Round 2 Feature Match: Thomas Mak Versus Zachary Kibort
Local Philadephia Duelist Thomas Mak recently won YCS Chicago by using his Bujin Deck throughout the Advanced Format portion of the tournament. Now he’s back with Madolches, looking to take another YCS title. Madolche Decks got a huge boost in the form of Madolche Anjelly with the release of Primal Origin, and Mak is looking to take advantage of that surge in Madolche power. But Zachary Kibort won’t make that easy for him. Kibort is using a Gravekeeper’s Deck that can shut down Mak’s most powerful Graveyard effects with Necrovalley. Who will prevail in this Round 2 Feature Match? It’s time to Duel!
Duel One
Mak opened up with Madolche Anjelly, Madolchepalooza, Madolche Magileine, Madolche Mewfeuille, Compulsory Evacuation Device, and Madolche Chateau. He Summoned Anjelly and activated her effect to Special Summon Madolche Hootcake from his Deck. He activated Hootcake’s effect to banish Anjelly from his Graveyard and Special Summon Madolche Messengelato from his Deck, and used Messengelato’s effect to add Madolche Ticket from his Deck to his hand. He Set Compulsory Evacuation Device and Madolchepalooza before ending his turn.
Kibort discarded 2 copies of Gravekeeper’s Commandant from his hand to grab 2 copies of Necrovalley from his Deck and then Set a monster. Next, he played Necrovalley and activated Royal Tribute! Mak Chained Compulsory Evacuation Device to return Kibort’s face-down monster to his hand and then Royal Tribute forced Mak to discard Magileine and Mewfeuille. Kibort, however, discarded Gravekeeper’s Descendant, Gravekeeper’s Recruiter, and Gravekeeper’s Assailant!
Mak activated Madolche Chateau and shuffled Madolche Magileine and Madolche Mewfeuille from his Graveyard into his Deck. Next, he used Madolche Ticket’s effect to add Madolche Anjelly from his Deck to his hand. He Summoned Anjelly and then Tributed it to Special Summon Madolche Magileine from his Deck. Next, he activated the effect of Hootcake to banish Anjelly from his Graveyard and Special Summon Mewfeuille from his Deck in Defense Position. He combined Mewfeuille with Hootcake to Xyz Summon Mechquipped Angineer in Attack Position and then attacked directly with Magileine, Messengelato, and Mechquipped Angineer. In Main Phase 2, Mak Set a card to his back row before passing.
Kibort activated Pot of Duality, revealing Gravekeeper’s Descendant, Fire Hand, and Imperial Tombs of Necrovalley from the top of his Deck. He added Fire Hand to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He activated Necrovalley and Set Fire Hand before ending his turn.
Mak Set a card to his back row and then passed his turn.
Kibort drew and activated Pot of Duality, this time revealing Gravekeeper’s Spy, Gravekeeper’s Stele, and Imperial Tombs of Necrovalley from the top of his Deck. He added Gravekeeper’s Spy to his hand and shuffled the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He Set the Spy and then ended his turn.
Mak drew Upstart Goblin and then activated Phoenix Wing Wind Blast to return Necrovalley to the top of Kibort’s Deck by discarding Upstart Goblin. Next, he combined Messengelato and Mageleine to Xyz Summon Madolche Queen Tiaramisu. He activated its effect to return his Chateau and Messengelato from his Graveyard back to his Deck, and Kibort’s 2 face-down monsters back to Kibort’s Deck. Direct attacks from Angineer and Tiaramisu wiped out Kibort’s last 2200 Life Points!
A huge play with Royal Tribute backfires for Kibort, allowing Thomas Mak to take a quick and easy win in Duel 1! Zachary Kibort will be going first in Duel 2!
Duel Two
Kibort started off Duel 2 by Setting a monster and Setting 3 cards to his back row. He activated Necrovalley before ending his turn.
Mak opened up Duel 2 with Madolche Hootcake, Madolche Anjelly, Mystical Space Typhoon, Madolche Chateau, Mirror Force, and Madolche Magileine. He activated Madolche Chateau to try to replace Necrovalley, but Kibort Chained Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Madolche Chateau first! Next, Mak Summoned Madolche Magileine. He activated its effect to add Madolche Mewfeuille to his hand and then Set Mystical Space Typhoon and Mirror Force before ending his turn.
Kibort Summoned Gravekeeper’s Commandant and then Flip Summon Gravekeeper’s Spy. He activated his Spy’s effect to Special Summon Gravekeeper’s Shaman from his Deck in Defense Position. Next, he attacked Magileine with Gravekeeper’s Spy. When Mak flipped Mirror Force to try to destroy Kibort’s Attack Position monsters, Kibort flipped Imperial Tombs of Necrovalley to negate the Mirror Force! Magileine was destroyed in battle, and Gravekeeper’s Shaman prevented the Magileine from shuffling back into Mak’s Deck. Next, Kibort attacked directly with his Gravekeeper’s Commandant, dropping Mak down to 5600 Life Points. Kibort Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.
