Welcome to Round 3 of the South American WCQ! For this Feature Match, we have two VIP Duelists up against each other! We’ve got Chilean YCS Champion Hector Perez, using a combination Sky Striker Mekk-Knight Trickstar Deck! He’s facingTrinidad & Tobago National Champion Justin Manganoo, using a pure Sky Striker Deck.

Duel 1

Manganoo began with Terraforming to get Sky Striker Airspace – Area Zero, then Upstart Goblin. He played Sky Striker Mecha – Hornet Drones, and immediately Link Summoned Sky Striker Ace – Kagari to get Hornet Drones back to his hand. He played Area Zero and Set three cards. Area Zero added Sky Striker Mecha – Widow Anchor to his hand, sending one of his Set Sky Striker spells to the Graveyard. He Set another card in his back row, then Link Summoned Sky Striker Ace – Shizuku. In the End Phase, Shizuku added Hornet Drones to his hand.

Perez started with a hand of Sky Striker Mecha – Hornet Drones, Sky Striker Maneuver – Afterburners!, Trickstar Lilybell, Mekk-Knight Indigo Eclipse, Mekk-Knight Blue Sky, and drew Droll & Lock Bird. He played Hornet Drones into Kagari, adding Hornet Drones back to his hand. He played it again, then used the Token with Kagari to play Knightmare Phoenix. He discarded Lilybell for Phoenix’s effect, and Manganoo negated it with Widow Anchor. Perez Set Afterburners in the same column as Manganoo’s Shizuku, then Special Summoned Indigo Eclipse. He moved it to his far right zone, which allowed him to Special Summon Blue Sky next. He used its effect to add Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall to his hand – Manganoo flipped Mind Crush to discard it! Perez sent Indigo Eclipse to attack Shizuku, but Manganoo took control of it with Widow Anchor. Blue Sky attacked Shizuku next, and both monsters were destroyed.

Manganoo used Pot of Desires to draw two new cards, and Perez activated Droll & Lock Bird. Manganoo played Hornet Drones, then Kagari to get back Widow Anchor. He played it to steal Indigo Eclipse, and it destroyed Knightmare Phoenix in battle. Kagari attacked directly, leaving Perez with 2700 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, he used Kagari and Indigo Eclipse to play his own Knightmare Phoenix, discarding an Area Zero to destroy Perez’s Set Afterburners.

Perez drew Terraforming. He played it, and it was negated by Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring! Perez had no cards remaining.

Managanoo played Sky Striker Mecha Modules – Multirole, then Reinforcement of the Army for Sky Striker Ace – Raye. That gave him enough damage to take the first Duel!

Duel 2

Perez began with 2 Terraforming, Trickstar Light Stage, Droll & Lock Bird, and Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage!. He played Light Stage, adding Trickstar Candina to his hand. He then played Terraforming to get another Light Stage, which he played to get Trickstar Lycoris. The second Terraforming searched out the third Light Stage, and he played it to get another Lycoris. That play sequence put three spells in his Graveyard already! He played Engage to get Hornet Drones, and drew Called by the Grave. Hornet Drones came next, and he Link Summoned Kagari, adding Engage back to his hand. He Normal Summoned Candina, getting Trickstar Reincarnation. Kagari was used to play Shizuku. He Special Summoned both copies of Lycoris, bouncing his Candina to his hand. He Set Reincarnation and Called by the Grave, and in the End Phase Shizuku added another Engage to his hand.

Manganoo Set four cards to his back row. He played Widow Anchor to negate one copy of Lycoris, then played Sky Striker Maneuver – Jamming Waves! to destroy Called by the Grave. He Normal Summoned Raye, and Link Summoned Kagari to get Jamming Waves back. He played it once again, destroying Trickstar Reincarnation. Now, he flipped up Engage to add Afterburners to his hand. Perez used Droll & Lock Bird to prevent any further searching for the turn. Manganoo played Afterburners to destroy Shizuku, then had Kagari destroy a Lycoris in battle. In Main Phase 2, Manganoo Link Summoned Shizuku, but couldn’t use the effect.

