We are now in Round 4 for the Genesys YCS in Houston. The competition is fierce this weekend! Jude Paris and Mackey Chung are both currently undefeated here at YCS Houston.

Jude Paris is a local player from here in Houston. He’s piloting a Psychic P.U.N.K. Deck this weekend. His opponent, Mackey Chung from Toronto, Ontario, is using a Spright Blitzclique Deck. Both Duelists are undefeated and want to keep it that way, but only one can move on with a 4-0 record. Let’s find out who it is!

Duel One

Paris started with Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Cosmic Cyclone, Teleport Fusion, Noh-P.U.N.K. Ze Amin, and Prototype Psychic Blaster.

Paris started the match by activating Prototype Psychic Blaster’s effect; he Special Summoned Noh-P.U.N.K. Ze Amin from his hand and attempted to use Ze Amin’s effect. Chung activated his Rescue-ACE Impulse in response to Ze Amin’s effect! Chung Special Summoned Rescue-ACE Fire Attacker through Impulse’s effect, then Paris added Noh-P.U.N.K. Foxy Tune with Ze Amin’s effect. In a new Chain, Chung activated Fire Attacker’s effect. He drew two new cards and discarded Blitzclique – Breakaway.

Paris activated his Foxy Tune effect and discarded Ghost Ogre to Special Summon Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K Sharakusai, and activated Sharakusai’s effect to Fusion Summon Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K Rising Carp! He activated Rising Carp and Tributed Rising Carp to Special Summon Noh-P.U.N.K. Deer Note and Gagaku-P.U.N.K. Wa Gon. Paris activated Wa Gon’s effect and added P.U.N.K. JAM Extreme Session from his Deck to his hand. He activated  Extreme Session. Paris then continued his turn by Synchro Summoning P.U.N.K. JAM Dragon Drive. He activated Deer Note’s effect and Chained Dragon Drive’s effect. Paris added Mind Procedure from his Deck to his hand and then Special Summoned Rising Carp from his Graveyard.

In a new Chain, Paris activated the effect of his Extreme Session and drew another Ze Amin. He Xyz Summoned P.U.N.K. JAM FEVER! and drew Serene Psychic Girl with its effect. Paris Normal Summoned Serene Psychic Girl and activated its effect. He banished the Mind Procedure from his hand to Special Summon a Mind Procedure from his Deck. Paris used Mind Procedure’s effect and added Emergency Teleport from his Deck to his hand. He used Extreme Session’s effect and drew another Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. Paris then Synchro Summoned Silent Psychic Magician and activated its effect to Special Summon Mind Procedure from the banishment. He used both of them to Synchro Summon Crossmind Archfiend.

Paris continued his turn by activating the effect of Prototype Psychic Blaster in his Graveyard. He banished Sharakusai from his Graveyard to Special Summon the Prototype. Paris activated the effect of Crossmind Archfiend and Special Summoned the Sharakusai, then used it and Crossmind to Synchro Summon Juraishin, the Cursed Thunder God! He then activated Emergency Teleport to Special Summon a Ghost Ogre and then Synchro Summoned Psychic Blaster Mk-II. Paris activated Psychic Blaster’s effect and banished a Ghost Ogre and Chung’s Fire Attacker to gain back some of his Life Points. He Set two cards and ended his turn with 4400 Life Points.

Chung started his turn with Gordian Slicer! He banished 12 cards from his Extra Deck and returned Juraishin and JAM FEVER to Paris’s Extra Deck. Chung then activated Blitzclique – Breakaway to place Blitzclique Alternator onto the field. He activated Link Apple, discarded it, and drew a card. Chung activated the effect of his Grain Blitzclique and targeted Paris’s face-down Cosmic Cyclone; Paris Chained Cosmic, and targeted Chung’s Alternator. Chung Chained Alternator’s effect and returned a Blitzclique – Steppleader to the Deck to try and add a new card; Paris Chained his Ghost Ogre’s effect to destroy the Alternator!

Cards were destroyed, and Chung was still able to Special Summon his Grain. In a new Chain, he activated Breakaway and Alternator’s effects from the Graveyard. He added Blitzclique Overvolt and then activated Hideout in the Sky, Coulomb. Paris Chained Teleport Fusion! He Fusion Summoned Absolute Axon Kicker and paid 2000 Life Points to banish Chung’s whole field! Since he paid Life Points, Paris was able to activate the effect of his Extreme Session and draw a Prototype Psychic Blaster. Chung Set 1 card and moved to his End Phase.

Paris started his turn and Normal Summoned a Ze Amin. On the Normal Summon, Chung activated Breakaway to place Alternator onto the field. Then, he used Alternator to add Emi Blitzclique from his Deck to his hand. Then, Chung activated Emi and destroyed Ze Amin before Paris could use its effect.