Mak drew Trap Stun next turn. He Summoned Madolche Anjelly next turn and Tributed it to Special Summon another Anjelly from his Deck. Mak Set Trap Stun before ending his turn.
Kibort switched his Spy to Defense Position and then attacked Anjelly with Gravekeeper’s Commandant, not realizing Anjelly can’t be destroyed in battle after being Special Summoned by the effect of a previous Anjelly. He Set a card to his back row and then passed his turn. Mak activated Mystical Space Typhoon in the End Phase to destroy Kibort’s face-down Rivalry of Warlords.
Mak drew Thunder King Rai-Oh next turn. He activated Trap Stun to pin down Kibort’s potential Traps and then Summoned Mewfeuille. He activated its effect to Special Summon Madolche Hootcake from his hand and then combined Hootcake with Mewfeuille to Xyz Summon M-X-Saber Invoker. He detached Hootcake from his Invoker to activate its effect and Special Summon Messengelato from his Deck and then combined Messengelato with Anjelly to Xyz Summon Evilswarm Exciton Knight! He activated its effect by detaching an Xyz Material, destroying all cards on the field except for Necrovalley, which was protected by the Shaman.
Kibort Set a card to his back row and passed his turn.
Mak attacked directly with Evilswarm Exciton Knight and Set Compulsory Evacuation Device.
Kibort Set a back row and passed.
Mak attacked directly with Evilswarm Exciton Knight once again. He Set Torrential Tribute before passing.
Kibort Set a monster and then ended his turn.
Mak drew Madolche Messengelato next turn. He ended his turn without making a play.
Kibort Flip Summoned Gravekeeper’s Spy and activated its effect to Special Summon Gravekeeper’s Descendant from his Deck. Mak flipped Torrential Tribute to clear the field! Kibort Set a monster before passing.
Mak drew Full House. He Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh and then Set Full House before ending his turn.
Kibort Flip Summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendant and then attacked Thunder King Rai-Oh with his 2000 ATK Gravekeeper’s monster. Rai-Oh was destroyed in battle, and Mak lost 100 Life Points. Kibort Set a monster.
Mak drew Madolche Magileine next turn! He Set Messengelato and then passed his turn.
Kibort attacked and destroyed Mak’s face-down Messengelato with Gravekeeper’s Descendant, and Mak shuffled his Madolche monster back into his Deck.
Mak drew Upstart Goblin next turn. He activated it to draw a card and give Kibort 1000 Life Points. He drew Mystical Space Typhoon with the effect of Upstart Goblin. Next, he Summoned Magileine and activated its effect. Kibort flipped Mistake to try to negate the effect; but Mak activated Full House! Mak targeted Kibort’s face-up Mistake and Necrovalley and 2 face-down cards, along with his own back row Compulsory Evacuation Device. Kibort Chained his face-down Rivalry of Warlords and Fiendish Chain, which were destroyed by Full House anyway, and Mak Chained Compulsory Evacuation Device to return Kibort’s face-down monster to his hand. Mak used Magileine’s effect to add Madolche Anjelly from his Deck to his hand and Set Mystical Space Typhoon before ending his turn.
Kibort Summoned Gravekeeper’s Assailant. He Tributed the Assailant with his Descendant’s effect to destroy Mak’s face-down Mystical Space Typhoon and then attacked directly with Descendant. He Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.
Mak drew Bottomless Trap Hole. He Summoned Anjelly and Tributed it to Special Summon Hootcake from his Deck. He banished Evilswarm Exciton Knight from his Graveyard to Special Summon Madolche Messengelato from his Deck with Hootcake’s effect; Kibort Chained Mistake to stop Messengelato’s effect; and then Mak attacked Gravekeeper’s Descendant to destroy it with Messengelato. Next, Hootcake attacked directly.
Kibort Set a card to his back row and passed his turn.
Mak activated Hootcake’s effect to Special Summon Magileine from his Deck and combined Magileine with Messengelato to Xyz Summonm Madolche Queen Tiaramisu. He detached Messengelato from Tiaramisu to try to send his Chateau and Messengelato to his Deck, and return Kibort’s back rows to his Deck. Kibort Chained Mystical Space Typhoon, but it was no help; Mak attacked directly with Hootcake and Tiaramisu to finish off Kibort’s last 3600 Life Points!
Thomas Mak takes the victory in Round 2 with Madolches!
