Brandon Diez from North Salt Lake, Utah and Raycel Rodriguez from San Antonio, Texas are both currently 7-3 in the Genesys Main Event at YCS Houston. They’re both likely out of a contention for a Top 8 finish, but still competing for a variety of other prizes including the Top 16 and Top 32 promotional cards featuring Call of the Haunted and Solemn Judgment. Now, they’re Dueling against one another in this Round 11 Feature Match! Diez is using a Destiny HERO Deck and Rodriguez is using an Angelechy Blitzclique Deck. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Diez opened up Duel 1 with Masked HERO Furnace, Destiny HERO – Denier, Winged Kuriboh Sabatiel LV10, Destiny HERO – Celestial, and Dark City at Midnight.

He activated Dark City at Midnight and used its effect to add Destiny HERO – Dreadnought Servant from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated the effect of Winged Kuriboh Sabatiel LV10 by paying 4000 Life Points. He added Fusion Destiny from his Deck to his hand and returned Sabatiel LV10 to the Deck. He activated Fusion Destiny and sent Destiny HERO – Doom Overlord, Destiny HERO – Malicious, and Destiny HERO – Destro-Dogma from his Deck to his Graveyard to Fusion Summon Destiny HERO – Dominance. He activated its effect to rearrange the top 5 cards of Rodriguez’s Deck. Next, he activated the effect of Dreadnought Servant to Special Summon it from his hand. He destroyed Dominance with its effect and added Polymerization from his Deck to his hand. He activated the effect of Malicious by banishing it from his Graveyard and Special Summoned another copy from his Deck. Next, he activated Polymerization to fuse Malicious with Dreadnought Servant. He Special Summoned Destiny HERO – Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer from his Extra Deck and then activated the Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer’s effect to destroy the Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer and Dark City at Midnight. He activated the effects of both cards. He Special Summoned Destiny HERO – Dreadmaster from his Deck with Dark City at Midnight’s effect and activated its effect on the field to Special Summon Doom Overlord and Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer from his Graveyard. Next, he Tributed Dreadmaster to Special Summon Destiny HERO – Dreadnought Master from his Extra Deck and activated its effect to add Destiny HERO – Dogma and D – Force from his Deck to his hand. He activated D – Force to add Destiny HERO – Plasma from his Deck to his hand and then banished Malicious from his Graveyard to Special Summon another Malicious from his Deck. He activated the effect of Furnace in his hand next. He added Polymerization from his Deck to his hand and discarded Furnace. He activated Polymerization to fuse the Celestial and Denier in his hand and Summon Destiny HERO – Dystopia. He targeted the Celestial in his Graveyard to inflict 1600 points of damage to Rodriguez’s Life Points. He Tributed Malicious, Dystopia, and Dreadnought Master to Summon Destiny HERO – Dogma and then used Doom Overlord’s effect to send Dreadnought Servant from his Deck to his Graveyard and add Dark City at Midnight from his Graveyard to his hand. He activated Dark City at Midnight and then Special Summoned Denier from his Graveyard. He used Denier’s effect to put a banished Malicious back into his Deck and then banished a Malicious from his Graveyard to Special Summon a Malicious from his Deck. He Tributed Malicious, Denier, Doom Overlord to Summon Destiny HERO – Plasma. Finally, he banished 3 monsters from his Graveyard to Special Summon Destro-Dogma from his Graveyard and activated its effect to inflict damage to Rodriguez’s Life Points during the next Standby Phase.

Rodriguez drew a card and then lost 3200 Life Points from Dogma’s effect, followed by another 2000 Life Points from Destro-Dogma’s effect. Diez Special Summoned Destiny HERO – Dystopia from his Graveyard with his previously activated Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer’s effect. He activated Dystopia’s effect targeting the Celestial in his Graveyard to inflict another 1600 points of damage, wiping out all of Rodriguez’s Life Points before he even got the chance to activate a card effect!

Brandon Diez wins the first Duel of the Match with his Destiny HERO Deck before Raycel Rodriguez enters his first Main Phase!

