Ankit Shah from Queens, New York and Devin Cutts from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are both currently 7-1, and now they’re Dueling against one another in our Round 8 Feature Match! Shah is using a Wind-Up Deck in this weekend’s tournament, and Devin Cutts is running Chaos Dragons.

Duel One

Shah opened up with Torrential Tribute, Solemn Warning, Tour Guide From the Underworld, Wind-Up Magician, Wind-Up Shark, and Effect Veiler. He Summoned Wind-Up Magician and then revealed Wind-Up Shark from his hand to Special Summon it. He Special Summoned another Magician from his Deck with the effect of Wind-Up Magician and then used his Shark’s effect to lower its Level to 3. That allowed him to activate his new Magician’s effect to Special Summon Wind-Up Rat from his Deck in Defense Position. Next, he combined both Wind-Up Magicians to Summon Photon Papilloperative and detached an Xyz Material to switch Wind-Up Rat into Attack Position. He used his Rat’s effect to Special Summon Wind-Up Magician from his Graveyard. Then he combined his Shark with his Rat to Summon Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity. He detached Wind-Up Shark from Zenmaity to activate its effect and trigger his Magician’s effect, allowing him to Special Summon 2 more copies of Wind-Up Shark from his Deck. Finally, he combined 2 Sharks and a Magician to Summon Number 16: Shock Master, and detached an Xyz Material from it to prevent the activation of Spell Cards. Shah Set Torrential Tribute and Solemn Warning before ending his turn.

Cutts Set a monster and passed.

Shah activated the effect of Zenmaity to Special Summon Wind-Up Rabbit from his Deck. He detached an Xyz Material from Shock Master to prevent Spells. Then he detached an Xyz Material from Photon Papilloperative to switch Cutts’s face-down Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter into Attack Position and reduce its ATK to 0. Ryko destroyed Shock Master with its effect and sent Effect Veiler, Ryko, and Mystical Space Typhoon from the top of Cutts’s Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he attacked directly with Photon Papilloperative, Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity, and Wind-Up Rabbit, dropping Cutts down to 3000 Life Points.

Cutts tried to Summon Card Trooper next turn, but Shah negated its Summon by giving up 2000 Life Points with Solemn Warning! Cutts instantly conceded, overwhelmed by Shah’s field.

Ankit Shah draws an amazing opening hand and uses it to take a quick win in the first Duel! Devin Cutts will be going first in Duel 2!

Duel Two

Cutts started off Duel 2.

He Summoned Tour Guide From the Underworld and activated its effect to Special Summon another copy from his Deck. He combined both Tour Guides to Xyz Summon Number 17: Leviathan Dragon and detached one of its Xyz Material to give it an extra 500 ATK. Cutts Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Shah opened up with Dimensional Fissure, Messenger of Peace, Dark Hole, Sangan, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Tour Guide From the Underworld.

He Set Mystical Space Typhoon and Sangan before passing his turn.

Cutts activated Mystical Space Typhoon to target Shah’s face-down Mystical Space Typhoon, and then Shah Chained it to destroy Cutts’s face-down Dust Tornado! Cutts attacked Shah’s face-down Sangan with Number 17: Leviathan Dragon next, destroying it in battle and allowing Shah to add Wind-Up Shark from his Deck to his hand with Sangan’s effect.

Shah drew Pot of Avarice next turn. He activated Dimensional Fissure and then Normal Summoned Tour Guide From the Underworld. He used its effect to Special Summon another Tour Guide from his Deck, and then combined both Tour Guides to Xyz Summon Wind-Up Carrier Zenmaity. He detached an Xyz Material from Zenmaity to Special Summon Wind-Up Magician from his Deck and then Special Summoned Wind-Up Shark from his hand. He used his Magician’s effect to Special Summon another Magician from his Deck, and then raised his Shark’s Level to 5, activating the effect of his other Magician to Special Summon another Shark from his Deck. He increased his new Shark’s Level to 5, and then combined both Sharks to Summon Tiras, Keeper of Genesis. Next, he combined both Magicians to Summon Number 39: Utopia. Tiras attacked and destroyed Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, and then Zenmaity and Utopia attacked directly, dropping Cutts down to 3900 Life Points. In his End Phase, Shah detached an Xyz Material from Tiras.

Cutts Set a monster and passed.

Shah drew Monster Reborn next turn. He activated Zenmaity’s effect to Special Summon Wind-Up Shark from his Deck in Defense Position and then activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon a Shark from his Graveyard. He increased both Sharks to Level 5 and then combined them to Xyz Summon Wind-Up Arsenal Zenmaioh, prompting Cutts to concede.

Two awesome hands allow Shah to take a quick 2-0 victory over Devin Cutts’s Chaos Dragon Deck! Ankit Shah is moving on to the next round with a 7-1 record!