Perez drew Droll & Lock Bird. He played Candina, getting Trickstar Reincarnation to his hand. He combined Candina with Lycoris to play Knightmare Phoenix, discarding Reincarnation to destroy Manganoo’s Set Pot of Desires. Perez played Engage to add Hornet Drones to his hand and draw Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. His second Engage came down, getting Hornet Drones and drawing Called by the Grave. He played the Drones, using the Token with Knightmare Phoenix for Knightmare Unicorn! It discarded a Hornet Drones to shuffle away Manganoo’s last Set card. Perez banished both copies of Reincarnation from his Graveyard to Special Summon both of his Lycoris. He activated Called by the Grave to banish Manganoo’s only copy of Raye in his Graveyard, leaving him with absolutely nothing but his Shizuku on the field – it wouldn’t be enough to hold off Perez’s monsters!

Hector Perez evens the score! It all comes down to this final Duel.

Duel 3

Manganoo played first, with Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage! to get Sky Striker Mecha – Widow Anchor – Perez used Droll & Lock Bird. Manganoo played Hornet Drones into Kagari, getting Drones back to his hand. He Set two back row cards.

Perez had Trickstar Reincarnation, Mekk-Knight Indigo Eclipse, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, and Sky Striker Mecha – Hornet Drones. He drew Engage and activated it to get another Hornet Drones. He played it and followed up with Kagari, adding Engage to his hand. He Set Reincarnation, then played Engage to get another Hornet Drones. He played it, then used the Token and Kagari to play Knightmare Phoenix. He discarded his third Hornet Drones to destroy Manganoo’s Set Widow Anchor. He Special Summoned Indigo Eclipse, and moved to the Battle Phase. Indigo Eclipse wiped out Kagari, and Phoenix attacked directly. In the End Phase, Manganoo used Twin Twisters, discarding Terraforming, to destroy the Set Trickstar Reincarnation.

Manganoo played Hornet Drones into Kagari, getting Engage to his hand. He played it to search for Afterburners, and drew a card. Afterburners destroyed Indigo Eclipse. He played Pot of Desires next, followed by Terraforming for Sky Striker Airspace – Area Zero. He activated Area Zero, and sent Kagari to destroy Knightmare Phoenix. In Main Phase 2, Kagari was used to play Shizuku. Manganoo Set two cards in his back row, and Shizuku added Sky Striker Mecha Modules – Multirole to his hand.

Perez drew a second Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit – they were the only cards he had. He Set one copy.

Manganoo used Shizuku to play Kagari, adding Engage to his hand. He played Multirole and Engage, adding Widow Anchor to his hand and drawing a card. He played Area Zero and tried using the effect of Multirole, but Perez destroyed it with Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit from his hand. Kagari destroyed the other Ghost Ogre in battle. Manganoo filled his back row with Set cards, then used Kagari to play Shizuku. He searched out Sky Striker Mecharmory – Hercules Base in the End Phase.

Perez drew Mekk-Knight Blue Sky! He Special Summoned it, but it was negated and stolen for the turn by Widow Anchor!

Manganoo played Hercules Base, then used Area Zero to send it to the Graveyard and add Engage to his hand. Hercules Base returned Multirole and one of each Link Monster to the Deck. With Engage, he searched for Multirole and drew a card. He used Shizuku for Kagari, adding Widow Anchor to his hand, and he stole Blue Sky with it. Both monsters attacked directly, with Kagari boosted by the ten spells in the Graveyard. In Main Phase 2, he used both monsters to play Knightmare Phoenix, just as the round timer ended. Manganoo was leading in Life Points, and was declared the winner of the Duel! He revealed his many Set cards, showing that he had things under control regardless of the round timer.

Justin Manganoo moves on undefeated, with Sky Strikers!