Kevin Moyers from Virginia is Dueling against Vincent Bellafiore from Maryland in our Round 3 Feature Match! Moyers is using an all-new Kozmo Deck, featuring the new Kozmo monsters available in Clash of Rebellions. Bellafiore, on the other hand, is using a tried-and-true Burning Abyss Deck. Since Burning Abyss Decks typically contain lots of card effects that target monsters, including the effects of Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss and Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss, they generally have a tough time taking down Kozmo Forerunner, which can’t be targeted by an opponent’s card effects. Will Moyers be able to use his Forerunners to defeat Bellafiore and his infernal monsters? We’re about to find out. It’s time Duel!

Duel One

Bellafiore started off Duel 1 by Special Summoning Rubic from his hand and Normal Summoning Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss. He combined his 2 monsters to Xyz Summon Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss in Defense Position and then detached Graff to activate Dante’s effect and send 3 cards from his Deck to his Graveyard. He Special Summoned Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss in Attack Position from his Deck with the effect of Graff and then Set a card to his back row.

Moyers opened up Duel 1 with Heroic Challenger – Assault Halberd, Kozmo Farmgirl, Kozmo Goodwitch, Vanity’s Emptiness, Mirror Force, and Kozmo Sliprider. He Special Summoned Heroic Challenger – Assault Halberd from his hand and then Normal Summoned Kozmo Farmgirl. He attacked Cir with his Heroic Challenger and then used his Challenger’s effect to add another Assault Halberd from his Deck to his hand. Bellafiore Special Summoned Graff with Cir’s effect. Next, Moyers activated his Farmgirl’s effect by banishing it, and Bellafiore Chained Maxx “C”. Bellafiore drew 1 card when Moyers Special Summoned Sliprider to his field and Sliprider used its effect to try to destroy Bellafiore’s face-down Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss; but Bellafiore Chained Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss to Tribute his Dante and Graff and to destroy Moyers’s Sliprider and Heroic Challenger. Bellafiore used his Dante’s effect to add Cir from his Graveyard to his hand and activated Graff’s effect to Special Summon Scarm, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss from his Deck in Defense Position. Moyers used his Sliprider’s effect to banish it from the Duel and Special Summon Kozmo Farmgirl from his Deck in Attack Position, allowing Bellafiore to draw another card with Maxx “C”. Moyers Set 2 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

Bellafiore Normal Summoned Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss and Moyers flipped Vanity’s Emptiness to prevent Special Summons. Next, Bellafiore Set a card to his back row and passed.

Moyers drew Kozmo Goodwitch and Summoned it to the field. He paid 500 Life Points to activate its effect and put Scarm face-down. Graff thereafter destroyed itself with its own effect.

Bellafiore activated Dark Hole to destroy all monsters on the field, taking Vanity’s Emptiness down with them. Next, Bellafiore Summoned Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss and attacked directly with it; but Moyers flipped Mirror Force to destroy it. Bellafiore Special Summoned Dante from his Graveyard in Attack Position with Cir’s effect and attacked directly, dropping Moyers down to 6500 Life Points. Dante switched into Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase, and Bellafiore upgraded Dante into Downerd Magician in Attack Position in Main Phase 2. Bellafiore Set 1 card to his back row before passing his turn.

Moyers drew a card and then Bellafiore flipped Mind Crush, naming Heroic Challenger – Assault Halberd. Moyers discarded his Heroic Challenger from his hand. Moyers activated Raigeki next, destroying Downerd Magician. Bellafiore added Cir to his hand with Dante’s effect when it was sent to the Graveyard.

Bellafiore Summoned Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss and then attacked directly with it, dropping Boyers down to 4900 Life Points.

Moyers drew Juragedo and passed.

Bellafiore Summoned Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss and then combined it with Cir to Xyz Summon Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss. He detached Graff and sent Breakthrough Skill, Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss, and Solemn Warning from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard to activate Dante’s effect. Next, he Special Summoned Dante from his Graveyard with Cir’s effect. He Special Summoned Barbar, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss from his Deck with Graff’s effect. The Dante with 1000 ATK attacked directly, and Moyers Special Summoned Juragedo in Defense Position to protect his Life Points. Barbar attacked Juragedo to destroy it next, and then Bellafiore’s Dante with 2500 ATK attacked directly, dropping Moyers down to 3400 Life Points.

Moyers drew Maxx “C” and then conceded, having no way to defeat any of Bellafiore’s monsters.

Vincent Bellafiore takes a quick victory in Duel 1!

Duel Two

Bellafiore started off Duel 2 by Summoning Tour Guide From the Underworld and activating its effect. Moyers Chained Maxx “C”, and when Bellafiore Special Summoned Scarm from his Deck with Tour Guide’s effect, Moyers drew a card.

Moyers had Juragedo, Flying “C”, Fiendish Chain, 2 copies of Heroic Challenger – Assault Halberd, and Honest. He Special Summoned Assault Halberd, and then Normal Summoned his other Assault Halberd. Next, he entered his Battle Phase and Special Summoned Juragedo; but Bellafiore Chained Maxx “C” to its effect to draw a card. Moyers attacked and destroyed Tour Guide From the Underworld with his Assault Halberd, inflicting 800 points of damage to Bellafiore and allowing him to add another copy of Assault Halberd from his Deck to his hand. In Main Phase 2, he combined both of his Assault Halberds to Xyz Summon Tellarknight Ptolemaeus in Defense Position. He Set a card to his back row and then attached Stellarknight Delteros to his Ptolemaeus with its effect in his End Phase.

