Anthony Frazier and Samuel Pedigo both currently have 5-1 records in the tournament, and now they’re Dueling against one another in this Round 7 Feature Match! Frazier is using a Deck that he calls “Thunder Family,” which revolves around the 3 Hunder cards: MaHunder, PaHunder, and SisHunder. The new Thunder Sea Horse from Abyss Rising gave Frazier’s Thunder Family Deck the boost it needed to compete with the top Decks at YCS Tournaments. Frazier’s opponent, Samuel Pedigo, is using a Geargia Machina Deck! Geargia Decks gradually faded out of popularity recently, but Pedigo is here to prove that they’re still as potent as ever before!

Frazier opened up Duel 1 with Pot of Avarice, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, Recycling Batteries, MaHunder, Bottomless Trap Hole, and Dimensional Prison.

He Set Bottomless Trap Hole and Dimensional Prison before ending his turn.

Pedigo Summoned Machina Gearframe and activated its effect to add Machina Fortress from his Deck to his hand. He attacked Frazier directly with his Gearframe, dropping Frazier down to 6200 Life Points. Pedigo Set 3 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

Frazier drew Mirror Force and Set it.

Pedigo tried to attack directly with Gearframe, but Frazier flipped Dimensional Prison to banish it. In Main Phase 2, Pedigo Normal Summoned Geargiarsenal, but lost out to Bottomless Trap Hole.

Frazier drew Starlight Road next turn. He Normal Summoned MaHunder and then attacked directly with it, dropping Pedigo down to 6600 Life Points. Frazier Set Starlight Road and Recycling Batteries before passing.

Pedigo Set a monster and a back row.

Frazier drew Pot of Duality. He activated it to reveal SisHunder, Dark Hole, and Thunder Sea Horse from the top of his Deck. He added Dark Hole to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He activated Dark Hole to clear the field, destroying his own MaHunder and Pedigo’s face-down Geargiaccelerator.

Pedigo drew a card and passed.

Frazier drew Thunder Sea Horse and discarded it to search his Deck for 2 more copies of Thunder Sea Horse to add to his hand.

Pedigo drew a card and passed.

Frazier drew SisHunder and Normal Summoned it. He activated its effect, but Pedigo negated it with Fiendish Chain. Next, Frazier discarded Thunder Sea Horse to add 2 copies of MaHunder from his Deck to his hand.

Pedigo Set a card to his back row and passed.

Frazier drew Fiendish Chain. He discarded Thunder Sea Horse to add 2 copies of Vylon Prism from his Deck to his hand. Next, he Normal Summoned Vylon Prism. He tried to attack directly with Vylon Prism; but Pedigo flipped Dimensional Prison to banish it. Frazier Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Pedigo Summoned Cardcar D next turn. He Set a card to his back row and then Tributed Cardcar D to draw 2 cards and end his turn.

Frazier Summoned MaHunder. He used its effect to Normal Summon Vylon Prism from his hand. Next, he Tuned SisHunder with Vylon Prism to Xyz Summon Thought Ruler Archfiend! Frazier paid 500 Life Points to equip Vylon Prism to his MaHunder.

Frazier attacked with MaHunder, but Pedigo flipped Dimensional Prison to banish it. Next, Thought Ruler Archfiend attacked Pedigo directly, dropping him down to 3900 Life Points. Frazier activated Pot of Avarice in Main Phase 2! He sent SisHunder, MaHunder, Vylon Prism, and 2 copies of Thunder Sea Horse from his Graveyard to his Deck and drew Mystical Space Typhoon and SisHunder. Frazier Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Pedigo activated Dark Hole to destroy Thought Ruler Archfiend. He Set a monster and a card to his back row.

Frazier drew Heavy Storm! He Summoned MaHunder and used its effect to Normal Summon SisHunder. He used SisHunder’s effect to banish Thunder Sea Horse from his Graveyard and then combined his 2 Hunders to Xyz Summon Photon Papilloperative; but Pedigo activated Bottomless Trap Hole to banish it. Frazier activated Mystical Space Typhoon next, targeting Pedigo’s face-down Mystical Space Typhoon, and Pedigo Chained his Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Frazier’s face-down Fiendish Chain. Frazier activated Heavy Storm next, clearing all of the Spell and Trap Cards on the field! Frazier banished a DARK and LIGHT monster from his Graveyard to Special Summon Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning next, and used its effect to banish Pedigo’s face-down Geargiarmor. Frazier Set Dimensional Prison before ending his turn.

Pedigo activated Heavy Storm to destroy Frazier’s face-down Dimensional Prison and then discarded Machina Fortress and Geargiarsenal to Special Summon Machina Fortress back to the field. He attacked Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning with his Fortress, losing 500 Life Points and destroying his own Fortress in battle. Fortress’s effect took down Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning with it. He Set Call of the Haunted before passing.

Frazier drew Recycling Batteries and passed.

Pedigo flipped Call of the Haunted to Special Summon Geargiarsenal from his Graveyard and then activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning from Frazier’s Graveyard. Direct attacks from Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning and Geargiarsenal dropped Frazier down to 1000 Life Points. Pedigo Tributed Geargiarsenal in Main Phase 2 to Special Summon Geargiarmor. He used its effect to put it face-down and then passed to Frazier.

