Yacine Sahli from Montreal, Canada is Dueling against Malik Dancy from North Carolina in this Round 9 Feature Match! Sahli is using a Metalfoes Deck featuring a bunch of True Draco cards, while Dancy is using a 60-card Deck featuring That Grass Looks Greener. Both of these Duelists are currently 7-1, and with 2 Swiss Rounds left in the tournament, they’re both looking for a win to help them secure a spot in the Top 32. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Dancy started off Duel 1 by Summoning Lonefire Blossom and Tributing it to Summon another from his Deck. He Tributed that one to Summon a third, and then Tributed his final one to Special Summon Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio. He activated its effect by discarding Wulf, Lightsworn Beast and Special Summoned Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra from his Deck. He used his Cobra’s effect to add Brilliant Fusion from his Deck to his hand and then combined both of his Predaplants to Xyz Summon M-X-Saber Invoker. He detached an Xyz Material from it to activate its effect and Special Summon Heroic Challenger – Thousand Blades from his Deck and then used Thousand Blades and Invoker to Link Summon Missus Radiant. He activated Brilliant Fusion next, sending Gem-Knight Garnet and Performage Trick Clown from his Deck to his Graveyard to Special Summon Gem-Knight Seraphinite Linked to Missus. He Special Summoned Trick Clown from his Graveyard next, and when he lost 1000 Life Points due to its effect, he Special Summoned Thousand Blades from his Graveyard. He Normal Summoned Uni-Zombie next, and then used Seraphinite, Radiant, and Thousand Blades to Link Summon Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion. He used Curious’s effect to send Overtex Qoatlus to his Graveyard. Qoatlus’s effect added Double Evolution Pill to Dancy’s hand, and then Curious sent 2 Ultimate Conductor Tyrannos and an Overtex Qoatlus from the top of Dancy’s Deck to his Graveyard. Dancy used Uni-Zombie’s effect next, sending Mezuki from his Deck to his Graveyard to change Uni-Zombie into a Level 4 monster. He combined Uni-Zombie with Trick Clown to Xyz Summon Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn Linked to Curious. He detached Uni-Zombie to send Charge of the Light Brigade, Left Arm Offering, and SPYRAL Super Agent from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard with Minerva’s effect.

Sahli opened up with Dragonic Diagram, Terraforming, Metalfoes Steelen, Metalfoes Volflame, Metalfoes Silverd, and Astrograph Sorcerer.

He activated Volflame and Steelen in his Pendulum Zones, and then used Volflame’s effect to destroy Steelen and Set Metalfoes Combination from his Deck. He Special Summoned Astrograph Sorcerer from his hand and then used Astrograph’s effect to add another Steelen to his hand. He activated Dragonic Diagram next and used its effect to destroy his face-down Combination and add Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King to his hand. He grabbed Metalfoes Goldriver from his Deck with the effect of Combination. Sahli Normal Summoned Goldriver next and used it and Astrograph as materials to Link Summon Heavymetalfoes Electrumite. He activated its effect, but Dancy discarded Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit from his hand to destroy it. After it was sent to the Graveyard, Sahli sent Rescue Hamster from his Main Deck to his Extra Deck with Electrumite’s effect. Sahli activated Metalfoes Silverd in his open Pendulum Zone and then Pendulum Summon Astrograph Sorcerer from his Extra Deck and Steelen from his hand. He combined both to Link Summon another Electrumite. He then used Silverd’s effect to destroy Volflame and Set Metalfoes Fusion from his Deck. He used Electrumite’s effect to draw a Terraforming. Next, he used Electrumite’s effect to destroy Dragonic Diagram and add an Astrograph Sorcerer to his hand, and then used the Sorcerer’s effect to Special Summon it to the field. He used the Sorcerer’s effect to add a Steelen to his hand. Next, Sahli activated Metalfoes Fusion, combining Electrumite on the field with Steelen in his hand. He Fusion Summoned Metalfoes Mithrilium and then activated 2 copies of Terraforming to add 2 Dragonic Diagrams to his hand. He shuffled Metalfoes Fusion from his Graveyard into his Deck to draw Metalfoes Goldriver next, and then used Mithrilium’s effect. He returned Electrumite and Steelen to his Deck to return Minerva to Dancy’s Extra Deck. Trick Clown dropped to the Graveyard when Minerva left the field, and Dancy used Trick Clown’s effect to Special Summon it back to the field. He took 1000 points of damage by doing so, and then Special Summoned Heroic Challenger – Thousand Blades from his Graveyard to join it. Sahli activated Goldriver in his Pendulum Zone and used its effect to destroy Mithrilium and Set Metalfoes Fusion from his Deck. He then combined Volflame and Astrograph to Link Summon Heavymetalfoes Electrumite, and then used its effect to destroy Goldriver and add Astrograph to his hand. He then Special Summoned the Astrograph. He used Astrograph’s effect to add another Goldriver to his hand. Next, he activated Metalfoes Fusion, fusing the Electrumite on the field with the Goldriver in his hand. He Fusion Summoned Metalfoes Orichalc. With its effect giving all Metalfoes double piercing damage, an attack from Orichalc over Trick Clown’s 0 DEF dealt 5600 points of damage to Dancy and then Astrograph’s attack over Thousand Blades wiped out the last 400 of Dancy’s Life Points!

