We’ve entered the final Swiss round of the day! We have Nishaad Lorengo from Virginia, packing a Danger! Thunder Dragon strategy. He’s facing Toronto Duelist Jesse Kotton, using a Danger! Zombie strategy. Will Kotton’s Zombie World give him the advantage?

Duel 1

Kotton won the dice roll and played first. He had Zombie World, 2 Uni-Zombie, The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots, and Danger! Chupacabra!. He activated Chupacabra, discarding Zombie World. He Special Summoned Chupacabra and drew Necroworld Banshee. He Normal Summoned Uni-Zombie and activated its effect, sending Mezuki to the Graveyard to make Uni-Zombie Level 4. He Link Summoned Knightmare Phoenix, then used that to play Knightmare Mermaid. He discarded Uni-Zombie to Special Summon Orcust Knightmare. He then used both his monsters to play Galatea, the Orcust Automaton. He banished Orcust Knightmare to send Orcust Harp Horror to the Graveyard, then banished that to Special Summon Orcust Cymbal Skeleton. He used Cymbal and Galatea to play Summon Sorceress, and used Cymbal to Special Summon Galatea. He banished Necroworld Banshee from his hand to put Zombie World on the field. Now that everything was a Zombie, he used Summon Sorceress to Special Summon Doomking Balerdroch. He used Galatea to shuffle Cymbal Skeleton into his Deck to get Orcustrated Return Set on the field. He used Galatea and Doomking Balerdroch to play The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche, sending The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak to the Graveyard to Set The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine on the field. He then banished Ancient Cloak to get The Phantom Knights’ Rank-Up-Magic Launch. He flipped Shade Brigandine, then Special Summoned Silent Boots. He combined Boots with Summon Sorceress to play Vampire Sucker, then had Mezuki Special Summon Chupacabra. Vampire Sucker let him draw Danger! Nessie!. He Xyz Summoned Time Thief Redoer and Set The Phantom Knights’ Rank-Up-Magic Launch.

In the Standby Phase, he Special Summoned Doomking Balerdroch and Vampire Sucker let him draw Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frisson. Lorengo looked over his hand and immediately conceded!

Duel 2

Lorengo played first. He started with Gold Sarcophagus, banishing Thunder Dragonroar, which Special Summoned Thunder Dragondark. He used Danger!? Tsuchinoko?, discarding Black Dragon Collapserpent. He Special Summoned Tsuchinoko and drew a card. He activated another Tsuchinoko, discarding itself, and he Special Summoned it. He activated Danger!? Jackalope? now, discarding Darkest Diabolos, Lord of the Lair, and he Special Summoned Jackalope and drew a card. He used both his Tsuchinoko to play Reprodocus, and had it turn Dragondark into a Dinosaur. He used both monsters to play Summon Sorceress, and Dragondark added Thunder Dragonhawk to his hand. He banished three DARK monsters from his Graveyard to play Chaos Dragon Levianeer, which shuffled Jackalope from Kotton’s hand back into the Deck. Now he used Summon Sorceress pointing to Levianeer, and he Special Summoned Eclipse Wyvern. He used all his monsters to play Saryuja Skull Dread. Saryuja let him draw four and return three cards, then Eclipse Wyvern banished another Chaos Dragon Levianeer from his Deck. He activated Dragonhawk to Special Summon Dragonroar, then Special Summoned White Dragon Wyverburster. He used it to play Guardragon Elpy, and Wyverburster added Black Dragon Collapserpent to his hand. He used Elpy’s effect to Special Summon Fantastical Dragon Phantazmay from his Deck. He used Phantazmay and Saryuja to play Guardragon Agarpain, which Special Summoned Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon! He banished Eclipse Wyvern to Special Summon Collapserpent, and Eclipse added Levianeer to his hand. He used Elpy, Agarpain, and Collapserpent to play Borreload Dragon, and Collapserpent got a new Wyverburster. He Tributed Dragonroar to play Thunder Dragon Colossus, and he Special Summoned Darkest Diabolos from the Graveyard. He banished three monsters to play Levianeer, and combined it with Diabolos to play Number 22: Zombiestein.

