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Sunday’s Dragon Duel Final: Ben Leverett vs. Zach Leverett

October 24th, 2011


11-year-old Ben Leverett and 12 year-old Zach Leverett are both undefeated in this final round of Sunday’s Dragon Duel! Ben is playing his Hyperion Deck against his brother Zach’s T.G.s., and the winner of this Match will be declared Sunday’s Dragon Duel Champion!

Ben opened up Duel 1 with Master Hyperion, Archlord Kristya, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness, 2 copies of The Agent of Mystery – Earth, and Genex Ally Birdman. He Summoned Earth and activated its effect to add The Agent of Creation – Venus from his Deck to his hand.

Zach activated Pot of Duality, revealing Pot of Duality and 2 T.G. Rush Rhinos from the top of his Deck. He took the Duality and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Next, Zach Normal Summoned a Rush Rhino. He attacked to destroy Earth and then Set 2 cards to his back row.

Ben drew another Earth next turn, and then Zach activated Trap Dustshoot! He sent Master Hyperion from Ben’s hand to his Deck. Ben Normal Summoned Venus and activated its effect by paying 500 Life Points. Zach Chained Bottomless Trap Hole to banish Venus, and Ben Special Summoned a Mystical Shine Ball from his Deck with Venus’s effect.

Zach activated Pot of Duality again next turn. He revealed Starlight Road, Dark Hole, and Pot of Duality from the top of his Deck. He added the Starlight Road to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Next, Zach attacked and destroyed Mystical Shine Ball with Thunder King Rai-Oh and then T.G. Rush Rhino attacked directly. Ben Special Summoned Gorz from his hand, along with an Emissary of Darkness Token! Zach activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon The Agent of Mystery – Earth from the Graveyard, and then Tuned Earth with Rai-Oh to Synchro Summon Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier. (None of this was legal because Zach had activated Pot of Duality, but neither Duelist realized it!) Next, he discarded Starlight Road to activate Brionac’s effect and return Gorz to Ben’s hand.

Ben drew Heavy Storm next turn. He Normal Summoned Earth and used its effect to add Venus from his Deck to his hand. Then he switched his Emissary of Darkness Token into Attack Position and attacked Zach’s T.G. Rush Rhino to destroy it. Ben Set Heavy Storm before ending his turn, and Zach added T.G. Striker from his Deck to his hand in the End Phase.

Zach Normal Summoned Reborn Tengu next turn. He attacked Earth with Tengu and the attacked the Emissary of Darkness Token with Brionac, destroying both of Ben’s monsters. Zach Set a card to his back row and passed.

Ben drew Sangan next turn. He flipped his face-down Heavy Storm to destroy Zach’s face-down Solemn Judgment and then Normal Summoned Venus. He paid 1000 Life Points to Special Summon 2 Shine Balls from his Deck in Defense Position and then returned a Mystical Shine Ball to his hand in order to Special Summon Genex Ally Birdman. He paid another 500 Life Points to Special Summon the Shine Ball back to the field in Defense Position, and then combined 2 Shine Balls to Xyz Summon Gachi Gachi Gantetsu in Defense Position. Next, he Tuned Venus with Birdman to Synchro Summon Orient Dragon and banish Brionac. Ben Special Summoned Archlord Kristya next, using its effect to return a Venus from his Graveyard to his hand. Kristya attacked and destroyed Tengu, and its effect couldn’t activate to Special Summon another copy since Kristya was on the field. Next, Orient Dragon attacked directly, dropping Zach down to 3400 Life Points.

Zach Set a monster and passed.

Ben drew Mystical Space Typhoon next turn. He Normal Summoned Venus, and Zach conceded, knowing that that it would be over on that turn.

Ben Leverett defeats his brother in the first Duel by Special Summoning Archlord Kristya! Zach will be going first in Duel 2!

Zach started off Duel 2 by activating Pot of Duality, revealing Trap Dustshoot, Dark Hole, and TG1-EM1 from the top of his Deck. He added Trap Dustshoot to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Zach Normal Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh and Set 3 cards to his back row.

Ben opened up with Genex Ally Birdman, Master Hyperion, Thunder King Rai-Oh, Mind Crush, The Agent of Mystery – Earth, and Dimensional Prison. In Ben’s Standby Phase, Zach flipped Trap Dustshoot and sent Master Hyperion back to Ben’s Deck. Ben Normal Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh, Set Mind Crush and Dimensional Prison, and ended his turn.

Zach activated Skill Drain and then Normal Summoned T.G. Warwolf. He attacked Ben’s Rai-Oh with his own, destroying them both. Then he attacked Rai-Oh with T.G. Warwolf and activated Horn of the Phantom Beast to win the battle and draw a card. Zach Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Ben drew Archlord Kristya next turn. He Set Earth and passed.

Zach activated Pot of Duality next turn, revealing D.D. Crow, Dark Hole, and Starlight Road from the top of his Deck. He took the D.D. Crow, and Ben used Mind Crush to make him discard it. Zach Set a monster and attacked with Warwolf to draw another card.

Ben drew Bottomless Trap Hole. He Set it along with Genex Ally Birdman.

Zach Set a back row, then Flip Summoned T.G. Striker. He activated Monster Reborn to revive Thunder King Rai-Oh, but lost it to Bottomless Trap Hole. T.G. Warwolf attacked and destroyed Birdman, and then Striker attacked directly. Zach Summoned T.G. Rush Rhino in Main Phase 2 and Tuned it with T.G. Striker to Summon Naturia Barkion.

