Finals Feature Match: Christopher LeBlanc vs. Carlos Perez Padilla
This is it! The winner of this Match will be the champion of the July 2023 Remote Duel Extravaganza TCG Main Event and receive all of the prizes associated with winning, including Ultra Rare copies of Darklord Asmodeus, Darklord Superbia, and Darklord Edeh Arae. Christopher LeBlanc and his Purrely Deck are about to face off against Carlos Perez and his Labrynth Deck. Waltham, Massachusetts’s Christopher LeBlanc is a 5-time YCS winner. Carlos Perez from Ecuador is a former Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship competitor. It’s a battle between titans in this final Match! For the last time this weekend in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Main Event, it’s time to Duel!
Duel One
Perez started off Duel 1 by activating the effect of Labrynth Cooclock in his hand. Next, he used the effect of Labrynth Stovie Torbie by discarding Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle from his hand and Set Big Welcome Labrynth from his Deck. He activated the effect of his Cooclock to Special Summon it from his Graveyard and then flipped over his Big Welcome Labrynth thanks to Cooclock’s effect to Special Summon Lovely Labrynth from his Graveyard and return Cooclock to his hand. He activated Lovely Labrynth’s effect to try to destroy a card in LeBlanc’s hand, Chained Stovie Torbie’s effect to Special Summon it from his Graveyard, and LeBlanc Chained Effect Veiler to negate the effect of Lovely Labrynth! Stovie Torbie was Special Summoned in Defense Position as the Chain resolved and Perez Set a card to his back row before passing his turn.
LeBlanc drew a card and Perez flipped another Big Welcome Labrynth in the Draw Phase. He Special Summoned Arianna the Labrynth Servant and returned Stovie Torbie to his hand. He activated the effects of Arianna and Lovely Labrynth in Chain. He added Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle to his hand with Arianna’s effect and then resolved Lovely Labrynth’s effect to destroy a Triple Tactics Talent from LeBlanc’s hand. LeBlanc activated My Friend Purrely in the Main Phase and used its effect to reveal 3 Purrely Happy Memory from his Deck and add 1 of them to his hand. Next, he activated Purrely Sleepy Memory and discarded Purrely Pretty Memory from his hand to Special Summon Purrelyly. He used Purrelyly’s effect to add Purrely to his hand. He Normal Summoned Purrely and activated its effect. He excavated the top 3 cards of his Deck, but didn’t see a card that he could add to his hand. Next, he used Purrelyly’s effect to target the Pretty Memory in his Graveyard and Xyz Summoned Epurrely Beauty using the Purrelyly as an Xyz Material. He attached the Pretty Memory in his Graveyard as an Xyz Material. Next, he Xyz Summoned Purrely Happiness with his Purrely’s effect by attaching Happy Memory to it from his hand as an Xyz Material. He attacked Arianna with Happiness but didn’t destroy it. He halved the stats of Lovely Labrynth and added a card to his hand with Happiness’s effect. He activated Purrely Delicious Memory next, and Perez Chained Cooclock’s effect so that LeBlanc couldn’t attach the Delicious Memory to one of his Xyz Monsters with their effects. Delicious Memory made it so that Lovely Labrynth couldn’t be destroyed in battle. Happiness attacked Lovely Labrynth and halved its stats once more. Next, LeBlanc activated Happy Memory, and Perez Chained the effect of a Stovie Torbie in his hand to discard a card and Set Welcome Labrynth from his Deck. Perez used his Cooclock’s effect in the Graveyard to return it to his hand. Next, Beauty attacked Lovely Labrynth, dropping Perez down to 6575 Life Points, but still failing to destroy it in battle. In Main Phase 2, LeBlanc sent his Happiness to the Graveyard with the effect of his Beauty (enhanced by the Pretty Memory attached to it) to target the Welcome Labrynth in Perez’s back row and try to attach it as an Xyz Material; but Perez Chained the Welcome Labrynth, and LeBlanc Chained Beauty to negate the effect of Arianna! LeBlanc Xyz Summoned Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder over Epurrely Beauty and used its effect to clear the field by detaching 2 Xyz Materials before ending his turn.