Kotton had a hand of Danger!? Tsuchinoko?, Orcust Cymbal Skeleton, Uni-Zombie, and Mezuki. He drew Zombie World. He started with Tsuchinoko, discarding Zombie World. He Special Summoned Tsuchinoko and drew Armageddon Knight. He Normal Summoned Mezuki and used both his monsters to Link Summon Knightmare Cerberus. With its effect he discarded Uni-Zombie, targeting Crystal Wing, and Crystal Wing negated and destroyed Cerberus. Kotton thought about his options but opted to concede this Duel!

Duel 3

Kotton started with a hand of Shade Brigandine, The Phantom Knights’ Rank-Up-Magic Launch, Danger! Bigfoot!, Danger! Mothman!, and Card Destruction. He Set his Rank-Up-Magic and activated Card Destruction. He drew Artifact Lancea, Uni-Zombie, and Gozuki. Then with Mothman he drew Zombie World and discarded Uni-Zombie. Mothman let Lorengo discard Nessie, which added Mothman to his hand. Kotton continued, playing Gozuki and having it send Mezuki to the Graveyard. Mezuki Special Summoned Uni-Zombie, which sent another Mezuki to the Graveyard to boost its own Level by 1. Kotton Link Summoned Knightmare Phoenix, then used that to Link Summon Knightmare Mermaid. He used it, discarding Lancea to Special Summon Orcust Knightmare. He used both monsters to play Galatea. He banished Orcust Knightmare to send Orcust Harp Horror to the Graveyard, which he used to Special Summon Orcust Cymbal Skeleton. He used Cymbal and Galatea to play Summon Sorceress. Cymbal Skeleton revived Galatea, then Summon Sorceress Special Summoned World Legacy – “World Wand”. He had Galatea return Cymbal Skeleton to the Deck to Set Orcustrated Return on the field. He flipped it and sent World Wand to the Graveyard and drew two copies of Danger!? Jackalope?. He activated one of them, discarding it, and its effect brought Mothman to the field. He banished World Wand to Special Summon Harp Horror. He thought a long time before activating Jackalope in his hand, with a 50/50 chance of discarding itself or Zombie World – he really needed to discard the Zombie World and draw a new card, but unfortunately he discarded the Jackalope. He used Harp Horror and Mothman to play Time Thief Redoer, and banished it with its own effect. He activated Zombie World. Then he banished Mezuku to Special Summon Lancea in Defense Position. in the End Phase, Time Thief Redoer returned to the field, ready to be used with the Set Rank-Up-Magic.

In the Standby Phase, Kotton Tributed Lancea for its effect. Lorengo Tributed Time Thief Redoer to hand over Radian, the Multidimensional Kaiju! He then activated Danger! Mothman!, discarding Nessie. He Special Summoned Mothman and drew a card, and Nessie added Jackalope to his hand. He activated Tsuchinoko next, discarding The Winged Dragon of Ra – Sphere Mode. He Special Summoned Tsuchinoko and drew a card. He then used another Tsuchinoko, discarding Jackalope. Tsuchinoko came down, he drew a card, and Jackalope Special Summoned Nessie. Lorengo used Nessie and a Tsuchinoko to play Knightmare Cerberus. He discarded Gold Sarcophagus to destroy Radian. He Normal Summoned Eclipse Wyvern, using all his monsters to play Saryuja Skull Dread. He drew four cards and returned three to his Deck. He used Saryuja’s other effect to Special Summon Thunder Dragonroar. Then he activated Jackalope. He discarded Wyverburster, Special Summoned Jackalope, and drew a card. He used Jackalope and Dragonroar to play Knightmare Phoenix. Phoenix discarded Dragondark to destroy Zombie World and draw a card, and the Dragonroar Link Material Special Summoned Dragondark. Lorengo used Dragonhawk to Special Summon Dragondark. He Tributed both copies of Dragondark for two Thunder Dragon Colossus, and Dragondark got him a Dragonhawk. Finally, the Battle Phase. Saryuja destroyed Summon Sorceress, Colossus destroyed Galatea, the second Colossus and Saryuja attacked directly. In Main Phase 2, Lorengo used both Colossus to play Number 22: Zombiestein. Kotton drew his card and offered the handshake!

Nishaad Lorengo wins the Match with Danger! Thunder Dragons!