Round 2 Feature Match: Austin Jones versus Vincent Thieu
Austin Jones hasn’t had a lot of time to practice with the Deck he’s using today. Jones’s Deck revolves around the new PSY-Frame monsters in High-Speed Riders, which was just released yesterday in North America. These PSY-Frame monsters have complicated effects that respond to actions taken by an opponent. But the task of mastering the PSY-Frame strategy didn’t daunt Austin Jones. He fearlessly competed this weekend with his PSY-Frames, and is currently experiencing success with the Deck, as he holds a 1-0 record. But Vincent Thieu and his tried-and-true Nekroz strategy will by trying to put an end to Jones’s success this weekend, as Jones and Thieu face off in this Round 2 Feature Match! It’s time to Duel!
Duel One
Jones opened up Duel 1 with PSY-Frame Driver, PSY-Framegear Alpha, Pot of Duality, Cardcar D, and PSY-Framegear Delta. He activated Pot of Duality, revealing Field Barrier, Burial from a Different Dimension, and PSY-Frame Circuit from the top of his Deck, and chose to add the Circuit to his hand and shuffle the other 2 cards back into his Deck. He activated the Circuit and then Summoned Cardcar D. He activated its effect and sent it to the Graveyard to draw Mystical Space Typhoon and Terraforming from his Deck.
Thieu Summoned Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands and activated its effect. Jones then activated the effect of the PSY-Framegear Alpha in his hand, trying to Special Summon it, and Thieu Chained Mystical Space Typhoon to try to destroy Circuit; but Jones revealed PSY-Framegear Delta from his hand and Special Summoned it along with a Driver from his Deck to negate the Mystical Space Typhoon. Alpha struck the field next, Special Summoning another PSY-Frame Driver from his Deck alongside it. He added PSY-Framegear Gamma from his Deck to his hand with his Alpha’s effect, and then used his Field Spell Card to Tune a Driver with Gamma and a Driver with Delta to Synchro Summon PSY-Framelord Zeta and PSY-Framelord Omega. Thieu added Nekroz of Brionac from his Deck to his hand with Manju’s effect, and then Jones used his Omega’s effect to banish his Omega from the field and banish Performage Damage Juggler from Thieu’s hand until Jones’s next Standby Phase. Thieu discarded Nekroz of Brionac from his hand next, adding Nekroz of Clausolas from his Deck to his hand. He discarded Nekroz of Clausolas next, adding Nekroz Cycle from his Deck to his hand. He activated Reinforcement of the Army to add Shurit, Strategist of the Nekroz from his Deck to his hand and then activated Nekroz Cycle, Tributing Shurit from his hand to Special Summon Nekroz of Clausolas from his Graveyard. He used Shurit’s effect to add Nekroz of Brionac from his Deck to his hand. Thieu Special Summoned Performage Hat Tricker next, and when Jones tried to banish it with Zeta, Thieu used Clausolas’s effect to negate the effect and reduce Zeta to 0 ATK. Hat Tricker attacked the 0 ATK Zeta next, and Jones used the effect of his Circuit to discard Driver and increase his monster’s ATK by 2500, destroying the Hat Tricker in battle.
Jones drew a card and then returned his Omega to his field in his Standby Phase. Thieu also returned his Performage from his banished zone to his hand. Next, Jones activated Terraforming to add PSY-Frame Circuit from his Deck to his hand. He attacked Clausolas with Omega, and Thieu used Clausolas’s effect to reduce Omega’s ATK to 0, causing Jones to take 2300 points of damage. But Zeta attacked Clausolas next, destroying it. Jones Set Mystical Space Typhoon to his back row before passing his turn.
Thieu drew a card and then Jones used his Omega’s effect in Thieu’s Main Phase, banishing his Omega from the field along with a Performage Damage Juggler from Thieu’s hand. Thieu activated Mystical Space Typhoon next, destroying Jones’s face-down Mystical Space Typhoon, and then Thieu discarded Nekroz of Brionac from his hand to grab Nekroz of Unicore. He discarded Nekroz of Unicore to add Nekroz of Clausolas from his Graveyard to his hand and then discarded Nekroz of Clausolas to add Nekroz Mirror from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated Nekroz Mirror and banished Shurit from his Graveyard to Special Summon Nekroz of Trishula from his hand. When it was Summoned, Jones banished his Zeta along with Nekroz of Trishula from the Duel with Zeta’s effect. Trishula banished PSY-Frame Circuit from the field, PSY-Framegear Gamma from Jones’s hand, and PSY-Frame Driver from Jones’s Graveyard. Manju attacked directly next, dropping Jones down to 4300 Life Points.
Jones drew a card and then returned Omega and Zeta to his field in the Standby Phase. Thieu returned Nekroz of Trishula to his field and the Damage Juggler to his hand. Omega attacked and destroyed Nekroz of Trishula, and then Zeta attacked and destroyed Manju, and Thieu discarded Juggler from his hand to prevent the damage.
Thieu activated Raigeki next turn, destroying Zeta and Omega. Thieu then used the effect of his Damage Juggler by banishing it from his Graveyard, but Jones negated the effect by Special Summoning PSY-Gearframe Gamma from his hand and PSY-Frame Driver from his Graveyard. He Tuned his 2 monsters together to Synchro Summon Psy-Framelord Omega, thanks to his Circuit. Thieu banished 2 cards from his Graveyard to add a Nekroz Kaleidoscope to his hand, and Jones banished his Omega from the field to banish the Kaleidoscope from Thieu’s hand until the next Standby Phase.
Jones returned Omega to his field in his Standby Phase, and Thieu added the Kaleidoscope back to his hand. Next, Jones used the effect of his Zeta in his Graveyard to return Zeta to his Extra Deck and add Delta from his Graveyard to his hand. Next, he used his Omega’s effect from the Graveyard to return Omega to his Extra Deck and return Gamma to his Main Deck. Jones attacked directly with his Omega, dropping Thieu down to 3300 Life Points.
