It is Round 7 here at YCS Vancouver and both Duelists are 5-1. Tristan Bridges is from Vancouver, Washington, and is using a Purrely Deck this weekend. Matthew Vanden Huevel is from Toronto, Ontario, and is running Unchained! Both are powerful Decks and had strong showings last weekend in Brazil. Unchained is a Deck that only popped up recently, since Duelist Nexus was released, while Purrely has been consistently seeing success over the last few months in all sorts of tournaments.

Duel 1

Vanden Huevel won the die roll and opted to go first for the starting Duel.

Bridges opened with Book of Eclipse, Purrely Sleepy Memory, Stray Purrely Street, and 2 copies of Purrely Pretty Memory. 

Vanden Huevel looked at his hand with a sigh. He Set a Monster and card into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He passed his turn. 

Bridges drew Purrely for turn. He activated Stray Purrely Street, then activated Purrely Pretty Memory, letting both players gain 1000 LP and discarding Book of Eclipse to Special Summon Purrelyly. He activated Purrelyly’s effect to add My Friend Purrely to his hand. He then used Purrelyly’s effect and used Purrely Pretty Memory to Xyz Summon Epurrely Beauty. 

Bridges then Normal Summoned Purrely and excavated Called by the Grave, Nibiru, the Primal Being, and Purrely Delicious Memory. He added Delicious Memory to his hand. Bridges activated Epurrely Beauty’s effect from Purrely Pretty Memory and sent Purrely to the Graveyard to take Vanden Huevel’s face-down Book of Moon as an Xyz Material.

Bridges then activated My Friend Purrely and paid 500 LP, revealing 3 copies of Purrely Happy Memory. He added one to his hand. He then activated Purrely Sleepy Memory and Chained Epurrely Beauty’s effect to switch Vanden Huevel’s face-down monster to Attack Position. 

Rather than revealing his face-down monster and what his Deck was, Vanden Huevel instead conceded the first Duel!

Just like that, Bridges is 1-0 in this matchup and is going into the second Duel completely blind to what his opponent is playing! Well… he knows that Vanden Huevel plays Book of Moon.

Duel 2

Vanden Huevel opted to go first in Duel 2.

Bridges opened with Purrely Delicious Memory, Purrely Pretty Memory, Purrely Happy Memory, Book of Eclipse, and Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring.

Vanden Huevel started off the second Duel with a Normal Summon of Tour Guide from the Underworld! Bridges quickly activated Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to negate Tour Guide’s effect. Vanden Huevel then used Unchained Soul of Sharvara to destroy his Tour Guide and Special Summon Unchained Soul of Sharvara. In a new Chain, after Special Summoning Sharvara, Vanden Huevel activated the effect of Abominable Unchained Soul and Special Summoned it. He sent both monsters to the Graveyard to Link Summon Unchained Soul Lord of Yama. He used Sharvara’s effect to Set Abominable Chamber of the Unchained and used Lord of Yama’s effect to add Unchained Twins – Aruha to his hand.

Vanden Huevel then activated Aruha’s effect, targeting his Set Chamber. Abominable Chamber was destroyed by Aruha’s effect. He then activated the Graveyard effect of Abominable Chamber of the Unchained to Special Summon Unchained Twins – Sarama. He activated Sarama’s effect to re-Set the Chamber and destroy his Aruha. Then, he activated Aruha’s effect and Special Summoned Unchained Soul of Shyama. He Link Summoned Unchained Soul of Rage using Unchained Soul Lord of Yama and Unchained Soul of Shyama as Link Materials. 

Vanden Huevel activated Shyama’s effect and destroyed Sarama. In a new chain, Vanden Huevel activated Sarama and Lord of Yama’s effects in the Graveyard. He Special Summoned back Unchained Soul of Sharvara, while Sarama let him Summon out Unchained Twins – Rakea.

Vanden Huevel linked away Unchained Soul of Sharvara and Unchained Soul of Shyama to Link Summon Muckraker From the Underworld underneath Unchained Soul of Rage. Vanden Huevel activated Muckracker’s effect, discarding Tour Guide From the Underworld to Special Summon Abominable Unchained Soul. Then, he linked Unchained Soul of Rage, Unchained Twins – Rakea, and Abominable Unchained Soul away for Knightmare Gryphon! He Set 1 card to his back row and passed play back to Bridges. 

Bridges drew Crossout Designator. In the Draw Phase, Vanden Huevel activated Anti-Spell Fragrance! Bridges chained Purrely Pretty Memory, then chained Purrely Delicious Memory. Delicious Memory discarded Book of Eclipse and Special Summoned Purrelyly, then Pretty Memory discarded Crossout to Special Summon Purrely. 

Bridges moved to his Main Phase and Xyz Summoned Slacker Magician. He moved to his Battle Phase and had Slacker Magician attack Muckraker. Taking 800 points of damage, he then moved to his Main Phase 2 and Xyz Summoned Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder directly over his Slacker Magician. He then attempted to end his Main Phase.

