Omar Bsiso from Knoxville, Tennessee and Kanadiest Liu from Queens, New York made it into the Top 8 with a Super Heavy Samurai and a Kashtira Deck. Now they’re facing off in an elimination Match that will allow one of them to advance to the Top 4 and send the other one home. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Liu activated the effect of a Dimension Shifter in his hand and then Special Summoned Kashtira Unicorn.

He used its effect to add Kashtiratheosis from his Deck to his hand and then used Kashtiratheosis to Special Summon Kashtira Fenrir from his Deck. He activated Fenrir’s effect to add Kashtira Riseheart to his hand and then Special Summoned it to his field. He activated Riseheart’s effect by banishing Kashtira Unicorn from his Deck and Bsiso banished the top 3 cards of his Deck face-down as Riseheart’s Level rose to 7. Next, Liu combined Fenrir with Unicorn to Xyz Summon Number 89: Diablosis the Mind Hacker. He used its effect to take a look at Bsiso’s Extra Deck and banish Bsiso’s Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder face-down. Next, Liu activated Kashtira Birth and used its effect to Special Summon his banished Kashtira Unicorn. He then Normal Summoned Fenrir from his hand and combined Riseheart with Unicorn and Fenrir to Xyz Summon Kashtira Arise-Heart. He Set a card to his back row and then ended his turn.

Bsiso drew Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and added it to his hand of PSY-Frame Driver, Effect Veiler, Infinitrack Tunneller, Superheavy Samurai Scales, and Superheavy Samurai Wagon. He Normal Summoned Samurai Wagon. It switched into Defense Position, and he used its effect to switch it back into Attack Position and add a Superheavy Samurai Soulpeacemaker to his hand. He activated its effect to equip it to the Wagon and then Tributed his Wagon to Special Summon Superheavy Samurai Prodigy Wakaushi from his Deck. Liu added an Xyz Material to his Arise-Heart and then Bsiso used his Wakaushi’s effect to banish a Driver from his hand and Special Summon Superheavy Samurai Soulpiercer. Arise-Heart gained another Xyz Material with its effect and then Liu banished Soulpiercer face-down with the effect of Arise-Heart. Liu activated the effects of Arise-Heart, Diablosis, and his banished Kashtiratheosis and Bsiso promptly conceded.

A strong opening for Kanadiest Liu allows him to take a quick victory in the first Duel of the Match!

Bsiso chose to go second in Duel 2!

Duel Two

Liu once again activated the effect of his Dimension Shifter in his Main Phase and then activated Pot of Prosperity. He banished 6 cards from his Extra Deck face-down and excavated the top 6 cards of his Deck. He added Set Rotation to his hand returned the other 5 cards to his Deck. He activated Set Rotation to Set Primitive Planet Reichphobia to Bsiso’s field and Pressured Planet Wraitsoth to his own field. He flipped Wraitsoth and used its effect to add Unicorn to his hand and then Special Summoned the Unicorn. He activated its effect to add Kashtiratheosis to his hand and then used Kashtiratheosis to Special Summon Kashtira Fenrir. He used Fenrir’s effect to add Kashtira Rise-Heart to his hand and Special Summoned it. Next, he Xyz Summoned Kashtira Shangri-Ira by combining Unicorn and Fenrir and used Riseheart’s effect. He banished Kashtira Big Bang from his Deck and banished the top 3 cards of Bsiso’s Deck face-down before raising Riseheart’s Level to 7. He activated Shangri-Ira’s effect and Big Bang’s effect. He made 1 Spell & Trap Card Zone unusable and Special Summoned a Fenrir to the field. Next, he Xyz Summoned Diablosis and Xyz Summoned Arise-Heart over Shangri-Ira. He used Diablosis’s effect to banish a Zeus from Bsiso’s Extra Deck face-down and then banished 4 more cards face-down from Bsiso’s Deck. He added 2 more Xyz Materials to Arise-Heart along the way and then passed his turn.

Bsiso drew Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and added it top his hand of Dinowrestler Pankratops, Superheavy Samurai Monk Big Benkei, Superheavy Samurai Stealthy, Superheavy Samurai Soulgaia Booster, and Sage de Fleur.

