Top 4 Feature Match: Michael Tamez vs. Dakota Angeloff
Michael Tamez from Houston, Texas is the last remaining Floowandereeze Duelist in the tournament. Now, he’s facing off against World Championship Competitor and YCS Champion Dakota Angeloff from Tuscaloosa, Alabama who’s using a Tearlaments Deck. Tamez’s Deck is teched out for him to go second and have the advantage against Tearlaments Decks, but will it be enough? It’s time to Duel!
Duel One
Tamez won the die roll and chose to go second!
Angeloff started off Duel 1 by Setting a card to his back row and then activating the effect of the Danger! Bigfoot! in his hand.

He randomly discarded Dark Ruler No More, Special Summoned Bigfoot, and drew a card. Next, he activated Terraforming to add Primeval Planet Perlereino to his hand and activated it to add Tearlaments Reinoheart to his hand. He Normal Summoned it and activated its effect to send Scheiren to his Graveyard. He used Scheiren’s effect to fuse Scheiren with the Reinoheart on his field and Summoned Tearlaments Kitkallos. He used Kitkallos’s effect to add Tearlaments Merrli to his hand and then used Kitkallos’s effect targeting the Kitkallos. He swapped the Kitkallos with the Merrli in his Graveyard and used the effects of Kitkallos and Merrli. He sent the top 8 cards of his Deck to his Graveyard and then used the effects of Merrli, Reinoheart, and Scream, all of which were sent to the Graveyard. He added Tearlaments Sulliek to his hand and Special Summoned Reinoheart by sending Sulliek to his Graveyard. He fused Merrli with Danger!? Tsuchinoko? to Summon Mudragon of the Swamp and then used Sulliek’s effect to add Tearlaments Havnis to his hand. Next, he combined Mudragon with Reinoheart to Xyz Summon Bahamut Shark and used its effect to Special Summon Toadally Awesome from his Extra Deck. He Link Summoned Spright Elf by sending Bigfoot and Merrli to the Graveyard next. He Set 3 cards to his back row before passing his turn.
Tamez opened up with Evenly Matched, Pot of Duality, Pot of Prosperity, Terraforming, and Lightning Storm.

He drew Triple Tactics Talent for his turn and then entered Main Phase 1. He activated Pot of Prosperity by banishing 6 cards from his Extra Deck and Angeloff Chained Elf’s effect to Special Summon Merrli. Tamez added Floowandereeze & Eglen to his hand with the effect of Prosperity and then Angeloff resolved Merrli’s effect sending Sulliek, Scheiren, and Instant Fusion to his Graveyard. He used the effect of Sulliek to add Reinoheart to his hand and then used the effect of Scheiren to Fusion Summon Predaplant Dragostapelia. Next, Tamez activated Triple Tactics Talent to try to take control of a monster, and Angeloff used the effect of Toadally Awesome to negate the activation and Set it to his field. Tamez used Lightning Storm next, and Angeloff used Tearlaments Cryme to negate it. He sent Havnis to the Graveyard and used its effect to Fusion Summon Kitkallos. He used Kitkallos’s effect to add Tearlaments Heartbeat to his hand. Tamez entered his Battle Phase next. At the end of the Battle Phase, he activated Evenly Matched! Angeloff banished all of his cards face-down except for his Dragostapelia! In Main Phase 2, Tamez used Pot of Duality to add another Pot of Duality to his hand and used Terraforming to add Floowandereeze and the Magnificent Map to his hand. He activated the Map and used it to reveal Eglen and banish Floowandereeze & Robina. He Summoned Egal, used its effect Chaining Robina’s effect, and Angeloff Chained the effect of Dragostapelia to negate Eglen’s effect. Next, Tamez Normal Summoned Robina and used its effect to add another Robina to his hand. He ended his turn, unable to Summon any more Floowandereeze monsters!

