Ohio’s Tyler Andrews is Dueling against Colorado’s Anthony King in our Round 7 Feature Match! Andrews and King are both currently undefeated with rather unconventional strategies. Andrews is using a Blue-Eyes Deck bolstered by cards from the new Rise of the True Dragons Structure Deck, including Return of the Dragon Lords, Arkbrave Dragon, and Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand. King, on the other hand, is using a Burning Abyss Monarch Deck that mashes together the power of Monarchs with the consistency of a Burning Abyss Deck. Only one of these Duelists will advance to Round 8 with a perfect 7-0 record, and we’re about to find out who it’ll be. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

King started off Duel One by Special Summoning Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss from his hand, followed by Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss.

He activated Return of the Monarchs next, and then Set a card to his back row. He Tributed Cir and Farfa to Summon Ehther the Heavenly Monarch, and then activated the effects of Ehther and Return. He used Return’s effect to add Erebus the Underworld Monarch to his hand, and then used Ehther’s effect to send Pantheism of the Monarchs and The Prime Monarch from his Deck to his Graveyard and Special Summon Kuraz. He used Kuraz’s effect to have it destroy Return of the Monarchs and the Kuraz itself, and then drew two cards from his Deck.

Andrews opened up with Upstart Goblin, Silver’s Cry, Dragon Ravine, One for One, Terraforming, and Silver’s Cry. He activated Terraforming to add Dragon Ravine from his Deck to his hand and then activated Upstart Goblin to draw Arkbrave Dragon and give King 1000 Life Points. He activated Dragon Ravine next, and used its effect to discard Arkbrave Dragon and send The White Stone of Legend from his Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he used the effect of his White Stone to add a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck to his hand. Andrews activated One for One next, discarding his Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Special Summon Glow-Up Bulb from his Deck. He activated Silver’s Cry to Special Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon back from his Graveyard, and then attacked Ehther with his Blue-Eyes to destroy it and drop King down to 8800 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Andrews Tuned his Blue-Eyes with his Glow-Up Bulb to Synchro Summon Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon in Defense Position. He activated another Dragon Ravine next, replacing his first one, and used its effect to discard Silver’s Cry from his hand and send Divine Dragon Ruler Felgrand from his Deck to his Graveyard. He Tributed his Spirit Dragon to Special Summon Michael, the Arch-Lightsworn from his Extra Deck, and then paid 1000 Life Points to banish King’s face-down The Prime Monarch with Michael’s effect. Next, Andrews activated the effect of the Glow-Up Bulb in his Graveyard. He sent Dragon Spirit of White from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard to Special Summon Glow-Up Bulb back to the field, and Tuned Glow-Up Bulb with Michael to Synchro Summon Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon.

King drew a card and then Andrews used the effect of his Arkbrave Dragon to Special Summon Divine Dragon Ruler Felgrand from his Graveyard in King’s Standby Phase. Felgrand banished Ehther from King’s Graveyard to increase its own ATK by 800 with its effect. Next, King banished Pantheism of the Monarchs from his Graveyard to reveal three copies of Tenacity of the Monarchs from his Deck and add one of them to his hand. He activated it by revealing Erebus from his hand and then added The Monarchs Stormforth to his hand with its effect. He banished Return of the Monarchs from his Graveyard to Special Summon The Prime Monarch from his Graveyard, activated The Monarchs Stormforth, and then Tributed The Prime Monarch and Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon to Tribute Summon Erebus the Underworld Monarch. He used Erebus’s effect to send Domain of the True Monarchs and Pantheism from his Deck to his Graveyard and then shuffled Felgrand back into Andrews’s Deck with Erebus’s effect. Erebus attacked directly, and play passed to Andrews.

Andrews drew The White Stone of Ancients and then used Dragon Ravine’s effect to discard it and send another copy of The White Stone of Ancients from his Deck to his Graveyard. He used both of their effects in the End Phase to Special Summon two Blue-Eyes White Dragons from his Deck in Attack Position.

