Maxx Halpern and Dylan Flood are California Duelists Dueling against one another in our Round 1 Feature Match. Maxx Halpern is using a Lightsworn Deck teched out with the new Blue-Eyes White Dragon cards from Structure Deck: Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Dylan Flood is using a unique EARTH Deck that uses Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders and Grandsoil the Elemental Lord for big attacks, and that relies on Expressroid and Armoroid for support. It’s time to Duel!

 

Duel One

 

Halpern opened up Duel 1 with Reckless Greed, Spellbook of Secrets, Spellbook of Eternity, High Priestess of Prophecy, Temperance of Prophecy, and The Grand Spellbook Tower.

 

 

He Special Summoned his Priestess by revealing 3 Spellbooks and Flood used Maxx “C” to draw a card. Next, Halpern activated Spellbook of Secrets to search his Deck for Spellbook Magician of Prophecy and Summon it. Flood negated its effect with Effect Veiler. Halpern activated The Grand Spellbook Tower and Set Spellbook of Eternity and Reckless Greed before ending his turn.

 

Flood Summoned Card Trooper and activated its effect by sending Charge of the Light Brigade, Card Trooper, and Maxx “C” from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. He attacked Spellbook Magician of Prophecy with his Trooper, destroying it in battle and dealing 1400 points of damage to Halpern. He Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

 

Halpern drew Blue-Eyes White Dragon next turn! He sent Spellbook of Secrets from his Graveyard to the bottom of his Deck to draw Maiden with Eyes of Blue from his Deck with the effect of The Grand Spellbook Tower. He tried to attack Card Trooper with High Priestess of Prophecy; but Flood used Threatening Roar. Halpern Summoned his Maiden before passing.

 

Flood activated the effect of his Card Trooper to send 3 cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard, and then Summoned Debris Dragon. He used its effect to Special Summon Card Trooper from his Graveyard and then used that Trooper’s effect to send 3 more cards from his Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he Tuned a Trooper with Debris Dragon to Synchro Summon Black Rose Dragon and destroy all cards on the field! Halpern Chained Reckless Greed to draw 2 cards. Flood drew a card with his Trooper’s effect, and Halpern Special Summoned Maiden from his Deck with The Grand Spellbook Tower. Flood banished 2 copies of Maxx “C” from his Graveyard to Special Summon Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders in Defense Position.

 

Halpern Set Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell in his back row and ended his turn. Flood returned Redox to his hand in the End Phase.

 

Flood Summoned Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress and activated its effect. He switched it to Defense Position and destroyed Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell with Lyla’s effect. Next, he ended his turn, sending Swift Scarecrow, Threatening Roar, and Expressroid from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard with Lyla’s effect.

 

Halpern skipped his Draw Phase due to the effect of Reckless Greed and then passed his turn without making a play.

 

Flood discarded Redox and Machina Fortress to use Redox’s effect and Special Summon Card Trooper from his Graveyard. He sent Redox, Armoroid, and Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard by using Card Trooper’s effect. Next, he Summoned Expressroid and used its effect to add 2 copies of Armoroid from his Graveyard to his hand. He activated Lightning Vortex by discarding Redox and destroyed Halpern’s Maiden. Next, he discarded Armoroid to Special Summon Machina Fortress from his Graveyard. He combined Lyla with Expressroid to Summon Gem-Knight Pearl next, and then direct attacks from Card Trooper, Gem-Knight Pearl, and Machina Fortress wiped out Halpern’s last 6600 Life Points!

 

 

Dylan Flood floods the field with a variety of EARTH monsters to win the first Duel! Maxx Halpern will be going first in Duel 2!

 

Duel Two

 

Halpern opened up Duel 2 with Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell, Maiden with Eyes of Blue, Spellbook Library of the Crescent, World of Prophecy, Raigeki Break, and Spellbook of Fate. He activated Spellbook Library to reveal Spellbook of Eternity, Spellbook of Secrets, and The Grand Spellbook Tower from his Deck, and randomly received The Grand Spellbook Tower to add to his hand. Next, he Summoned his Maiden with Eyes of Blue, activated The Grand Spellbook Tower, and Set 2 cards to his back row.

