Round 1 has begun here at YCS Vancouver! Both Duelists here have been playing the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME for over a decade and have a fair number of YCS top-cut finishes between them. Larry Musgrove Jr. hails from Cincinatti, Ohio, and is running a Kashtira Deck this weekend. His opponent is Kyle Crofoot from Sacramento, California.

Duel 1

Musgrove won the die roll and opened up with Pot of Prosperity, Kashtira Unicorn, Kashtira Fenrir, Forbidden Lance, and Dimension Shifter in his hand. He started by Special Summoning Kashtira Unicorn and activated its effect to add Kashtira Birth from his Deck to hand. He activated Birth and Normal Summoned Kashtira Fenrir without Tribute thanks to Birth’s effect, grabbing a copy of Kashtira Riseheart from his Deck with Fenrir’s effect. He Special Summoned Kashtira Riseheart with its own effect and then used Unicorn and Fenrir as Xyz Materials to Xyz Summon Kashtira Shangri-Ira. Musgrove banished Kashtira Big Bang from his Deck to activate Riseheart’s effect and banish 3 cards from the top of Crofoot’s deck. 

Shangri-Ira locked out one of Crofoot’s Spell & Trap Card Zones, and Big Bang’s effect added the Kashtira Unicorn that was attached to Shangri-Ira as an Xyz Material back to Musgrove’s hand. Dimension Shifter was activated next, and then Musgrove Xyz Summoned Kashtira Arise-Heart by using Riseheart as an Xyz Material. Musgrove then activated Pot of Prosperity by banishing 6 cards from his Extra Deck. He revealed Book of Moon, Infinite Impermanence, Pot of Prosperity, Pot of Desires, Kashtira Birth, and Scareclaw Kashtira with its effect. Musgrove added Book of Moon to his hand. Arise-Heart’s effect activated to attach an Xyz Material and Crofoot Chained the effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being! He Summoned a Primal Being Token to Musgrove’s field in Attack Position, and Special Summoned Nibiru to his own field. Musgrove used Birth’s effect to Special Summon Fenrir back to his field. He Set 2 cards and then passed play over to Crofoot.

Crofoot drew for his turn, thought for a moment, then moved to the Battle Phase! He attacked with Nibiru into Kashtira Fenrir but Musgrove activated Forbidden Lance! After losing his Nibiru in the battle, Crofoot moved to his Main Phase 2 and activated his own Pot of Prosperity. 

Crofoot revealed Radian the Multidimensional Kaiju, Labrynth Stovie Torbie, Labrynth Chandraglier, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and two copies of Big Welcome Labrynth. He added a Big Welcome Labrynth to his hand and put the rest of the cards on the bottom of his deck. He proceeded to Set 4 cards to his Spell & Trap Card Zone and then Set a monster on the field. He passed play back to Musgrove.

Musgrove drew a card. In his Standby Phase, Crofoot activated Infinite Impermance on Kashtira Fenrir! Musgrove noticed that the Impermanence was in the same column as his Kashtira Birth so he Chained Book of Moon to put his Fenrir face-down and let it dodge the effect of the Impermanence. In the Main Phase, Musgrove flipped up Fenrir and attempted to use its effect, but was met with another Infinite Impermanence! Musgrove Normal Summoned Kashtira Unicorn next. Crofoot tried to use Big Welcome Labrynth, but was stopped by Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring!

Unicorn added Kashtiratheosis from Musgrove’s Deck to his hand, and then Kashtira Birth brought back Riseheart. Crofoot knew that he wouldn’t be able to stop the swarm of Kashtira monsters that were about to attack, and conceded the first Duel of the Match. 

Duel 2

Crofoot opted to start the Match off in the second Duel. Musgrove opened up with Dimension Shifter, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Kashitra Birth, Kashtira Unicorn, and Forbidden Lance. In the Draw Phase, Musgrove activated the effect of his Dimension Shifter. 

Crofoot started his turn off by activating Pot of Prosperity and banishing 6 cards face-down to reveal Arianna the Labrynth Servant, Labrynth Cooclock, Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle, Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle, Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon, and Labrynth Chandraglier. He added Arianna to his hand and Normal Summoned it, and then activated its effect to add Welcome Labrynth from his deck to his hand. 

