Nicholas Alombro is one of the few Duelists who has managed to clench one of the coveted seats as a VIP this weekend, by winning a VIP Qualifier Tournament he has been awarded with two round byes along with a static table, which he will return to after his feature match. He has chosen to use Kozmos this weekend, a solid choice as it had placed third at YCS Las Vegas. His opponent is Vikash Motwani who is piloting the popular variant of Performapals that incorporatse the Draco engine, another solid choice given that it took first and second at YCS Las Vegas.

Motwani won the roll and chose to go first.

Duel One:

Motwani thought for a moment before he placed Performapal Monkeyboard in his Pendulum Zone, using its effect to add Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer to his hand. He placed Performapal Lizardraw in his Pendulum Zone as well, and then Pendulum Summoned Performapal Silver Claw, Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer, and Guiding Ardiadne. He activated Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer to destroy both of his Pendulum Scales and added Performapal Lizardraw as well as Performapal Skullcrobat Joker to his hand. He Normal Summoned the Performapal Skullcrobat Joker to add Performapal Guitartle, then placed it in his Pendulum Zone along with Performapal Lizardraw to draw two cards after destroying Lizardraw. He overlayed Performapal Skullcrobat Joker and Performapal Silver Claw for Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer, then Set two before he added Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer to his hand during the End Phase thanks to Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer.

Alombro had a hand of Reasoning, Kozmo Strawman, Twin Twister, and two copies of Solemn Strike before he drew Oasis of Dragon Souls for turn. He started with Twin Twister, ditching Kozmo Strawman to destroy Motwani’s Set Chaos Trap Hole and Wavering Eyes. He activated Reasoning, prompting Motwani to call Level 8, but Flipped Kozmo Farmgirl right off the top. He crashed the Kozmo Farmgirl into Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer before he Set three to his back row.

Motwani drew and placed Archfiend Eccentrick in his Pendulum Zone, using it to destroy itself and Alombro’s Set Oasis of Dragon Souls. He Normal Summoned Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer and Synchro Summoned Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer using it along with Guiding Ardiadne. However, the Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer never saw the light of day thanks to Alombro’s Solemn Strike. Motwani pushed forward with Upstart Goblin into Draco Face-Off, putting Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer and Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord in the ring. Good triumphed over evil as Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer won the Flip and was Special Summoned. He activated Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer next to try to Special Summon Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer from his Extra Deck, but lost out to Alombro’s Solemn Strike. Motwani declared an attack with Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer and ended his turn.

Alombro with no cards in hand or on the Field drew Kozmo Tincan for turn! He Normal Summoned it and activated it during the End Phase, revealing Kozmo Dark Destroyer, Kozmo Sliprider, and Kozmo Forerunner. Kozmo Forerunner was randomly added to his hand, and the rest of the ships hit the Graveyard.

Motwani drew for turn and thought for a moment before he Normal Summoned Denko Sekka. He overlayed both for Number 39: Utopia, then overlayed Number 39: Utopia the Lightning right on top! In response to the Summon, Alombro used Kozmo Tincan to Special Summon Kozmo Forerunner from his hand in Attack Position. The Number 39: Utopia the Lightning attacked over the Kozmo Forerunner before Motwani ended.

Alombro with no cards once again drew Kozmotown! He activated it and used it to add back Kozmo Tincan before he Normal Summoned it. He moved to End Phase and paid himself down to 750 Life Points to reveal Kozmo Dark Destroyer, Kozmo Sliprider, and Kozmoll Wickedwitch. Alombro’s luck continued as the Kozmo Dark Destroyer was randomly added to his hand!

Motwani drew, but Alombor used the effect of his Kozmo Tincan to Special Summon Kozmo Dark Destroyer and destroy the Number 39: Utopia the Lightning! It didn’t matter though, as Motwani had drawn a Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer to go along with his Performapal Guitartle in his Pendulum Scale to Pendulum Summon and win the Duel!

End Field of Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer, Guiding Ardiadne, Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord, and Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer

Alombro’s streak of luck ends as Motwani manages to assemble his Pendulum Scale to win the Duel. Can Alombro manage to win the next two Duels? Or will Motwani show his Pendulum mastery and give the VIP his first loss?

Alombro chose to go first in the second Duel.

Duel Two:

Alombro started with a hand of two Kozmotown, Twin Twister, Call of the Haunted, and Emergency Teleport. He Set Call of the Haunted along with Twin Twister, then played Kozmotown before he moved to End Phase and activated Emergency Teleport. He Special Summoned Kozmo Tincan and used its effect to reveal Kozmo Dark Destroyer, Kozmo Sliprider, and Kozmo Forerunner. The Kozmo Forerunner was randomly added to his hand as the rest hit the Graveyard. Still during the End Phase, Alombro used the other effect of Kozmo Tincan to Special Summon Kozmo Forerunner.

Motwani started by placing Archfiend Eccentrick in his Pendulum Zone. He used its effect to destroy itself along with Alombro’s Set Twin Twister, which Alombro Chained discarding his Kozmotown to destroy his in play copy of Kozmotown. The Kozmotown triggered which let him add Kozmo Dark Destroyer to his hand. Motwani pushed forward with Draco Face-Off, putting Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer along with Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord into an epic struggle. LIGHT prevailed as Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer was placed into the Pendulum Zone and Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord into his Extra Deck. Motwani placed Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer in his Pendulum Zone, then activated the effect of Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer to destroy the Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer and add another copy to his hand. He placed that new copy into his Pendulum Zone, but this prompted Alombro to Flip his Set Call of the Haunted. He Special Summoned Kozmo Dark Destroyer and used its effect to destroy his own Kozmo Forerunner, which then triggered to Special Summon Kozmo Sliprider. The Kozmo Sliprider tried to destroy the Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer, but Motwani had Wavering Eyes! Both of his Pendulum Scales were destroyed and he dealt 500 to Alombro while adding Performapal Monkeyboard to his hand. He placed it in his Pendulum Zone and activated it to add Performapal Lizardraw, which he put alongside it as a Pendulum Scale. He Pendulum Summoned two copies of Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer, Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord, Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer, and Archfiend Eccentrick. He Synchro Summoned Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer using Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer and Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer, then used its effect to Special Summon Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer to the Field. He used the other effect of Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer to destroy his own Performapal Lizardraw and spin away the Kozmo Dark Destroyer. He overlayed Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord and Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer for Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer, and used its effect to Special Summon Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer. He then Synchro Summoned Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer and that was enough for Alombro!

end Field of double Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer and Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer

And that’s it! Vikash Motwani defeats Nicholas Alombro to move on with a 3-0 record!