Amr Hassan from Queens, New York is fresh off of a win against well-known Duelist Zachariah Butler in Round 3, and currently sits with a 2-1 record using his Adventurer Blue-Eyes Deck. In addition to it being a Blue-Eyes Deck, there’s something very special about Hassan’s Deck: He’s using highest-rarity versions of virtually every card in his Deck. His Blue-Eyes White Dragons are all from the original Dark Duel Stories video game, and his Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragons are extremely rare promotional cards that were awarded through a contest. Every card that could be a Starlight Rare in his Deck, is a Starlight Rare, and every card in his Deck that could be a Collector’s Rare is a Collector’s Rare. Coolest of all, Hassan is still taking down opponents with the original Blue-Eyes White Dragon in true Seto Kaiba fashion. Now he’s facing off against Steven Logan of Sterling, Virginia and his Sky Striker Deck in this Round 4 Feature Match! It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Hassan chose to go first and opened up with Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Water Enchantress of the Temple, Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon, and 2 copies of Forbidden Droplet. He banished the Water Enchantress from his hand to get Rite of Aramesir and activated it to play Fateful Adventure from his Deck and Summon an Adventurer Token to the field. Next, he used the effect of Fateful Adventure, but lost out to Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. He Set a Droplet and then equipped his Adventurer Token with Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon before passing.

Logan Set 2 cards to his back row and passed his turn.

Hassan drew Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and then switched his Token into Attack Position. He attacked with his Adventurer Token to drop Logan down to 6000 Life Points and then Normal Summoned Ash Blossom in Main Phase 2. He sent his 2 monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Crystron Halqifibrax and tried to use its effect, but lost out to Logan’s Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring.

Logan drew a card and then used Sky Striker Mecha – Widow Anchor in his Standby Phase to negate the Halqifibrax’s effect. Next, he used Lightning Storm to destroy it and passed his turn.

Hassan drew Rite of Aramesir and activated it to Special Summon another Adventurer Token. He attacked with it and passed.

Logan Set a card to his back row and then Set a monster face-down.

Hassan drew Artifact Scythe and attacked Logan’s face-down Effect Veiler to destroy it with his Adventurer Token. He Set Scythe and passed.

Logan Set a card to each zone and passed.

Hassan drew The White Stone of Ancients and Summoned it. He attacked Logan’s face-down Ash Blossom with the Stone, losing 1200 Life Points in the exchange, and then attacked Ash Blossom with his Adventurer Token to destroy it. In Main Phase 2, he used The White Stone of Ancients and his Adventurer Token to Link Summon Lyna the Light Charmer, Lustrous and activated its effect to try to Special Summon Ghost Ogre; but Logan Chained Infinite Impermanence to negate its effect. In the End Phase, Hassan Special Summoned Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon from his Deck with the effect of The White Stone of Ancients.

Logan drew a card and then shook his head in disappointment. He Set it face-down to his back row and then ended his turn.

Hassan drew Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring for his turn and then attacked with Lyna. Logan flipped his recently drawn Called by the Grave to banish The White Stone of Ancients and then flipped Widow Anchor. With 3 Spells now in his Graveyard, he negated the effect of Lyna and took control of it for the turn. Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon attacked and destroyed Lyna, inflicting 1150 points of damage to Logan.

Logan drew Sky Striker Ace – Raye! He Normal Summoned it and then sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Sky Striker Ace – Hayate. Hassan flipped Forbidden Droplet and sent a Blue-Eyes from his hand to his Graveyard to negate Hayate’s effect. Next, Logan sent Hayate to the Graveyard to Link Summon Sky Striker Ace – Kagari and used its effect to return Widow Anchor from his Graveyard to his hand. He activated it to negate the effect of Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon and take control of it, and then attacked directly with Kagari and Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon to drop Hassan down to 1900 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Logan sent his 2 monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Sky Striker Ace – Zeke and then used Zeke to Link Summon Sky Striker Ace – Shizuku. He activated Shizuku’s effect in the End Phase, but lost out to Hassan’s Ash Blossom.

Hassan drew Foolish Burial next turn and used it to send Water Enchantress of the Temple to his Graveyard. He banished it to get Rite of Aramesir and activated Rite of Aramesir to Special Summon an Adventurer Token. He attacked Shizuku with his Token to destroy it and inflict 100 points of damage to Logan’s Life Points, and Hassan used the effect of the Jet Dragon in his Graveyard to Special Summon it back to the field. Logan used the effect of the Raye in his Graveyard to Special Summon Raye to the field in Defense Position. Jet Dragon attacked Raye, and Logan used Raye’s effect to Tribute it and Special Summon Sky Striker Ace – Kaina to the field. He activated its effect, but Hassan flipped Forbidden Droplet and sent his face-down Scythe to the Graveyard to negate the effect of Kaina.

Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon attacked and destroyed Kaina, and on Logan’s next turn he drew a card and conceded!

