Top 32 Feature Match: Erik Christensen versus Fabricio Graniel
Welcome to the Top 32! We featured Erik Christensen in Round 8 yesterday, allowing him to show off his Infernoid Deck featuring PSY-Framelord Omega. Now, he is the only Duelist in the tournament with a perfect 11-0 record. But from here on out, a single Match loss will eliminate any of the remaining Duelists, so he’ll be Dueling his hardest to remain in the tournament. His Top 32 opponent is Fabricio Graniel – a Kozmo Duelist that we saw win his Round 11 Feature Match to make it into Top 32. Only one of these Duelists will advance to the Top 16. It’s time to Duel!
Duel One
Graniel started off Duel 1 by Setting 4 cards to his back row.
Christensen opened up with Rekindling, Reasoning, Infernoid Antra, Infernoid Harmadik, Infernoid Decatron, and Infernoid Seitsmas. He activated Reasoning, and Graniel called Level 1. Christensen revealed the top card of his Deck – Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress – and Special Summoned it. Graniel flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to banish Lyla. Christensen Normal Summoned Decatron next, and activated its effect to send Infernoid Patrulea from his Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he used his Infernoid’s effect to destroy Graniel’s face-down Vanity’s Emptiness. Christensen Special Summoned Harmadik from his hand by banishing Patrulea from his Graveyard and then Tuned his 2 Infernoids together to Synchro Summon PSY-Framelord Omega! He activated Rekindling next, Special Summoning Decatron back from his Graveyard! He activated its effect to send Infernoid Attondel from his Deck to his Graveyard and then activated his Decatron’s effect to Tribute it and banish the Vanity’s Emptiness in Graniel’s Graveyard. Next, he banished 2 Infernoids from his Graveyard to Special Summon Attondel from his Graveyard, and when Graniel flipped Void Trap Hole, Christensen Tributed Attondel to banish Bottomless Trap Hole from Graniel’s Graveyard. PSY-Framelord Omega attacked directly, dropping Graniel down to 5200 Life Points.
Graniel drew a card and then Omega returned Decatron from the Banished Zone to the Graveyard with its effect. He Summoned Myrmeleo and activated its effect to add Void Trap Hole to his hand. Next, Christensen banished his PSY-Framelord Omega to banish the Void Trap Hole from Graniel’s hand.
Christensen drew a card and then returned Omega to his field in his Standby Phase, and Graniel returned the Void Trap Hole to his hand. He Summoned Card Trooper and activated its effect by sending the top 3 cards of his Deck to his Graveyard. He attacked Myrmeleo with Omega to destroy it, and then attacked directly with Card Trooper.
Graniel drew a card and conceded on his next turn, unable to combat PSY-Framelord Omega!
Duel Two
Christensen opened up Duel 2 with Reasoning, Charge of the Light Brigade, Burial from a Different Dimension, Infernoid Antra, and Infernoid Patrulea.
He activated Charge of the Light Brigade, sending Reasoning, Raigeki, and Infernoid Attondel from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard to add Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn from his Deck to his hand. He Summoned it and activated its effect to send Lyla and Royal Decree from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he activated Reasoning! Graniel called Level 3, and Christensen revealed 6 cards, including 3 Infernoids, which he sent to the Graveyard before revealing and Special Summoning Infernoid Decatron! He activated his Decatron’s effect to send Infernoid Harmadik from his Deck to his Graveyard and increase his Decatron’s Level by 3. He Special Summoned Antra from his hand by banishing Harmadik next, and then Tuned Decatron with Antra to Synchro Summon Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth. He banished Antra from his Graveyard to Special Summon Patrulea from his hand. He Tuned Raiden with Patrulea to Synchro Summon PSY-Framelord Omega, and then banished Infernoid Patrulea, Infernoid Harmadik, and Infernoid Seitsemas from his Graveyard to Special Summon Infernoid Devyaty from his Graveyard. Christensen Set Burial from a Different Dimension before ending his turn.
Graniel Set 3 cards to his back row and then Normal Summoned Kozmo Goodwitch. He activated its effect by paying 500 Life Points, targeting Devyaty to put it face-down. Christensen Chained his Devyaty’s effect to Tribute it and negate Goodwitch’s effect, and Graniel Chained his Goodwitch’s effect to banish it and attempt to Special Summon a Kozmo monster from his hand; but Graniel Chained his PSY-Framelord Omega’s effect to banish it along with the Kozmo Forerunner in Graniel’s hand. Graniel revealed Thunder King Rai-Oh from his hand, proving he was no longer able to successfully resolve his Goodwitch’s effect.
Christensen returned his PSY-Framelord Omega to his field in his Standby Phase, and Graniel returned Forerunner to his hand. Christensen activated Galaxy Cyclone to destroy Graniel’s face-down Void Trap Hole. Next, he attacked directly with Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth and PSY-Framelord Omega, dropping Graniel down to 2100 Life Points.
Graniel drew a card, and Christensen returned a Patrulea from his Banished Zone to his Graveyard in the Standby Phase with Omega’s effect. Graniel Summoned Goodwitch and activated its effect by paying 500 Life Points, targeting PSY-Framelord Omega. Christensen Chained his PSY-Framelord Omega’s effect, and Graniel Chained his Goodwitch’s effect to banish his Goodwitch and Special Summon Kozmo Forerunner from his hand. Omega’s effect resolved to have it banish itself, along with the Thunder King Rai-Oh in Christensen’s hand. Forerunner attacked and destroyed Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth.
Christensen returned his Omega to his field in his Standby Phase, and Graniel got back his Thunder King Rai-Oh. Next, Christensen banished 3 Infernoids from his Graveyard to Special Summon Devyaty from his Graveyard, and activated its effect. Graniel Chained Bottomless Trap Hole to try to banish Devyaty; Christensen Chained Void Seer from his hand to protect it; Graniel Chained Traptrix Trap Hole Nightmare to negate the effect of Devyaty and threaten to destroy it; and Christensen banished the Void Seer from his Graveyard to protect his Devyaty once again! Devyaty attacked and destroyed Forerunner, and when Graniel tried to activate his Forerunner’s effect, Christensen Tributed Devyaty to negate it! A direct attack from PSY-Framelord Omega finished Graniel off!
Erik Christensen remains undefeated in the tournament with his Infernoid Deck and advances to the Top 16!