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Round 6 Feature Match: Frank Zalar vs. Grant Wilhelm

February 18th, 2018

Florida’s Frank Zalar is Dueling against Houston, Texas’s Grant Wilhelm in this Round 6 Feature Match! Zalar was in our Top Tables Update for Round 5, running the only Burning Abyss Deck at the Top 10 tables. Now he’s facing off against Grant Wilhelm and his True Draco Invoked Deck. Both of these Duelists are currently undefeated, but only one of them can remain undefeated after this Round. We’re about to find out who will prevail! It’s time to Duel!

 

Duel One

Zalar opened up with Pot of Desires, Twin Twisters, Crane Crane, Vanity’s Field, and Graff, Malabranche of the Burning Abyss.

 

 

He activated Desires to banish the top 10 cards of his Deck and draw another Desires and a Fiendish Rhino Warrior. He Special Summoned Graff from his hand and then Tributed it to Summon Vanity’s Fiend. He Set Twin Twisters and passed.

 

Wilhelm activated Terraforming to add Dragonic Diagram to his hand and then Normal Summoned Spellbook Magician of Prophecy. He used its power to add Spellbook of Secrets to his hand and then used Secrets to add Spellbook of Knowledge to his hand. He activated it and sent his Magician of Prophecy to the Graveyard to draw 2 cards. He Set a card to his back row and activated the effect of his Diagram. Zalar flipped Twin Twisters and discarded Fiendish Rhino Warrior in response, destroying only the Diagram so its effect couldn’t resolve. He used the effect of his Rhino Warrior to send Scarm, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss from his Deck to his Graveyard. Wilhelm activated another copy of Terraforming to grab another Diagram next, and then used Pot of Desires to banish the top 10 cards of his Deck face-down and draw 2 cards. He activated the Diagram and used its effect to destroy his face-down Disciples of the True Dracophoenix and add Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King to his hand. He activated True Draco Heritage next, and used its effect to draw a card. Next, he activated another Disciples and Tributed it along with Heritage to Summon Master Peace, making it immune to Spells. He attacked Vanity’s Fiend to destroy it, dropping Zalar down to 7450 Life Points, and Set a card to his back row. Zalar used Scarm’s effect in the End Phase to add Tour Guide From the Underworld from his Deck to his hand.

 

 

Zalar drew another Crane Crane and then Normal Summoned it, activating its effect to Special Summon Graff from his Graveyard. Wilhelm used Master Peace’s effect to destroy Graff, and when Graff’s effect activated, Wilhelm discarded Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring from his hand to negate it. Zalar activated Pot of Desires next, banishing 10 more cards from the top of his Deck to draw 2 more cards. He promptly conceded, picking up nothing that could help him.

 

Wilhelm easily overcomes Zalar’s Turn 1 Vanity’s Fiend and wins the first Duel! Zalar opted to go second in Duel 2!

 

Duel Two

 

Wilhelm activated Terraforming to add Dragonic Diagram to his hand.

 

 

He Summoned Spellbook Magician of Prophecy next, and activated its effect. He lost his Magician to Zalar’s Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, but managed to add Spellbook of Knowledge to his hand with his Magician’s effect. He activated Diagram next, and Set a card to his back row. He used Diagram’s effect to destroy his face-down True Draco Apocalypse and add True Draco Heritage to his hand. He activated Heritage and used its effect to draw a card. He then used the Heritage’s effect to Tribute it and Summon Ignis Heat, the True Dracowarrior.

 

Zalar drew and had Crane Crane, Monster Reborn, Twin Twisters, Fiendish Rhino Warrior, and Barbar, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss in his hand. He Summoned the Crane Crane and activated its effect. Ignis Heat’s effect was Chained to add Disciples of the True Dracophoenix to his hand, and Crane Crane Special Summoned Ghost Ogre from the Graveyard. Ghost Ogre and Crane Crane combined to Summon Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss, and then Dante’s effect was used to send Pot of Desires, Anti-Spell Fragrance, and Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss to his Graveyard. He used Graff’s effect to Special Summon Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss to his field and then sent his 2 monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Underclock Taker. He then used Cir’s effect to Special Summon Dante to his field, and used Dante’s effect to return Cir to his hand. He sent Barbar from his hand to his Graveyard to upgrade Dante into Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal and then used Underclock Tower’s effect to weaken Ignis Heat. Underclock Tower attacked Ignis Heat, and it was protected by Diagram. Beatrice attacked it next, wiping it out and dropping Wilhelm to 4900 Life Points. Zalar Set Twin Twisters before passing.

 

Wilhelm activated Disciples of the True Dracophoenix and Zalar Chained the effect of Beatrice, detaching Dante. He lost out on Beatrice’s effect to Ash Blossom, but then used Dante’s effect to add a card to his hand. Wilhelm tried to use his Disciples’s effect, but lost out to Twin Twisters when Zalar flipped it and discarded Cir. He used Cir’s effect to Special Summon Dante. Wilhelm used Terraforming to get Magical Meltdown next, and used it to add Aleister the Invoker to his hand. He Summoned it and used its effect to get Invocation, and then Special Summoned Gamaciel, the Sea Turtle Kaiju to Zalar’s field by Tributing Beatrice. He used Spellbook of Knowledge to send Aleister to the Graveyard and draw 2 cards, and then used Invocation to banish Aleister and Ash Blossom from his own Graveyard and Fusion Summon Invoked Purgatrio. He activated True Draco Heritage and used its effect to draw 1 card. Next, he Special Summoned Kumongous, the Sticky String Kaiju to his own field. Purgatrio attacked and destroyed Dante, and Dante’s effect added Cir to Zalar’s hand. Purgatrio attacked and destroyed Gamecial next, and then attacked Underclock Taker. Kumongous attacked directly, dropping Zalar down to 3200 Life Points. Wilhelm Set a card to his back row before passing.

 

Zalar drew a card and then gave up 1000 Life Points to activate Cosmic Cyclone, targeting Wilhelm’s face-down Dimensional Barrier. Wilhelm Chained it, declaring Xyz. Zalar used Monster Reborn next, Special Summoning Ghost Ogre from the Graveyard. He Summoned Fiendish Rhino Warrior next, and Tuned his monsters together to Synchro Summon Virgil, Rock Star of the Burning Abyss. He used his Rhino’s effect to send Scarm to his Graveyard. He then used Virgil’s effect to discard Graff and return Purgatrio to the Extra Deck. Next, Virgil attacked and destroyed Kumongous. Zalar added Tour Guide From the Underworld from his Deck to his hand in the End Phase with Scarm’s effect

 

Wilhelm activated Invocation, banishing Aleister from his own Graveyard and Dante from Zalar’s Graveyard. He Special Summoned Invoked Mechaba and then used the effect of the Invocation in his Graveyard to add Aleister to his hand. He activated Terraforming next, using its effect to add Dragonic Diagram to his hand. Next, he used Diagram’s effect to destroy the Aleister in his hand and add Master Peace to his hand. He Summoned Master Peace by Tributing Mechaba and Heritage, and then used Master Peace’s effect to destroy Virgil. A direct attack from Master Peace wiped out the rest of Zalar’s Life Points to end the Duel, and the Match!

 

 

Grant Wilhelm moves on with a 6-0 record!