After a couple of long first turns, Performage Trick Clown proves to be a tremendous liability for Malik Dancy, allowing Sahli to win the first Duel with Metalfoes Orichalc!

Duel Two

Dancy started off Duel 2 by Summoning Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio and used its effect to discard Fairy Tail – Snow and Special Summon Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra from his Deck.

He used its effect to add Brilliant Fusion to his hand and then combined his Predaplants to Xyz Summon M-X-Saber Invoker. He detached an Xyz Material to Special Summon Heroic Challenger – Thousand Blades from his Deck and then combined his 2 monsters to Link Summon Missus Radiant. He activated Brilliant Fusion next, sending Garnet and Trick Clown to the Graveyard to Special Summon Seraphinite Linked to Missus Radiant. He used Trick Clown’s effect to Special Summon it and gave up 1000 Life Points. He Special Summoned Thousand Blades from his Graveyard next, and then used Seraphinite’s additional Normal Summon to Summon Shiranui Solitaire. He Tributed the Solitaire with its effect to Special Summon Uni-Zombie from his Deck and then used Uni-Zombie’s effect to send Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring from his Deck to his Graveyard. He combined Seraphinite, Radiant, and Thousand Blades to Link Summon Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion next, and then used Curious’s effect to send Overtex Qoatlus from his Deck to his Graveyard. He added Double Evolution Pill from his Deck to his Graveyard with Qoatlus’s effect and then used Curious’s effect to send Fossil Dig, Mezuki, and Ophrys Scorpio from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. He banished Brilliant Fusion from his field, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit from his hand, and 5 cards from his Graveyard to Special Summon Fairy Tail – Snow from his Graveyard, and then combined Uni-Zombie, Snow, and Trick Clown to Xyz Summon Bujinki Amaterasu Linked to Curious! He detached Snow from Amaterasu to Special Summon Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, and then activated Double Evolution Pill! He banished Scorpio and Overtex Qoatlus from his Graveyard to Special Summon an Overtex Qoatlus from his Deck and then ended his turn.

