Round 7 Feature Match: Rashad Jones vs. Brendan Beckmann
Welcome to Round 7! There’s this round and one more before the cut to Day 2. If you’ve been keeping up with our Top Tables updates, you may have noticed a SPYRAL Deck amongst the sea of True Draco, Pendulum Magician and 60-card Zombie Decks. We’ve got that SPYRAL Deck as part of our Feature Match for this round. Rashad Jones from Atlanta, Georgia is currently undefeated with SPYRALs and is at Table 5 facing off against Brendan Beckmann from Denver Colorado who has Pendulum Magicians with him this weekend. Who will still be undefeated going into the final round of Day 1? It’s time to Duel!
Duel 1
Jones won the roll and elected to go second.
Beckmann started off with Mythical Beast Master Cerberus in the Pendulum Zone and tried to use the effect but Jones chained Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to negate it.
Jones drew PSY-Framegear Gamma to add to his hand of PSY-Framegear Gamma, SPYRAL Super Agent, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit and Forbidden Chalice. He activated SPYRAL Super Agent’s effect calling monster with Beckmann revealing Harmonizing Magician off the Top of the Deck. Jones Special Summoned SPYRAL Super Agent and used the effect to destroy Beckmann’s Mythical Beast Master Cerberus. He attacked with SPYRAL Super Agent for 1900 and Set Forbidden Chalice before passing.
Beckmann activated another Mythical Beast Master Cerberus and used the effect to destroy itself add Mythical Beast Jackal King to his hand. He then activated Abyss Actor – Curtain Raiser and used its effect to Special Summon itself. Beckmann then activated Mythical Beast Jackal King and used its effect to destroy itself to Special Summon Mythical Beast Master Cerberus from the Extra Deck. Beckmann used both monsters to Link Summon Heavymetalfoes Electrumite. He activated its effect but Jones chained Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit to destroy Heavymetalfoes Electrumite. Beckmann resolved the effect anyway and sent Supreme King Gate Infinity to the Extra Deck.
Jones drew the third PSY-Framegear Gamma (ouch). He attacked with SPYRAL Super Agent for another 1900.
Beckmann drew and passed.
Jones drew Twin Twisters. SPYRAL Super Agent attacked again, leaving Beckmann at 2300 LP. He Set Twin Twisters and passed.
Beckmann activated another Mythical Beast Master Cerberus and used the effect to destroy it to add Mythical Beast Jackal King from his Deck to his hand. He activated it and Jones chained Twin Twisters, discarding a Gamma to destroy Mythical Beast Jackal King. Beckmann Set a monster and passed.
Jones drew Monster Reborn. SPYRAL Super Agent attacked and destroyed Beckmann’s Black Fang Magician.
Beckmann activated Harmonizing Magician and Mythical Beast Jackal King. He used Wisdom-Eye Magician and used the effect to place Oafdragon Magician in the Pendulum Zone. Oafdragon Magician’s effect picked up Black Fang Magician and that was Pendulum Summoned along with the Mythical Beast Jackal King from the Extra Deck. Both monsters attacked, clearing Jones’s SPYRAL Super Agent leaving Jones at 5600 LP with Beckmann at 2300 LP.
Jones drew Droll & Lock Bird. He Set it and passed.
Beckmann used Mythical Beast Jackal King and Black Fang Magician to Link Summon Heavymetalfoes Electrumite and used the effect to put Astrograph Sorcerer from the Deck to the Extra Deck. Heavymetalfoes Electrumite’s effect activated, destroying Harmonizing Magician and adding back the Astrograph. Beckmann was about to construct the chain but Jones conceded here.
Duel 2
Once again, Jones elected for Beckmann to go first. Beckmann started off with Oafdragon Magician and Wisdom-Eye Magician. Wisdom-Eye Magician’s effect was used to destroy itself to place Harmonizing Magician in the Pendulum Zone. When the chain resolved, Beckmann activated Chronograph Sorcerer, Special Summoning it and Purple Poison Magician from the hand. After the chain resolved, Jones activated Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries, revealing Heavymetalfoes Electrumite. Beckmann banished all 3 copies from his Extra Deck. Beckmann used Oafdragon Magician’s effect to add Wisdom-Eye Magician from the Extra Deck which was Normal Summoned. He then used 2 monsters to Link Summon Underclock Taker, then Beckmann used Wisdom-Eye Magician and Purple Poison Magician to Xyz Summon Tornado Dragon. He Set one to the back and passed.