 

Flood Set a card to each zone and passed.

 

 

Halpern drew a card and then returned his Spellbook Library to his Deck to draw another card with The Grand Spellbook Tower. He ended his turn without making another play.

 

Flood Set a monster and passed once more.

 

 

Halpern drew Spellbook of the Master next turn. He activated The Grand Spellbook Tower to replace the one he had on the field and then Set Spellbook of Fate to his Spell & Trap Card Zone.

 

Flood Summoned Expressroid and then Flip Summoned another Expressroid. He combined them both to Xyz Summon Gear Gigant X and Halpern activated Raigeki Break. He discarded World of Prophecy to destroy Gear Gigant X before it could activate its effect. Flood Flip Summoned Ryko to target and destroy Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell next, and sent Armoroid, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Machina Fortress from his Deck to his Graveyard with Ryko’s effect. In Flood’s End Phase, Halpern activated Spellbook of Fate to return Flood’s face-down back row to his hand.

 

Halpern Summoned Spellbook Magician of Prophecy to add Spellbook of Secrets to his hand. He used Spellbook of Secrets to get Spellbook of Power. He activated Spellbook of Power to target Maiden and Special Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck with Maiden’s effect. Next, he activated Spellbook of the Master to copy Spellbook of Power and empower his Maiden again. He attacked Flood’s Ryko with Maiden and added Spellbook of Eternity and Spellbook of Fate from his Deck to his hand. Then direct attacks from Spellbook Magician of Prophecy and Blue-Eyes White Dragon dropped Flood down to 2700 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Halpern Tuned his Maiden with Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Synchro Summon Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon. Next, he used Spellbook of Life to Special Summon World of Prophecy from his Graveyard. Halpern Set 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

 

Flood activated Lightning Vortex by discarding Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders to destroy all of Halpern’s monsters except for Azure-Eyes Silver Dragon. Then he banished 2 EARTH monsters from his Graveyard to Special Summon Redox in Defense Position and Set 2 back rows.

 

Halpern Special Summoned a Blue-Eyes from his Graveyard in his Standby Phase with the effect of Azure-Eyes, and drew an extra card with The Grand Spellbook Tower. Next, he used Spellbook of Life to Special Summon World of Prophecy back to the field. Next, he revealed 3 Spellbooks to Special Summon High Priestess of Prophecy from his hand. He banished Spellbook of Secrets from his Graveyard to try to destroy Flood’s face-down Threatening Roar; but Flood Chained it to prevent Halpern from attacking. Halpern activated Spellbook of Eternity next, and added Spellbook of Secrets to his hand. He activated Spellbook of the Master to copy Spellbook of Eternity, and added The Grand Spellbook Tower to his hand. He ended his turn and Flood returned Redox to his hand.

 

Flood activated Dark Hole!

 

 

He ended his turn.

 

Halpern drew a card and then used the effect of The Grand Spellbook Tower to draw an additional card. He activated Spellbook of Secrets to add Spellbook of Life to his hand and then activated Spellbook of Life to Special Summon World of Prophecy; but Flood used Divine Wrath to negate its effect and destroy it! Halpern Summoned Temperance of Prophecy and then used Spellbook of the Master to copy Spellbook of Power and increase the ATK of Temperance. He attacked directly and dropped Flood down 700 Life Points.

 

Flood discarded 2 copies of Redox from his hand to use Redox’s effect and Special Summon Machina Fortress from his Graveyard. He tried to attack with it; but Halpern used Spellbook of Fate to banish the Fortress.

 

Halpern drew an extra card with The Grand Spellbook Tower and tried to end the Duel with an attack from Temperance; but Flood used Threatening Roar to survive another turn.

 

But Flood conceded on his next turn after Summoning Card Trooper and having it returned to his hand by Halpern’s Compulsory Evacuation Device!

 

Maxx Halpern wins Duel 2 with some help from Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Prophecy of World!

