Welcome to Round 4! This time around we’re looking at Table 41 where Esala Wathuthantrige from Los Angeles, California is currently 2-0-1 taking on Aaron Malaney from Vermont who is also 2-0-1 with an Orcust Deck. Esala is a fromer World Championship competitor and is a threat in any tournament he enters, but both players are looking to keep their undefeated records alive. It’s time to Duel!

Duel 1

Wathuthantrige won the roll and elected to go first. He started off with a Normal Summon Flame Bufferlo. He sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Salamangreat Baelynx. Wathuthantrige added Salamangreat Sanctuary to his hand then resolved Flame Bufferlo’s effect, discarding Salamangreat Spinny then drew 2 cards. He then Special Summoned Spinny form the Graveyard then Special Summoned Sea Archiver from his hand. Wathuthantrige used both monsters to Xyz Summon Salamangreat Miragestallio. He used its effect, detaching Salamangreat Spinny to Special Summon Salamangreat Gazelle from his Deck. Gazelle’s effect let Wathuthantrige send Salamangreat Jack Jaguar from the Deck to the Graveyard. Salamangreat Baelynx and Gazelle were sent to the Graveyard to Link Summon Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf. Wathuthantrige then activated Salamangreat Sanctuary, then sent one Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf to Link Summon another. Salamangreat Jack Jaguar came back to the field sending Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf back to the Extra Deck and added back Gazelle with Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf’s effect. Salamangreat Jack Jaguar went to the Graveyard for another Salamangreat Baelynx. He Set Salamangreat Roar and passed.

Malaney Normal Summoned Knightmare Corruptor Iblee. He sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Knightmare Mermaid. He activated its effect, discarding Orcust Knightmare. Wathuthantrige negated Mermaid’s effect with Salamangreat Roar, destroying the Link Monster. Malaney activated Terraforming, adding Mystic Mine from his Deck to his hand. He used Orcust Knightmare’s effect on Wathuthantrige’s Salamangreat Baelynx, sending Orcust Harp Horror from Malaney’s Deck to the Graveyard. Harp Horror was banished from the Graveyard to Special Summon Orcust Cymbal Skeleton from the Deck. Next, Malaney activated Instant Fusion, paying down to 7000 LP, bringing out Thousand-Eyes Restrict. Thousand-Eyes Restrict’s effect absorbed Wathuthantrige’s Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf. He used Thousand-Eyes Restrict and Orcust Cymbal Skeleton to Link Summon Galatea, the Orcust Automaton. At this point, Wathuthantrige activated Fantastical Dragon Phantazmay from his hand, Special Summoning it, drawing 2 cards and putting one from his hand back into the Deck. Malaney put Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star on top of Galatea, the Orcust Automaton. Dingirsu’s effect sent Wathuthantrige’s Salamangreat Miragestallio to the Graveyard. Dingirsu attacked over Wathuthantrige’s Fantastical Dragon Phantazmay, leaving Wathuthantrige at 7800 LP. Malaney then activated Gizmek Orochi, the Serpentron Sky Slasher from his hand, banishing the top 8 cards to bring Gizmek to the field. Gizmek Orochi, the Serpentron Sky Slasher attacked over Salamangreat Baelynx leaving Wathuthantrige at 6250 LP. In Main Phase 2, Malaney sent his monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon another Galatea, the Orcust Automaton. Galatea sent Malaney’s banished Orcust Harp Horror to the Deck to Set Orcustrated Babel from the Deck. He activated the Field Spell and passed.

