Luca Insinna from Italy and Darrien Jones from Trinidad and Tobago are currently 5-1 in Remote Duel YCS. Insinna is using a Bystial Spright Deck, while Jones is using an Adventure Scareclaw Deck. Both of these Duelists are having success with some of the less common strategies of the tournament, but only one of them can advance with a 6-1 record. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Insinna passed his first turn without making a single play!

Jones drew a card and then banished Water Enchantress of the Temple from his hand to activate its effect. Insinna tried to stop it with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, but Jones Chained Called by the Grave to banish Ash Blossom and negate its effect! Jones added Rite of Aramesir to his hand and then activated Fateful Adventure. Next, he used Rite of Aramesir to Special Summon an Adventurer Token. He then used Fateful Adventure’s effect to add Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon to his hand and then used the other effect of Fateful Adventure to add Wandering Gryphon Rider to his hand and discard Dracoback. He used Dracoback’s effect to equip it to his Token and then Chained the effect of his Wandering Gryphon Rider to Special Summon it in Defense Position. He attacked directly with his Token and then Set a card to his back row in Main Phase 2.

Insinna drew a card and then activated Infinite Impermanence from his hand to negate the effect of Wandering Gryphon Rider. Next, he Normal Summoned Nimble Angler and Special Summoned Spright Jet from his hand. He activated its effect to add Spright Starter to his hand. Next, he combined his Angler with his Jet to Xyz Summon Gigantic Spright and entered his Battle Phase. He attacked the Defense Position Wandering Gryphon Rider with his Gigantic Spright and lost 1200 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, he Xyz Summoned Downerd Magician followed by Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder, and detached 2 Xyz Materials from Zeus to activate its effect! He sent all cards on the field to the Graveyard! He Set a card before ending his turn.

Jones drew a card and then passed his turn. In the End Phase, Insinna flipped Spright Starter and Special Summoned Spright Blue from his Deck by giving up 1100 Life Points. He used Blue’s effect to add Spright Jet to his hand.

Insinna drew a card and then Special Summoned Spright Jet. He used its effect to add Spright Double Cross to his hand and then Link Summoned Spright Sprind. He used its effect to send an Angler from his Deck to his Graveyard and then used the Angler’s effect to Special Summon two Nimble Beavers. He combined a Beaver with the Sprind to Xyz Summon Gigantic Spright and then activated its effect. He detached a Beaver and Special Summoned Swap Frog from his Deck, prompting Jones to concede.

Insinna passes the first turn without making a play, but Jones isn’t able to capitalize on the weakness and Insinna is ultimately able to win the first Duel!

Duel Two

Jones started off Duel 2 by Normal Summoning Scareclaw Belone and then Special Summoning Scareclaw Acro. He sent Acro to the Graveyard to Link Summon Scareclaw Light-Heart and activated Light-Heart’s effect, but lost out to Insinna’s Infinite Impermanence. Next, Jones activated Primitive Planet Reichphobia and used its effect to add Visas Starfrost to his hand. He used Starfrost’s effect to target and destroy Light-Heart and then Special Summon the Starforst. Next, he Special Summoned Light-Heart from his Graveyard with its effect and used it to Link Summon another Light-Heart. He added a Reichphobia to his hand with the effect of the Light-Heart. Next, he Special Summoned Scareclaw Reichheart and used its effect to add Scareclaw Twinsaw to his hand. He then drew a card with the rest of Reichheart’s effect. Next, he sent 3 of his monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Scareclaw Tri-Heart and then used Tri-Heart’s effect to Special Summon Belone and add Scareclaw Astra to his hand. He Special Summoned Astra from his hand and then Set 2 cards to his back row before passing his turn.

