Round 2 Feature Match: Alexander Thomas versus Andrew Foley
Portland, Oregon’s Alexander Thomas surprised everyone recently by making the top cut of a Regional with a Madolche Deck. He’s packing his delicious Deck once again, now with new Madolche cards from Abyss Rising! His opponent is Andrew Foley from Bremerton, Washington. He’s looking for victory today with his Chaos Dragons.
Duel 1
Thomas began with Madolche Magileine, adding another Magileine to his hand. He activated Madolche Chateau next, then Set a card to his back row.
Foley started with Darkflare Dragon, Maxx “C”, Effect Veiler, 2 Solar Recharges, and Lightpulsar Dragon. He Set the Maxx “C”, knowing it wouldn’t be very useful against a Madolche Deck.
Thomas Normal Summoned Magileine, and Foley negated it with Effect Veiler. Thomas stacked his Magileines for Madolche Queen Tiaramisu! He used Tiaramisu’s effect, detaching Magileine and targeting it. It returned to the hand thanks to Chateau, and Tiaramisu’s effect returned Foley’s Maxx “C” to the Deck. Tiaramisu attacked, and Thomas Set another back row.
Foley drew another Lightpulsar Dragon. He passed.
Thomas Normal Summoned Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo! It attacked directly, then Tiaramisu did the same. He Set a third back row.
Foley drew Charge of the Light Brigade! He sent Eclipse Wyvern, Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter, and Darkflare Dragon to the Graveyard to add Ryko to his hand, then Eclipse banished Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon! He played Recharge, discarding Ryko to draw Dark Hole and Koa’ki Meiru Drago, then sent Heavy Storm and Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning to the Graveyard. He played Dark Hole to clear the field. He banished Darkflare Dragon and Eclipse to Summon Lightpulsar Dragon, but Thomas had Bottomless Trap Hole. Foley Normal Summoned Drago and attacked directly.
Thomas Normal Summoned Magileine, then used Compulsory Evacuation Device on Drago. With Drago out of the way, Magileine’s direct attack finished Foley off!
Alexander Thomas takes a sweet victory as Andrew Foley’s Deck can’t get going fast enough! The Duelists moved for their Side Decks, and we were quickly underway.
Duel 2
Foley started the second Duel with Forbidden Lance, Night Assailant , Effect Veiler, 2 Lightpulsar Dragons, and Solar Recharge. He Set Assailant.
Thomas Normal Summoned Madolche Mewfeuille. It attacked into Assailant, which survived with its 500 DEF! Assailant destroyed Mewfeuille, which went back to the Deck. Thomas Set two back row.
Foley drew another Recharge and Set Lance.
Thomas Set a back row.
Foley drew Effect Veiler.
Thomas Set a back row.
Foley drew Darkflare Dragon. He had too many cards in his End Phase, and discarded it.
Thomas stole it next turn with Monster Reborn! It destroyed Assailant.
Foley drew Ryko. He discarded it with Recharge, and Thomas played Magic Drain! Foley discarded his other Recharge to force it through. He drew Ryko and Mystical Space Typhoon, and sent Ryko and Tragoedia to the Graveyard. He Set Ryko and Typhoon.
Thomas sent Darkflare into Ryko, which destroyed Bottomless Trap Hole and sent Heavy Storm, Royal Decree, and Darkflare Dragon to the Graveyard. Thomas played Swords of Revealing Light in Main Phase 2.
Foley drew Darkflare Dragon. He banished Ryko and Tragoedia for Lightpulsar Dragon. When Thomas played Bottomless Trap Hole, Foley kept it around with Lance.
Thomas Set a back row.
Foley drew Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning.
Thomas Summoned Magileine, and Foley used Veiler on it. He played Chateau and passed.
Foley drew Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress. He Normal Summoned it, and Thomas negated its Summon with Solemn Warning. Swords of Revealing Light was destroyed at the end of the turn.
Thomas attacked Lightpulsar Dragon with Magileine, and Chateau returned it to his hand. He Normal Summoned it again, and Foley negated it with Veiler. Then, Thomas played another copy of Swords of Revealing Light!
Foley drew Forbidden Lance. He Set it.
Thomas attacked Lightpulsar Dragon with Magileine and returned it to his hand. He Normal Summoned it, adding Madolche Butlerusk to his hand.
Foley drew Dark Armed Dragon.
Thomas played Butlerusk, adding another Chateau to his hand, then activated it over his old copy. He stacked Butlerusk and Megileine for Madolche Queen Tiaramisu! He activated its effect, detaching Butlerusk and targeting Butlerusk and Chateau. He returned Chateau to his Deck and Butlerusk to his hand (Chateau only affects monsters), then returned Foley’s Lance and Mystical Space Typhoon to the Deck! (Foley could have Chained either of his Quick-Play Spells. However, Tiaramisu does not target with its effect – it chooses what to return when it resolves. If Foley Chained them, Thomas would have returned Lightpulsar to the Deck instead)
Foley drew Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon, but had one turn remaining on Swords of Revealing Light. He banished Veiler and Night Assailant from his Graveyard to Special Summon Darkflare Dragon.
Thomas played Butlerusk, adding another Chateau to his hand. He played it over his old one, then activated Tiaramisu’s effect. It detached Magileine, then targeted it and Chateau to return Darkflare Dragon and Lightpulsar Dragon to the Deck. Butlerusk and Darkflare Dragon attacked directly, but Thomas held Tiaramisu back in case of Gorz the Emissary of Darkness.
Foley drew Darkflare Dragon, and Special Summoned it by banishing another Darkflare and a Veiler. He activated its effect, discarding Dark Armed Dragon and sending Eclipse Wyvern from the Deck to the Graveyard, then banished Thomas’s Monster Reborn. He banished Eclipse and Dark Armed Dragon to Special Summon Black Luster Soldier. It attacked, and Thomas had Dimensional Prison! Foley offered the handshake, knowing he couldn’t handle Thomas’s imposing field!
