Welcome to the Top 16!  It’s Single Elimination from here on out until we have a winner!  Robert Kenny III from Orlando, Florida is entering at the 10th seed with a record of 10-2 with his… well, we’ve been calling it Phantom Knight Orcust all weekend on Top Tables Updates and such, but there’s also Machina Fortress, Mecha Phantom Beast O-Lion, and Mecha Phantom Beast Tetherwolf on the list along with Carboneddon and Galaxy Serpent, and there’s 60 cards… so…? Anyway – he has his Deck! And he’s taking on Benjamin Deeter, the 7th seed from Iowa, also with a record of 10-2 with… well, we’ve also been calling this Phantom Knight Orcust.  His version is 55 cards and uses monsters like Super Quantam Red Layer, Junk Forward, and the Neo Space Connector package.  The only thing I can tell you for sure is that besides the awesome cards these players have in their Decks, only of them will advace to the Top 8!  It’s time to Duel!

Duel 1

Deeter won the roll and elected to go first.  He started with Super Quantam Red Layer, then Normal Summoned Neo Space Connector which Special Summoned Aqua Dolphin.  He activated Aqua Dolphin’s effect, discarding Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frission and Kenny conceded the match.  (Speaking with him after the match, Kenny knew the matchup going into the match and knew he wouldn’t be able to interact with the field Deeter could put up with the cards Kenny had in his hand.)

Duel 2

Kenny elected to go first.  His starting hand was Orcust Knightmare, Danger! Nessie!, Dark Grepher, Jet Synchron and The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots.  He discarded Danger! Nessie! to Special Summon Dark Grepher.  Danger! Nessie!’s effect let Kenny add Danger!? Tsuchinoko? from his Deck to his hand.  Next, Kenny used Grepher’s effect, discarding Danger!? Tsuchinoko? to send Orcust Harp Horror form the Deck to the Graveyard.  Danger!? Tsuchinoko? was Special Summoned from the Graveyard from its own effect.  Kenny Normal Summoned Jet Synchron, then sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Salamangreat Almiraj!  Jet Synchron’s effect let Kenny discard The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots from his hand to Special Summon Jet Synchron.  He used Jet Synchron and Dark Grepher to Synchro Summon Ib, the World Chalice Justiciar!  He used Ib’s effect to add World Legacy Succession from his Deck to his hand.  Ib and Danger!? Tsuchinoko? were used to Link Summon Knightmare Phoenix.  Ib’s effect let Kenny Special Summon World Legacy – “World Chalice” from his Deck.  Knightmare Phoenix was sent to the Graveyard to Link Summon Knightmare Mermaid whose effect let Kenny discard Orcust Knightmare to Special Summon another Orcust Knightmare from the Deck.  Orcust Knightmare and Almiraj were used to Link Summon Galatea, the Orcust Automaton.  All of his monsters were used to Link Summon Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess!  Next, World Legacy Succession brought Ib back to the field!  Next, Orcust Harp Horror was banished form the Graveyard to Special Summon Orcust Cymbal Skeleton from the Deck.  Ib and Orcust Cymbal Skeleton were used to Synch Summon Borreload Savage Dragon which equipped Knightmare Phoenix from the Graveyard.  Orcust Cymbal Skeleton brought back Galatea, the Orcust Automaton from the Graveyard.  Orcust Knightmare’s effect from the Graveyard was activated, sending World Legacy – “World Wand” from the Deck to the Graveyard.  World Legacy – “World Wand’s effect Special Summoned Orcust Harp Horror, then The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots was banished to add The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine from Deck to hand, Set it and activated it, then the Trap and Orcust Harp Horror were used to Xyz Summon Time Thief Redoer, then Galatea, the Orcust Automaton’s effect shuffled an Orcust back to the Deck to Set Orcustrated Babel which was immediately activated.  Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star came down on over Galatea, the Orcust Automaton then attached another banished Orcust.  Deeter conceded.

“That was the first time I opened Nessie / Grepher today!” remarked Kenny.

They will start the third Duel with 30 minutes left in the round.

Duel 3

Deeter elected to go first.  He Normal Summoned Neo Space Connector, using its effect to Special Summon Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin from his Deck.  Dolphin’s effect was activated, discarding Orcust Harp Horror, and Kenny revealed his hand.  Kenny’s hand contained Mecha Phantom Beast O-Lion, Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju, Machina Fortress, Orcust Knightmare, and Mathematician.

Deeter opted to choose one of the monsters that was not Orcust Knightmare and took 500 damage in the process.  Deeter then activated Foolish Burial to send The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak which was banished to add The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine which was Set and activated.  It and Aqua Dolphin were used to Link Summon Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights.  Isolde’s effect added Dark Grepher from Deck to hand.  Connector’s effect revived Aqua Dolphin, then Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights’s other effect sent 4 Equip Spells from the Deck to the Graveyard to Special Summon Armageddon Knight from the Deck whose effect sent Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frission from the Deck to the Graveyard.  Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frission went to the Graveyard to Link Summon Guardragon Elpy, then Armageddon Knight and Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights were used to Link Summon Triple Burst Dragon.  Divine Sword – Phoenix Blade came back to his hand by banishing 2 Warriors from the Graveyard.  Guardragon Elpy’s effect Special Summoned Omni Dragon Brotaur from the Deck, Omni Dragon Brotaur’s effect added Chaos Dragon Levianeer from his Deck to his hand.  Omni Dragon Brotaur and Triple Burst Dragon went to the Graveyard to Link Summon Guardragon Argapain which brought out Hot Red Dragon Archfiend Abyss.  then more plays later, field ended with this.

Kenny drew for turn Orcust Harp Horror, adding to his hand of Orcust Knightmare, Machina Fortress and O-Lion.  (He lost Jizukiru, the Star Destroying Kaiju to Chaos Dragon Levianeer’s effect, then lost mathematician to a Dolphin effect later on in the combo).  He Normal Sumoned O-Lion.  He sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Salamangreat Almiraj.  He used O-Lion’s effect to make a Mecha Phantom Beast Token.  Kenny then used the Token and Almiraj to Link Summon Knightmare Phoenix.  Kenny didn’t activate the effect, and instead put it in the Graveyard to make Knightmare Mermaid, discarding Orcust Knightmare.  Deeter pondered a response to the effect, before deciding to activate the Orcust Crescendo that he Set with Galatea, the Orcust Automaton’s effect from the previous turn.  Kenny then discarded Machina Fortress and Orcust Harp Horror to Special Summon Fortress from the Graveyard.  Orcust Harp Horror was banished from the Graveyard to Special Summon Orcust Cymbal Skeleton from the Deck.  He then activated Orcust Knightmare from the Graveyard, banishing it to send Gizmek Orochi, the Serpentron Sky Slasher from the Deck to the Graveyard.  Orcust Cymbal Skeleton and Machina Fortress went to the Graveyard to Link Summon Galatea, the Orcust Automaton.  Deeter activated Hieratic Seal of Heavenly Spheres to bounce Galatea back to the Extra Deck.  Deeter then used Hieratic Seal of Heavenly Spheres’s effect to Special Summon Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frission from the Deck.  Kenny then banished the top 8 cards of his Deck to Special Summon Gizmek Orochi, the Serpentron Sky Slasher from the Graveyard.

Deeter Normal Summoned Dark Grepher, then banished Neo-Spacian Aqua Dolphin and Isolde, Two Tales of the Noble Knights for Phoenix Blade.  Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star, Dark Grepher and Destrudo the Lost Dragon’s Frission were used to Link Summon Knightmare Unicorn and Kenny extended the handshake!

Deeter moves on to Top 8!