Insinna Special Summoned Kashtira Fenrir from his hand in Defense Position and used its effect to add another Kashtira Fenrir to his hand. Next, he activated Spright Starter to Special Summon Spright Blue from his Deck and lost 1100 Life Points. He used Blue’s effect to add Spright Carrot to his hand and then Jones flipped Twinsaw. He Tributed a Scareclaw monster to destroy both of Insinna’s monsters. Insinna followed up by Special Summoning another Fenrir in Defense Position and Normal Summoning a Spright Carrot. He Special Summoned Spright Jet next, and used its effect to add Spright Smashers to his hand. He activated the Smashers by banishing Spright Starter from his Graveyard. Jones Chained the effect of the Twinsaw in his Graveyard by banishing it to stop Insinna from using the effects of Link Monsters for the turn. Smashers resolved to banish Jet and Tri-Heart, and then Insinna sent his Carrot and Fenrir to the Graveyard to Link Summon Spright Sprind. He couldn’t activate its effect, so he just passed his turn.

Jones drew a card and then activated another Primitive Planet Reichphobia to add Scareclaw Reichheart to his hand. He Special Summoned it and used its effect to add Scareclaw Arrival to his hand, prompting Insinna to concede.

An awesome start for Darrien Jones allows him to take a quick victory in the second Duel of the Match!

Duel Three

Insinna started off Duel 3 by Normal Summoning Red Resonator. He Special Summoned Spright Blue from his hand next, and used its effect to add Spright Jet to his hand, prompting Jones to activate the effect of Droll & Lock Bird. Insinna Special Summoned the Jet anyway and then sent his Red Resonator and Spright Blue to the Graveyard to Link Summon Spright Sprind. He used its effect to send Nimble Angler to the Graveyard and used the effect of his Angler to Special Summon two Nimble Beavers from his Deck. He combined Sprind with a Beaver to Xyz Summon Gigantic Spright and then used its effect to detach a Beaver from it and Special Summon Swap Frog. He used his Frog’s effect to send Swap Frog from his Deck to his Graveyard and then sent Jet and Beaver to the Graveyard to Link Summon Spright Elf. He used Elf’s effect to Special Summon Swap Frog from his Graveyard and then combined both Swap Frogs to Xyz Summon Toadally Awesome linked to Spright Elf! He Set a card to his back row before ending his turn.

Jones drew a card and then Insinna used the effect of his Toadally Awesome in the Standby Phase to detach an Xyz Material and Special Summon a Swap Frog from his Deck in Defense Position. Jones banished a Water Enchantress from his hand to activate its effect, and Insinna Chained the effect of Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to try to negate it. Jones tried to stop the Ash Blossom with Called by the Grave, but Insinna used the effect of his Toadally Awesome by sending the Toadally Awesome to his Graveyard to negate the activation of Called by the Grave and Set it to his field! Next, Jones activated Harpie’s Feather Duster to clear Insinna’s back row and then activated Primitive Planet Reichphobia. He used its effect to add Scareclaw Reichheart to his hand and then Normal Summoned Reichheart. He activated its effect and Insinna Chained the effect of his Elf to Special Summon Toadally Awesome back from his Graveyard. Jones added Scareclaw Arrival to his hand on the resolution of his Reichheart’s effect and then attacked Spright Elf with Reichheart to destroy it and inflict 200 points of damage to Insinna’s Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Jones used his Reichheart to Link Summon Scareclaw Light-Heart and activated its effect to add a Primitive Planet Reichphobia to his hand. He activated Scareclaw Arrival to try to Special Summon Reichheart from his Graveyard and Insinna Chained the effect of his Toadally Awesome to negate its activation by sending his Swap Frog to the Graveyard. He Set the Arrival to his field and Jones was forced to pass his turn.

Insinna Normal Summoned Nimble Beaver and used its effect to Special Summon a Nimble Angler from his Deck. Next, he Special Summoned Spright Jet and used its effect to add Spright Smashers to his hand. He used Nimble Angler and Nimble Beaver to Link Summon Spright Elf next and used its effect to Special Summon Spright Blue from his Graveyard. He activated its effect to add Spright Red to his hand. Next, he Special Summoned Spright Red in Attack Position and entered his Battle Phase. Attacks from Insinna’s monsters wiped out all of Jones’s Life Points!

Luca Insinna advances with a 6-1 record using his Bystial Spright Deck!