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WCQ – CA: Top 16 Feature Match: Carlos Garcia vs. Saul Elizondo

July 6th, 2014

Mexico City’s Carlos Garcia is using the last remaining Prophecy Deck in the tournament. Now, he’s facing off against Toluca’s Saul Elizondo and his Madolche Deck in this Top 16 Feature Match! Elizondo is using Fire Hand and Ice Hand in his Madolche Deck, diversifying his strategy with the hopes of throwing his opponents off their game. Which one of these Duelists will advance to the Top 8? We’re about to find out. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Elizondo started off Duel 1 by Summoning Madolche Magileine. He activated its effect to add Madolche Anjelly from his Deck to his hand. Next, he Set 3 cards to his back row and ended his turn.

Saul Elizondo

Garcia opened up with Spellbook of Power, Justice of Prophecy, High Priestess of Prophecy, Temperance of Prophecy, Book of Moon, and Spellbook of the Master. He Summoned Justice of Prophecy and then activated Spellbook of Power to increase its ATK by 1000; but Elizondo flipped Fiendish Chain to negate Justice of Prophecy’s effect and prevent it from attacking. Garcia Set Book of Moon before ending his turn.

Elizondo Summoned Madolche Mewfeuille and activated its effect to Special Summon Madolche Anjelly from his hand. Garcia flipped Book of Moon to try to put Anjelly face-down; but Elizondo Chained Forbidden Lance to make Anjelly unaffected by Spell and Trap Cards! He Tributed Anjelly to Special Summon Madolche Hootcake and then banished Anjelly from his Graveyard to Special Summon Madolche Messengelato from his Deck with Hootcake’s effect. Next, he used Messengelato’s effect to add Madolche Ticket from his Deck to his hand and activated it. He combined Hootcake with Mewfeuille to Xyz Summon Leviair the Sea Dragon and then detached an Xyz Material from Leviair to Special Summon Madolche Anjelly from his Banished Zone. Next, he combined Anjelly with Magileine to Xyz Summon Madolche Queen Tiaramisu, and detached an Xyz Material from Tiaramisu to activate its effect. He sent Anjelly from his Graveyard back to his Deck, and shuffled Justice of Prophecy into Garcia’s Deck. Then, he used the effect of his Madolche Ticket to Special Summon Madolche Messengelato from his Deck. Direct attacks from Leviair, Tiaramisu, and both Messengelatos dropped Garcia down to 800 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Elizondo combined both of his Messengelatos to Xyz Summon Gagaga Cowboy in Defense Position, and detached an Xyz Material from it to activate its effect. Cowboy’s effect wiped out Garcia’s last 800 Life Points!

Cowboy Finish

Saul Elizondo defeats Carlos Garcia in Duel 1 on his second turn! Carlos Garcia will be going first in Duel 2!

Duel Two

Garcia opened up Duel 2 with Book of Moon, Spellbook Library of the Crescent, Phoenix Wing Wind Blast, Spellbook Magician of Prophecy, and 2 copies of Reckless Greed. He activated Spellbook Library of the Crescent, revealing Spellbook of Secrets, Spellbook of the Master, and Spellbook of Fate from his Deck. He randomly added Spellbook of the Master to his hand and shuffled the other 2 Spellbooks back into his Deck. Next, he Normal Summoned Spellbook Magician of Prophecy and activated its effect to add Spellbook of Secrets to his hand. He activated Spellbook of Secrets next, and used its effect to add Spellbook of Fate to his hand. He activated Spellbook of the Master next, revealing Spellbook of Fate from his hand to copy Spellbook Library of the Crescent; but Elizondo Chained D.D. Crow to banish Spellbook Library of the Crescent and deprive Garcia of the effect. Garcia Set 2 copies of Reckless Greed, Spellbook of Fate, and Book of Moon before ending his turn.

Carlos Garcia

Elizondo Summoned Madolche Magileine and activated its effect to add Madolche Mewfeuille from his Deck to his hand. He attacked with Magileine, and Garcia flipped Book of Moon, targeting his Spellbook Magician of Prophecy; but Garcia Chained Forbidden Lance, and made Spellbook Magician of Prophecy unaffected by Book of Moon while weakening it to 0 ATK. Spellbook Magician of Prophecy was destroyed, and Garcia lost 6600 Life Points.

