Randy Moreno from Lake Forest, California and Rudra Vidyasagar from Rochester, New York are both currently undefeated in the Advanced Main Event at YCS Houston! Now, they’re facing off in this Round 7 Feature Match! Moreno is using a Deck built around Dark Magician, while Vidyasagar is using an Angelechy Deck strengthened by the recent release of Beyond the Brave. Only one of these Duelists will be able to advance to Round 8 with a perfect 7-0 record. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Vidyasagar started off Duel 1 by activating Angelechy Opposition.

He Special Summoned Angelechy Shatranga to Moreno’s field and placed Angelechy Castellan in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He used Castellan’s effect to send Angelechy Verdict from his Deck to his Graveyard and then banished the Verdict to activate its effect. He sent Angelechy Disturbance from his hand to his Graveyard to place Angelechy Shatranga from his Extra Deck into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Shatranga’s effect to add Angelechy Opening to e4 from his Deck to his hand. He banished Opposition from his Graveyard to activate its effect and return his banished Verdict to his Deck. Next, he activated the effect of the Disturbance in his Graveyard by banishing it. He added Angelechy Verdict from his Deck to his hand. He Set 2 cards to his back row and then ended his turn.

Moreno drew The Gaze of Timaeus and added it to his hand of Bond Between Teacher and Student, Chaos Form, Light and Darkness Ritual, Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos, and Magicians’ Souls. In his Standby Phase, Vidyasagar activated Opening to e4. He placed Angelechy Endgame Problem in his Field Spell Zone, Special Summoned Angelechy Enlisted, and placed Angelechy Destrier in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Destrier’s effect and added Angelechy Strategy Score from his Deck to his hand. He drew a card with Endgame Problem’s effect. Moreno entered Main Phase 1 and then activated the effect of Magicians’ Souls in his hand. He sent Dark Magician from his Deck to his Graveyard to Special Summon Souls and lost 500 Life Points due to Destrier’s effect. Next, he activated Souls’s other effect to Special Summon Dark Magician from his Graveyard by sending Souls to the Graveyard, losing another 500 Life Points from Destrier’s effect. Moreno followed up by activating Bond Between Teacher and Student to Special Summon Dark Magician Girl from his Deck and lost another 500 Life Points due to Destrier’s effect. After it was Summoned, Vidyasagar activated Angelechy Verdict to banish all of Moreno’s cards! Moreno ended his turn with no cards on his field.

Vidyasagar activated Angelechy Strategy Score and used its effect to add Angelechy Brillian Move from his Deck to his hand. He activated it to return Angelechy Destrier from his Spell & Trap Card Zone to his Extra Deck and then Special Summon it. He Tuned Destrier with Enlisted to Synchro Summon Assault Blackwing – Kusanagi the Gathering Storm with 7000 ATK! He attacked directly with it, wiping out all of Moreno’s remaining Life Points!

Rudra Vidyasagar takes a decisive win in Duel 1 after banishing all of Randy Moreno’s cards like Angelechy Verdict!

Duel Two

Moreno opened up Duel 2 with Magician’s Rod, Secrets of Dark Magic, Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos, Griffoh, and Dark Magician.

In the Draw Phase, he activated the effect of Griffoh to Set Mind Shuffle from his Deck. He immediately activated it and tried to use its effect, but lost out to Vidyasagar’s Dominus Purge. Moreno entered his Main Phase and Normal Summoned Magician’s Rod. He activated its effect, and Vidyasagar’s Chained the effect of Effect Veiler targeting the Rod; but Moreno Chained Secrets of Dark Magic to fuse Rod with the Dark Magician in his hand and Fusion Summon The Dark Magicians. That allowed him to resolve the effect of his Magician’s Rod to add Dark Magical Curtain from his Deck to his hand. Vidyasagar immediately conceded.