Wathuthantrige drew Salamangreat Spinny for turn. He Normal Summoned Flame Bufferlo. He sent Bufferlo and Salamangreat Baelynx to the Graveyard to Link Summon Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf. Flame Bufferlo’s effect let Wathuthantrige discard Salamangreat Foxy to draw 2 cards. He activated Foxy’s effect, Special Summoning it and Malaney chained Orcust Cymbal Skeleton to Special Summon Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star from the Graveyard. Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star came out and Foxy was also Special Summoned destroying Malaney’s Orcustrated Babel in the process. In a new Chain, Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star’s effect attached Malaney’s banished Orcust Cymbal Skeleton as a material. Wathuthantrige used the Graveyard effect of Salamangreat Spinny to Special Summon it from the Graveyard, then because Wathuthantrige put Spinny in the zone Malaney’s Galatea, the Orcust Automaton was pointing to, he used the Sea Archiver effect in his Graveyard to Special Summon it. Next, Wathuthantrige sent Foxy and Spinny to the Graveyard to Link Summon Update Jammer. Because Foxy was sent to the Graveyard, Gazelle was Special Summoned from Wathuthantrige’s hand. Gazlelle’s effect let Wathuthantrige send Salamangreat Falco from the Deck to the Graveyard. Falco’s effect let Wathuthantrige Set Salamangreat Roar from the Graveyard. Sea Archiver and Spinny were used to Xyz Summon Salamangreat Miragestallio. Update Jammer and Miragestallio were used to Link Summon Transcode Talker. Update Jammer’s effect was Chain Link 1 and CL2 was Salamangreat Miragestallio to bounce Malaney’s Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star. Wathuthantrige then activated Transcode Talker’s effect to Special Summon Update Jammer back from the Graveyard. Wathuthantrige then activated Will of the Salamangreat bringing back Salamangreat Miragestallio from the Graveyard. In the Battle Phase, Transcode Talker attacked Galatea and Wathuthantrige used Update Jammer’s effect to negate all other effects on the field and use both monster’s original ATK/DEF for damage calculation, also dealing 1000 damage to Malaney when his monster was destroyed by battle. And thanks to the extra attacks provided by Update Jammer’s previously resolved effect, that was enough to win the first Duel.

Duel 2

Malaney elected to go second. Wathuthantrige started by Normal Summoning Flame Bufferlo. He sent that to the Graveyard to Link Summon Salamangreat Baelynx, and used both effects, adding Salamangreat Sanctuary from his Deck to his hand, discarding Salamangreat Spinny and drawing 2 cards. Salamangreat Gazelle came down next, its effect sent Salamangreat Jack Jaguar from the Deck to the Graveyard. Spinny hopped out of the Graveyard, then both monsters were used to Link Summon Salamangreat Miragestallio. Its effect detached Salamangreat Gazelle to Special Summon Salamangreat Falco from the Deck. Salamangreat Miragestallio and Salamangreat Baelynx were sent to the Graveyard to Link Summon Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf. Salamangreat Jack Jaguar’s effect from the Graveyard put Salamangreat Miragestallio back in the Extra Deck and Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf’s effect added Salamangreat Gazelle form the Graveyard back to the hand. Falco and Jack Jaguar were used to Link Summon Abyss Dweller.

Malaney discarded Gizmek Orochi, the Serpentron Sky Slasher to Special Summon Dark Grepher. Wathuthantrige activated Abyss Dweller’s effect. In the Battle Phase, Malaney crashed Grepher into Abyss Dweller. Malaney Set a card to the back in Main Phase 2 and passed.

Wathuthantrige Normal Summoned Salamangreat Fowl. He then activated Salamangreat Falco from the Graveyard, bouncing Fowl to Special Summon it. Fowl was then Special Summoned, and its effect sent itself to the Graveyard to lock Malaney’s backrow down for this turn. Next, Gazelle was Special Summoned from the hand. Gazelle’s effect sent Salamangreat Roar from the Deck to the Graveyard. Salamangreat Sanctuary came down next, then Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf went to the Graveyard to Link Summon another one. Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf’s effect added Salamangreat Roar from the Graveyard back to Wathuthantrige’s hand. Salamangreat Spinny came out of the Graveyard next, and Malaney activated Nibiru, the Primal Being to Tribute the field and give Malaney a Token with 4500 ATK / 2600 DEF. Wathuthantrige Set Salamangreat Roar.

Malaney Normal Summoned Scrap Recycler. He used its effect to send Orcust Knightmare from his Deck to the Graveyard. Its effect was next, banishing itself to send Orcust Harp Horror from the Deck to the Graveyard. Harp Horror was then banished from the Graveyard to Special Summon Orcust Cymbal Skeleton from the Deck. Scrap Recycler and Orcust Cymbal Skeleton were used to Link Summon Galatea, the Orcust Automaton. Gizmek Orochi, the Serpentron Sky Slasher’s effect was next, and Malaney banished the top 8 cards of his Deck. Wathuthantrige came back with his own Nibiru, the Primal Being before Malaney could go into his Battle Phase! The resulting token was 7250 ATK and 3050 DEF for Malaney. Still in the Main Phase, Malaney activated Orcust Cymbal Skeleton from his Graveyard, banishing it to Special Summon Galatea, the Orcust Automaton from the Graveyard. Galatea, the Orcust Automaton came out in Defense and attached Orcust Cymbal Skeleton as a material. Malaney activated Mystic Mine and passed.