Frazier drew Thunder Sea Horse and conceded, unable to destroy Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning.

Samuel Pedigo wins Duel 1 after reviving Anthony Frazier’s Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning with Monster Reborn!

Duel Two

Frazier opened up Duel 2 with Trap Stun, Mind Crush, Dimensional Prison, Effect Veiler, Tragoedia, and Mystical Space Typhoon. He Set Trap Stun and Mind Crush before passing.

Pedigo Set a monster and Set 2 cards to his back row.

Frazier drew Thunder King Rai-Oh! He Summoned it to the field and then attacked Pedigo’s face-down monster. Pedigo flipped Dimensional Prison, and Frazier negated it with Trap Stun. Pedigo’s Geargiarmor flipped face-up, but couldn’t use its effect due to the effect of Rai-Oh. Frazier Set 1 card to his back row before ending his turn.

Pedigo Summoned Karakuri Watchdog mdl 313 “Saizan” and combined it with Geargiarmor to Xyz Summon Maestroke the Symphony Djinn in Defense Position. He Set 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

Frazier drew Thunder Sea Horse. He Set a card to his back row before passing.

Pedigo Summoned Geargiarsenal. He Tributed it to Special Summon Geargiarmor from his Deck in Defense Position and then used Geargiarmor’s effect to flip the Geargiarmor face-down.

Frazier drew Recycling Batteries and passed.

Pedigo detached an Xyz Material from Maestroke to put Rai-Oh face-down and then Flip Summoned Geargiarmor. He used Geargiarmor’s effect to add Geargiarsenal from his Deck to his hand, and Frazier flipped Mind Crush to force Pedigo to discard Geargiarsenal. Pedigo attacked Frazier’s face-down Rai-Oh with Geargiarmor, but Frazier flipped Dimensional Prison to banish the Geargiarmor. Next, Pedigo flipped Call of the Haunted to revive a Geargiarmor, and Frazier Chained Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Call of the Haunted; but Pedigo flipped another Call of the Haunted to Special Summon a Geargiarmor back from the Graveyard! He attacked Frazier’s face-down Rai-Oh to destroy it and then flipped Geargiarmor face-down.

Frazier discarded Thunder Sea Horse to grab 2 MaHunders from his Deck, and Pedigo used Mind Crush to force Frazier to discard them; but Frazier activated Recycling Batteries to add both MaHunders back to his hand.

Pedigo Flip Summoned Geargiarmor and Frazier discarded Effect Veiler to negate its effect. Next, Frazier Normal Summoned Geargiarsenal and combined it with Geargiarmor to Xyz Summon Gear Gigant X! He detached an Xyz Material from Gear Gigant X to add Machina Gearframe from his Deck to his hand.

He switched Maestroke into Attack Position and then attacked directly with Maestroke to drop Frazier down to 6200 Life Points.

Frazier Set a monster along with 2 back rows.

Pedigo detached another Xyz Material from Gear Gigant X to add Geargiarmor from his Deck to his hand. Next, he Normal Summoned Machina Gearframe and used its effect to add Machina Fortress from his Deck to his hand. He attacked Frazier’s face-down monster with Gearframe, and Frazier activated Mirror Force! Gear Gigant X and Gearframe were destroyed, and Maestroke lost an Xyz Material. Maestroke attacked and destroyed Frazier’s face-down MaHunder next.

Frazier Set a card to his back row and passed.

Pedigo activated Mind Crush naming Tragoedia, and Frazier flipped Trap Stun to negate it. Next, Pedigo Summon Geargiarmor. He attacked directly with Geargiarmor and flipped it face-down in Main Phase 2.

Frazier flipped Heavy Storm, destroying all of Pedigo’s back rows! He Normal Summoned MaHunder and used its effect to Summon PaHunder alongside it. He combined MaHunder with PaHunder to Xyz Summon Starliege Paladynamo!

Frazier attacked Pedigo’s face-down Geargiarmor to flip it face-up and destroy it. Pedigo searched his Deck for a copy of Geargiaccelerator to add to his hand with Geargiarmor’s effect. In Main Phase 2, Frazier detached both Xyz Materials from Paladynamo to drop Maestroke down to 0 ATK.

Pedigo Summoned Geargiaccelerator and then Special Summoned another Geargiaccelerator from his hand. He combined both Geargiaccelerators to Xyz Summon Number 50: Blackship of Corn and then used its effect to send Starliege Paladynamo to the Graveyard. Frazier lost 1000 Life Points.

Frazier drew Honest and passed.

Pedigo discarded Machina Fortress and Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 “Nishipachi” to Special Summon Machina Fortress. He attacked directly with Machina Fortress to drop Frazier down to 900 Life Points. Frazier Special Summoned Tragoedia to try to survive; but Pedigo proceeded to Main Phase 2 and used his Blackship’s effect to send Tragoedia to the Graveyard and deal 1000 points of damage to Frazier, wiping out the rest of his Life Points!

Samuel Pedigo is advancing with a 6-1 record!