Perez activated the Cooclock’s effect from his hand and then Special Summoned Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle from his hand. He banished Big Welcome Labrynth from his Graveyard targeting Zeus. LeBlanc Chained Zeus’s effect to send Lady Labrynth to the Graveyard, and then Zeus returned to the Extra Deck by the effect of Big Welcome Labrynth. Perez activated the effects of the Stovie Torbie and Labrynth Chandraglier in his Graveyard to Special Summon Stovie Torbie and return the Chandraglier to his hand, since Zeus left the field by the effect of a Trap Card. Next, Perez activated Chandraglier’s effect by discarding Lava Golem and Set Welcome Labrynth from his Deck. He returned Cooclock from his Graveyard to his hand and then flipped Welcome Labrynth to Special Summon Arianna from his Deck. He used Arianna’s effect to add Big Welcome Labrynth from his Deck to his hand and then sent his 2 monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Muckraker From the Underworld. He discarded a card to Special Summon Lovely Labrynth from his Graveyard and used Lovely Labrynth’s effect to Set Welcome Labrynth from his Graveyard to his field. He attacked with his two monsters and then LeBlanc conceded, seeing no way to win the Duel.

Carlos Perez Padilla wins the first Duel of the Match with his Labrynth Deck!
Duel Two
LeBlanc started off Duel 2 by activating My Friend Purrely and paid 500 Life Points to reveal 3 copies of Purrely Sleepy Memory from his Deck. He added one of them to his hand at random and Perez activated the effect of Droll & Lock Bird from his hand! LeBlanc Normal Summoned Purrely and then activated Stray Purrely Street. He used Purrely’s effect to Xyz Summon Epurrely Noir by attaching a Sleepy Memory from his hand as an Xyz Material, and then activated Pretty Memory. He attached it to Noir with Noir’s effect and Set Purrelyeap!? with its effect. LeBlanc Set a card to his back row and then entered his End Phase. He attached a Sleepy Memory to his Noir in the End Phase with Street’s effect. In the End Phase, Perez activated Stovie Torbie’s effect by discarding Big Welcome Labrynth and Set Welcome Labrynth from his Deck to his field.
Perez entered his Draw Phase and flipped Welcome Labrynth. LeBlanc Chained Purrelyeap!? to Xyz Summon Expurrely Noir over Epurrely Noir and then Perez Special Summoned Arianna from his Deck with the effect of his Welcome Labrynth. He activated Arianna’s effect; LeBlanc Chained Infinite Impermanence targeting it; and Perez Chained the effect of the Big Welcome Labrynth in his Graveyard to return Arianna to his hand! Arianna’s effect resolved to add Chandraglier from his Deck to his hand and then Perez used the effect of the Stovie Torbie in his Graveyard to Special Summon it back to the field. In the Standby Phase, LeBlanc drew 2 cards thanks to the effect of his Noir (enhanced by the two copies of Sleepy Memory attached to it). In Main Phase 1, Perez activated Pot of Extravagance and banished 6 cards from his Extra Deck face-down at random to draw 2 cards. Next, he activated the effect of the Cooclock in his hand. He activated Stovie Torbie’s effect next and discarded Arianna from his hand to Set Labrynth Labyrinth from his Deck. He returned Cooclock from his Graveyard to his hand with Cooclock’s effect and then flipped Labrynth Labyrinth face-up. Padilla Set 2 cards to his back row and then ended his turn. In the End Phase, LeBlanc used his Street’s effect to attach a Purrely Delicious Memory to his Expurrely Noir. He also detached 2 Xyz Materials from Expurrely Noir to return one of Perez’s back row cards to the bottom of his Deck. He followed up by detaching 2 more Xyz Materials to do it again, returning Padilla’s remaining back row card to the bottom of his Deck.
LeBlanc used Expurrely Noir’s effect (with Pretty Memory under it) to send Street to the Graveyard and destroy Labrynth Labyrinth. He used My Friend Purrely to reveal 3 copies of Purrelyly from his Deck and randomly added 1 to his hand, prompting Perez to activate the effect of another Droll & Lock Bird. LeBlanc activated another Street and then Normal Summoned Purrelyly. He used its effect to Xyz Summon Epurrely Plump with Delicious Memory attached as an Xyz Material. Next, LeBlanc activated Sleepy Memory and used Plump’s effect to attach it to the Plump. He switched Noir into Attack Position and then used Plump’s effect to attach 2 more Sleepy Memories from his Graveyard to his Plump. He attacked directly with Noir and Plump, and then used Noir’s effect to detach 2 Xyz Materials from it and return the Big Welcome Labrynth in Perez’s Graveyard back to Perez’s Deck. He upgraded his Plump into another Expurrely Noir and then LeBlanc Set a card to his back row. He used the effect of Street in the End Phase to attach a Pretty Memory to Noir. Also in the End Phase, the Expurrely Noir that was Summoned by the effect of Purrelyeap!? returned to the Extra Deck due to the effect of Purrelyeap!?.