During the Main Phase 2, Vanden Huevel activated Abominable Chamber of the Unchained and brought back Unchained Soul of Rage. He activated Soul of Rage to link away the ZEUS and Bridges knew it was enough. He conceded the second Duel! 

Both Duelists picked up their cards and started siding for a decisive 3rd Duel!

Duel 3

Bridges opted to go first in the final Duel. He opened with Bystial Druiswurm, Effect Veiler, Purrely Pretty Memory, My Friend Purrely, and Stray Purrely Street. Going straight into his Main Phase, he activated My Friend Purrely and paid 500 Life Points to reveal 3 copies of Purrely Sleepy Memory from his Deck. He added a Sleepy Memory to his hand. Bridges followed that up by activating Stray Purrely Street. Bridges then activated Purrely Sleepy Memory and discarded Bystial Druiswurm to Special Summon Purrelyly.  

He activated Purrelyly’s effect to add Purrelyeap!?, then used Purrelyly’s effect to Special Summon Epurrely Noir with Sleepy Memory as an Xyz Material. He activated Purrely Pretty Memory, let both players gain 1000 LP, Chained Noir’s effect to attach it, then Set Purrelyeap!?. In the End Phase, Bridges used Stray Purrely Street to attach another Sleepy Memory to his Noir. He passed play to Vanden Huevel.

Vanden Huevel drew to start off his turn. In the Standby Phase, Bridges used both Epurrely Noir’s Sleepy Memories to draw 2 cards, then tried to activate Purrelyeap!?, but Vanden Huevel had Book of Moon to flip Epurrely Noir face-down!

Vanden Huevel activated Triple Tactics Thrust and added Abomination’s Prison to his hand! With Abomination’s Prison, Vanden Huevel got Abominable Chamber of the Unchained, Set it, and then activated the effect of Unchained Soul of Sharvara and destroyed Chamber. He then activated Chamber’s effect to Special Summon Unchained Twins – Aruha. 

Vanden Huevel linked Aruha and Sharvara together to make Unchained Soul Lord of Yama. He activated Sharvara’s effect and Chained Unchained Soul Lord of Yama’s effect. The effect of Lord of Yama was negated by Effect Veiler and Sharvara Set Escape of the Unchained. 

Vanden Huevel stopped for a moment to think of a play before activating Triple Tactics Talent to draw 2 cards! He looked at his hand in frustration trying to map out the proper play. Unable to attack over the set Epurrely Noir, he set 3 cards and passed play back to Bridges.

Bridges drew Purrely Happy Memory for his turn. He Flip Summoned his Epurrely Noir, but it was met immediately by another Book of Moon!

Bridges Normal Summoned Purrely and attempted to use its effect but was stopped by Infinite Impermanence. Bridges checked both players’ Graveyards before activating the effect of Bystial Magnamhut, targeting his own Effect Veiler. He Special Summoned it and activated the effect of Bystial Magnamhut to be able to add a Dragon to his hand during his End Phase. Moving to his Battle Phase, Bridges declared an attack with Magnamhut into Lord of Yama then ended his Battle Phase.

During the Main Phase 2, Vanden Huevel activated the effect of Unchained Soul of Sharvara and targeted one of his face-down cards. Destroying Escape of the Unchained, he activated Escape in a new Chain and then Chained the effect of Unchained Soul Lord of Yama, bringing back Unchained Twins – Aruha. Vanden Huevel used Escape to Special Summon Unchained Soul of Shyama. Bridges continued to his End Phase and added his discarded Bystial Druiswurm back to his hand.

Vanden Huevel drew to start his turn and Link Summoned Unchained Soul Lord of Yama with Unchained Soul of Sharvara and Unchained Soul of Shyama. He set Escape with Sharvara’s effect, and added Unchained Twins – Sarama to his hand with Lord of Yama’s effect. He then activated the effect of Unchained Soul of Shyama and destroyed his Unchained Twins – Aruha. He activated Aruha’s effect to Summon an Unchained Soul of Sharvara, then Xyz Summoned D/D/D Wave High King Caesar!

Vanden Huevel Normal Summoned Unchained Twins – Sarama. He activated Sarama’s effect and set Abominable Chamber of the Unchained, then destroyed it and brought out Abominable Unchained Soul. He Link Summoned Unchained Soul of Anguish using Sarama and Lord of Yama. Then, he Link Summoned Unchained Abomination using his Soul of Anguish and Bridges’s Bystial Magnamhut.

Vanden Huevel moved into his Battle Phase and attacked Purrely with Unchained Abomination, then activated Abomination’s effect to destroy My Friend Purrely. Next, he attacked with King Caesar and Abominable Unchained Soul to wipe out the rest of Bridges’s Life Points!

Matthew Vanden Huevel is 6-1 with his Unchained Deck!