King used the effect of the Pantheism in his Graveyard to add Tenacity from his Deck to his hand and then activated Tenacity to add The Monarchs Stormforth to his hand. He Special Summoned The Prime Monarch from his Graveyard and then activated The Monarchs Stormforth. He Tributed The Prime Monarch along with one of Andrews’ Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Summon Erebus the Underworld Monarch, and then used Erebus’ effect to shuffle Andrews’ remaining Blue-Eyes White Dragon into his Deck. Direct attacks from both copies of Erebus finished Andrews off!

Anthony King’s Burning Abyss Monarch Deck takes the first win over Tyler Andrews and his Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Andrews chose to go second in Duel Two!

Duel Two

King started off Duel Two by Special Summoning Speedroid Terrortop from his hand in Defense Position. He activated its effect to add Speedroid Taketomborg from his Deck to his hand and then Special Summoned Taketomborg. He combined Terrortop with Taketomborg to Xyz Summon Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss and then detached an Xyz Material to send Domain of the True Monarchs, Enemy Controller, and Barbar, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. He activated Pantheism of the Monarchs to discard The Monarchs Stormforth and draw two cards next, and then banished Pantheism from his Graveyard to reveal three copies of Tenacity from his Deck. He added one of them to his hand and activated it by revealing Ehther to add The Monarchs Stormforth from his Deck to his hand. Next, King discarded Calcab, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss to upgrade his Dante into Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal and then Set two cards to his back row.

Andrews opened up with Divine Dragon Lord Felgrand, Effect Veiler, One for One, Silver’s Cry, Dark Hole, and Dragon Spirit of White.

He activated Dark Hole to try to destroy Beatrice, and King Chained Beatrice’s effect to send Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss from his Deck to his Graveyard. Dark Hole resolved to destroy Beatrice, and King used the effects of his Dante, Beatrice, and Cir. He Special Summoned Dante back to the field with Cir’s effect, returned Cir to his hand with Dante’s effect, and Special Summoned Dante, Pilgrim of the Burning Abyss from his Extra Deck with Beatrice’s effect. Andrews activated One for One next, sending his Dragon Spirit of White to the Graveyard to Special Summon The White Stone of Ancients from his Deck in Defense Position. He activated Silver’s Cry to Special Summon his Dragon Spirit of White from the Graveyard and used its effect to banish King’s face-down Twin Twisters from the Duel. Next, Andrews Tuned his Stone with his Dragon Spirit of White to Synchro Summon Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon in Defense Position! King revealed Ehther from his hand and banished Domain of the True Monarchs from his Graveyard to activate Ehther’s effect and attempt to Tribute Summon it. Andrews Chained the effect of his Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon by Tributing it, and King Chained The Monarchs Stormforth. Andrews Special Summoned Black Rose Moonlight Dragon from his Extra Deck, and then Ehther’s effect resolved, allowing King to Tribute the Black Rose Moonlight Dragon and Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss to Special Summon Ehther from his hand. He used Dante’s effect to return Calcab from his Graveyard to his hand and then used Ehther’s effect to send Pantheism of the Monarchs and The Prime Monarch from his Deck to his Graveyard and Special Summon Erebus the Underworld Monarch from his Deck to his field in Attack Position. In the End Phase, Andrews Special Summoned a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his Deck with the effect of The White Stone of Ancients, and King’s Erebus returned to his hand due to the effect of Ehther.

King banished Pantheism of the Monarchs from his Graveyard on his next turn, revealing two copies of Tenacity and The Monarchs Stormforth from his Deck. Andrews added Tenacity to King’s hand, and King activated it to add The Monarchs Stormforth from his Deck to his hand. Next, King Special Summoned The Prime Monarch from his Graveyard and activated The Monarchs Stormforth. He Tributed The Prime Monarch and Andrews’s Blue-Eyes White Dragon to Tribute Summon Erebus the Underworld Monarch in Attack Position. Direct attacks from Erebus, Ehther, and Dante, Pilgrim of the Burning Abyss inflicted 8400 points of damage, wiping out all 8000 of Andrews’s Life Points!

Anthony King takes a quick 2-0 victory over Tyler Andrews to advance undefeated with his Burning Abyss Monarch Deck!