When Devonnair Johnson filled out a Feature Match request form for a Feature Match with his “Archfiend” Deck, I was skeptical of how many Archfiend cards he was using. Was he referring to Thought Ruler Archfiend? Infernity Archfiend? Red Dragon Archfiend? I took a look at his Deck, and saw a dedicated Archfiend Deck, complete with Archfiend’s Roar, Archfiend Empress, Falling Down, and tons of the new Archfiend support from Judgment of the Light. Devonnair Johnson is currently 4-1 with his Archfiend Deck, and facing off against Christopher Kendrick and his Dragon Rulers in this Round 6 Feature Match. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Johnson opened up Duel 1 with Torrential Tribute, Bottomless Trap Hole, Trade-In, Archfiend Heiress, and 2 copies of Dark Grepher. He Set the Heiress along with both Traps and then ended his turn.

Kendrick activated Sacred Sword of Seven Stars by banishing Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls to draw 2 cards. He added another Tidal from his Deck to his hand with the effect of his banished Tidal. He activated Upstart Goblin next, giving Johnson 1000 Life Points and allowing Kendrick to draw a card. Next, he discarded Flamvell Guard and Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos with Blaster’s effect to destroy Johnson’s face-down Bottomless Trap Hole. Kendrick Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Johnson Summoned Dark Grepher and activated its effect by discarding another Dark Grepher. He sent Archfiend Heiress from his Deck to his Graveyard with Grepher’s effect, and used his Heiress’s effect to add Archfiend Empress from his Deck to his hand. Next he activated Trade-In! He discarded his Empress to draw Return from the Different Dimension and Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror. He attacked directly with Dark Grepher, dropping Kendrick down to 6300 Life Points. Johnson Set Return from the Different Dimension and Solemn Warning before ending his turn.

Kendrick activated another Sacred Sword of Seven Stars next turn. He banished another Tidal from his hand to draw 2 cards and used Tidal’s effect to add another Tidal from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated Trade-In to discard Blue-Eyes White Dragon and draw 2 cards. He followed up by discarding The White Stone of Legend to Special Summon Tidal from his Banished Zone with D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation, and added Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck to his hand with the effect of The White Stone of Legend. Kendrick attacked and destroyed Dark Grepher with Tidal. Kendrick Summoned Dragunity Corsesca next, and Johnson flipped Torrential Tribute to clear the field! His own face-down Archfiend Heiress was destroyed, and he added Archfiend Palabyrinth from his Deck to his hand with his Heiress’s effect. Next, Johnson banished Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Dragunity Corsesca to Special Summon Blaster from his Graveyard in Attack Position. He Set one more back row before ending his turn.

Johnson drew Pot of Duality next turn and then Normal Summoned Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror. He banished Archfiend Empress from his Graveyard to destroy Kendrick’s face-down Return from the Different Dimension. Next, he paid 4050 Life Points to activate his own Return from the Different Dimension and try to Special Summon his banished Archfiend Empress; but Kendrick Chained Raigeki Break to destroy Archfiend Emperor by discarding Tidal. Next, Johnson attacked Blaster with Empress to destroy it in battle. He Set Pot of Duality and then banished his Archfiend Empress in his End Phase due to the effect of Return from the Different Dimension.

Kendrick banished The White Stone of Legend and Blaster from his Graveyard to Special Summon Tidal from his Graveyard. He used Blaster’s effect to add another Blaster from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated Sacred Sword of Seven Stars by banishing Blaster from his hand. He drew 2 cards. Kendrick activated Dragon Ravine next, and discarded Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms to send Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders from his Deck to his Graveyard. He banished Tidal and Flamvell Guard to Special Summon Redox from his Graveyard and then combined Redox with Tidal to Xyz Summon Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack. He detached Tidal from Dracossack to Special Summon 2 Mecha Phantom Beast Tokens and then Tributed 1 of them to destroy Johnson’s face-down Pot of Duality. He Tributed Dracossack and his Token to Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and then banished The White Stone of Legend and Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack from his Graveyard to Special Summon Tempest. Direct attacks from Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Tempest wiped out Johnson’s last 4050 Life Points!

A critical Raigeki Break allows Christopher Kendrick to defeat Devonnair Johnson just after Johnson started to build momentum in the Duel! Devonnair Johnson will be going first in Duel 2!

Duel Two

Johnson opened up Duel 2 with Trade-In, Allure of Darkness, Archfiend Palabyrinth, Solemn Warning, Archfiend’s Roar, and Torrential Tribute. He Set all 3 of his Trap Cards and then ended his turn.

