Jeffrey Jones is currently 2-0 with his awesome Phantom Knights Deck. A brand new archetype from Wing Raiders, Jones is looking to take advantage of his opponent’s unfamiliarity and make his way to the Top 8. However, his opponent Ed Acepcion is standing in his way. Acepcion is Dueling with Monarchs this weekend, trying to defeat his opponents with powerful Tribute Monsters.

Can Jones prove that Phantom Knights are a force to be reckoned with? Or will Acepcion come out on top?

Duel One:

Jones had two copies of Speedroid Terrortop, two copies of Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade, and Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. He added Speedroid Taketomborg to his hand and then Special Summoned it before he overlayed both for Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss. He activated the effect of Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss and sent Solemn Strike, The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves, and Phantom Knights’ Wing. He activated the effect of The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves and sent The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots to the Graveyard. He then activated the effect of Phantom Knights’ Wing to Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots. He Normal Summoned Speedroid Terrortop next and overlayed it with The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots for Leviair the Sea Dragon. He activated the effect of Leviair the Sea Dragon to Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves.

Acepcion Normal Summoned Edea the Heavenly Squire but lost to Jones’ Set Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade. He Set back row and ended.

Jones drew Twin Twister for turn. He activated the effect of Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss to send Phantom Knights’ Wing and two other cards to his Graveyard. He then activated Leviair the Sea Dragon to Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots. He overlayed The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots along with The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves for The Phantom Knights of Break Sword. He activated the effect of The Phantom Knights of Breaks Sword to destroy his own Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade along with Acepcion’s Set Pantheism of the Monarchs. He banished the Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade to Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves before he Normal Summoned Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit and overlayed the two for Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss. He used its effect to send three card to the Graveyard, but with an overwhelm amount of damage in play, Acepcion conceded!

After a flurry of Special Summons, Jones takes down the first Duel with his exciting new Phantom Knights!

Acepcion chose to go first after Side Decking.

Duel Two:

Acepcion started with Upstart Goblin, then activated Domain of the True Monarchs and Set a back row before he ended.

Jones started with Twin Twister, Solemn Warning, Magic Deflector, and two copies of Mask of Restrict, before he drew Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade. He Set it all except the second Mask of Restrict.

Jones drew Raigeki and Set it before he ended.

Acepcion drew and passed.

Jones drew Foolish Burial and chose to start his turn with Twin Twister discarding Phantom Knights’ Wing, but Acepcion responded with his own copy discarding Erebus the Underworld Monarch which Jones negated with his Magic Deflector! He activated Foolish Burial next to send The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak, and then used its effect to add The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves to his hand. He Normal Summoned and declared an attack before he ended his turn.

Acepcion drew and Set a card to his back row before he ended.

Jones drew Dark Hole for turn and pressed for another attack before he ended.

Acepcion drew and activated Tenacity of the Monarchs, revealing Ehther the Heavenly Monarch, to add Pantheism of the Monarchs. He then activate the spell by discarding Return of the Monarchs to draw two cards, then used its effect banishing itself to reveal two copies of The Prime Monarch and a single copy of Pantheism of the Monarchs. Jones chose to give him Pantheism of the Monarchs, and Acepcion continued by activating it and discarding Domain of the True Monarchs to draw two cards. He then activated a third copy discarding Tenacity of the Monarchs to draw two more cards! Acepcion Normal Summoned Edea the Heavenly Squire and Jones responded with Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade, but Acepcion activated Twin Twister to destroy the Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade along with Jones’ Set Mask of Restrict. However, once the Edea the Heavenly Squire resolved Jones Flipped another copy of Mask of Restrict. Acepcion attacked with his Edea the Heavenly Squire into Jones’ Monster to add back Pantheism of the Monarchs and use it to draw two more cards, but ended once he was done.

Jones drew The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots for turn and Special Summoned it. He banished The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak to add another copy of The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots. He overlayed for Leviair the Sea Dragon and used its effect to Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak. He banished The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves to send The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots to the Graveyard, then banished Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade to Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots. He overlayed both Phantom Knights for a second copy of Leviair the Sea Dragon and used its effect to Special Summon The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves. He then Normal Summoned The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots that he had searched earlier, and overlayed it alongside The Phantom Knights of Ragged Gloves to Xyz Summon The Phantom Knights of Break Sword to win the Duel!

With impressive mastery, Jeff Jones defeats Ed Acepcion 2-0 with his Phantom Knights Deck to move on undefeated with a 3-0 record!