Ben drew Tragoedia and passed.

Zach Summoned T.G. Rush Rhino next turn. He equipped it with Horn of the Phantom Beast, attacked Zach’s face-down monster with Warwolf to destroy it, attacked directly with T.G. Rush Rhino, and after Ben Special Summoned Tragoedia from his hand, Barkion destroyed it in battle.

Ben drew The Agent of Creation – Venus next turn and Set it.

Zach Normal Summoned T.G. Striker next turn and Ben conceded, with only 2700 Life Points remaining.

Zach Leverett uses Horn of the Phantom Beast to dominate in Duel 2 and emerge triumphant over his brother! Ben will be going first in Duel 3!

Ben opened up Duel 3 with Mystical Shine Ball, Debunk, Effect Veiler, Monster Reborn, Thunder King Rai-Oh, and Sangan. He Set Sangan and Debunk, and then ended his turn.

Zach Summoned Reborn Tengu and attacked Ben’s Sangan with it, destroying it in battle. Ben searched his Deck for Earth to add to his hand with Sangan’s effect. Zach Set 2 back rows before ending his turn.

Ben drew Tragoedia next turn. He Summoned Earth and used its effect to add Venus from his Deck to his hand.

Zach Normal Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh and then attacked Earth with Thunder King and attacked directly with Tengu, dropping Ben down to 5400 Life Points.

Ben drew Maxx “C” next turn. He Summoned Venus and activated its effect, but Zach Chained Bottomless Trap Hole to banish it. Ben Special Summoned a Mystical Shine Ball from his Deck in Defense Position when Venus’s effect resolved. When it was Special Summoned, Zach Special Summoned T.G. Warwolf from his hand, in Defense Position. Ben activated Monster Reborn next, and Special Summoned The Agent of Mystery – Earth from his Graveyard. He combined it with Mystical Shine Ball to try to Summon Gachi Gachi Gantetsu, but Zach sent Thunder King Rai-Oh to the Graveyard to negate its Summon!

Zach Summoned another Thunder King Rai-Oh next turn. He switched his Warwolf into Attack Position and then attacked directly with Warwolf. Ben dropped down to 3700 Life Points and Special Summoned a 2400 DEF Tragoedia. Zach Set a card to his back row before passing.

Ben drew Archlord Kristya next turn. He Normal Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh and then used it to attack Reborn Tengu. Zach flipped Light-Imprisoning Mirror, and Ben used Debunk when Tengu’s effect tried to activate.

Zach Set a card to his back row and then Normal Summoned T.G. Striker. Ben discarded Maxx “C”, and when Zach Tuned Striker with Warwolf to Summon T.G. Hyper Librarian, Ben drew a card. Zach attacked Rai-Oh with Librarian in order to destroy it in battle.

Ben drew Mystical Shine Ball next turn, and Zach flipped Trap Dustshoot to return Gorz to Ben’s Deck.

Zach drew a card and Set it, unable to get past Tragoedia.

Ben drew a card and Set a monster.

Zach attacked Ben’s face-down Mystical Shine Ball next turn, destroying it with Librarian.

Ben drew Genex Ally Birdman and passed

Zach Normal Summoned Reborn Tengu and then combined it with his Rai-Oh to Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia.

Ben drew The Agent of Miracles – Jupiter on the following turn.

Zach Set a monster and passed.

Ben drew Heavy Storm next turn! He activated it to destroy 2 Light-Imprisoning Mirrors and a Dimensional Prison. When it resolved, Zach discarded D.D. Crow to banish Earth from Ben’s Graveyard. Ben switched his 3600 ATK Tragoedia into Attack Position and attacked Utopia, but Zach negated the attack with Utopia’s effect, by detaching an Xyz Material from Utopia. Ben Set Mystical Shine Ball before ending his turn.

Zach activated Pot of Duality next turn, revealing Pot of Duality, Dark Hole, and Monster Reborn from the top of his Deck. He added Dark Hole to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Zach flipped his T.G. Warwolf into Attack Position and then activated Dark Hole to clear the field! In the End Phase, Zach added T.G. Rush Rhino from his Deck to his hand with his Warwolf’s effect.

Ben drew Master Hyperion next turn! He Normal Summoned Jupiter and then banished Earth from his hand to Special Summon Master Hyperion. He attacked directly with Jupiter and Master Hyperion, dropping Zach down to 3300 Life Points.

Zach Normal Summoned T.G. Rush Rhino next turn, and Ben used Effect Veiler to negate its effect so that it couldn’t destroy Jupiter in battle. Zach Set Solemn Warning before passing to Ben.

Ben banished Mystical Shine Ball from his Graveyard in order to destroy the Solemn Warning Zach had just Set. Then he attacked with both monsters, destroying a T.G. Rush Rhino in the process. In the End Phase, Zach added T.G. Striker from his Deck to his hand with Rhino’s effect.

Zach Special Summoned T.G. Striker and then Normal Summoned T.G. Rush Rhino. He Tuned his monsters together in order to Synchro Summon Naturia Barkion, and then attacked Jupiter, destroying it in battle.

But it was all over on the next turn! Ben banished a Fairy from his Graveyard to destroy Barkion with Hyperion’s effect, and then attacked for the victory!

Ben Leverett defeats his brother Zach in the final round to become Sunday’s Dragon Duel Champion!