Paris activated the effect of Psychic Blaster Mk-IIand Special Summoned his Crossmind Archfiend, then used Crossmind’s effect to Special Summon Silent Psychic Magician. Then, he used Psychic Magician’s effect to Special Summon Ze Amin and used Ze Amin’s effect to add Noh-P.U.N.K. Rising Scale from his Deck to his hand. Finally, he Synchro Summoned Psychic End Punisher.

Seeing the huge difference between their Life Points and a Psychic End Punisher, Chung conceded! Both Duelists picked up their Side Decks and began getting ready for the second Duel. 

Duel Two

Chung chose to start the second Duel. He Set 1 card, then activated Grain Blitzclique to destroy his newly set Blitzclique Alternator. He Special Summoned Grain, then activated Alternator’s effect to add Hideout in the Sky, Coulomb from his Deck to his hand. He activated Hideout’s effect but was stopped by Paris’s Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. Chung activated Grain’s effect and added Blitzclique – Steppleader from his Deck to his hand. He then activated Blitzclique – Breakaway and placed Blitzclique Alternator onto the field. Chung activated Alternator and shuffled his Grain from the field into the Deck to get Surge Blitzclique. He activated Steppleader and its effect, Special Summoned Surge, and destroyed Steppleader. 

Chung activated Breakaway, Hideout, and Surge’s effects. He added Whisker Blitzclique from his Deck to his hand and added back his Spells. Then, Chung activated Link Apple’s effect to draw a card. He Set 3 cards and moved to his End Phase.

Paris started his turn with Typhoon, Noh-P.U.N.K. Deer Note, Noh-P.U.N.K. Foxy Tune, and Cosmic Cyclone. He drew another Typhoon at the start of his turn. Paris activated the effect of Foxy Tune in his hand. 

Chung flipped over his Debunk! Knowing he wouldn’t be able to make any other plays, Paris conceded!

Chung quickly took the second Duel of the match, bringing us to a third and final Duel. Both Duelists exchanged pleasantries while they sided for the final Duel. 

Duel Three

Paris chose to start the final Duel. He started with 2 Noh-P.U.N.K. Ze Amin, Noh-P.U.N.K. Rising Scale, Parallel Teleport, and Teleport Fusion.

Paris Normal Summoned Ze Amin and activated its effect, Chung Chained Rescue-ACE Impulse, and Special Summoned Rescue-ACE Fire Attacker. Paris added Noh-P.U.N.K. Foxy Tune, and Chung drew two cards and discarded a Surge Blitzclique. He then activated Foxy Tune’s effect, discarding the extra Ze Amin to Special Summon Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Sharakusai. Paris used Sharakusai’s effect to Fusion Summon Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K Rising Carp, which he then activated to Special Summon Noh-P.U.N.K. Deer Note and Gagaku-P.U.N.K. Wa Gon. He activated Wa Gon’s effect and added P.U.N.K. JAM Extreme Session from his Deck to his hand before activating it. 

Paris Synchro Summoned P.U.N.K. JAM Dragon Drive and activated Deer Note and Dragon Drive’s effects. He added Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit from his Deck to his hand, then Special Summoned Rising Carp. Paris tried to activate his Extreme Session to draw a card, and Chung activated Veidos the Eruption Dragon of Extinction! Chung destroyed the Extreme Session and Special Summoned Veidos to Paris’s board. Paris then Xyz Summoned P.U.N.K. JAM FEVER! and used its effect to draw Emergency Teleport, which was immediately activated to Special Summon Serene Psychic Girl. Paris activated Psychic Girl’s effect and Special Summoned Mind Procedure from his Deck, then used its effect to add a Parallel Teleport from his Deck to his hand. He Synchro Summoned Silent Psychic Magician and used its effect to bring back Mind Procedure as a Level 4 monster. Then, Paris used both to Synchro Summon Psychic Blaster Mk-II, which he used to destroy the Fire Attacker on Chung’s field. Paris activated his Rising Scale and Special Summoned it and Sharakusai to the field. He used them to Synchro Summon Psychic End Punisher, Set 2 cards, and ended his turn. 

Chung started his turn and activated Gordian Slicer! He targeted Psychic End Punisher and P.U.N.K. JAM FEVER! He banished 12 cards from his Extra Deck and then remembered that Psychic End Punisher was unaffected, so it stuck around while JAM FEVER was returned to the Extra Deck. Chung activated Pot of Sloth and drew 5 new cards. He Special Summoned Lava Golem by Tributing Paris’s Mk-II and Psychic End Punisher, then activated Surge Blitzclique to destroy the Veidos. Surge was Special Summoned; Chung activated Veidos in the Graveyard, then Chained Blitzclique – Breakaway and rid of his Surge to destroy the face-down Teleport Fusion.

Chung activated Whisker Blitzclique and resummoned his Surge, knowing that there wasn’t any coming back from it; Paris conceded!

Mackey Chung moves on with a 4-0 record!