Earl Boone is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and currently has a record of 1-1 with a Gouki Deck. His opponent is Richard Moore from Covington, Georgia and he’s playing ABC-Dragon Buster with Dragon Ravine. It’s a new strategy vs. a tournament-tested deck with a modern twist in this Round 3 Feature Match. It’s time to Duel!

Duel 1

Moore won the roll and elected to go first.

He started with Terraforming to add Dragon Ravine from his Deck to his hand. It was activated and it was used to discard Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frisson to send Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm from Deck to Graveyard. Then, Darkwurm hopped out of the Graveyard onto the field. Destrudo was used, paying half of Moore’s LP and Special Summoning it at Level 3. Then, both monsters were used to Synchro Summon Ancient Fairy Dragon! Its effect was used to Special Summon B-Buster Drake, then Ancient Fairy Dragon’s effect was used to destroy Dragon Ravine to add Union Hangar from Deck to hand. Union Hangar was activated and C-Crush Wyvern was added to hand. Ancient Fairy Dragon and B-Buster Drake were used to Link Summon Underclock Taker. Buster Drake’s effect was activated to add A-Assault Core to hand. Then C-Crush Wyvern was Normal Summoned, and it and Underclock Taker were used to Link Summon Decode Talker. Then, C-Crush Wyvern’s effect Special Summoned A-Assault Core, and ABC-Dragon Buster was Special Summoned! Next, Pot of Desires came down, banishing 10 face-down to draw 2 cards. Moore Set one to the back row and passed.

Boone started with a hand of Gouki Re-Match, Gouki Headbatt, Solemn Strike, Scapegoat and Gouki Twistcobra. He drew Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit for turn. He Set Gouki Twistcobra and the 3 backrow cards and passed. In the end of the Main Phase, Moore activated ABC-Dragon Buster, splitting it apart into A-Assault Core, B-Buster Drake and C-Crush Wyvern from the Graveyard.

Moore drew for turn. He used A-Assault Core and B-Buster Drake to Xyz Summon Diamond Dire Wolf. Diamond Dire Wolf’s effect activated, targeting itself and the center backrow which was chained: Scapegoat. Moore then activated Terraforming to add another Union Hangar from Deck to hand. The new Union Hangar was activated over the old one, adding C-Crush Wyvern from Deck to hand. B-Buster Drake was Normal Summoned and Union Hangar’s effect let him equip C-Crush Wyvern to B-Buster Drake. Decode Talker attacked into Gouki Twistcobra, whose effect let him add Gouki Suprex from Deck to hand. B-Buster Drake attacked into a Sheep Token. Next, Moore banished A, B, and C from the Graveyard to Special Summon ABC-Dragon Buster; but the Summon was negated by Boone’s Solemn Strike! He passed there.

Boone drew Gouki Riscorpio. He used a Sheep Token to Link Summon Linkuriboh! Then the other 2 Tokens were used to Link Summon Proxy Dragon! Next, Gouki Suprex was Normal Summoned and its effect Special Summoned Gouki Riscorpio from the hand. Next, Moore activated Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries from hand, revealing Saryuja Skull Dread, forcing Boone to banish his 2 copies from the Extra Deck. He used the 2 Link Monsters and Gouki Suprex to Link Summon Borreload Dragon. Gouki Suprex activated in the Graveyard, adding Gouki Headbatt. Boone activated Gouki Headbatt’s effect from hand, targeting Gouki Riscorpio and Special Summoning Gouki Headbatt. Moore activated Torrential Tribute, clearing the field. Moore resolved C-Crush Wyvern and B-Buster Drake’s in-Graveyard effects while Boone added Gouki Twistcobra and Re-Match. Next, Boone activated his Set Gouki Re-Match, Special Summoning Gouki Twistcobra and Gouki Suprex from the Graveyard in Defense Position. Next, he used the two monsters to Link Summon Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights! Isolde’s effect added Gouki Suprex while Gouki Twistcobra’s effect added Gouki Riscorpio.

Moore started the turn with C-Crush Wyvern on the field. He Normal Summoned B-Buster Drake and used both to Xyz Symmon Bujintei Tsukuyomi. He activated the effect, discarding his hand to draw 2. He then used it to attack and destroy Isolde.

