Andrew McCarron from Seabrook, New Hampshire is Dueling against Brandon Rosa from Spring Valley, New York at Table 1! McCarron is using an Inzektor Deck against Brandon Rosa’s Geargia strategy that was made possible by Return of the Duelist. Only one of these Duelists can advance with a 2-0 record in the tournament!

 

Duel One

 

 

Rosa opened up with Geargiarsenal, Compulsory Evacuation Device, Mystical Space Typhoon, Machina Gearframe, and 2 copies of Geargiarmor. He Set Geargiarmor along with Mystical Space Typhoon and Compulsory Evacuation Device before passing his first turn.

 

McCarron activated Foolish Burial to send Inzektor Hornet from his Deck to his Graveyard and then activated Pot of Duality to reveal Call of the Haunted, Dimensional Prison, and Mystical Space Typhoon from the top of his Deck. He added Mystical Space Typhoon to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards that he revealed back into his Deck. He used Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Rosa’s Compulsory Evacuation Device and then Normal Summoned Inzektor Ladybug. He activated its effect to equip it with the Hornet in his Graveyard and then sent his Hornet to the Graveyard to destroy McCarron’s face-down Geargiarmor. McCarron attacked directly with Inzektor Ladybug to drop Rosa down to 7500 Life Points before Setting 2 cards and ending his turn.

 

Rosa drew Solemn Judgment and then flipped Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy McCarron’s face-down Pot of Duality. He Normal Summoned Machina Gearframe and activated its effect to add Machina Fortress from his Deck to his hand. Rosa attacked and destroyed Inzektor Ladybug with his Gearframe, dropping McCarron down to 6700 Life Points. Rosa Set Solemn Judgment before ending his turn.

 

McCarron Set a card to his back row and passed.

 

Rosa drew Effect Veiler. He tried to attack directly with Gearframe, but McCarron banished it with Dimensional Prison. Rosa Set Geargiarmor in Main Phase 2 and passed.

 

McCarron passed without making a play.

 

Rosa drew Machina Gearframe and then Flip Summoned Geargiarmor, activating its effect to add Geargiaccelerator from his Deck to his hand. He Special Summoned Geargiaccelerator from his hand and then combined it with Geargiarmor to Xyz Summon Gear Gigant X. Next, he detached an Xyz Material from Gear Gigant X to activate its effect and add Machina Gearframe from his Deck to his hand.

 

 

He Summoned Gearframe and used its effect to add Machina Fortress to his hand. Then he discarded Geargiarsenal and Fortress to Special Summon Fortress back from the Graveyard, and discarded Gearframe and another Fortress to Special Summon a second Machina Fortress. Gearframe attacked directly to drop McCarron down to 4900 Life Points, and McCarron Special Summoned Gorz the Emissary of Darkness from his hand in Attack Position, along with an Emissary of Darkness Token! Gear Gigant X destroyed the Token in battle, and in Main Phase 2, Rose combined his Fortresses to Xyz Summon Number 11: Big Eye. He detached an Xyz Material from Big Eye to take control of Gorz, and then equipped his Gearframe to Gear Gigant X to protect it.

 

 

McCarron Set a back row and passed.

 

Rose attacked directly with all of his monsters to wipe out McCarron 4900 Life Points.

 

Duel Two

 

 

McCarron started off Duel 2 by activating Pot of Duality to reveal Inzektor Hornet and 2 copies of Pot of Duality from the top of his Deck. He added Inzektor Hornet to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He Set a monster and 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

 

Rosa opened up Duel 2 with Compulsory Evacuation Device, Torrential Tribute, Limiter Removal, Mystical Space Typhoon, Pot of Avarice, and Geargiarmor. He activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy McCarron’s face-down Solemn Warning and then Set Geargiarmor along with Torrential Tribute and Compulsory Evacuation Device.

 

McCarron Normal Summoned Inzektor Centipede and then equipped it with the Inzektor Giga-Mantis in his hand. Rosa flipped Compulsory Evacuation Device to send Inzektor Centipede back to McCarron’s hand and the Giga-Mantis fell to the Graveyard.