A well-timed activation of Secrets of Dark Magic allows Moreno to use the effect of his Magician’s Rod and seal a victory in the second Duel of the Match! The Match is going to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Vidyasagar started off Duel 3 by activating Angelechy Strategy Score in Main Phase 1 and adding Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to his hand, prompting Moreno to activate the effect of Droll & Lock Bird. Vidyasagar activated Opposition. He Special Summoned Angelechy Seneschal to Moreno’s field and placed Angelechy Castellan in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. The effects of Seneschal and Castellan activated. Castellan sent Angelechy Verdict from Vidyasagar’s Deck to his Graveyard and Vidyasagar Special Summoned Masterflare Hyperion from his Extra Deck with Seneschal’s effect. Vidyasagar activated the effect of the Verdict in his Graveyard by banishing it. He sent Opening to e4 from his hand to his Graveyard to place Angelechy Bastion from his Extra Deck into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He then used Bastion’s effect to place Shatranga from his Extra Deck into his Spell & Trap Card Zone and used Shatranga’s effect to return Opening to e4 from his Graveyard to his hand. He Set a card to his back row and then ended his turn.

Moreno drew Ragged Records of Rites and added it to his hand of Pot of Sloth, Magician’s Rod, and 2 copies of Light and Darkness Ritual. In his Standby Phase, Vidyasagar activated Opening to e4. He placed Angelechy Endgame Problem in his Field Spell Zone, Special Summoned Angelechy Enlisted, and placed Angelechy Destrier in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He used Destrier’s effect to add Angelechy Strategy Score from his Deck to his hand. Next, Vidyasagar used his Endgame Problem’s effect to draw a card. Moreno entered his Main Phase and activated Ragged Records of Rites. Vidyasagar negated its effect with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and Moreno lost 500 Life Points from Destrier’s effect. Next, Moreno activated Pot of Sloth! He drew 7 cards from his Deck and then returned 6 cards in his hand to the bottom of his Deck. He lost another 500 Life Points due to Destrier’s effect. Moreno activated the effect of Magicians’ Souls in his hand next, and Special Summoned it by sending Black Chaos from his Deck to his Graveyard. He lost another 500 Life Points due to Destrier’s effect. Vidyasagar used the effect of his Endgame Problem to banish the Souls. Next, Moreno Normal Summoned Rod and activated its effect; but Vidyasagar Chained the effect of Effect Veiler to negate it. Moreno lost another 500 Life Points. Moreno activated Dark Magical Curtain next. He Special Summoned Dark Magician from his Deck and added The Gaze of Timaeus from his Deck to his hand, losing another 500 Life Points from Destrier’s effect. Moreno sent Dark Magician and Magician’s Rod to the Graveyard to Link Summon Cyberse Contract Witch. He activated its effect by discarding Light and Darkness Ritual and added Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos from his Deck to his hand. He lost another 500 Life Points. Next, Moreno used the effect of the Light and Darkness Ritual in his Graveyard to return it to his hand along with the Black Chaos in his Graveyard. He dropped down to 4500 Life Points due to Destrier’s effect. He activated The Gaze of Timaeus by targeting the Dark Magician in his Graveyard. He returned Dark Magician to his Deck and Special Summoned Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon, losing another 500 Life Points. He activated its effect to destroy Masterflare Hyperion and inflict 3200 points of damage to Vidyasagar’s Life Points. Moreno lost 500 more Life Points. Since that was the fifth monster effect he used during the turn, the Angelechy Shatranga in Vidyasagar’s Spell & Trap Card Zone prevented Moreno from using any more monster effects during the turn. Moreno switched Seneschal into Attack Position and then returned the Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos in his hand to his Deck to Special Summon Black Chaos from his hand in Attack Position. He entered his Battle Phase and then attacked Angelechy Enlisted with Seneschal to destroy it. He attacked directly with Contract Witch, Dragoon, and Black Chaos next, wiping out all of Vidyasagar’s remaining Life Points!

Randy Moreno takes a 2-1 victory with his Dark Magician Deck and advances in the tournament with a 7-0 record!