Psychic Commander next turn. He Summoned Silent Psychic Wizard and used its effect to remove Esper Girl from his Graveyard. Then he attacked Brionac with Grand Mole to return Brionac to his Extra Deck, and attacked Tengu with his Wizard to destroy it in battle.
Powers drew T.G. Rush Rhino next turn and Summoned it. He attacked Silent Psychic Wizard with his Rhino and Lundin flipped Mirror Force to destroy it. Lundin revealed Psychic Commander from his hand and Powers conceded with only 2900 Life Points remaining.
Mark Lundin wins Duel 2 thanks to Neo-Spacian Grand Mole and pushes the Match to a final Duel! Powers will be going first in Duel 3!
Powers started off Duel 3 by Summoning Beast King Barbaros and Setting 3 cards to his back row.
Lundin opened up with 2 copies of Pot of Duality, Emergency Teleport, Psychic Jumper, Psychic Commander, and Silent Psychic Wizard. He activated Pot of Duality to reveal Esper Girl, Dust Tornado, and Serene Psychic Witch from the top of his Deck. He added Dust Tornado to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He Set the Dust Tornado along with a Pot of Duality and then ended his turn.
Powers Summoned T.G. Striker next turn. He attacked directly with it to drop Lundin down to 7200 Life Points, and then attacked directly with Barbaros to drop him down to 5300 Life Points.
Lundin drew Cyber Dragon next turn! He Special Summoned it to the field and then activated Emergency Teleport to Special Summon Serene Psychic Witch from his Deck. Next, he Normal Summoned Psychic Jumper. Lundin used his Jumper’s effect to pay 1000 Life Points and swap control of his Witch with Powers’s Barbaros. Cyber Dragon attacked the Witch, and then Powers flipped Mirror Force, destroying Cyber Dragon, Jumper, and Barbaros. Lundin lost all of his monsters, and Serene Psychic Witch was banished in the End Phase due to the effect of Emergency Teleport!
Powers activated Mystical Space Typhoon next turn, targeting Lundin’s face-down Dust Tornado, and Lundin Chained it to destroy Powers’s Horn of the Phantom Beast. Next, he Normal Summoned King Tiger Wanghu and activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon Beast King Barbaros from his Graveyard. Powers attacked directly with Striker, Wanghu, and Barbaros to wipe out all 4300 of Lundin’s Life Points!
Mike Powers triumphs in Duel 3 by using Beast King Barbaros to defeat Mark Lundin’s Psychic Deck and advance to Day 2 with an 8-1 record!