Angeloff Normal Summoned Reinoheart and activated its effect to send Scheiren to his Graveyard. He used Scheiren’s effect to Fusion Summon Mudragon of the Swamp and then used Foolish Burial to send Night Sword Serpent to his Graveyard. He used its effect to Special Summon it and then Link Summoned Curious, the Lightsworn Dominion. He used its effect to send Havnis to the Graveyard and then used the effects of Havnis and Curious. He Fusion Summoned Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart and then sent the top 3 cards of his Deck to his Graveyard. He used Kaleido-Heart’s effect to return the Map to Tamez’s Deck. Attacks from Angeloff’s monsters destroyed both of Tamez’s Floowandereeze monsters and dropped Tamez down to 1300 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Angeloff sent Curious and Kaleido-Heart to the Graveyard to Link Summon Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess.
Tamez used Pot of Duality to add Lightning Storm to his hand and used it to clear Angeloff’s field. He then Normal Summoned Robina, returned Eglen to his hand, Normal Summoned Eglen, Tribute Summoned Floowandereeze & Empen, used Empen’s effect to add Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town to his hand. Then he Normal Summoned Barrier Statue of the Stormwinds. He attacked with both monsters to drop Angeloff down to 4300 Life Points.
Angeloff drew a card and conceded, unable to recover from the Lightning Storm or retaliate against the Empen and the Barrier Statue.

Despite Angeloff’s incredible first turn, Michael Tamez wins the first Duel after a brutal Evenly Matched resolves!
Duel Two
Angeloff started off Duel 2 by activating Tearlaments Scream and Normal Summoned Merrli. He activated its effect, and Tamez Chained the effect of the Dimension Shifter in his hand! Angeloff banished the top 3 cards of his Deck and passed.
Tamez drew Evenly Matched and added it to his hand of Lightning Storm, Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town, Floowandereeze & Eglen, and Floowandereeze and the Advent of Adventure. He used Lightning Storm to banish Merrli and then Normal Summoned Eglen. He Chained Advent of Adventure to banish Eglen and add Robina to his hand, and then used Eglen’s effect to add Empen to his hand. He Normal Summoned Robina and activated its effect, Chaining the effect of his banished Eglen. He returned Eglen to his hand, searched for Floowandereeze & Toccan, Normal Summoned it, used its effect to add Advent of Adventure to his hand. He Tribute Summoned Empen, and used Empen’s effect to add Map to his hand. He activated the Map and then Set 3 cards to his back row. He attacked for 2700 points of damage before passing.
Angeloff used Scheiren’s effect and Tamez Chained Dreaming Town to Summon Robina. Angeloff activated a bunch of effects, but at the end of it all, Tamez Chained Robina’s effect to add Barrier Statue to his hand and Normal Summon it. That left Angeloff unable to Fusion Summon any monsters! Next, Angeloff activated Dark Ruler No More! He negated the effects of Tamez’s monsters and then Normal Summoned Merrli. Tamez used the effect of his Map, and Angeloff Chained Cosmic Cyclone and paid 1000 Life Points to banish the Map. Merrli’s effect sent Danger!? Jackalope?, Instant Fusion, and Reinoheart to his Graveyard. He Link Summoned Spright Sprind next and used its effect to send Merrli from his Deck to his Graveyard. He used Merrli’s effect to Fusion Summon Kitkallos and then used Kitkallos’s effect to add Reinoheart to his hand. He used Kitkallos’s effect targeting the Kitkallos and Special Summoned Reinoheart from his Graveyard in its place. He sent the top 5 cards of his Deck to his Graveyard, including a Heartbeat, with Kitallos’s effect, and sent Scheiren to the Graveyard with Reinoheart’s effect. He used Heartbeat’s effect to add Tearlaments Cryme to his hand and used the effect of his Scheiren to Fusion Summon Dragostapelia. He attacked Empen with Dragostapelia to destroy it and then destroyed the Barrier Statue by attacking it with Reinoheart. Tamez flipped Advent of Adventure to banish his Robina and add a Map to his hand and then flipped Evenly Matched at the end of the Battle Phase! Angeloff kept his Dragostapelia and banished his remaining cards face-down.

Tamez used Infinite Impermanence to negate the effect of Dragostapelia and then activated Map. He Summoned Eglen next, and Angeloff conceded!
Michael Tamez takes a 2-0 win over Dakota Angeloff with his Floowandereeze Deck and advances to the Finals!