 

Rosa drew Machina Fortress next turn. He Flip Summoned Geargiarmor and used its effect to add Geargiaccelerator to his hand. Next, he Special Summoned Geargiaccelerator and combined it with Geargiarmor to Xyz Summon Evigishki Merrowgeist.

 

 

He attacked McCarron’s face-down monster with his Merrowgeist, but McCarron flipped Dimensional Prison to banish Evigishki Merrowgeist.

 

McCarron activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Rosa’s face-down Torrential Tribute and then Flip Summoned Inzektor Hornet. He Normal Summoned Inzektor Centipede and then combined Centipede with Hornet to Xyz Summon Number 17: Leviathan Dragon! He detached an Xyz Material from Number 17: Leviathan Dragon to boost it to 2500 ATK and then attacked directly, dropping Rosa down to 5500 Life Points.

 

Rosa drew Machina Gearframe next turn. He Normal Summoned it and activated its effect to add Machina Fortress from his Deck to his hand. Next, he discarded both of his in-hand Fortresses to Special Summon one of them back to the field. Then he used Gearframe’s effect to equip his Fortress with Gearframe. He attacked Number 17: Leviathan Dragon with Machina Fortress, but McCarron flipped Dimensional Prison and banished the Fortress!

 

McCarron Normal Summoned Inzektor Dragonfly and activated its effect to equip it with Inzektor Hornet. He Set Mystical Space Typhoon to his back row and then sent Hornet to the Graveyard to destroy his own Mystical Space Typhoon. Dragonfly’s effect activated to Special Summon Inzektor Centipede from his Deck, and then McCarron equipped his Centipede with Inzektor Giga-Mantis by using Centipede’s effect. Direct attacks from Inzektor Dragonfly, Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, and Inzektor Centipede wiped out Rosa’s last 5500 Life Points!

 

 

Brandon Rosa attempts 2 important attacks with Evigishki Merrowgeist and Machina Fortress, but gets shut down by Dimensional Prison in both instances, allowing Andrew McCarron to win the second Duel!

 

Duel Three

 

Rosa opened up Duel 3 with Geargiarmor, Limiter Removal, Pot of Duality, Book of Moon, Solemn Judgment, and Machina Fortress.

 

 

He activated Pot of Duality to reveal Geargiarmor, Machina Gearframe, and Starlight Road from the top of his Deck. He added Geargiarmor to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. Rosa Set Book of Moon, Solemn Judgment, and Geargiarmor before ending his turn.

 

McCarron activated Allure of Darkness to draw 2 cards and banish Inzektor Giga-Mantis from his hand. He Set 3 cards to his back row and passed.

 

Rosa drew Geargiaccelerator and then Flip Summoned Geargiarmor. He tried activating its effect, but lost out to Effect Veiler. Rosa Set another Geargiarmor and then passed his turn without attacking.

 

McCarron activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Rosa’s face-down Solemn Judgment and then passed.

 

Rosa drew Heavy Storm next turn! He activated Book of Moon to put his Geargiarmor face-down and then activated Heavy Storm; but Rosa gave up 4000 Life Points and negated it with Solemn Judgment! Rosa Flip Summoned his first Geargiarmor and activated its effect to add Geargiaccelerator from his Deck to his hand, and then Flip Summoned his second Geargiarmor and activated its effect to add another Geargiaccelerator from his Deck to his hand. He Special Summoned Geargiaccelerator and combined it with his Geargiarmor to Xyz Summon Gear Gigant X, and then detached an Xyz Material from Gear Gigant X to add Machina Gearframe from his Deck to his hand. He Summoned Machina Gearframe and used its effect to add Machina Fortress from his Deck to his hand. Next, Rosa Special Summoned 2 more Geargiaccelerators from his hand. He combined both of them with Geargiarmor to Xyz Summon Number 16: Shock Master! He detached an Xyz Material from Shock Master to shut down all Trap Cards, and then discarded 2 Fortresses from his hand to Special Summon a Fortress back to the field. Direct attacks from Shock Master, Machina Fortress, Gear Gigant X, and Machina Gearframe were more than enough to finish McCarron off, as he was unable to activate his 2 face-down Dimensional Prisons.

 

 

Brandon Rosa is moving on with a 2-0 record using Geargias!