Wathuthantrige activated Mind Control to steal the Token. In the Battle Phase, he tried to attack but forgot about Mystic Mine stopping that since he now has more monsters. In Main Phase 2, Wathuthantrige sent Nibiru with the Token to Link Summon Knightmare Phoenix whose effect discarded another Nibiru to destroy Malaney’s Mystic Mine. He Set Infinite Impermanence and passed.

Malaney Normal Summoned Armageddon Knight and tried to use the effect but Wathuthantrige negated it with Infinite Impermanence. In the Battle Phase, Dingirsu attacked over Knightmare Phoenix and Armageddon Knight attacked directly. In Main Phase 2, Armageddon Knight and Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star were used to Link Summon Galatea, the Orcust Automaton. Malaney then used Orcust Cymbal Skeleton bring back Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star. He then attacked Orcust Cymbal Skeleton as a material.

Wathuthantrige activated Cynet Mining and Malaney chained the Set Orcust Crescendo that was Set from turn 1! Wathuthantrige conceded and we’re going to the third Duel.

Duel 3

Wathuthantrige elected to go first. He started with a Normal Summoned Salamangreat Jack Jaguar. He sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Salamangreat Baelynx. Its effect let Wathuthantrige add Salamangreat Sanctuary from the Deck to the Graveyard. Salamangreat Sanctuary came down next, then he used Salamangreat Baelynx to Link Summon another one. Salamangreat Jack Jaguar’s effect let it come out of the Graveyard, then both monsters were used for Link Summon Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf. Salamangreat Spinny buffed Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf then Spinny came out of the Graveyard. Spinny and Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf were used to Link Summon another Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf. Wathuthantrige Set Salamangreat Rage and Infinite Impermanence and passed.

Malaney activated Terraforming, adding Mystic Mine. He activated it, then passed. In the End Phase, Wathuthantrige activated Salamangreat Rage to destroy Mystic Mine.

Wathuthantrige used Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf’s effect to add Salamangreat Rage back to his hand from the Graveyard. He then Normal Summoned Salamangreat Jack Jaguar and attacked with both monsters. In Main Phase 2, he Set Salamangreat Rage and passed.

Malaney activated Instant Fusion, bringing out Thousand-Eyes Restrict. Wathuthantrige blew it away with Salamangreat Rage. Malaney then Normal Summoned Scrap Recycler but Wathuthantrige negated it with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring.

Wathuthantrige brought Salamangreat Rage back to his hand again, Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf attacked over Scrap Recycler and Salamangreat Jack Jaguar attacked directly, leaving Malaney at just 700 LP. Salamangreat Jack Jaguar went to the Graveyard to Link Summon another Salamangreat Baelynx behind Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf and Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf’s effect added Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring from Wathuthantrige’s Graveyard back to his hand.

Malaney Normal Summoned Scrap Recycler and tried to use the effect but Wathuthantrige negated it with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Malaney then activated Reinforcement of the Army to add Dark Grepher from his Deck to hand. Next, he discarded Orcust Knightmare to Special Summon Dark Grepher. Wathuthantrige used Salamangreat Rage to blow away both of Malaney’s monsters. Orcust Knightmare’s effect let Malaney dump World Legacy – “World Wand” to increase Wathuthantrige’s Salamangreat Baelynx’s ATK to 1800. World Legacy – “World Wand”’s effect Special Summon Orcust Knightmare from banished.

Wathuthantrige used Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf to add back Salamangreat Rage. He sent both Link Monsters to Link Summon Salamangreat Heatleo. He then Summoned Salamangreat Jack Jaguar from the Graveyard by bouncing back Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf. He then flipped the Set Infinite Impermanence to negate Orcust Knightmare’s effect so it could be destroyed by battle. Heatleo attacked over Orcust Knightmare and Salamangreat Jack Jaguar took the rest of Malaney’s LP!

Esala Wathuthantrige takes the win with Salamangreat!