Round 7: Alfredo Tiznado vs. Rickie Ricketts
Didn’t I tell you my Dark World army would triumph once more? Alfredo Tiznado is undefeated, and it’s all thanks to ME, Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World! …And the rest of my Dark World army, of course. His Round 7 opponent, Rickie Ricketts, is foolish enough to stand in my way, backed by nothing but a swarm of Inzektors! As if mere bugs were a match for the Fiends of the Dark World! In this Match, I’ll show Ricketts why bugs don’t survive in the Dark World!
Duel 1
Tiznado Set Skill Drain and Solemn Judgment, activated The Gates of Dark World, and Summoned Broww, Huntsman of Dark World to the field.
Ricketts opened up with Heavy Storm, and Tiznado paid 4000 Life Points to negate it with Solemn Judgment. Next, Ricketts Normal Summoned Inzektor Dragonfly and activated its effect; but Tiznado flipped Skill Drain and gave up 1000 Life Points to negate it.
Tiznado drew Monster Reborn next turn. He Tributed Broww to Summon Sillva, Warlord of Dark World and then used The Gates of Dark World to banish Broww from his Graveyard, discard Broww from his hand, and draw Allure of Darkness. Next, he drew Reckless Greed thanks to Broww’s effect. Sillva attacked and destroyed Inzektor Dragonfly, dropping Ricketts down to 6400 Life Points.
Ricketts Set a monster and passed.
Tiznado drew Trance Archfiend and then activated Allure of Darkness to draw Reckless Greed and Skill Drain from the top of his Deck. He banished Trance Archfiend as part of Allure’s effect. Next, Tiznado attacked and destroyed Ricketts’s face-down Sangan with Sillva, and Ricketts added Card Trooper to his hand with Sangan’s effect. Tiznado Set Reckless Greed and Skill Drain before ending his turn.
Ricketts Set a card to each zone and passed.
Tiznado activated Reckless Greed and Chained a second copy of it. He drew Snoww, Unlight of Dark World, The Gates of Dark World, and 2 copies of ME, Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World! At last, I may join the fray! Tiznado used The Gates of Dark World to banish Broww from his Graveyard, discard ME from his hand, and draw another The Gates of Dark World. I targeted Ricketts’s face-down Mystical Space Typhoon for destruction, and Ricketts Chained it to destroy Skill Drain. Next, Tiznado activated another copy of The Gates of Dark World and banished ME from the Duel to use its effect! He discarded another copy of me, drew another copy of Snoww, Unlight of Dark World, and then I targeted Ricketts’ face-down Call of the Haunted for destruction. He Chained it to Special Summon Sangan and used that dustmop’s effect to search for Inzektor Dragonfly and add it to his hand. Next, Tiznado Set Monster Reborn and activated Dragged Down into the Grave. Tiznado lost a Snoww from his hand, which he used to get a third copy of ME, and Ricketts discarded Inzektor Dragonfly. Next, Tiznado activated another copy of The Gates of Dark World and banished Snoww from his Graveyard to discard ME and draw Heavy Storm. I destroyed Ricketts’s face-down Card Trooper, which allowed Ricketts to draw a card. Next, Tiznado activated Monster Reborn to fortify his Dark World forces by Special Summoning ME from his Graveyard. He then returned Sillva to his hand to Special Summon another of ME. Finally, he Set Heavy Storm and activated Dragged Down into the Grave. He lost a Snoww from his hand, and Tiznado lost Inzektor Sword – Zektkaliber. Tiznado got Dark World Dealings with Snoww’s effect, and used it to draw a card and discard Sillva. Direct attacks from Sillva and both copies of ME wiped Ricketts out!
Alfredo Tiznado uses all 3 copies of ME to win the first Duel! It’s a good thing that I can be in 2 places at once! Rickie Ricketts will be going first in Duel 2.
Duel 2
Ricketts Set Card Trooper and ended his turn.
Tiznado Summoned Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World activated The Gates of Dark World, and attacked Ricketts’s face-down Card Trooper to destroy it in battle. Ricketts drew a card with Trooper’s effect. Tiznado Set Skill Drain before ending his turn.
