Luke Parkes from Sheffield, England is Dueling against Elijah Green from Grayson, Kentucky in our Round 7 Feature Match! Green is using an assortment of Trickstar, Danger!, Orcust, Sky Striker, and Phantom Knight cards, while Parkes is using a similar assortment of themes. Both Duelists are currently undefeated, and now they’re facing off.

Duel One

Unfortunately for Green, his Decklist listed 1 fewer copy of Danger!? Tsuchinoko? than he had in his Deck. As a result, he received an automatic loss in Duel 1, and was required to remove a copy of Tsuchinoko from his Deck so that his Deck matches his Decklist for the rest of the tournament. Always be sure that your Decklist matches the Deck that you’re using in the tournament in order to avoid penalties!

Because of Green’s game loss penalty, he was permitted to choose to go first in the ensuing Duel.

Duel Two

Green started off by activating Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage! to add Sky Striker Mecha – Hornet Drones to his hand and activated Hornet Drones to Special Summon a Sky Striker Ace Token to the field.

He used the Token to Link Summon Sky Striker Ace – Kagari and used Kagari’s effect to return Hornet Drones to his hand. He activated Hornet Drones and then used it and Kagari to Link Summon Knightmare Cerberus. He sent Knightmare Cerberus to the Graveyard to Link Summon Knightmare Mermaid and then used its effect by discarding Danger!? Tsuchinoko?. He Special Summoned Orcust Knightmare with the Mermaid’s effect and then Special Summoned Tsuchinoko from his Graveyard. He activated Orcustrated Babel next, and then combined his Mermaid with his Orcust Knightmare to Link Summon Galatea, the Orcust Automaton. He used the Orcust Knightmare’s effect to send Orcust Harp Horror to his Graveyard. He banished the Harp Horror from his Graveyard to Special Summon Orcust Cymbal Skeleton from his Deck. He combined his Cymbal Skeleton and Galatea to Link Summon The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche and then banished Cymbal Skeleton from the Graveyard to Special Summon Galatea back from the Graveyard. He used Rusty Bardiche’s effect to send The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak from his Deck to his Graveyard and Set Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade to his field. He banished Ancient Cloak from his Graveyard to add The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots to his hand. He then used Galatea’s effect to shuffle Orcust Knightmare from his banished zone into his Deck and Set Orcust Crescendo from his Deck to his field. He Xyz Summoned Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star and then attached Cymbal Skeleton to it from his banished zone. He Special Summoned Silent Boots next, and then Link Summoned Longirsu, the Orcust Orchestrator. Parkes Special Summoned Fantastical Dragon Phantazmay from his hand and used its effect to draw 3 cards and return 2 cards from his hand to the bottom of his Deck. Green continued his turn by banishing Silent Boots from his Graveyard to add a Fog Blade to his hand. He Set it along with another card to his back row and ended his turn.

Parkes drew a card and then had Terraforming, The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots, Reinforcement of the Army, Orcust Knightmare, Orchustrated Babel, and Instant Fusion. He conceded without making a play, choosing to conceal which type of Deck he’s using for the final Duel!

Duel Three

Luke Parkes opened up the final Duel with Dark Grepher, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, World Legacy – “World Wand”, Orcust Crescendo, and Artifact Lancea.

He Normal Summoned Grepher and used its effect to discard “World Wand” and send Harp Harpist to his Graveyard. He banished Harp Harpist from his Graveyard to Special Summon Orcust Knightmare from his Deck and then sent Dark Grepher and Orcust Knightmare to the Graveyard to Link Summon Galatea. He banished Orcust Knightmare next, using its effect to send Orcust Cymbal Skeleton from his Deck to his Graveyard. He banished “World Wand” to Special Summon Harp Horror and then combined Harp Horror and Galatea to Link Summon Rusty Bardiche. He banished Cymbal Skeleton from his Graveyard to Special Summon Galatea and then used Galatea’s effect to shuffle “World Wand” back into his Deck from his banished zone and Set Orcustrated Babel from his Deck. He flipped it and then Xyz Summoned Dingirsu over Galatea. He attached his banished Cymbal Skeleton to it with its effect and then used Rusty Bardiche’s effect to send Ancient Cloaks from his Deck to his Graveyard and add Fog Blade to his hand. Next, he banished Ancient Cloak from his Graveyard to add Silent Boots to his hand. He Special Summoned Silent Boots and then sent it to the Graveyard along with Dingirsu to Link Summon Galatea. He banished Silent Boots from his Graveyard to add another Fog Blade to his hand and then Set Fog Blade and Orcust Crescendo before passing his turn.

Green activated Trickstar Light Stage and used its effect to add Trickstar Corobane from his Deck to his hand. He used Light Stage’s effect to target Parkes’s face-down Fog Blade and then activated Hornet Drones to Special Summon a Sky Striker Ace Token. Thanks to his Orcustrated Babel, Parkes banished Cymbal Skeleton from his Graveyard to Special Summon Dingirsu linked to Rusty Bardiche. He used Dingirsu’s effect to send Light Stage to the Graveyard and Rusty Bardiche’s effect to destroy the Token. Green activated Reinforcement of the Army next, adding Neo Space Connector to his hand. He Special Summoned Corobane from his hand and then Normal Summoned Neo Space Connector. He activated its effect, but lost out to Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade. Next, Green sent his 2 monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Knightmare Phoenix and activated its effect by discarding Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage!. He tried to destroy Parkes’s face-down Crescendo, but Parkes flipped Fog Blade to negate the effect of Knightmare Phoenix. Next, Green sent Phoenix to the Graveyard to Link Summon Knightmare Mermaid. He discarded Ancient Cloak from his hand to activate its effect, but Parkes flipped Crescendo to negate the activation of the effect and banish the Mermaid. Green banished Ancient Cloak from his Graveyard to add Silent Boots to his hand next, and then activated Foolish Burial; but Parkes sent Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring from his hand to his Graveyard to negate it.

Parkes drew Cymbal Skeleton and then used the effect of Galatea to shuffle a banished Orcust monster into his Deck. Next, he banished Harp Horror from his Graveyard to Special Summon Cymbal Skeleton from his Deck. He sent Cymbal Skeleton and Galatea to his Graveyard to Link Summon Longirsu and then banished Cymbal Skeleton from his Graveyard to Special Summon Galatea from his Graveyard. He Normal Summoned Harp Horror next, and then direct attacks from Dingirsu, Rusty Bardiche, Harp Horror, Galatea, and Longirsu wiped out all of Green’s Life Points.

Luke Parkes is advancing with a 7-0 record!