Jermaine Leach is here from Philadelphia, and he’s packing an awesome Cyber Dragon strategy! He makes use of That Grass Looks Greener to fill his Graveyard with Cyber Dragon Core, Jinzo, Jinzo – Returner, and other Machines for Overload Fusion. He’s using Interrupted Kaiju Slumber and some Kaiju monsters as well, and most of his cards can play off the fact that Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju is a LIGHT Machine. His opponent is Christopher Rodriguez, who recently made the top cut of YCS Denver in his home town! He’s using a Zoodiac Deck, but with some toadally awesome tech choices: Tin Goldfish and Mother Grizzly! Those two, along with Elder Entity Norden, give him access to Bahamut Shark and Toadally Awesome! Mother Grizzly is also a Beast-Warrior, so it’s searchable with Fire Formation – Tenki and Zoodiac Broadbull!

Duel 1

Rodriguez won the die roll and chose to play first. He Summoned Tin Goldfish, and Special Summoned Mother Grizzly. He Xyz Summoned Bahamut Shark, and Special Summoned Toadally Awesome with its effect. He activated Zoodiac Barrage, Special Summoned Zoodiac Ratpier, and discarded Lunalight Black Sheep to add Fusion Substitute to his hand. He Xyz Summoned Zoodiac Boarbow, and Special Summoned another Ratpier. He upgraded Boarbow into Zoodiac Broadbull, and used its effect to add Zoodiac Whiptail to his hand. He played Fusion Substitute, combining Broadbull and Bahamut into Elder Entity Norden, and Special Summoned Mother Grizzly. He used them to Xyz Summon another Bahamut Shark, and Special Summoned another Toadally Awesome! He upgraded Ratpier into Zoodiac Tigermortar, then that into Zoodiac Drident. He used Fusion Substitute’s effect in the Graveyard to draw a card. He finished by Setting one card to his back row.

Leach had a hand of Union Hangar, Instant Fusion, Interrupted Kaiju Slumber, Cyber Dragon Core, Lost Wind, and Overload Fusion. He played Union Hangar, and Rodriguez Tributed a Toadally Awesome to negate it, but chose not to Set it on his field. Leach played Instant Fusion next, and Special Summoned Panzer Dragon. He Normal Summoned Cyber Dragon Core next, adding Cyber Repair Plant to his hand. He combined Panzer and Core into Chimeratech Fortress Dragon. Now that Core was in his Graveyard, he played Cyber Repair Plant to add Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju to his hand! He Tributed Toadally Awesome to hand over Jizukiru. With both Toadally Awesome gone, he could activate Interrupted Kaiju Slumber! The field was wiped clean, then a Jizukiru hit Leach’s board, while Gameciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju went to Rodriguez’s side. Leach sent his Kaiju to destroy Rodriguez’s in battle. He Set Lost Wind to finish his turn.

Rodriguez played another Tin Goldfish, and Special Summoned Zoodiac Thoroughblade. It discarded Whiptail for its effect, letting Rodriguez draw a card. He upgraded Thoroughblade into Broadbull and added Lunalight Black Sheep to his hand, then used it to get Fusion Substitute to his hand. He turned Broadbull into Zoodiac Chakanine, and had it Special Summon Broadbull to the field. He played Fusion Substitute, combining Broadbull and Chakanine into Elder Entity Norden, and Norden’s effect was negated by Leach’s Lost Wind. Rodriguez combined Norden and Tin Goldfish into Bahamut, allowing Leach to Set Lost Wind back on the field. Bahamut Special Summoned Toadally Awesome, then Rodriguez played Zoodiac Barrage. He had it destroy itself to Special Summon Whiptail. He used Fusion Substitute in the Graveyard to return Norden to the Extra Deck and draw a card, then activated Instant Fusion to play Norden yet again! It Special Summoned Thoroughblade, and he used Norden and Thoroughblade to Xyz Summon Daigusto Emeral. He used Emeral to return Norden, Tigermortar, and Toadally Awesome to the Extra Deck and draw a card. He upgraded Whiptail into Tigermortar, and that into Drident. It destroyed Leach’s Jizukiru, and finally Rodriguez went to the Battle Phase! His monsters reduced Leach to 1800 Life Points. He Set one card to finish.

