Kylar Price from Cassville, Missouri and L’renz Derico from Kanasas City, Missouri both made it to Day 2 of the Remote Duel YCS with 6-2 records. Now they’re facing off in a Match that pits Price’s Runick Deck against Derico’s Mathmech @Ignister Deck. It’s a slow Deck versus a fast one in this Round 9 Feature Match. Let’s Duel!

Duel One

Derico started off Duel 1 by activating Cynet Mining to add Achichi @Ignister to his hand. He Summoned Achichi and used its effect to add Pikari @Ignister to his hand. Next, he Link Summoned Dark Infant @Ignister and used Dark Infant’s effect to add Ignister A.I.Land to his hand. He activated it and used it to Special Summon Pikari from his hand, then used Pikari’s effect to add A.I.dle Reborn to his hand. He Link Summoned Cyberse Wicckid. He then Special Summoned Doyon @Ignister from his hand with the effect of Ignister A.I.Land. He used Doyon @Ignister’s effect, activated A.I. Meet You, and then Link Summoned Transcode Talker. He used A.I.Land’s effect once more to Special Summon another monster, and after a couple quick players, he Link Summoned Dark Templar @Ignister. After a string of several more plays, he Link Summoned The Arrival Cyberse @Ignister and Decode Talker Heatsoul. He used Heatsoul’s effect to draw a card and then Set 2 cards to his back row before passing his turn.

Price drew a card and then Derico used his Heatsoul’s effect again to draw another card. Price activated Runick Smiting Storm to banish the top 5 cards of Derico’s Deck. Next, he activated Pot of Duality and Derico banished Danmari @Ignister from his Graveyard to negate its effect. Price Set 3 cards to his back row and then activated Card of Demise to draw 3 more cards! He activated Runick Destruction to target a face-down A.I.dle Reborn, which Derico Chained to Special Summon Gatchiri @Ignister. Derico banished the top 4 cards of his Deck due to the effect of Runick Destruction. Price activated Messenger of Peace next! He Set the rest of his hand to his back row before passing his turn.

Derico drew a card and Price flipped There Can Be Only One. Derico Chained Heatsoul’s effect to pay 1000 Life Points and draw a card, and then sent all of his monsters to the Graveyard except for The Arrival Cyberse @Ignister due to the effect of There Can Be Only One. He Set 2 cards to his back row and passed without attacking.

Price drew a card, gave up 100 Life Points to keep Messenger of Peace on his field, and passed.

Derico drew a card and passed.

Price drew a card, gave up another 100 Life Points, and then flipped Runick Freezing Curses to get it out of his back row and make room to activate Runick Tip from his hand. He banished Bystial Magnamhut with the effect of Tip and added Runick Fountain to his hand. He activated the Fountain and then used Runick Destruction to destroy Ignister A.I.Land and banish the top 4 cards of Derico’s Deck. Next, he used his Fountain’s effect to return 3 of the Runick Spells in his Graveyard to his Deck and draw 3 cards, and Derico used the effect of the Wind Pegasus @Ignister in his Graveyard to banish it and return Messenger of Peace to Price’s Deck. But Price activated another Messenger of Peace before ending his turn!

Derico Tributed The Arrival to Set a monster and then activated Cynet Mining to add Pikari to his hand. He Summoned it and tried to attack with it, but Price flipped Runick Slumber! He stopped Pikari from attacking, banished 3 cards from the top of Derico’s Deck, and then used his Fountain to draw 3 more cards!

Price activated Runick Destruction and Derico conceded with only 7 cards left in his Deck, realizing he would soon run out of cards!

Kyle Price defends himself with Messenger of Peace and There Can Be Only One while he banishes Derico’s Deck to win the first Duel!

Duel Two

Derico started off Duel 2 by Setting 3 cards to his back row and passing his turn.

Price entered his Battle Phase and then used Evenly Matched to force Derico to banish 2 of his Set cards face-down. Next, he activated Runick Fountain and used Runick Slumber to Special Summon Hugin the Runick Wings from his Extra Deck. He used Hugin’s effect and the effect of his Fountain. He returned Slumber to the bottom of his Deck to draw a card and then added a Fountain to his hand with Hugin’s effect. He Set 2 cards to his back row and then ended his turn. In the End Phase, Derico flipped Cosmic Cyclone and gave up 1000 Life Points to banish Runick Fountain.

Derico drew a card and passed his turn.

Price activated another Runick Fountain and then used Runick Slumber. He targeted his own Hugin and banished the top 3 cards of Derico’s Deck. Next, he used his Fountain’s effect to return Slumber to the Deck and draw a card.

Derico activated Lightning Storm to try to destroy Price’s Spell and Trap Cards, but Price banished his Hugin to protect them! Derico Summoned Achichi and used its effect to add Pikari to his hand, and then Price flipped There Can Be Only One. Achichi attacked, and Price flipped Runick Golden Droplet to Special Summon Munin the Runick Wings in Defense Position. He gained 1000 Life Points in the End Phase with Munin’s effect.

