Top 16 Feature Match: Ryan Carrigan vs. Jose Santiago
Ryan Carrigan from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is the only Labrynth player to make it into the Top 32, and now he’s facing off against Jose Santiago in Top 16! This is Ryan’s first YCS Top Cut finish, and he’s excited to be here with his Labrynth Deck which is now boosted by Rage of the Abyss with 3 copies of Mulcharmy Fuwalos and 3 copies of Dominus Impulse in his Main Deck. He’s about to Duel against a titan in the game. Jose Santiago from Lowell, Massachusetts made it to the Top 4 of this year’s Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME World Championship and is looking to take his first YCS victory using a Snake-Eye Azamina Deck. It’s time to Duel!
Duel One
Santiago started off the first Duel by activating Bonfire to add Snake-Eye Oak from his Deck to his hand.
He Normal Summoned Snake-Eyes Poplar and then used its effect to add Original Sinful Spoils – Snake Eye to his hand. On its resolution, Carrigan activated the effect of Labrynth Cooclock from his hand. In a new Chain, he activated the effect of Labrynth Chandraglier from his hand by discarding a Big Welcome Labrynth. He Set a Welcome Labrynth from his Deck and then, in a new Chain, Special Summoned Cooclock back from his Graveyard in Defense Position. Next, Carrigan activated the effect of Arias the Labrynth Butler to Set Trap Trick from his hand to his field. He flipped Welcome Labrynth next, Special Summoning Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle from his Deck in Attack Position. Next, he banished Big Welcome Labrynth from his Graveyard to return Poplar to the hand. Santiago activated Poplar’s effect to try to Special Summon it, and Carrigan Chained the effects of his Lady Labrynth and Chandraglier. Santiago Chained Infinite Impermanence to negate Lovely’s effect, and Carrigan Chained the effect of Arias in his Graveyard to Special Summon it in Defense Position. As the Chain resolved, Santiago Special Summoned Poplar to his field in Defense Position. In a new Chain, Carrigan flipped Trap Trick and banished a Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon from his Deck to Set one from his Deck to his field. He immediately flipped it, Setting all monsters face-down! Santiago ended his turn, stopped by the Daruma Cannon!
Carrigan drew Labrynth Stovie Torbie and added it to his hand of Labrynth Chandraglier. He Flip Summoned Lovely Labrynth and used its effect to Set Karma Cannon back face-down. Next, he Flip Summoned his Cooclock and his Arias. He sent Cooclock and Arias to the Graveyard to Link Summon Muckraker From the Underworld and then activated the effect of the Chandraglier in his hand by discarding Stovie Torbie. He Set Big Welcome Labrynth from his Deck to his field and then returned Cooclock to his hand in a new Chain. Next, he activated the Cooclock’s effect, and after it resolved, he activated Big Welcome Labrynth to Special Summon Arianna the Labrynth Servant from his Deck and return it to his hand. In a new Chain, since a monster left the field by a card effect, he used the effects of Chandraglier, Stovie Torbie, Lovely Labrynth, and Welcome Labrynth. He returned Stovie Torbie to his field, Chandraglier to his hand, and put Welcome Labrynth face-down. Lovely Labrynth’s effect destroyed a Mulcharmy Fuwalos in Santiago’s hand. Next, Carrigan sent his Stovie Torbie and Lovely Labrynth to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon Chaos Angel and used its effect to banish Santiago’s face-down Poplar. Carrigan tried to use his Muckraker’s effect to bring back Lovely Labrynth, but Santiago negated its effect with Effect Veiler. Carrigan Normal Summoned Arianna the Labrynth Servant next and activated its effect to add Stovie Torbie from his Deck to his hand. He activated its effect by discarding Chandraglier and Set Labrynth Labyrinth from his Deck and flipped it. He attacked directly with Muckraker, Chaos Angel, and Arianna, dropping Santiago down to 1900 Life Points.