Sahli opened up Duel 2 with Dragonic Diagram, Terraforming, Metalfoes Goldriver, Rescue Rabbit, and 2 copies of Evenly Matched. In Sahli’s Standby Phase, Dancy used the effect of his Amaterasu to detach Uni-Zombie and add an Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to his hand. Sahli entered his Battle Phase, and then activated an Evenly Matched from his hand at the end of the Battle Phase. Dancy used Overtex Qoatlus to have it destroy itself and allow him to get a Double Evolution Pill from his Deck while negating the Evenly Matched. Sahli then activated another Evenly Matched! Dancy kept the Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit and banished the rest of his cards face-down. Trick Clown fell to the Graveyard since it was attached to Amaterasu, and Dancy gave up 1000 Life Points to Special Summon it. He Special Summoned Thousand Blades from his Graveyard alongside it. In Main Phase 2, Sahli activated Dragonic Diagram. He Set a card to his back row and then activated the Diagram’s effect. Dancy chose not to Chain any cards, and Sahli destroyed the Rescue Rabbit from his hand to add True King’s Return to his hand. He activated Goldriver in his Pendulum Zone next and used its effect to try to destroy Diagram; but Dancy used the Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit on his field to destroy the Goldriver! Sahli activated Terraforming next but lost out to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. He Set True King’s Return and then passed.

Dancy activated the effect of a SPYRAL Super Agent in his hand on his next turn, declaring monsters. He revealed Rescue Hamster from the top of Sahli’s Deck, Special Summoned the Super Agent, and used Super Agent’s effect to destroy Dragonic Diagram. With Dragonic Diagram gone, Sahli finally conceded.

Yacine Sahli tries to recover from Dancy’s powerful first turn by using 2 copies of Evenly Matched, but it wasn’t enough! The Match is moving on to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Sahli opened up Duel 3 with three copies of Dragonic Diagram, Metalfoes Combination, and Metalfoes Volflame. He activated a Diagram and Set Combination, and then used Diagram’s effect to destroy the Combination and add Master Peace, the True Dracoslaying King to his hand. He used Combination’s effect to add Goldriver to his hand and then activated Volflame in his Pendulum Zone. He used Volflame’s effect to destroy Diagram and Set another Combination from his Deck. Next, he activated a Diagram and used its effect to destroy the Combination. He added True Draco Heritage to his hand with Diagram’s effect, and then added Silverd to his hand with Combination’s effect. He activated Silverd in his Pendulum Zone next, and used its effect to destroy his Diagram and Set another Combination to his field. He then Normal Summoned Goldriver and activated Heritage. He used its ability to gain a Tribute Summon and Tributed Combination and Goldriver to Summon Master Peace! He used Combination’s effect to add a Steelen to his hand. Next, Sahli Pendulum Summoned Goldriver from his Extra Deck and Steelen from his hand. He combined the two to Link Summon Heavymetalfoes Electrumite and used its effect to send Astrograph Sorcerer from his Deck to his Extra Deck. He then used Electrumite’s effect to destroy Volflame and add Astrograph to his hand. He tried to Special Summon Astrograph from his hand, but lost out to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. He drew True King’s Return with Electrumite’s effect and then activating his last Diagram. He used Diagram’s effect to destroy True Draco Heritage and add Master Peace to his hand, and then Special Summoned Astrograph from his hand. He used Astrograph’s effect to add a Volflame to his hand, and then activated the Volflame in his Pendulum Zone. He used Volflame’s effect to destroy Silverd and Set Metalfoes Fusion, and then used Metalfoes Fusion to combine Electrumite and Astrograph to Summon Mithrilium. He then shuffled the Metalfoes Fusion from his Graveyard into his Deck to draw Purple Poison Magician. He shuffled 2 Combinations from his Graveyard into his Deck to return Dragonic Diagram to his hand and then replayed the Diagram. He used its effect to destroy Mithrilium and add a Heritage to his hand. He Special Summoned Volflame from his Extra Deck with Mithrilium’s effect, activated the Heritage, and then Set True King’s Return before passing.

Dancy Normal Summoned Shiranui Solitaire and Sahli banished Heritage from his Graveyard to destroy it with Master Peace. Next, Dancy activated Gold Sarcophagus. Realizing that there was nothing he could do to save himself, Dancy conceded.

Yacine Sahli advances with an 8-1 record!