Price activated Runick Tip to add Runick Slumber to his hand and banish the top card of Derico’s Deck. Next, he activated Runick Slumber targeting his own monster to banish the top 3 cards of Derico’s Deck. He used the effect of his Fountain to return 3 of his Runick Spells from his Graveyard to his Deck and draw 3 cards. Next, he activated Messenger of Peace. He gained 1000 Life Points in the End Phase.

Derico drew a card and passed his turn. Price gained 1000 Life Points in the End Phase.

Price drew a card and then paid 100 Life Points in the Standby Phase to keep Messenger of Peace. He activated Runick Slumber to banish 3 more cards from Derico’s Deck and then used his Fountain to draw a card. He gained 1000 Life Points in the End Phase and then passed his turn.

Derico activated Harpie’s Feather Duster! He destroyed all of Price’s Spell and Trap Cards! He Normal Summoned Pikari and used its effect to add A.I.dle Reborn to his hand. Next, he Link Summoned Dark Infant @Ignister and used its effect to add Ignister A.I.Land to his hand. He activated A.I.dle Reborn to Special Summon Achichi and used its effect to add Doylon @Ignister to his hand. He Link Summoned Splash Mage next and Special Summoned Pikari. He sent all of his monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Dark Templar @Ignister next and then activated Ignister A.I.Land. He used its effect to Special Summon Doyon and used Doyon’s effect to return Dark Infant to his Extra Deck. He sent Doyon to the Graveyard to Link Summon Dark Infant and then used the effects of Doyon and Dark Templar. He returned A.I.dle Reborn to his hand, moved the Dark Infant’s column while changing its Attribute, and then Special Summoned monsters from his Graveyard with Dark Templar. He Link Summoned Update Jammer next, and then used Update Jammer as a Link Material to help Summon Transcode Talker. He Special Summoned Update Jammer with Transcode Talker’s effect and then Link Summoned Accesscode Talker using Update Jammer as one of the Link Materials! Next, he used Accesscode Talker’s effect to banish Splash Mage from his Graveyard and destroy Munin the Runick Wings. Attacks from all of Derico’s monsters, including double attacks thanks to the effect of Update Jammer, wiped out all 12,900 of Price’s Life Points!

One final Duel will determine the winner of the Match!

Duel Three

Price started off Duel 3 by activating Runick Golden Droplet to Special Summon Hugin from his Extra Deck. He activated Hugin’s effect by discarding Runick Slumber and tried to add Runick Fountain to his hand, but Derico stopped it with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring! Price activated Pot of Desires next, banishing the top 10 cards of his Deck face-down to draw 2 cards. He Tributed Hugin to Summon Majesty’s Fiend and then Set a card to his back row before passing his turn.

Derico activated Cynet Mining by discarding Mathmech Sigma and added Mathmech Circular to his hand. He activated Dark Hole to destroy Majesty’s Fiend and then used his Circular’s effect to Special Summon it by sending Mathmech Subtraction from his Deck to his Graveyard. Price flipped There Can Be Only One and then Circular attacked Price directly, dropping him down to 6500 Life Points.

Price activated Messenger of Peace and Set a card to his back row.

Derico drew a card and then passed, unable to attack due to the effect of Messenger of Peace.

Price drew a card and then gave up 100 Life Points in his Standby Phase to keep Messenger of Peace on his field.

Derico drew a card and then Set a monster.

Price drew a card, paid 100 Life Points to keep Messenger of Peace, and then activated Runick Freezing Curses to Special Summon Munin from his Extra Deck. He gained 1000 Life Points in the End Phase with Munin’s effect.

Derico drew a card and then passed, and Price gained another 1000 Life Points in the End Phase with the effect of Munin.

Price gave up 100 Life Points in the Standby Phase, Set a card to his back row, and then gained another 1000 Life Points in the End Phase.

Derico activated A.I. Meet You to add Danmari to his hand. He Set it and then activated Lightning Storm! He tried to destroy Price’s back row cards, but Price flipped Dark Bribe to negate it and allow Derico to draw a card. Derico lost 2300 Life Points in the End Phase due to the effect of A.I. Meet You.

Price drew a card, paid another 100 Life Points for Messenger of Peace, and Set another card to his back row.

Derico activated Dark Hole to clear the field and then Normal Summoned Pikari. He used its effect to add A.I.dle Reborn to his hand. He attacked directly with Pikari and then passed his turn.

Price drew a card and paid 100 Life Points for Messenger of Peace. Time in the round was called! Price had 9800 Life Points to Derico’s 5700 Life Points and Price was declared the winner at the end of the Standby Phase!

Kylar Price relies on the ancient Messenger of Peace Continuous Spell Card to help him win the first and third Duels and seal the Match! Price advances with a 7-2 record using his Runick Deck!