He Special Summoned the Pankratops and then activated the effect of Sage de Fleur in his hand by targeting Pankratops and Arise-Heart. Liu Chained the effect of his Arise-Heart, and Bsiso Chained the effect of Pankratops to destroy Diablosis. Sage took down Arise-Heart and was Summoned to the field, and Liu added a Unicorn to his hand with the effect of a Kashtiratheosis he had detached from Arise-Heart. Bsiso Special Summoned Stealthy next, and then put Big Benkei in his Pendulum Zone. He activated its effect to add Soulpeacemaker from his Deck to his hand. He use Soulpeacemaker’s effect to try to equip it to Stealthy and Liu activated the effect of PSY-Framegear Gamma. He negated the activation of Soulpeacemaker’s effect and destroyed it while Special Summoning Driver and Gamma both from his hand. In the End Phase, Liu banished Gamma and Driver from his field.

Liu Special Summoned Kashtira Unicorn from his hand and activated its effect. Bsiso stopped it with Ash Blossom and Liu Chained Unicorn’s effect to banish Baronne de Fleur from Bsiso’s Extra Deck face-down. Next, Liu attacked and destroyed Stealthy.

Bsiso drew Superheavy Samurai Scales and Normal Summoned it. He used the effect of his Pendulum Scale to add a Soulpiercer to his hand and then sent Scales to the Graveyard to Link Summon Superheavy Samurai Scarecrow. He discarded Soulpiercer to Special Summon Scales to the field and Liu used his Unicorn’s effect to banish Superheavy Samurai Ninja Sarutobi face-down from the Extra Deck. Bsiso Special Summoned Soulpiercer from his Graveyard with Scales’s effect and then flipped over Primitive Planet Reichphobia. He equipped a Superheavy Samurai Soulgaia Booster to Scales and then Special Summoned the Booster. He combined 2 monsters to Xyz Summon Sprigans Merrymaker and then upgraded it to Gigantic “Champion” Sargas. He used its effect to add Therion “King” Regulus to his hand and then Special Summoned it to his field equipped with the Stealthy from his Graveyard. He then sent Sargas and Soulpiercer to the Graveyard to Link Summon Ancient Gear Ballista. He used Soulpiercer’s effect to add a Superheavy Samurai Prodigy Wakaushi to his hand and then used his Ancient Gear Ballista’s effect to destroy his Stealthy and reduce Unicorn’s ATK to 0. Attacks from all of Bsiso’s monsters destroyed the Unicorn and dropped Liu down to 800 Life Points.

Liu activated a Wraitsoth from his hand to try to get a monster from his Deck and Bsiso negated the effect with Regulus. Next, Liu Special Summoned Fenrir from his hand and used its effect to add Riseheart from his Deck to his hand. He Special Summoned it and then attacked the Scareclaw with Riseheart to destroy it. Next, Fenrir attacked and destroyed the Ancient Gear Ballista, banishing Sage de Fleur face-down with Fenrir’s effect in the process. Next, he used Riseheart’s effect by banishing Kashtiratheosis from his Deck and banished the top 3 cards of Bsiso’s Deck face-down. Liu used the effect of the banished Kashtiratheosis to add Kashtira Big Bang to his hand and then Xyz Summoned Shangri-Ira. He Set a card to his back row and then passed his turn.

Bsiso drew Superheavy Samurai Motorbike and then Liu used his Shangri-Ira’s effect to Special Summon a Unicorn from his Deck. He used Wraitsoth’s effect to destroy Reichphobia and then Bsiso activated the effect of the Motorbike in his hand to add Superheavy Samurai Wagon from his Deck to his hand. Liu used his Unicorn’s effect to banish Superheavy Samurai Scareclaw from Bsiso’s Extra Deck and make Bsiso’s open Pendulum Zone unusable with the effect of Shangri-Ira. Bsiso Normal Summoned the Wagon and switched it into Defense Position with its effect. Then he activated its effect to switch it into Attack Position and add a Soulpiercer from his Deck to his hand. Bsiso conceded, seeing no way out.

Kanadiest Liu is moving on to the Top 4!