Round 5 Feature Match: Shunping Xu vs. Landon Oliver
Shunping Xu from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a YCS champion and UDS champion. He piloted his Sky Striker Deck and Dragon Link Decks respectively to win each of those events, and now he’s using a Tearlaments Deck teched out with Crystal Beast cards. He uses 1 copy of Rainbow Bridge of Salvation and 1 copy of Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise. If he sends his Rainbow Bridge to the Graveyard with the effect of a Tearlaments monster, he can banish it to add his Emerald Tortoise and either a Primeval Planet Perlereino or a Mystic Mine from his Deck to his hand. Plus, since his Emerald Tortoise is an Aqua-type monster, it’s easy to use in a Fusion Summon with the effects of his Tearlaments monsters. Now, Shunping Xu is facing off against Landon Oliver from Denver, Colorado. Oliver has made it to the Top 32 of a Remote Duel YCS, and is now looking to replicate his success in-person this weekend. He’s counting on his Tearlaments Deck, updated with cards like Tearlaments Rulkallos and Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous from Darkwing Blast to bring him there. Although Xu and Oliver are using similar strategies and are both currently undefeated, only one of them can prevail and advance with a perfect 5-0 record. It’s time to Duel!
Duel One
Oliver started off Duel 1 by Normal Summoning Tearlaments Reinoheart and activating its effect.

Xu Chained the effect of the Tearlaments Havnis in his hand to Special Summon it and send the top 3 cards of his Deck to his Graveyard: Tearlaments Scheiren, Super Polymerization, and Tearlaments Scream. Oliver sent Havnis to his Graveyard with Reinoheart’s effect, and Xu added Tearlaments Sulliek to his hand with the effect of Scream and used Scheiren’s effect to fuse it with his on-field Havnis and Summon Tearlaments Kitkallos. Oliver Fusion Summoned his own Kitkallos with the Havnis in his Graveyard and his on-field Reinoheart and both Duelists used their Kitkallos effects. Xu sent Reinoheart from his Deck to his Graveyard with his Kitkallos, and Oliver added Scheiren to his hand. Xu used his Reinoheart’s effect to Special Summon it and send a Tearlaments Merrli from his hand to his Graveyard. He used the effects of his Merrli and Reinoheart to Fusion Summon Tearlaments Rulkallos and send a Havnis from his Deck to his Graveyard. He fused Havnis with Reinoheart and Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise to Summon Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart. He then used Kaleido-Heart’s effect to return Kitkallos to Oliver’s Extra Deck. Oliver activated Branded in High Spirits next and added Albion the Shrouded Dragon to his hand by sending Scheiren from his hand and Rulkallos from his Extra Deck to his Graveyard. He activated Scheiren’s effect in the Graveyard, and when Xu Chained the effect of Rulkallos, Oliver Chained the effect of PSY-Framegear Gamma! He negated the activation of Rulkallos’s effect and destroyed it, and then Special Summoned Gamma from his hand along with a PSY-Frame Driver from his Deck. He Fusion Summoned Predaplant Dragostapelia with Scheiren’s effect and then Xu used Rulkallos’s effect to Special Summon the Rulkallos back to the field. Oliver used his Dragostapelia’s effect on Rulkallos and then used Triple Tactics Talents to take control of Kaleidoheart! He then used Gamma and Driver to Link Summon Spright Sprind and used its effect to send Tearlaments Merrli to his Graveyard. He used Merrli’s effect to fuse it with Dragostapelia and Fusion Summon Mudragon of the Swamp and then used the effect of the Albion in his hand. He sent Branded in High Spirits to the Graveyard and returned Albion to his Deck to draw a card. Next, he sent Mudragon of the Swamp and Kaleido-Heart to the Graveyard to Link Summon Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy and Set a card to his back row before passing.

Xu drew Tearlaments Merrli and added it to his hand of Tearlaments Scheiren, Called by the Grave, and Tearlaments Sulliek. He activated the effect of the Scheiren in his hand and Special Summoned it by sending Merrli to the Graveyard. He sent 2 copies of Branded in High Spirits and another Spell from his Deck to his Graveyard with its effect. He used Merrli’s effect to fuse it with his on-field Scheiren and Summon Kitkallos. He used Kitkallos’s effect to add Reinoheart to his hand. He then used Kitkallos’s other effect to swap it with the Kaleido-Heart in his Graveyard and used Kaleido-Heart’s effect to target the face-down card on Oliver’s field. It was a Forbidden Droplet, which Oliver Chained to negate the effects of Kaleido-Heart and Rulkallos by sending 2 cards to the Graveyard. Xu sent 5 cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard with Kitkallos’s effect, including Scheiren, Tearlaments Cryme, and Havnis. He used the effects of all three of those cards. He added Reinoheart to his hand with Cryme and then Fusion Summoned Rulkallos and Kitkallos. He then attacked and destroyed Dharc with Rulkallos, and Oliver used Dharc’s effect to add a Scheiren to his hand. Direct attacks from Kaleido-Heart, Kitkallos, and the other Rulkallos dropped Oliver down to 1550 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Xu Set Sulliek and Called by the Grave. He returned Branded in High Spirits from his Graveyard to his hand in the End Phase.