Santiago Normal Summoned Snake-Eye Oak and used its effect to Special Summon his banished Poplar. He used Poplar’s effect to add Divine Temple of the Snake-Eye to his hand and then Carrigan flipped Daruma Cannon! He put all monsters on the field face-down and then Special Summoned Lovely Labrynth from his Graveyard thanks to Labrynth Labyrinth. Santiago activated Divine Temple next, and Carrigan Chained Welcome Labrynth. He Special Summoned Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle from his Deck and used the added effect of Labrynth Labyrinth to destroy the Divine Temple. With that, Santiago conceded.
Ryan Carrigan uses all of the cards in his hand before he even takes his first turn and successfully disrupts Jose Santiago’s initial plays! From there, he was able to use his Labrynth cards to overwhelm Jose Santiago and win the first Duel!
Duel Two
Santiago chose to go first in Duel 2 and Carrigan activated the effect of the Mulcharmy Purulia in his hand in the Draw Phase. Santiago Set 2 cards to his back row and then ended his turn. In the End Phase, Carrigan activated the effect of the Chandraglier in his hand by discarding a Big Welcome Labrynth from his hand and Set Welcome Labrynth from his Deck.
Carrigan drew Labrynth Stovie Torbie and added it to his hand of Labrynth Labyrinth and Karma Cannon.
He activated the Labrynth Labyrinth. He entered the Battle Phase and then activated Welcome Labrynth. He Special Summoned Arianna from his Deck and destroyed a face-down Infinite Impermanence thanks to Labrynth Labyrinth. He activated Arianna’s effect, but lost out to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Arianna attacked directly, dropping Santiago down to 6400 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Carrigan banished Big Welcome Labrynth from his Graveyard to return Arianna to his hand. That allowed him to use Chandraglier’s effect in the Graveyard and return it to his hand. Next, he activated the effect of the Chandraglier by discarding Arianna and Set Big Welcome Labrynth from his Deck. He Set Karma Cannon next and then ended his turn.
Santiago drew a card and looked disappointed in his draw. He entered his Battle Phase and then proceeded directly to Main Phase 2 and his End Phase. In the End Phase, Carrigan flipped Big Welcome Labrynth, but Santiago used Dominus Impulse to negate it.
Carrigan drew another Karma Cannon and then Normal Summoned Stovie Torbie. He returned it to his hand by banishing Big Welcome Labrynth from his Graveyard and then used the effects of Chandraglier and Welcome Labrynth to bring them both back. He activated Chandraglier’s effect by discarding a Stovie Torbie and Set Big Welcome Labrynth from his Deck.
Santiago drew a card and then entered his Battle Phase. In the Battle Phase, Carrigan flipped Welcome Labrynth, and Carrigan negated it with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Santiago quickly ended his turn after that.
Carrigan drew an Arias and then activated its effect to Set a Karma Cannon from his hand. Next, he flipped Big Welcome Labrynth. Santiago activated Dominus Impulse from his hand to negate it, but Carrigan Chained Arias’s effect to Special Summon Arias from his Graveyard to the field! He activated Karma Cannon next. He put Arias face-down and Special Summoned Arianna from his Graveyard thanks to the Labrynth Labyrinth. He used Arianna’s effect to add a Welcome Labrynth from his Deck to his hand and then Set the Welcome Labrynth.
Santiago drew a card and shook his head. He went through his phases and then Normal Summoned an Effect Veiler and Main Phase 2. Carrigan flipped Welcome Labrynth and Special Summoned Lovely Labrynth from his Deck. He destroyed the Effect Veiler thanks to his Field Spell Card and then used the effects of Stovie Torbie, Chandraglier, Lovely Labrynth, Arianna, and the Welcome Labrynth in his Graveyard. He resolved all of their effects and destroyed a Triple Tactics Thrust from Santiago’s hand. With only 1 card left in his hand and no plays to make, Santiago conceded.
Ryan Carrigan is moving onto the Top 8 with his Labrynth Deck!