Leach drew B-Buster Drake. He had that, Lost Wind, and Overload Fusion. He activated Interrupted Kaiju Slumber from his Graveyard, adding Jizukiru from his Deck to his hand. He Special Summoned it to Rodriguez’s side, Tributing Toadally Awesome. He banished Cyber Dragon Core from his Graveyard to Special Summon another Core to the field. He Normal Summoned B-Buster Drake, and Rodriguez used his Drident to destroy Core, but Leach negated Drident with Lost Wind! He combined Core, Buster Drake, and Jizukiru into a 3000 ATK Chimeratech Fortress Dragon! He activated Overload Fusion, and Rodriguez flipped up Imperial Order. Leach simply sent his Fortress Dragon to wipe out Drident, leaving Rodriguez with 2900 Life Points. He passed his turn, with no cards but his Fortress Dragon.

Rodriguez paid 700 Life Points for his Imperial Order. He used Emeral to return Drident, Whiptail, and Toadally Awesome to draw a card. Rodriguez used Bahamut to Special Summon a Toadally Awesome, then played Speedroid Terrortop. He added Speedroid Taketomborg to his hand and Special Summoned it, then Xyz Summoned M-X-Saber Invoker! He used Invoker to get Whiptail to the field, upgraded it into Drident, and destroyed Fortress Dragon! That gave him the opening to finish off Leach’s remaining Life Points!

Duel 2

Leach chose to play second. Rodriguez started with Speedroid Terrortop, and Special Summoned Speedroid Taketomborg from his hand. He combined them into M-X-Saber Invoker, which was negated by Leach’s Effect Veiler. Rodriguez continued with Zoodiac Barrage, which destroyed itself to Special Summon Zoodiac Ratpier. He upgraded it into Boarbow, and Special Summoned another Ratpier. He turned Boarbow into Zoodiac Chakanine, and brought Boarbow back to the field. He used Fusion Substitute to fuse his Zoodiacs into Elder Entity Norden, Special Summoned Ratpier, then Normal Summoned Mother Grizzly! He combined Grizzly and Norden into Bahamut Shark, which Special Summoned Toadally Awesome. He upgraded Ratpier into Broadbull, added Lunalight Black Sheep to his hand, and had that add Fusion Substitute to his hand. He banished Fusion Substitute from his Graveyard to put Norden back and draw a new card. He activated the Fusion Substitute in his hand next, combining Broadbull and Bahamut into Norden. Norden revived Mother Grizzly, and he made a new Bahamut, which Special Summoned another Toadally Awesome. He used Fusion Substitute in the Graveyard yet again, recycling Norden and getting a new card. He upgraded Ratpier into Tigermortar, and that into Drident. He Set one back row card to finish, ending with double Toad, Drident, and Bahamut just like in the first Duel!

Leach had a hand of Machine Duplication, Jinzo, Interrupted Kaiju Slumber, B-Buster Drake, and Jinzo – Returner. He activated Interrupted Kaiju Slumber, and Rodriguez Tributed a Toad to negate it and Set it on his side. Leach Normal Summoned B-Buster Drake, and sent it to attack Drident. Rodriguez let it go, not wanting to trigger Buster Drake’s effect. Leach Set Machine Duplication as a bluff. In the End Phase, Rodriguez flipped Cosmic Cyclone to banish it.

Rodriguez played Instant Fusion to bring Norden to the field again, reviving Ratpier. He combined them into Daigusto Emeral, and used it recycle some Xyz Monsters and draw a card. He used M-X-Saber Invoker to Special Summon Zoodiac Thoroughblade to the field, and turned that into Broadbull. He used its effect to add Whiptail to his hand. He upgraded Broadbull into Drident, and had it destroy Invoker. That gave him room for Bahamut Shark’s effect to Special Summon another Toadally Awesome. He sent his monsters to wipe out B-Buster Drake and attack directly. Buster Drake’s effect put A-Assault Core in Leach’s hand. Leach was down to just 3300 Life Points.

Leach drew Lost Wind and Set it. He Normal Summoned A-Assault Core, and Rodriguez flipped Cosmic Cyclone to banish Lost Wind. Leach sent A-Assault Core to attack Drident, and Rodriguez attached Whiptail to Drident. Drident lost the battle, but A-Assault Core was banished. Leach had nothing left to fight back, and Rodriguez sent his monsters to finish the Duel on his turn!

Christopher Rodriguez is the victor, with his Zoodiac Toad Deck!