Jones started off by Normal Summoning SPYRAL Quik-Fix, using its effect to add SPYRAL GEAR – Big Red to his hand. Jones then Foolish Burial, sending SPYRAL GEAR – Drone to the Graveyard. He then activated Monster Reborn to Special Summon SPYRAL GEAR – Drone, and its effect was used to let Jones rearrange the top 3 cards of Beckmann’s Deck. Jones then used SPYRAL Quik-Fix and SPYRAL GEAR – Drone to Link Summon SPYRAL Double Helix. He used its effect, calling monster with Beckmann revealing Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring on top of the Deck. Jones Special Summoned SPYRAL Master Plan and Jones used her effect to add SPYRAL MISSION – Rescue from his Deck to his hand. SPYRAL Master Plan and SPYRAL Double Helix were used to Link Summon Decode Talker. SPYRAL Master Plan’s effect let Jones add SPYRAL Resort and SPYRAL Sleeper. Jones then used SPYRAL Super Agent’s effect in his hand, calling monster and that was enough for Beckmann. He conceded as we quickly moved to a third and final game.
Duel 3
Beckmann elected for Jones to start. He started with a hand of SPYRAL Master Plan, SPYRAL Quik-Fix, Forbidden Chalice, SPYRAL Tough and SPYRAL GEAR – Big Red. He Normal Summoned SPYRAL Quik-Fix and used the effect to add SPYRAL GEAR – Drone from his Deck to his hand. He then sent SPYRAL Quik-Fix to the Graveyard to Link Summon Linkuriboh! SPYRAL GEAR – Big Red was activated next, Special Summoning SPYRAL Quik-Fix from the Graveyard. He Set Forbidden Chalice and passed.
Beckmann activated Mythical Beast Master Cerberus and used the effect, destroying it to add Mythical Beast Jackal King from his Deck to his hand. He activated Jackal King and used its effect to destroy it to Special Summon Mythical Beast Master Cerberus from the Extra Deck. He then activated Oafdragon Magician and Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm, giving Mythical Beast Master Cerberus 4 Spell Counters. Beckmann activated Mythical Beast Master Cerberus’s effect targeting Jones’s SPYRAL Quik-Fix but Jones chained Forbidden Chalice on Mythical Beast Master Cerberus to negate its effect. Beckmann Normal Summoned Purple Poison Magician and both monsters were used to Link Summon Heavymetalfoes Electrumite. He used the effect to send Astrograph Sorcerer from his Deck to the Extra Deck. Beckmann used the other effect, destroying Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm and adding Astrograph Sorcerer to his hand. Astrograph Sorcerer’s effect was used to Special Summon itself and add another Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm from his Deck to his hand. Beckmann also drew a card for Heavymetalfoes Electrumite’s effect. Next, Beckmann activated Wisdom-Eye Magician and used the effect to destroy itself and put Black Fang Magician from the Deck in the Pendulum Zone. He then used Oafdragon Magician’s effect to add Purple Poison Magician from his Extra Deck back to his hand. He then Pendulum Summoned Mythical Beast Jackal King, Purple Poison Magician, 2 Darkwurms and Astrograph Sorcerer. He then used Purple Poison Magician and a Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm to Link Summon another Heavymetalfoes Electrumite whose effect sent another Astrograph Sorcerer from the Deck to the Extra Deck. He then used that Heavymetalfoes Electrumite to destroy Oafdragon Magician and bring back an Astrograph Sorcerer, whose effect let Beckmann Special Summon it and add another Wisdom-Eye Magician from his Deck to his hand. Wisdom-Eye Magician was activated and used to destroy itself to put Purple Poison Magician in the Pendulum Zone with Mythical Beast Jackal King gaining 2 Spell Counters from Wisdom-Eye Magician’s activation. Beckmann went into the Battle Phase, and he attacked with Mythical Beast Jackal King into Linkuriboh whose effect was activated but Beckmann chained Jackal King, removing 2 Spell Counters to negate the effect. He redeclared the attack on SPYRAL Quik-Fix and in the Damage Step, Beckmann used the Pendulum effect of Purple Poison Magician to destroy itself and Mythical Beast Jackal King gain ATK points. Purple Poison Magician’s monster effect activated to destroy Jones’s SPYRAL Quik-Fix and the rest of the monsters attacked to wipe out Jones’s LP!
Beckmann moves on with his undefeated record intact!