Thieu drew a card and then Jones used his Omega’s effect in his Standby Phase to return his banished Driver to the Graveyard. Thieu Set a monster and then passed his turn.
Jones attacked and destroyed a face-down Maxx “C” with his Omega. He banished his Omega in Main Phase 2 to banish a Nekroz Kaleidoscope from Thieu’s hand until his next Standby Phase.
Thieu Set a card to his back row and passed.
Jones returned Omega to his field in his Standby Phase and Thieu got his Kaleidoscope back. Jones attacked directly with Omega, dropping Thieu down to 500 Life Points, and then Jones banished his Omega from the field to banish Nekroz Cycle from Thieu’s hand with Omega’s effect.
Thieu Summoned Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands and when Jones revealed PSY-Framegear Gamma to try to activate its effect, Thieu Chained Mind Crush, naming PSY-Framegear Gamma, and Jones Chained Torrential Tribute. Torrential Tribute destroyed Manju, and Mind Crush discarded the Gamma from Jones’s hand. Thieu added Nekroz of Unicore to his hand with the effect of Manju. Thieu activated Nekroz Kaleidoscope, and Jones activated the effect of his Delta to negate it by Special Summoning the Delta along with a Driver and immediately Synchro Summon Omega thanks to his Circuit. Jones used his Omega’s effect to banish Nekroz of Unicore from Thieu’s hand and then Thieu conceded, with only 500 Life Points remaining and the knowledge that Jones would be getting back 2 PSY-Framelord Omegas in his next Standby Phase.
Duel Two
Jones opened up Duel 2 with PSY-Frame Driver, Maxx “C”, Emergency Teleport, Retaliating “C”, and PSY-Frame Circuit. He activated the Circuit and then passed his turn.
Thieu Normal Summoned Senju of the Thousand Hands and activated its effect to add Nekroz of Brionac from his Deck to his hand. He discarded Nekroz of Brionac to add Nekroz of Clausolas to his hand, and then discarded Nekroz of Clausolas to add Nekroz Kaleidoscope from his Deck to his hand. He activated Nekroz Kaleidoscope next, and Jones Chained Retaliating “C” from his hand, thereafter Chaining Maxx “C” from his hand. Thieu Special Summoned Nekroz of Unicore from his hand by sending Herald of the Arc Light from his Extra Deck to his banished zone and Jones drew a card. Nekroz of Unicore attacked and destroyed Retaliating “C”, and Jones added a Maxx “C” to his hand with the effect of his Retaliating “C”. Senju attacked directly next, dropping Jones down to 6600 Life Points. Thieu Set a card to his back row and then passed his turn.
Jones drew a card and then passed his turn.
Thieu Normal Summoned Performage Hat Tricker and Jones Special Summoned PSY-Framegear Alpha from his hand and PSY-Frame Driver from his Deck. He added PSY-Framegear Beta to his hand with Alpha’s effect and then Tuned his 2 monsters together with PSY-Frame Circuit to Synchro Summon PSY-Framelord Zeta. Next, Thieu activated Book of Moon to put Zeta face-down, and Nekroz of Unicore attacked and destroyed it. Hat Tricker attacked directly, and Jones revealed Beta from his hand, and Thieu Chained Maxx “C”. Beta was Special Summoned to the field alongside a Driver, and then Jones Synchro Summoned another Zeta, allowing Thieu to draw 2 cards total. Hat Tricker was destroyed and Thieu’s Battle Phase was ended by Beta.
Jones drew Terraforming and activated it to add PSY-Frame Circuit to his hand. Zeta attacked Nekroz of Unicore and Thieu discarded Nekroz of Valkyrus from his hand and banished a Nekroz of Clausolas from his Graveyard to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase. Jones activated Emergency Teleport to Special Summon PSY-Framegear Alpha from his Deck, and then Tuned Zeta with Alpha in Main Phase 2 to Synchro Summon PSY-Framelord Omega. He activated PSY-Frame Circuit next, and then activated the effect of the Zeta in his Graveyard to return it to the Extra Deck and add Alpha to his hand. Next, he activated the effect of his other Zeta in the Graveyard to add Beta to his hand.
Thieu drew a card and then activated Raigeki to destroy PSY-Framelord Omega. Senju attacked directly, and Jones Special Summoned Beta from his hand along with a Driver from his Graveyard. He Synchro Summoned Zeta before destroying the Senju and ending the Battle Phase with Beta’s effect.
Jones drew a card and time in the round was called! Jones attacked Unicore with his Zeta, and Thieu discarded Nekroz of Valkyrus to negate the attack. Next, Jones returned Omega from his Graveyard to his Extra Deck to return Circuit from his Graveyard to his Deck, and activated Terraforming to add the Circuit to his hand.
Thieu discarded Nekroz of Brionac to add Nekroz of Trishula from his Deck to his hand. He activated Nekroz Mirror next, and Jones Chained Maxx “C”. Thieu banished Nekroz of Clausolas and Nekroz of Brionac from his Graveyard to Special Summon Nekroz of Trishula, allowing Jones to draw a card, and then Nekroz of Trishula banished Zeta from the field, a card from Jones’s hand, and a card from Jones’s Graveyard. Nekroz of Trishula and Nekroz of Unicore attacked directly.
Jones drew Torrential Tribute and Set it.
Thieu switched his Nekroz of Trishula to Defense Position and then attacked directly with Nekroz of Unicore, wiping out the rest of Jones’s Life Points!
Vincent Thieu ties up the Match in overtime, creating a draw!
Jones and Thieu are both moving on with 1-0-1 records!