Bellafiore drew a card and then Moyers activated his Ptolemaeus’s effect to try to rank it up into a Rank 5 monster; but Moyers Chained Solemn Warning and paid 2000 Life Points to negate Ptolemaeus’s effect and destroy it. Bellafiore Summoned Graff next, and Moyers Special Summoned Flying “C” to his field. Graff destroyed itself with its own effect, and Bellafiore Special Summoned Scarm from his Deck with its effect. Next, Scarm destroyed itself with its own effect. Moyers Set 2 cards to his back row and then added Rubic, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss to his hand with the effect of Scarm in his End Phase.

Moyers drew Kozmo Farmgirl. He Normal Summoned Heroic Challenger – Assault Halberd and then combined his 2 monsters together to Xyz Summon Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer in Defense Position. He detached both Xyz Materials from Castel to try to send Scarm back into Bellafiore’s Deck; but Bellafiore Chained Crush Card Virus to Tribute Scarm. Castel was destroyed, as was the Kozmo Farmgirl in Moyers’s hand, and then Moyers destroyed Kozmo Sliprider and 2 copies of Kozmo Forerunner from his Deck with the effect of Crush Card Virus. Moyers banished all three of them from his Graveyard to Special Summon 2 copies of Sliprider and a Farmgirl from his Deck with their effects. The Slipriders targeted Bellafiore’s back rows, and he Chained Mind Crush to force Moyers to discard Honest from his hand. Bellafiore’s Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss was destroyed by Sliprider. One Sliprider attacked and destroyed Flying “C”, and then the other Sliprider and Farmgirl attacked directly. Moyers paid 500 Life Points to add Kozmo Forerunner from his Deck to his hand with Farmgirl’s effect, and then used his Farmgirl’s other effect to banish her and Special Summon Forerunner from his hand. A direct attack from Forerunner finished Bellafiore off!

A misstep with Crush Card Virus proves to be Vincent Bellafiore’s undoing in Duel 2, pushing the Match to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Bellafiore started off Duel 3 by Setting a monster.

Moyers opened up with Honest, Black Horn of Heaven, Kozmo Forerunner, Kozmo Sliprider, and 2 copies of Emergency Teleport. He entered his Battle Phase and then activated Emergency Teleport to Special Summon Kozmo Farmgirl from his Deck. He attacked with Farmgirl into Bellafiore’s face-down Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss and then discarded Honest to increase his monster’s ATK to win the battle. Farfa was destroyed, and it banished Farmgirl with its effect until the End Phase. Next, Moyers activated Emergency Teleport to Special Summon another Farmgirl from his Deck. He attacked directly with it and paid 500 Life Points to add Kozmo Goodwitch from his Deck to his hand with its effect. Next, he banished his Farmgirl to Special Summon Goodwitch from his hand with its effect. He attacked directly with Goodwitch, and then banished his Goodwitch to Special Summon Special Summon Kozmo Forerunner from his hand. He attacked directly with his Forerunner, dropping Bellafiore down to 1900 Life Points. Kozmo Farmgirl returned to Moyers’s field in the End Phase.

Bellafiore activated Dark Hole to destroy all monster on the field, and Moyers Chained his Farmgirl’s effect to banish it and Special Summon Sliprider from his hand. Sliprider and Forerunner were destroyed, and Moyers used their effects to Special Summon Kozmo Sliprider and Kozmo Goodwitch from his Deck by banishing them. Then, Bellafiore activated another copy of Dark Hole to clear the field! Moyers banished Kozmo Sliprider from his Graveyard to Special Summon Kozmo Farmgirl from his Deck with Sliprider’s effect. Bellafiore activated Raigeki next, destroying the Farmgirl. He Set a monster and a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Moyers drew Mystical Space Typhoon and activated it to destroy Bellafiore’s face-down Fire Lake of the Burning Abyss.

Bellafiore Flip Summoned Libic and then Normal Summoned Graff. He combined both monsters to Xyz Summon Dante and then Moyers flipped Black Horn of Heaven to negate its Summon; but Bellafiore used the effect of Graff to Special Summon Cir from his Deck, and used Dante’s effect to add Farfa to his hand. He Special Summoned Farfa and then Xyz Summoned Dante by combining Farfa with Cir. He detached Cir from Dante to activate its effect and then activated Cir’s effect to Special Summon Graff from his Graveyard in Attack Position. He attacked with Dante and Graff to inflict 3500 points of damage, and then Dante switched in to Defense Position.

Moyers drew Honest and Set it.

Bellafiore activated Dante’s effect by detaching Farfa from it to send Graff, Barbar, Malabranche of the Burning Abyss, and Vanity’s Emptiness from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard with Dante’s effect. Moyers conceded, realizing that Farfa’s effect would banish his monster; Graff would Special Summon a Burning Abyss from the Deck; Barbar would inflict 900 points of damage to him; and then an onslaught of direct attacks would finish Moyers off!

Kevin Moyers catches a lucky break in Duel 2 when Vincent Bellafiore activates Crush Card Virus, but is ultimately defeated 2-1 by Bellafiore’s Burning Abyss Deck!