After a rough start for both Duelists, Amr Hassan wins the first Duel with his max rarity Blue-Eyes Deck!

Duel Two

Logan chose for Hassan to go first in Duel 2, and he opened with Wandering Gryphon Rider, Lightning Storm, Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion, The White Stone of Ancients, and Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon.

He Special Summoned the Wandering Gryphon Rider from his hand and then Normal Summoned The White Stone of Ancients. He sent both to the Graveyard to Link Summon Crystron Halqifibrax and then Special Summoned The White Stone of Ancients from his Deck with its effect. Next, he sent his White Stone to the Graveyard to Link Summon Linkuriboh and then entered his End Phase and Special Summoned a Blue-Eyes White Dragon and a Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon from his Deck with the effects of his White Stones. He used the Abyss Dragon’s effects to add Polymerization and Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon from his Deck to his hand.

Logan drew a card and then activated Widow Anchor in his Standby Phase to negate the effect of Halqifibrax. Next, he activated Sky Striker Mobilize – Engage! and added another Widow Anchor from his Deck to his hand. He Normal Summoned Raye next, and then Special Summoned Alpha, the Master of Beasts from his hand. He used Alpha’s effect to return to the hand Alpha as well as Hassan’s Blue-Eyes, and then Special Summoned Alpha once more. He attacked Linkuriboh with Raye, and Hassan used Linkuriboh’s effect. Next, Logan used Raye’s effect to Tribute it and Special Summon Hayate. He attacked directly with Hayate and triggered Hayate’s effect to send Sky Striker Maneuver – Afterburners! from his Deck to his Graveyard. In Main Phase 2, Logan Link Summoned Zeke and used its effect to temporarily banish Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon. He Link Summoned Kagari next, and used its effect to add Engage to his hand and then Link Summoned Shizuku. He Set 2 cards face-down and then got Sky Striker Mecha – Shark Cannon from his Deck with Shizuku’s effect in the End Phase, and used it to banish The White Stone of Ancients from Hassan’s Graveyard.

Hassan drew a card and then used Lightning Storm to destroy a face-down Cosmic Cyclone and Widow Anchor. Next, he used The Melody of Awakening Dragons to discard Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon and add Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon and Chaos Dragon Levianeer from his Deck to his hand. He revealed Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his hand to Special Summon Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon from his hand and then activated its effect to destroy Shizuku. Logan used his Jet’s effect to Special Summon it from his hand and then used the effect of Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion to stop the effect of Raye when Logan tried to Special Summon it to from his Graveyard to the field. Next, Hassan attacked directly with his Jet and ended his turn. In his End Phase, Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon returned to the field as a result of Zeke’s effect.

Logan activated another copy of Engage next turn, adding a Widow Anchor to his hand and then drawing a card. Next, he activated Infinite Impermanence from his hand to negate the effect of Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon and then Normal Summoned Raye. He sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Kagari and used Kagari’s effect to return Engage to his hand. He then activated Engage and added Shark Cannon to his hand before drawing another card. Logan used Shark Cannon to Special Summon Ghost Belle to his field and then sent both of his monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Crystron Halqifibrax. He used its effect to Special Summon Effect Veiler from his Deck and then Link Summoned Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians. He then used its effect to Special Summon Effect Veiler and Link Summoned Accesscode Talker. He targeted Selene with its effect to increase its ATK by 3000. He used Accesscode’s effect to clear Hassan’s field and then attacked directly for 5300 points of damage to end the Duel!

Steven Logan uses Accesscode Talker to defeat Amr Hassan in Duel 2 and push the Match to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Hassan chose to go first in Duel 3 and opened up with Blue-Eyes, Dracoback, Lightning Storm, Ultimate Fusion, and Rite of Aramesir.

He used the Rite to play Fateful Adventure and Special Summon an Adventurer Token and then used the effect of Fateful Adventure. He equipped Dracoback to his Token and Special Summoned his Gryphon. He Set Ultimate Fusion before passing his turn.

Logan tried to use Infinite Impermanence to negate the effect of the Gryphon, and Hassan Chained its effect to shuffle his Gryphon back into his Deck. Next, Logan Special Summoned Alpha from his hand and used its effect to get rid of the Adventurer Token by returning the Alpha to his hand. He Summoned Raye next, and sent it to the Graveyard to Link Summon Hayate. He attacked directly, used its effect to send Shark Cannon to the Graveyard, and then sent Hayate to the Graveyard in Main Phase 2 to Link Summon Kagari. He returned Shark Cannon to his hand with its effect and then Link Summoned Shizuku. He Set 2 cards to his back row and added Engage to his hand in the End Phase with the effect of Shizuku. He passed his turn with a 1500 Life Points lead.

Hassan drew a card and then time in the round was called! Unable to inflict damage to Logan in his Main Phase, Logan was declared the winner of the Duel.

Steven Logan takes a 2-1 win in time to defeat Amr Hassan’s Blue-Eyes Deck and advance with a 3-1 record!

But at least Hassan lost in style!