Garcia drew World of Prophecy. He flipped 2 copies of Reckless Greed to draw Spellbook of Life, Traptrix Trap Hole Nightmare, Spellbook of Eternity, and Phoenix Wing Wind Blast. He flipped Phoenix Wing Wind Blast next, discarding World of Prophecy to return Magileine to the top of Elizondo’s Deck. Next, he activated Spellbook of Life! He banished Spellbook Magician of Prophecy from his Graveyard to Special Summon World of Prophecy and then activated its effect to add 2 Spellbooks to his hand. Next, he activated Spellbook of Secrets to add Spellbook Magician of Prophecy to his hand and Summoned it and activated its effect to add The Grand Spellbook Tower to his hand. He activated Spellbook of the Master next, copying the effect of Spellbook of Secrets to add Spellbook of Wisdom to his hand. He attacked directly with Spellbook Magician of Prophecy and World of Prophecy, dropping Elizondo down to 4600 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, he activated The Grand Spellbook Tower and Set 4 cards to his back row.

Elizondo Summoned Madolche Mewfeuille and then activated its effect to Special Summon Madolche Anjelly from his hand. Garcia flipped Spellbook of Fate and banished 3 Spellbooks from his Graveyard to banish Anjelly from the Duel. Mewfeille attacked and destroyed Spellbook Magician of Prophecy next, and Mewfeuille shuffled back into Elizondo’s Deck.

Garcia sent a Spellbook to the bottom of his Deck to draw a card with The Grand Spellbook Tower and then activated Spellbook of Eternity to add Spellbook of the Master to his hand. He activated it to copy Spellbook of Eternity and then added Spellbook of Secrets to his hand. He activated Spellbook of Secrets next, and added Spellbook Magician of Prophecy from his Deck to his hand. He Summoned Spellbook Magician of Prophecy and activated its effect to add Spellbook of Fate to his hand. Spellbook Magician of Prophecy and World of Prophecy attacked directly, dropping Elizondo down to 1200 Life Points. Garcia Set another card to his back row before passing.

Elizondo Summoned Fire Hand and then attacked World of Prophecy; but when Garcia flipped Phoenix Wing Wind Blast to put Fire Hand on top of Garcia’s Deck, Elizondo conceded.

World

The Match is moving on to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Elizondo started off Duel 3 by Summoning Madolche Anjelly. He Tributed it to Special Summon Madolche Hootcake from his Deck and then activated Hootcake’s effect to banish Anjelly from the Graveyard and Special Summon Madolche Messengelato from his Deck in Defense Position. He added Madolche Ticket from his Deck to his hand with his Messengelato’s effect and then activated the Ticket. He Set 3 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

Garcia opened up with Spellbook Magician of Prophecy, High Priestess of Prophecy, Solemn Warning, Spellbook of the Master, Reckless Greed, and World of Prophecy.  He tried to Summon Spellbook Magician of Prophecy; but Elizondo flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate its Summon. Garcia Set Solemn Warning and Reckless Greed before ending his turn.

Elizondo Summoned Madolche Magileine and activated its effect to add Madolche Anjelly from his Deck to his hand. Next, he switched Hootcake and Messengelato into Attack Position and attacked directly with all three monsters. Garcia dropped down to 3500 Life Points.

3 Madolches Attack

Elizondo combined Magileine with Messengelato to try to Xyz Summon Gagaga Cowboy in Defense Position in Main Phase 2; but Garcia flipped Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate its Summon. Garcia banished Messengelato from his Graveyard to Special Summon Madolche Anjelly from his Deck with Hootcake’s effect next, and then Tributed Anjelly to Special Summon Madolche Messengelato from his Deck. He activated Messengelato’s effect to add Madolche Chateau to his hand and then Set a card to his back row. Hootcake returned to his Deck in the End Phase due to Anjelly’s effect, and Elizondo added Madolche Mewfeuille from his Deck to his hand with the effect of his Madolche Ticket.

Garcia drew Spellbook of Power next turn. He activated Reckless Greed to draw Spellbook of Wisdom and Temperance of Prophecy from his Deck and then revealed 3 Spellbooks from his hand to Special Summon High Priestess of Prophecy! He activated Spellbook of Power next, targeting his High Priestess of Prophecy; and Elizondo flipped Fiendish Chain to negate High Priestess of Prophecy’s effect and prevent it from attacking. Next, he banished Spellbook of Power from his Graveyard to activate his High Priestess of Prophecy’s effect, targeting Madolche Ticket, and then Chained Spellbook of Wisdom to make his High Priestess of Prophecy immune to Fiendish Chain. High Priestess of Prophecy destroyed Ticket with its effect and then attacked Messengelato; but Messengelato couldn’t be destroyed in battle due to the effect of Anjelly. Garcia thereafter conceded, seeing no way to win.

Saul Elizondo is moving on to the Top 8!