Boone Normal Summoned Gouki Suprex, then Special Summoned Gouki Riscorpio. He then activated Gouki Re-Match to Special Summon Gouki Headbatt and Gouki Twistcobra from the Graveyard. He used Gouki Suprex and Gouki Headbatt to Link Summon Missus Radiant. The Graveyard effects added Gouki Headbatt and Gouki Suprex from Deck to hand. Next, Gouki Headbatt’s in-hand effect targeted Gouki Riscorpio, Special Summoning Gouki Headbatt. Missus Radiant attacked into Bujintei Tsukuyomi, then Twistcobra’s effect was used on Gouki Riscorpio to make the next attack Duel-ending!

Duel 2

Moore elected to go first in Duel 2. He started with Set Rotation, giving Boone Union Hangar while giving himself Dragon Ravine. He flipped up Dragon Ravine and activated the effect, discarding A-Assault Core to dump Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm from the Deck to the Graveyard. Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm hopped out of the Graveyard, then Moore Normal Summoned Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and the two monsters were used to Synchro Summon Ancient Fairy Dragon. (Moore then said “when you discard the wrong monster for Dragon Ravine, you gotta do what you gotta do!”) Its effect was used to destroy the Field Spell, but Boone shut it down with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring.

Boone started off with Gouki Suprex whose effect Special Summoned Gouki Riscorpio. The two monsters were used to Link Summon Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights. The three monsters started a new Chain with Moore responding with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring negating Gouki Suprex’s effect which was the last link in the chain. Boone added Gouki Twistcobra and Gouki Re-Match to his hand, and Gouki Re-Match was activated, Special Summoning Gouki Riscorpio and Gouki Suprex. Gouki Headbatt came down next, then all 3 monsters were used to Link Summon Borreload Dragon. Gouki Headbatt was used to add Gouki Suprex to hand, and Borreload Dragon attacked into and stole Ancient Fairy Dragon. Its effect was used in Main Phase 2 to blow up Dragon Ravine.

Moore activated Union Hangar which searched for B-Buster Drake, which was Normal Summoned and C-Crush Wyvern was equipped from the Deck. A-Assault Core was banished from the Graveyard along with the other 2 cards from the field to Special Summon ABC-Dragon Buster. In the End Phase, Borreload Dragon cut ABC’s ATK by 500 and Ancient Fairy Dragon was sent to the Graveyard.

Boone Normal Summoned Gouki Suprex then Special Summoned Gouki Twistcobra then activated Gouki Re-Match Special Summoning Gouki Headbatt and Gouki Suprex from the Graveyard. Boone entered the Battle Phase and attacked with Borreload Dragon and activated the effect to cut ABC’s ATK by 500. After the chain resolved, ABC’s effect activated, tagging out into A-Assault Core, B-Buster Drake, and C-Crush Wyvern. Union Hangar’s effect equipped B-Buster Drake with A-Assault Core. Borreload Dragon redirected its attack to C-Crush Wyvern, taking it. Gouki Twistcobra’s effect Tributed Gouki Headbatt to power up Gouki Suprex letting it attack over B-Buster Drake, forcing the equipped A-Assault Core off. In Main Phase 2, Gouki Suprex and C-Crush Wyvern were used to Xyz Summon Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir.

Moore Normal Summoned A-Assault Core which switched to Defense Position due to Number 41’s effect. Union Hangar equipped C-Crush Wyvern to A-Assault Core. Next, Pot of Desires came down, banishing 10 cards face-down to let Moore draw 2. He then used the two monsters to Link Summon Qliphort Genius! Time was called in the round. A-Assault Core’s effect added back another A-Assault Core while B-Buster Drake’s effect added another B-Buster Drake. He then banished an A, B and C from his Graveyard to Special Summon ABC-Dragon Buster from the Extra Deck which was forced to Defense Position. Boone then activated Borreload Dragon’s effect to cut ABC’s ATK by 500.

Boone drew Gouki Headbatt for turn. He detached Gouki Suprex from Number 41 to keep it around. Then, Gouki Re-Match came down, Special Summoning Gouki Headbatt and Gouki Riscorpio from the Graveyard. The 4 Gouki monsters were used to Link Summon Saryuja Skull Dread! All 4 Gouki effects added 4 more cards from Deck to hand and Skull Dread’s effect let Boone draw 4 and send 3 back to the bottom of the Deck. He sent Evenly Matched, Gouki Twistcobra and another Gouki back to the Deck. Borreload Dragon attacked into and stole ABC-Dragon Buster and Skull Dread attacked directly. Next, Boone switched Number 41 to Attack Position, allowing him to use ABC-Dragon Buster’s effect to banish Union Hangar. He Set Twin Twisters and passed.

Moore activated a second Pot of Desires, but Boone used Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to stop it, and that was enough to end the Match!

Earl Boone takes the Match with Goukis!