Christopher LeBlanc from Boston, Massachusetts and Andres Torres from South America are the last two Karakuri Geargia Duelists left in the tournament. Now, they’re Dueling against one another for a spot in the finals of YCS Providence!

 

Duel One

 

LeBlanc started off Duel 1 by Setting a monster.

 

Torres opened up with Dark Hole, Karakuri Watchdog mdl 313 “Saizan”, Dimensional Prison, Geargiarsenal, and 2 copies of Effect Veiler. He Summoned Geargiarsenal and Tributed it to Special Summon Geargiarmor from his Deck, then activated his Geargiarmor’s effect to put it face-down. He Set Dimensional Prison before ending his turn.

 

LeBlanc Flip Summoned Geargiarmor and tried to activate its effect, but Torres negated its effect with Effect Veiler! LeBlanc activated Dark Hole next, destroying his own Geargiarmor along with Torres’s. He Summoned Geargiano Mk-II next and used its effect to Special Summon Geargiarmor from his Graveyard. Then he put it face-down with his Geargiarmor’s effect and attacked directly with Geargiano Mk-II. He Set a back row before passing.

 

Torres activated Dark Hole to clear the field and then Set a monster along with Starlight Road.

 

LeBlanc activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Starlight Road and then Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh. He ended his turn without attacking.

 

Torres drew Geargiarsenal. He Summoned it but lost it to LeBlanc’s Bottomless Trap Hole.

 

LeBlanc Summoned Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 “Nishipachi” and used its effect to switch Watchdog into Attack Position. Rai-Oh attacked but was banished by Dimensional Prison. Watchdog switched into Attack Position. Next, Nishipachi was forced to attack the Watchdog, and Watchdog switched back into Attack Position. Nishipachi was destroyed by battle. LeBlanc Set a back row before ending his turn.

 

Torres drew Mystical Space Typhoon and then attacked directly with his Watchdog. He Set Mystical Space Typhoon before ending his turn.

 

LeBlanc Set a monster and passed.

 

Torres drew another Mystical Space Typhoon. He switched his Watchdog into Defense Position and then Set his newly drawn Mystical Space Typhoon.

 

LeBlanc drew a card and ended his turn.

 

Torres drew Fiendish Chain. He activated Mystical Space Typhoon to target LeBlanc’s face-down Compulsory Evacuation Device, and LeBlanc Chained it to send Watchdog to Torres’s hand. Torres Set Fiendish Chain and Watchdog before ending his turn.

 

LeBlanc activated Heavy Storm to destroy Mystical Space Typhoon and Fiendish Chain and then Set 2 cards to his back row.

 

Torres drew Bottomless Trap Hole and Set it.

 

LeBlanc drew a card and Set it to his back row.

 

Torres drew a card and Set it to his back row.

 

LeBlanc drew a card and Set it to his back row.

 

Torres drew Heavy Storm and passed.

 

LeBlanc a card and passed.

 

Torres drew a card and passed.

 

LeBlanc drew a card and then activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Torres’s face-down Bottomless Trap Hole. He Summoned Geargiarsenal next, and activated its effect to Special Summon Geargiarmor from his Deck in Defense Position. He used his Geargiarmor’s effect to put it face-down and then ended his turn.

 

Torres drew Pot of Avarice and passed.

 

LeBlanc Flip Summoned Geargiarmor and tried to activate its effect; but Torres flipped Fiendish Chain and negated it. Next, LeBlanc Flip Summoned Karakuri Watchdog mdl 313 “Saizan”. He Summoned Geargiarsenal next, and used its effect to Special Summon Geargiarmor from his Deck in Defense Position. He Tuned his Attack Position Geargiarmor with his Watchdog to Summon Bureido and tried to activate its effect; but Torres discarded Effect Veiler to negate it. Bureido attacked and destroyed Torres’s Watchdog.

 

Torres activated Heavy Storm next turn, but LeBlanc Chained Starlight Road! He negated Heavy Storm and Special Summoned Stardust Dragon from his Extra Deck!

 

 

Next, LeBlanc activated Pot of Avarice to send all 5 of the monsters in his Graveyard back into his Deck and draw Pot of Duality and Geargiarmor. He Set Geargiarmor and then activated Monster Reborn to try to Special Summon Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 “Nishipachi”; but when LeBlanc Chained Solemn Warning and negated the effect of Monster Reborn, Torres conceded!

 

Christopher LeBlanc seals the first Duel with Starlight Road! Andres Torres will be going first in Duel 2!

 

Duel Two

 

 

Andres Torres opened up Duel 2 with Bottomless Trap Hole, Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 “Nishipachi”, Dark Hole, Genex Ally Birdman, Effect Veiler, and Mystical Space Typhoon.

 

 

He Set his Strategist along with Bottomless Trap Hole and then ended his turn.

 

LeBlanc Summoned Geargiarsenal, but Torres banished it with Bottomless Trap Hole. LeBlanc Set 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

 

Torres drew Monster Reborn and then Set Mystical Space Typhoon.

 

LeBlanc drew a card and passed.

 

Torres drew Compulsory Evacuation Device and Set it.

 

LeBlanc Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh and Set a back row.

 

Torres drew a card and passed.

 

LeBlanc drew a card and passed.

