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Round 2 Feature Match: Jeff Jones Versus Liam Graham

August 29th, 2015

Both of these competitors have met before at their local card shop, and both of them won their first rounds. Today they’re facing off in Round 2. Jones is using Shaddolls with a Performage engine and Graham is running Satellarknights. Stellarknight Constellar Diamond could prove to be a thorn in Jones’ side so it’ll be interesting to see how this match plays out. Jeff won the die roll and opted to go second.

 

Graham started out with Satellarknight Deneb to add Satellarknight Vega to his hand. He then Set two backrow and passed.

 

R2P1

 

Jones opened with two Performage Damage Juggler, two Performage Hat Tricker, Mathematician, and Shaddoll Fusion. He Normal Summoned Mathematician and attempted to use the effect, but was met with Graham’s Fiendish Chain. Next, he Special Summoned both Hat Trickers from his hand. He Xyz Summoned Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer and detached two materials to shuffle back the Satellarknight Deneb. Castel attacked directly and Jones ended his turn.

 

Graham used Raigeki to wipe Jones’ board clean. He then Normal Summoned Satellarknight Vega and used its effect to Special Summon Satellarknight Altair. Both monsters attacked directly and Jeff dropped to 5100 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Graham Xyz Summoned Tellarknight Ptolemaeus and then Special Summon Stellarknight Constellar Diamond.

 

Jones drew Upstart Goblin. He activated it and drew Book of Moon. He Set it and one Performage Damage Juggler before ending his turn.

 

Graham attacked Damage Juggler with Stellarknight Constellar Diamond and Jones used Book of Moon to flip it face-down. Graham Set one backrow.

 

Jones drew Mathematician. He Normal Summoned it and sent Shaddoll Hedgehog to the grave, adding a Shaddoll Squamata to his hand. Then, he activated Shaddoll Fusion but was met with Graham’s Mind Crush, calling Shaddoll Squamata! The chain resolved, Shaddoll Squamata was discarded and the Shaddoll Fusion couldn’t summon any Fusion Monsters because Jones was out of Shaddolls. Shaddoll Squamata sent Shaddoll Falco to the grave and then it Special Summoned itself face-down. Jones passed.

 

Graham Flip Summoned Stellarknight Constellar Diamond. He then Normal Summoned Satellarknight Rigel. Rigel attacked Shaddoll Falco, and Stellarknight Constellar Diamond attacked over Damage Juggler. He Set another backrow and ended.

 

Jones drew Breakthrough Skill. He activated Performage Damage Juggler in his grave to add Performage Trick Clown to his hand. He Set Breakthrough Skill, switched Mathematician to defense position, and passed. Graham used Mystical Space Typhoon in the End Phase to destroy Breakthrough Skill.

 

R2P2

 

Graham Normal Summoned Satellarknight Unukalhai. Satellarknight Unukalhai attacked over Mathematician and Jones drew Shaddoll Beast. Satellarknight Rigel and Stellarknight Constellar Diamond attacked directly, dropping Jones to 600 Life Points. Graham went to Main Phase 2 and Xyz Summoned Gagaga Cowboy in defense mode. When he used the effect Jones used Performage Damage Juggler to negate and destroy it! Graham ended his turn.

 

Jones drew Vanity’s Emptiness. He banished Damage Juggler to add Trick Clown to his hand. He Set it and Vanity’s Emptiness before passing.

 

Graham Normal Summoned Satellarknight Altair and brought back Satellarknight Rigel, which pumped Satellarknight Altair up by 500. Satellarknight Altair attacked over Trick Clown and Jones conceded! He chose to go first and we were on to Game 2.

 

Jones opened with Mathematician, Shaddoll Fusion, Mystical Space Typhoon, Performage Damage Juggler, and Maxx “C”. He Normal Summoned Mathematician but was met with Effect Veiler. He passed.

 

Graham activated Reinforcement of the Army to search Satellarknight Vega. He Normal Summoned it and when he activated the effect Jones chained Maxx “C”. Satellarknight Deneb was Special Summoned and Jones drew Shaddoll Fusion. Satellarknight Deneb searched Satellarknight Altair. Graham Set two backrow and passed.

 

Jones drew Breakthrough Skill. He Normal Summoned Damage Juggler and attacked Satellarknight Deneb with Mathematician. He drew a third Shaddoll Fusion with Mathematician. Damage Juggler attacked over Satellarknight Vega. He Set Breakthrough Skill and a Shaddoll Fusion. In the End Phase Graham used Oasis of the Dragon Souls and Jones hit it with Mystical Space Typhoon.

 

R2P3

 

Graham Normal Summoned Satellarknight Altair and was met with Breakthrough Skill, but Graham had the Stellarnova Alpha! Satellarknight Deneb was brought back, Graham drew a card, and then he added another Satellarknight Altair. He Set one backrow and ended.

 

Jones drew Mystical Space Typhoon. He attacked Satellarknight Deneb with Damage Juggler, and then Set a second Shaddoll Fusion. Once again in the End Phase Oasis of Dragon Souls was activated on Graham’s side but Jones stopped it with Mystical Space Typhoon.

 

Graham Normal Summoned Satellarknight Altair and brought back Satellarknight Deneb. He activated its effect and searched Satellarknight Altair. Satellarknight Altair attacked over Performage Damage Juggler, and Graham Xyz Summoned Daigusto Emeral in Main Phase 2 and shuffled back two Altairs and Effect Veiler to draw one card. He Set two cards face-down and ended.