Perez activated the effect of Cooclock in his Draw Phase and then activated Chandraglier’s effect by discarding Skill Drain. He Set Big Welcome Labrynth from his Deck and then Special Summoned Cooclock with his Cooclock’s effect. He activated the Big Welcome Labrynth while still in his Draw Phase to Special Summon Arianna and return Cooclock to his hand. He activated the effects of Arianna, Chandraglier, and Stovie Torbie, and LeBlanc flipped Infinite Impermanence to negate the effect of Arianna. In the Standby Phase, LeBlanc activated Noir’s effect three times to draw 3 cards, thanks to the effects of the 3 Sleepy Memories attached to it. Perez ended his turn, and LeBlanc used his Street’s effect to attach a Pretty Memory from his Graveyard to Noir.
LeBlanc used the effect of My Friend Purrely to reveal 2 copies of Purrelyly and a Happy Memory from his Deck and randomly add one of them to his hand. Next, he Normal Summoned Purrelyly and used its effect to add Purrely to his hand. He detached 2 Xyz Materials from Noir to put Stovie Torbie on the bottom of Perez’s Deck. Perez Chained the effect of a Cooclock and then Chained the effect of Stovie Torbie by discarding the last card in his hand and sending Stovie Torbie to the Graveyard. He Set Welcome Labrynth from his Deck to his field, and then used the effect of the Cooclock in his Graveyard to add it to his hand. Next, he activated Welcome Labrynth; but LeBlanc Chained Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to negate its effect! LeBlanc used his Purrelyly’s effect to Xyz Summon Epurrely Beauty and sent My Friend Purrely to the Graveyard to attach Arianna to his Noir as an Xyz Material. He switched Noir into Attack Position and attacked directly with both monsters to drop Perez down to 400 Life Points. LeBlanc Set a card to his back row and then attached Happy Memory to his Noir in the End Phase with Street’s effect.
Perez drew a card and then LeBlanc drew 3 cards with his Noir’s effect in the Standby Phase. Perez Normal Summoned Cooclock in Main Phase 1 and then banished Big Welcome Labrynth from his Graveyard to try to return Cooclock to his hand; but when LeBlanc Chained the effect of his Noir to put the Cooclock on the bottom of Perez’s Deck, Perez conceded!

The Match is going to a third and final Duel!
Duel Three
Perez started off Duel 3 by activating Pot of Extravagance and banishing 6 random cards from his Extra Deck face-down to draw 2 cards. He Normal Summoned Arianna next and used its effect to add Chandraglier to his hand. He activated Chandraglier’s effect by discarding Lovely Labrynth from his hand to Set Big Welcome Labrynth from his Deck. Next, he Set 3 more cards to his back row and passed.
LeBlanc drew a card and Perez flipped Big Welcome Labrynth. LeBlanc Chained Cosmic Cyclone by giving up 1000 Life Points, banishing a Solemn Strike from Perez’s field. Perez Special Summoned Lovely Labrynth and then returned Arianna to his hand. He used Lovely Labrynth’s effect and Chandraglier’s effect. He returned Chandraglier to his hand and destroyed My Friend Purrely from LeBlanc’s hand with Lovely Labrynth. Next, LeBlanc activated Pot of Prosperity and banished 6 cards from his Extra Deck face-down to excavate the top 6 cards of his Deck. He added a Book of Moon to his hand and returned the other 5 cards to his Deck. Next, he activated Stray Purrely Street and activated Purrely Pretty Memory. He discarded Pot of Prosperity to Special Summon Purrelyly from his Deck and activated its effect to add My Friend Purrely to his hand. He activated the effect of Purrelyly, but Perez Chained Dimensional Barrier declaring Xyz Monsters! LeBlanc was unable to Xyz Summon any monsters for the rest of the turn! He Link Summoned Relinquished Anima instead and then used My Friend Purrely’s effect by paying 500 Life Points. He revealed 3 copies of Happy Memory from his Deck and randomly added one of them to his hand. He Set a card to his back row and then ended his turn, out of options.
Perez activated the effect of Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle to Set Dimensional Barrier back from his Graveyard to his field and LeBlanc conceded.

Carlos Perez Padilla uses Dimensional Barrier to prevent Christopher LeBlanc from Summoning Xyz Monsters in Duel 3! That allows him to take a quick victory and close out the Match!
Carlos Perez Padilla is this weekend’s Remote Duel Extravaganza Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Main Event champion!