Oliver activated Primeval Planet Perlereino and used its effect to add Havnis to his hand. He activated Scheiren’s effect by sending Havnis to the Graveyard and Special Summoned the Scheiren. He sent 3 cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. He activated the effect of Havnis, but when Xu Chained Rulkallos’s effect, Oliver conceded.
Duel Two
Oliver opened up Duel 2 by activating Perlereino and added Scheiren from his Deck to his hand. He activated Scheiren’s effect. He sent Reinoheart from his hand to his Graveyard, Special Summoned Scheiren, and sent three cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard: Havnis, Instant Fusion, and Triple Tactics Talents. He used the effects of Havnis and Reinoheart. He Special Summoned Reinoheart by sending a Havnis from his hand to his Graveyard and then Fusion Summoned Kitkallos. He used Reinoheart’s effect to send Merrli from his Deck to his Graveyard and then used Kitkallos’s effect to add Tearlaments Cryme from his Deck to his hand. He Normal Summoned Blazing Cartesia, the Virtuous next, and then used Kitkallos’s effect, targeting itself. He Chained the effect of Blazing Cartesia. He fused Kitkallos with Scheiren to Fusion Summon Dragostapelia and then returned Merrli to his field. Scheiren’s effect and Kitkallos’s effects activated to send cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard. He used a Scheiren’s effect to Fusion Summon Garura and then used Volcanic Scattershot and Tearlaments Scream’s effects since they were sent to the Graveyard. He inflicted 500 points of damage to Xu with Scattershot and added Tearlaments Sulliek from his Deck to his hand. Next, he Synchro Summoned Barrone de Fleur by Tuning Blazing Cartesia with Garura and drew a card with Garura’s effect. He Set 3 cards to his back row and then returned Blazing Cartesia to his hand in the End Phase.
Xu opened up Duel 2 with Tearlaments Scheiren, Tearlaments Havnis, Called by the Grave, Mystic Mine, and Terraforming.

He drew Evenly Matched and then activated Terraforming to add Primeval Planet Perlereino from his Deck to his hand. He then entered his Battle Phase and used Evenly Matched at the end of the Battle Phase. Oliver flipped Tearlaments Cryme to negate it, sending Scheiren from his hand to his Graveyard. He activated Scheiren’s effect and Xu Chained Called by the Grave, targeting Kitkallos. Oliver Chained the effect of Baronne de Fleur to negate its activation. Oliver Fusion Summoned Rulkallos. In Main Phase 2, Xu activated Mystic Mine!
Oliver drew and passed.
Xu drew and passed.
Oliver put all of his monsters into Attack Position and then entered his Battle Phase. He activated Tearlaments Heartbeat to shuffle Mystic Mine back into Xu’s Deck and direct attacks from all of Oliver’s monsters wiped out Xu’s Life Points!

Landon Oliver breaks through Mystic Mine to win the second Duel! A third and final Duel will determine which Duelist is able to advance undefeated in the tournament!
Duel Three
Xu opened up Duel 3 with Tearlaments Scheiren, Tearlaments Merrli, Albion, and 2 copies of Branded in High Spirits. He activated Branded in High Spirits in the Draw Phase by revealing Merrli and sending Rulkallos to the Graveyard and added Blazing Cartesia to his hand. He used Merrli’s effect and Oliver Chained Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood. Xu Fusion Summoned Kitkallos and used its effect. He then used Albion’s effect to put it on the bottom of his Deck and draw a card. He activated Perlereino next and used its effect to add Havnis to his hand. He Normal Summoned Blazing Cartesia and then Set 2 cards to his back row. Oliver lost half of his Life Points in the End Phase due to the effect of Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood, since Xu didn’t Special Summon any monsters in the Main Phase or Battle Phase.
Oliver Special Summoned Kashtira Fenrir and activated its effect to add another Kashtira Fenrir from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated the effect of Scheiren to Special Summon it from his hand and discard PSY-Framegear Gamma. He sent Albion, Blazing Cartesia, and Havnis from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard with its effect and used his Havnis’s effect to Fusion Summon a Mudragon of the Swamp. Xu flipped Branded in High Spirits and Oliver Chained the effect of his Mudragon to make it a DARK monster. Xu resolved the effect of his Branded in High Spirits and used his Scheiren’s effect to Fusion Summon Predaplant Dragostapelia. Fenrir’s effect targeted Xu’s Dragostapelia to banish it face-down, and then Perlereino’s effect was Chained to try to destroy Fenrir. Xu used the effect of Dragostapelia to try to negate Fenrir’s effect, and Oliver Chained Super Polymerization! He fused Kitkallos and Dragostapelia from Xu’s field to Summon his own Dragostapelia! After a flurry of plays by both Duelists, time in the round was called with Oliver still in Main Phase 1! With no way to deal damage and Oliver down 8000 Life Points to 4000 Life Points due to the effect of Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood, Oliver extended the handshake.

Shunping Xu advances with a 5-0 record!