 

Jones drew Effect Veiler. He activated Shaddoll Fusion from his hand and was stopped by Solemn Warning. Jones flipped up a second copy and Graham chained Maxx “C”. El Shaddoll Construct hit the field by sending Shaddoll Squamata and Performage Trick Clown. All three monsters activated, and when the dust was Settled Jones sent Shaddoll Dragon and Shaddoll Hedgehog to the grave, and Trick Clown hit the field. Dragon destroyed Graham’s Set Raigeki and Jones added Shaddoll Squamata to his hand. Jones banished Damage Juggler to add Performage Hat Tricker to his hand, and then Normal Summoned it. He Xyz Summoned Performage Trapeze Magician, and used its effect to allow El Shaddoll Construct to attack twice, but it was stopped by Effect Veiler! Trapeze Magician attacked over Daigusto Emeral, and El Shaddoll Construct hit directly. Jones passed.

 

R2P5

 

Graham drew to five cards in hand with no cards on the field. He Normal Summoned Satellarknight Altair and was stopped by Effect Veiler. He Set two backrow cards and ended.

 

Jones drew Maxx “C”. He used Trapeze Magician to target El Shaddoll Construct and Special Summoned Trick Clown back to the field. He then Normal Summoned Shaddoll Squamata and attacked Satellarknight Altair with El Shaddoll Construct. Graham scooped and headed into Game 3.

 

R2P6

 

Jones was forced to go first. He started with Performage Trick Clown, Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning, Shaddoll Falco, Effect Veiler, and Shaddoll Hedgehog. He Set Shaddoll Hedgehog and ended his turn.

 

Graham Normal Summoned Satellarknight Vega and was stopped by Effect Veiler. He Set three cards to his backrow and attacked over Shaddoll Hedgehog, which allowed Jones to add El Shaddoll Fusion to his hand.

 

Jones drew Breakthrough Skill. He Normal Summoned Performage Trick Clown and attacked over Satellarknight Vega. He then used El Shaddoll Fusion but Graham had Solemn Warning to prevent it. Jones Set Breakthrough Skill and ended.

 

Graham Normal Summoned Satellarknight Altair and Jones used Breakthrough Skill but Graham had Stellarnova Alpha. Satellarknight Vega was revived and Graham Special Summoned Satellarknight Deneb from his hand to search Satellarknight Altair. He Xyz Summoned Tellarknight Ptolemaeus, and then went to Main Phase 2 to make Stellarknight Constellar Diamond. He Set a backrow and passed.

 

Jones drew Foolish Burial. He banished Breakthrough Skill to negate Stellarknight Constellar Diamond’s effect for the rest of the turn. Then, he Special Summoned Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning. Next, he activated Foolish Burial and sent Shaddoll Squamata to his grave, which then sent Shaddoll Core, which added El Shaddoll Fusion back to his hand. Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning attacked Stellarknight Constellar Diamond and was stopped by Fiendish Chain, and then Jones used El Shaddoll Fusion, which prompted Graham to use Stellarnova Alpha to tribute his Stellarknight Constellar Diamond and negate the El Shaddoll Fusion. Jones attacked with Trick Clown directly and then he Set Shaddoll Falco before ending his turn.

 

Graham used Reinforcement of the Army to search Satellarknight Deneb. He then Normal Summoned Satellarknight Altair to revive Satellarknight Vega, which then Special Summoned Satellarknight Deneb, which searched another Satellarknight Altair. He then Xyz Summoned Stellarknight Triverr and attacked directly after bouncing back all the cards on the field! He made Stellarknight Constellar Diamond in Main Phase 2 and Set one card before ending.

 

R2P4

 

Jones drew Effect Veiler. Time in the round was called, and now both players were on a five turn clock. Jones Set Shaddoll Falco and passed.

 

Graham Normal Summoned Satellarknight Altair and brought back Satellarknight Deneb. He searched Satellarknight Rigel. Jones used Effect Veiler on Stellarknight Constellar Diamond before Graham entered the Battle Phase. Stellarknight Constellar Diamond attacked Shaddoll Falco and Jones revived Shaddoll Squamata. He then Xyz Summoned Constellar Omega in Main Phase 2 and ended his turn.

 

Jones drew Mathematician and Graham activated Maxx “C” in the Draw Phase. After some deliberation he decided to Normal Summoned Performage Trick Clown. Next, he Flip Summoned Squamata. He then Xyz Summoned Evilswarm Exciton Knight and activated its effect but was stopped by Graham’s Effect Veiler! Jones Special Summoned Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning and entered the Battle Phase. He attacked Constellar Omega and Graham used Fiendish Chain to stop the attack.

 

R2P7

 

Graham entered his Battle Phase and Jones used Evilswarm Exciton Knight to wipe the entire field! Graham had five cards in hand to Jones’ lone Mathematician. Trick Clown activated and Jones brought it back to the field, then losing 1000 Life Points. Graham Normal Summoned Satellarknight Deneb in Main Phase 2 and added Satellarknight Unukalhai. He Set one card to his backrow and ended his turn.

 

Jones drew Shaddoll Hedgehog. He Normal Summoned Mathematician and tried to use its effect, but Graham used Effect Veiler. He attacked Satellarknight Deneb with Exciton Knight but Graham used Ring of Destruction! Jones dropped to 3000 and Graham was at 2100. Jones crashed the Mathematician and drew Performage Hat Tricker. He passed. Graham analyzed his hand for a moment and extended the handshake! Jones wins the match with just a single Performage Trick Clown on the field!

 

R2P8