Ricketts activated Heavy Storm to destroy The Gates of Dark World and Tiznado’s face-down Skill Drain. Then he Normal Summoned Inzektor Dragonfly and used its effect to equip it with an Inzektor Hornet in his hand. Next, he used the Hornet’s effect to destroy Beiige. Dragonfly’s effect Special Summoned Inzektor Centipede from the Deck, and he used Centipede to equip it with Hornet. Then, Ricketts equipped his Dragonfly with an Inzektor Giga-Mantis from his hand. He used Inzektor Hornet to destroy Inzektor Giga-Mantis. He Special Summoned an Inzektor Centipede with Dragonfly’s effect, and grabbed an Inzektor Sword – Zektkaliber with Centipede’s effect. Next, he equipped the Sword to his Dragonfly, and used Centipede’s effect to give it a Hornet. He destroyed Sword with Hornet. Centipede gave Ricketts a second Sword, and Dragonfly Special Summoned a third Inzektor Centipede. Ricketts combined his 2 Centipedes to Summon Number 17: Leviathan Dragon and boosted it to 2500 ATK with its effect. Then he used his last Centipede’s effect to equip it with Inzektor Hornet, and used his in-hand Giga-Mantis’s effect to equip it to Dragonfly. Next, he sent Hornet to the Graveyard to destroy Giga-Mantis. He Special Summoned Inzektor Centipede from his Graveyard with the effect of Inzektor Giga-Mantis, and Inzektor Dragonfly Special Summoned Inzektor Hopper from the Deck with its effect. Next, Ricketts combined his 2 Centipedes to Summon Number 20: Giga-Brilliant. He then put Inzektor Sword – Zektkaliber on Dragonfly, and used Hopper’s effect to equip it with a Hornet. Next, he sent the Hornet to the Graveyard to destroy the Sword equipped to the Dragonfly. Dragonfly’s effect triggered to Special Summon another Hopper from the Deck, and Inzektor Sword returned Inzektor Giga-Mantis from Ricketts’s Graveyard to his hand. Finally, attacks from Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, Inzektor Dragonfly, Number 20: Giga-Brilliant, and 2 copies of Inzektor Hopper finished Tizando off with over 8000 points of damage.
Rickie Ricketts wins Duel 2 on his second turn! Pesky insects! But Tiznado will be leading my army first in Duel 3!
Duel 3
Tiznado opened up Duel 3 Setting Skill Drain, Solemn Judgment, and Heavy Storm, and then activating Card Destruction! Tiznado discarded Broww and Snoww, and Ricketts discarded Inzektor Centipede, Card Trooper, Inzektor Hornet, Trap Stun, and Torrential Tribute. Tiznado drew The Gates of Dark World and ME from Card Destruction, then Skill Drain from the effect of Broww. Finally, the effect of Snoww allowed Tiznado to add a Broww from his Deck to his hand. Tiznado activated The Gates of Dark World and used its effect to banish Snoww from the Graveyard, discard Broww, and draw another copy of ME! Then Broww’s effect gave Tiznado Dark World Dealings, which he activated. Tiznado drew Mystical Space Typhoon and discarded ME! Ricketts drew a card and discarded Hornet. Tiznado Set Skill Drain and Mystical Space Typhoon before ending his turn.
Ricketts Normal Summoned Card Trooper and sent Dimensional Prison, Call of the Haunted, and Inzektor Dragonfly from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard to activate its effect. Then he attacked with it, and Tiznado flipped Skill Drain. Tiznado paid 1000 Life Points to activate Skill Drain and lost 400 Life Points from Trooper’s attack. Ricketts Set Torrential Tribute before ending his turn, but lost it to Mystical Space Typhoon in the End Phase.
Tiznado drew Reckless Greed next turn. He banished Broww from his Graveyard to discard ME and draw Tour Guide From the Underworld. Then MY effect destroyed Card Trooper, allowing Ricketts to draw a card. Tiznado Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.
Ricketts Summoned Inzektor Centipede and attacked directly with it, dropping Tiznado down to 5000 Life Points. He Set a card to his back row before passing.
Tiznado drew Sillva, Warlord of Dark World next turn. He banished Broww from his Graveyard to discard Sillva and draw Torrential Tribute. Ricketts Chained D.D. Crow to banish Sillva before it could hit the field. Pesky Crow! Next, Tiznado activated Reckless Greed to draw Foolish Burial and Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World. He Summoned Beiige and returned it to his hand to Special Summon ME! Then I attacked and destroyed Inzektor Centipede! Tiznado Set Torrential Tribute before ending his turn.
Ricketts activated Dark Hole to destroy ME. Then he Normal Summoned Inzektor Hopper, and Tiznado flipped Torrential Tribute to destroy it.
Tiznado skipped his Draw Phase due to the effect of Reckless Greed and then Normal Summoned Beiige, Vanguard of Dark World. He returned Beiige to his hand to Special Summon ME and then banished another copy of me from the Graveyard to use his Gates and discard Beiige. Tiznado drew Broww, Huntsman of Dark World off of the effect of Gates, and then Special Summoned Beiige to the field. Next, he activated Foolish Burial to send the last copy of ME to the Graveyard! He returned Beiige to his hand to Special Summon another me, and then attacked for 6000 points of damage with my forces replicated!
Ricketts activated Call of the Haunted to Special Summoned Card Trooper from his Graveyard and then used Heavy Storm to try to clear the field; but no weather can impede the Dark World army! Tiznado flipped Solemn Judgment and paid 2500 Life Points to negate it! Ricketts promptly conceded, realizing his Inzektors were no Match for the power of the Dark World!
Alfredo Tiznado is advancing 7-0 in the tournament, and I Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World, am advancing with him!