Kendrick activated Sacred Sword of Seven Stars to banish Tidal from his hand and draw 2 cards. He added another Tidal from his Deck to his hand with the effect of his banished Tidal. Next, he activated Upstart Goblin to give Johnson 1000 Life Points and draw a card. Kendrick Set 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

Johnson drew Bottomless Trap Hole next turn and Set it.

Kendrick banished Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders and Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms from his hand to Special Summon Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls from his hand. He added Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders and Dragunity Corsesca from his Deck to his hand with the effects of his banished monsters. Next, he attacked directly with Tidal, dropping Johnson down to 6400 Life Points. Kendrick Summoned Corsesca in Main Phase 2, and when he Tuned it with Tidal to try to Summon Stardust Dragon, Johnson flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate its Summon!

Johnson drew Archfiend’s Roar next turn. He Set it and then ended his turn.

Kendrick banished Dragunity Corsesca and Stardust Dragon from his Graveyard to Special Summon Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls from his Graveyard. Next, he banished Redox and Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his hand to Special Summon Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos. Johnson flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to banish Blaster from the Duel, and Kendrick added another Redox from his Deck to his hand with the effect of his banished Redox. Kendrick attacked directly with Tidal to drop Johnson down to 1800 Life Points.

Johnson drew another Archfiend Palabyrinth next turn. He activated it and then used Allure of Darkness. He drew Falling Down and Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror from his Deck, and banished Archfiend Emperor from his hand to the effect of Allure of Darkness. Next, he activated Falling Down to take control of Tidal. Johnson tried to attack with Tidal, but Kendrick flipped Raigeki Break to destroy Archfiend Palabyrinth. Without an Archfiend on the field, Falling Down was destroyed, and Tidal returned to Kendrick’s field. Johnson ended his turn, and Tidal returned to Kendrick’s hand in the End Phase.

Kendrick discarded 2 Tidals from his hand to send Blaster from his Deck to his Graveyard with Tidal’s effect. He Special Summoned Blaster by banishing Redox and Tempest. Johnson flipped Torrential Tribute to destroy Blaster, and the banished Tempest’s effect allowed Kendrick to add Dragunity Corsesca from his Deck to his hand.

Johnson drew Maxx “C” and Set it face-down.

Kendrick banished Tidal and Blaster from his Graveyard to Special Summon Tidal from his Graveyard, and used his banished Blaster’s effect to add Flamvell Guard from his Deck to his hand. He Summoned Flamvell Guard and Tuned it with Tidal to Synchro Summon Thought Ruler Archfiend, and then attacked Johnson’s face-down Maxx “C” to destroy it. Kendrick gained 500 Life Points with Thought Ruler’s effect.

Johnson drew Archfiend Empress next turn and flipped Trade-In to discard it and draw another Empress and Archfiend Cavalry from his Deck. Next, he activated Archfiend’s Roar. He paid 500 Life Points to try to Special Summon Archfiend Empress from his Graveyard, and then Kendrick Chained Vanity’s Emptiness; but Johnson Chained another Archfiend’s Roar and paid another 500 Life Points to Special Summon the Archfiend Empress. Next, Johnson Normal Summoned Archfiend Cavalry. He activated Archfiend Palabyrinth next, boosting his Fiends by 500 ATK, and then attacked and destroyed Thought Ruler Archfiend with Archfiend Empress. Next, he attacked directly with Archfiend Cavalry, dropping Kendrick down to 5400 Life Points. Johnson used the effect of his Palabyrinth to banish his Archfiend Cavalry and Special Summon a monster from his Deck with the same Level as his Empress. He Special Summoned Archfiend Emperor, the First Lord of Horror. Johnson banished Archfiend’s Roar from his Graveyard to try to destroy Kendrick’s face-down Return from the Different Dimension, and Kendrick Chained it and gave up 2700 Life Points to Special Summon 2 copies of Redox, 2 Blasters, and a Tidal from his Banished Zone.

Johnson ended his turn. All of Kendrick’s Dragons returned to his hand since they were Special Summoned that turn, and Johnson’s Empress was destroyed in the End Phase due to the effect of Archfiend Palabyrinth.

Kendrick discarded 2 Blasters to destroy Archfiend Emperor with Blaster’s effect. Next, he discarded 2 copies of Redox to Summon Thought Ruler Archfiend from his Graveyard with Redox’s effect. He followed up by banishing Flamvell Guard and Tidal to Special Summon a Tidal. He activated D.D.R. – Different Dimension Reincarnation by discarding Tempest next, and Special Summoned Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Banished Zone. A direct attack from Blue-Eyes White Dragon wiped out Johnson’s remaining Life Points!

Devonnair Johnson Duels valiantly with his Archfiends, but in the end he is defeated 2-0 by Christopher Kendrick’s Dragon Rulers. Christopher Kendrick is moving on with a 5-1 record!