He Set 4 cards and went to his End Phase. In his End Phase, he activated the effect of Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle in his hand and Special Summoned it in Defense Position. 

Musgrove drew Kashtiratheosis for turn and started off strong by Special Summoning Kashtira Unicorn. On the Special Summon of Unicorn, Crofoot flipped Welcome Labrynth and Musgrove Chained Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Crofoot Chained Big Welcome Labrynth to Ash Blossom and then Chained Lady Labrynth’s on-field effect to Set Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon from his Deck to his field. Big Welcome Special Summoned Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle and returned Lady Labrynth to hand. 

In a new Chain, Kashtira Unicorn activated its effect and the effects of both Lady Labrynth and Arianna Chained onto it. Crofoot drew a card, destroyed Unicorn, and then Musgrove banished Chaos Angel from Crofoot’s Extra Deck. Musgrove activated Kashtira Birth and was met with Solemn Judgment! Musgrove Set 2 cards and proceeded to his End Phase. During the End Phase, Crofoot Special Summoned Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle using its own effect.

Crofoot drew for turn and linked the Arianna and Lady Labrynth for Unchained Soul Lord of Yama. Yama activated its effect and added Unchained Soul of Sharvara to Crofoot’s hand. Sharvara activated its effect and targeted a Set card, which was Escape of the Unchained! Crofoot chained Escape to destroy Yama and  Musgrove’s Set Kashtiratheosis. Lovely Labrynth Set Escape of the Unchained from the Graveyard with its effect and both monsters attacked Musgrove directly. Crofoot Set one card to his Spell/Trap Zone and passed play back to Musgrove.

Musgrove drew Book of Moon and instantly conceded the game! The score is tied 1-1 as both Duelists are eager to start this tournament off with a winning record. 

Duel 3

Musgrove opted to start off the final Duel. He opened up with Pot of Prosperity, Triple Tactics Talent, Kashtira Fenrir, Pot of Desires, and Kashtira Riseheart. He started off with Pot of Desires, banishing 10 cards from his Deck to draw Dimension Shifter and another copy of Triple Tactics Talent.

Kashtira Fenrir was Special Summoned in Defense Position and added Kashtira Unicorn to Musgrove’s hand with its effect. Musgrove Special Summoned Kashtira Riseheart by activating its effect. He used its effect to banish Kashtira Big Bang along with the top 3 cards of Crofoot’s deck. He paused to think of his next move. He combined his 2 Kashtira monsters to Xyz Summon Kashtira Shangri-Ira, Set 1 card, and went to his End Phase. In the End Phase, Crofoot activated Labrynth Chandraglier’s effect by discarding Labrynth Stovie Torbie to Set Big Welcome Labrynth. 

Crofoot drew for turn and paused to think in the Draw Phase. He activated Big Welcome Labrynth and brought out Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle, returning it to the hand with Big Welcome Labrynth. In a new Chain, still in the Draw Phase, Crofoot activated the effects of Labrynth Stovie Torbie and Chandraglier from the Graveyard. Stovie was Summoned in Defense Position and Chandraglier was added back to the hand. Still in the Draw Phase, Crofoot summoned Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle onto the field. 

Moving to the Standby Phase, Musgrove used Kashtira Shangri-Ira to Special Summon a copy of Kashtira Fenrir from the Deck in Defense Position. In the Main Phase, Crofoot picked up his Extra deck and thought for a moment. Opting not to Summon anything, he Set three cards face-down and then activated the effect of Labrynth Stovie Torbie by discarding the Labrynth Chandraglier that he added back earlier. Its effect Set Labrynth Labyrinth from his Deck and he activated it. He then proceeded to his End Phase and passed play back to Musgrove.

Musgrove drew Kashtiratheosis for turn. During the Draw Phase, Crofoot activated Big Welcome Labrynth from the Graveyard to return Kashtira Shangri-Ira to Musgrove’s Extra Deck. Musgrove proceeded to his Main Phase and activated the effect of Kashtira Fenrir to grab a copy of Scareclaw Kashtira from his Deck. Musgrove then activated Pot of Prosperity and revealed Dimension Shifter, Pressured Planet Wraitsoth, 2 Forbidden Lances, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and Cosmic Cyclone. Ash Blossom was selected from the 6 cards and he added it to his hand. 