 

Torres drew Fiendish Chain. He Flip Summoned Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 “Nishipachi” and then activated Mind Control to take control of Thunder King Rai-Oh. He activated Mystical Space Typhoon next, destroying LeBlanc’s face-down Solemn Warning. He Tuned his Strategist with Rai-Oh to Summon Black Rose Dragon and then activated its effect to destroy his own Compulsory Evacuation Device along with LeBlanc’s face-down Trap Stun and Bottomless Trap Hole. Next, Torres Normal Summoned Genex Ally Birdman and activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon his Strategist in Attack Position. He attacked directly with the Strategist to drop LeBlanc down to 7500 Life Points and then combined Genex Ally Birdman and Strategist to Xyz Summon Leviair the Sea Dragon. He detached an Xyz Material from Leviair to Special Summon Geargiarsenal to the field and then Tributed it to Special Summon Geargiarmor from his Deck. He put Geargiarmor face-down with its effect and then Set Fiendish Chain before ending his turn.

 

LeBlanc activated Heavy Storm to destroy Torres’s Fiendish Chain and then Summoned Geargiano Mk-II; but its effect was negated by Effect Veiler. Next, he attacked Geargiarmor with Geargiano Mk-II, flipping it face-up and allowing Torres to add Geargiarsenal from his Deck to his hand. LeBlanc Special Summoned Geargiaccelerator in Defense Position and then activated System Down, giving up 1000 Life Points to banish all of Torres’s Machines.

 

Torres drew Geargiarsenal next turn. At the start of his Main Phase, LeBlanc flipped Compulsory Evacuation Device to put Leviair back into Torres’s Extra Deck. Torres Summoned Geargiarsenal and attacked Geargiano Mk-II to destroy it. He Tributed Geargiarsenal next in order to Special Summon Geargiarmor from his Deck, and then flipped it face-down.

 

LeBlanc Set a back row and passed.

 

Torres activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy LeBlanc’s face-down Bottomless Trap Hole and then Flip Summoned Geargiarmor, using its effect to add Geargiano Mk-II from his Deck to his hand. He Summoned it and used its effect to Special Summon Geargiarsenal and then Tributed Geargiarsenal to Special Summon Geargiano Mk-II from his Deck. He combined both copies of Geargiano Mk-II to Xyz Summon Leviair the Sea Dragon and then detached an Xyz Material to Special Summon Geargiarmor back to the field. He attacked Geargiaccelerator to destroy it, allowing LeBlanc to get Geargiano Mk-II from his Graveyard, and then direct attacks from his other monsters dropped LeBlanc down to 2000 Life Points.

 

LeBlanc Summoned Geargiano Mk-II next turn and used its effect to Special Summon Geargiarsenal. He Tributed Geargiarsenal to Special Summon another Geargiano Mk-II from his Deck and then combined both of his copies of Geargiano Mk-II to Xyz Summon Temtempo the Percussion Djinn. He activated its effect by detaching an Xyz Material to strip an Xyz Material from Leviair and gain ATK. Next, he attacked over Leviair to destroy it. Torres dropped down to 7600 Life Points.

 

Torres Flip Summoned both copies of Geargiarmor and added 2 copies of Geargiaccelerator from his Deck to his hand. He Special Summoned them to the field and then combined a Geargiarmor with a Geargiaccelerator to Summon Gear Gigant X. He detached an Xyz Material to activate its effect and add Karakuri Watchdog mdl 313 “Saizan” to his hand, and LeBlanc immediately conceded.

 

Andres Torres wins Duel 2 and pushes the Match to a final Duel!

 

Duel Three

 

 

LeBlanc started off Duel 3 by Summoning Geargiarmor and Tributing it to activate its effect. Torres Chained Maxx “C” and LeBlanc Special Summoned Geargiarmor from his Deck before Torres drew a card. LeBlanc flipped Geargiarmor face-down and Set 2 back rows before passing to Torres.

 

Torres started his first turn with System Down, Geargiaccelerator, Compulsory Evacuation Device, Soul Taker, Monster Reborn, and Fiendish Chain in his hand. He activated Monster Reborn to revive Geargiarsenal, but it was banished by LeBlanc’s Bottomless Trap Hole. He Set Geargiarsenal and Set 2 cards to his back.

 

LeBlanc activated Mystical Space Typhoon to target Torres’s Compulsory Evacuation Device, and then Torres Chained it to return LeBlanc’s monster to his hand. LeBlanc Normal Summoned Geargiarmor and then Special Summoned Geargiaccelerator from his hand. He returned Geargiaccelerator to his hand to Special Summon Genex Ally Birdman. Then he Special Summoned Geragiaccelerator from his hand once again. He used his Geargiarmor’s effect to put it face-down and then Tuned Birdman with Geargiarsenal to Special Summon Karakuri Shogun mdl 00 “Burei”. He used Burei’s effect to Special Summon a Strategist from his Deck and used his Strategist’s effect to flip his Geargiarmor face-up. He added Geargiaccelerator from his Deck to his hand with his Geargiarmor’s effect and then Special Summoned it. Next, he Tuned his Strategist with Geargiarmor to Synchro Summon another Burei. Torres tried to negate Burei’s effect with Fiendish Chain, but LeBlanc Chained Book of Moon to put Burei face-down. He Special Summoned Karakuri Watchdog mdl 313 “Saizan” from his Deck with Burei and then Tuned the Watchdog with Geargiaccelerator to Summon Karakuri Steel Shogun mdl 00X “Bureido”.  He used his Steel Shogun’s effect to Special Summon Karakuri Watchdog mdl 313 “Saizan” from his Deck and then used his Burei’s effect to switch his face-down Burei into face-up Attack Position. Finally, he activated Compulsory Evacuation Device to return Torres’s face-down monster to his hand. Direct attacks from both Bureis, Bureido, and Karakuri Watchdog mdl 313 “Saizan” allowed Christopher LeBlanc to wipe out all 8000 of Torres’s Life Points and win the Duel and the Match!

 

 

15-year-old Christopher LeBlanc is moving on to the Finals!