 

Duel Three

 

Flood started off Duel 3 by activating Gold Sarcophagus to banish Redox from his Deck. He used Redox’s effect to add another Redox from his Deck to his hand. He ended his turn with no cards on the field.

 

Halpern opened up Duel 3 with The Grand Spellbook Tower, Spellbook of Power, World of Prophecy, Spellbook of Eternity, Book of Moon, and Rivalry of Warlords. He Set Rivalry and Book of Moon and then passed his turn.

 

Flood discarded Expressroid and Machina Fortress to Special Summon the Fortress back to the field and then attacked directly to drop Halpern down to 5500 Life Points.

 

Halpern drew Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer. He Summoned it and then activated Spellbook of Power to give it 1000 more ATK. He attacked Machina Fortress to destroy it. He added Spellbook of Secrets to his hand with the effect of Spellbook of Power, and Flood destroyed Kycoo with his Fortress’s effect. Next, Halpern activated Spellbook of Secrets to add Spellbook Magician of Prophecy to his hand. He activated The Grand Spellbook Tower and then ended his turn.

 

Flood added Redox to his hand in his Standby Phase thanks to Gold Sarcophagus. He discarded 2 copies of Redox to use Redox’s effect and Special Summon Machina Fortress from his Graveyard. He attacked directly to drop Halpern down to 3000 Life Points. Flood Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

 

Halpern drew Temperance of Prophecy. He tried to use the effect of The Grand Spellbook Tower in his Standby Phase, but Flood Chained Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy The Grand Spellbook Tower. Next, Halpern Summoned Spellbook Magician of Prophecy and tried using its effect; but Flood discarded Effect Veiler to negate it.

 

Flood activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Halpern’s face-down Rivalry of Warlords. Then he Summoned Debris Dragon, using its effect to Special Summon Effect Veiler from his Graveyard. He Tuned Effect Veiler with Machina Fortress to Synchro Summon Scrap Dragon. He targeted his own Debris Dragon and Halpern’s face-down Book of Moon with Scrap Dragon’s effect. Halpern Chained Book of Moon to put Spellbook Magician of Prophecy face-down, and Debris Dragon was destroyed by Scrap Dragon. Next, Halpern Special Summoned Redox from his Graveyard. He attacked Spellbook Magician of Prophecy with Redox, and Halpern added a Spellbook to his hand when it flipped face-up. Finally, Scrap Dragon attacked directly, dropping Halpern down to 200 Life Points.

 

Halpern Special Summoned High Priestess of Prophecy and used its effect to destroy Redox. Then he used Spellbook of Power to increase its ATK. He attacked and destroyed Scrap Dragon.

 

Flood passed with a clear field.

 

Halpern drew a card and then drew an additional card with The Grand Spellbook Tower. He Summoned Maiden with Eyes of Blue and then attacked with High Priestess of Prophecy. He Set a back row before passing.

 

Flood activated Lightning Vortex! Halpern Chained Spellbook of Fate to put his High Priestess of Prophecy face-down. Flood ended his turn.

 

Halpern drew a card and then drew a second card with The Grand Spellbook Tower. He Flip Summoned High Priestess of Prophecy and then Summoned Temperance of Prophecy. He used Spellbook of Fate to return a face-down Spell or Trap Card to his hand and then Special Summoned High Priestess of Prophecy from his Deck with Temperance of Prophecy. He tried to end the Duel with 2 attacks from his Priestesses, but lost out to Swift Scarecrow!

 

Flood drew Dark Hole next turn and used it to destroy both Priestesses!

 

 

Next, he banished Swift Scarecrow and Scrap Dragon to Special Summon Redox. He tried to attack and end the Duel, but Halpern activated Compulsory Evacuation Device to return Redox to Flood’s hand and survive the turn.

 

Halpern drew a card plus an additional card with The Grand Spellbook Tower. He Set a back row before passing.

 

Flood discarded 2 copies of Redox to Special Summon Machina Fortress from his Graveyard. Halpern was unable to stop its attack, and Flood wiped out the rest of Halpern’s Life Points in his Battle Phase!

 

 

Dylan Flood is moving on 1-0 with his EARTH Roid Deck!