Musgrove proceeded to Summon Scareclaw Kashtira by banishing the Fenrir in his Graveyard. He switched Kashtira Fenrir to Attack Position and went into his Battle Phase. During the start of the Battle Phase, Crofoot flipped Welcome Labrynth, but it was stopped by Ash Blossom. Afterward, Crofoot flipped Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon and Chained the effect of Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle. Lady’s effect Set Big Welcome Labrynth from the Deck and all monsters on the field were flipped face-down. Musgrove moved to his Main Phase 2 and Tributed both of his monsters to Tribute Summon Kashtira Unicorn!

Musgrove activated the effect of Kashtira Unicorn and was stopped by Infinite Impermanence. Labrynth Labyrinth then Summoned back Labrynth Stovie Torbie onto the field. Kashtiratheosis was activated, targeting Unicorn and Summoning out Kashtira Riseheart. Riseheart banished Kashtira Birth along with 3 of Crofoot’s Main Deck cards. Musgrove Xyz Summoned Dark Armed, the Dragon of Annihilation and detached Unicorn from it to destroy Crofoot’s Set Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle and banish Kashtiratheosis. The effect of the banished Kashtiratheosis added the newly banished Kashtira Birth back to Musgrove’s hand.

Dark Armed detached another Xyz Material to destroy the newly Set Big Welcome Labrynth and banish Kashtira Fenrir. Kashtira Birth was activated from the hand. Musgrove used Birth’s effect to Special Summon back Fenrir! He Set 1 card and passed play to Crofoot.

Crofoot drew and went straight to his Main Phase. He Set 1 card passed his turn.

Musgrove drew Kashtira Birth and activated it. He activated the newly placed Kashtira Birth’s effect to Special Summon a monster and Crofoot Chained Welcome Labrynth. He Summoned Arianna the Labrynth Servant and destroyed the Kashtira Birth that was activated thanks to his Labrynth Labyrinth. In a new Chain, Crofoot activated the effect of Welcome Labrynth from his Graveyard, Chained the effect of Labrynth Chandraglier, and then Chained the effect of Arianna the Labrynth Servant. Arianna added Stovie Torbie to his hand, Welcome Labrynth was Set, and Chandraglier was added back to his hand. Kashtira Fenrir activated its effect to banish Labrynth Labyrinth face-down. 

Musgrove activated Triple Tactics Talent to draw 2 cards! He drew Book of Moon and Harpie’s Feather Duster. Feather Duster was quickly activated to wipe away Welcome Labrynth. Kashtira Fenrir was switched to Attack Position. Dark Armed attacked Arianna, then Fenrir attacked Stovie. Crofoot activated Labrynth Stovie Torbie’s effect by discarding Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle to Set Big Welcome Labrynth to his field. Fenrir attacked directly instead. During the Main Phase 2, Dark Armed was turned into Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder and Musgrove Set 1 card before ending his turn.

Crofoot drew for turn and Summoned Arianna the Labrynth Servant, he activated her effect to add Labrynth Stovie Torbie to his hand. Fenrir attempted to banish Arianna, but Crofoot chained Big Welcome Labrynth to summon back Lady Labrynth and return Arianna to his hand. In a new Chain, Crofoot activated the effect of Lovely Labrynth, then Stovie Torbie, then Welcome Labrynth!

Labrynth Stovie Torbie was Summoned and Welcome Labrynth was Set. the Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle destroyed Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder with its effect. Musgrove flipped Book of Moon targeting Lovely Labrynth to try and stop Crofoot in his tracks. Crofoot ended his turn!

Musgrove drew Cosmic Cyclone and activated Kashtira Birth to summon back Kashtira Unicorn. He used Unicorn’s effect to grab Kashtiratheosis from his Deck. He moved to the Battle Phase. Fenrir attacked and activated its effect to banish Labrynth Stovie Torbie face-down. He redeclared his Fenrir’s attack into the face-down Lovely Labrynth and then attacked directly with Kashtira Unicorn. He Set 1 card and then ended his turn. 

Kyle drew for turn and knew that it was over! He offered the handshake.

Larry Musgrove Jr. is off to a strong 1-0 start after a wild back-and-forth with his Kashtira deck!