Duel Two

Rodriguez started off Duel 2 by activating Angelechy Strategy Score to add Angelechy Disturbance from his Deck to his hand.

He activated Angelechy Problem and activated its effect by discarding Disturbance. He Special Summoned Angelechy Enlisted from his Extra Deck and placed Angelechy Destrier in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated the effect of Destrier to add Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to his hand and then activated Opposition to Special Summon Angelechy Seneschal to Diez’s field and place Angelechy Bastion in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. The effects of Seneschal and Bastion activated. He Special Summoned Bastion from his Extra Deck and placed Angelechy Shatranga in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He used Shatranga’s effect to add Angelechy Verdict from his Deck to his hand and then Tuned Enlisted with Bastion to Synchro Summon Masterflare Hyperion. Next, he activated Hideout in the Sky, Coulomb. He activated its effect to Special Summon a Mech Beast Token to Diez’s field and add Grain Blitzclique from his Deck to his hand. He Set Blitzclique Alternator in his back row and then used Grain’s effect to destroy Alternator and Special Summon Grain. He banished Alternator from his Graveyard to add Blitzclique – Breakaway from his Deck to his hand. He activated Breakaway to place Alternator from his Deck face-up in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. Next, he used Alternator’s effect. He returned Emi Blitzclique from his hand to his Deck to add Surge Blitzclique from his Deck to his hand. He used Surge’s effect to destroy Seneschal and Special Summon Surge. He activated Breakaway’s effect in the Graveyard to return it to his hand. He Set a card to his back row and then ended his turn.

Diez drew The Winged Dragon of Ra – Sphere Mode and added it to his hand of Hey, Trunade!, Destiny HERO – Dreadnought Servant, Destiny HERO – Doom Overlord, Evil Assault, and another copy of Sphere Mode. He Tributed all of Rodriguez’s monsters to Summon Sphere Mode to his field and then activated Hey, Trunade! to return Rodriguez’s face-down card to his hand. Diez lost 500 Life Points from Destrier’s effect. Next, Diez activated Evil Assault by discarding a Sphere Mode from his hand. He Special Summoned Evil HERO Dead-End Prison from his Deck and lost another 500 Life Points. Rodriguez activated Alternator’s effect by returning Breakaway from his hand to his Deck and added Emi Blitzclique from his Deck to his hand. He used Emi’s effect to destroy Dead-End Prison and then Special Summon Emi from his hand. Diez switched his Token into Attack Position and then attacked Emi to destroy it in battle.

Rodriguez drew a card and then activated the effect of his Coulomb to Special Summon another Token to Diez’s field and add Grain Blitzclique from his Deck to his hand. Next, Rodriguez banished Disturbance from his Graveyard to add Angelechy Problem from his Deck to his hand. He activated Problem and then discarded Strategy Score from his hand to use Problem’s effect. He Special Summoned Enlisted from his Extra Deck and placed another Destrier in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He used Destrier’s effect to add Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to his hand and then banished Strategy Score from his Graveyard to return Destrier from his back row to his Extra Deck and then Special Summon it. He Tuned it with Enlisted to Summon Assault Blackwing – Kusanagi the Gathering Storm with 7000 ATK! Diez immediately conceded, realizing that Kusanagi’s attacks over his monsters would wipe out all of his remaining Life Points!

The Match is going to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Diez opened up Duel 3 with Evil HERO Dead-End Prison, Evil Assault, Evil HERO Adusted Gold, and 2 copies of Dark City at Midnight. He activated Dark City at Midnight and used its effect to add Destiny HERO – Dreadnought Servant from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated Evil Assault by discarding Dark City at Midnight. He Special Summoned Evil HERO Dead-End Prison from his Deck and activated its effect by sending Elemental HERO Shadow Mist from his Deck to his Graveyard. He used Shadow Mist’s effect to add Destiny HERO – Doom Overlord from his Deck to his hand. Next, he Normal Summoned it and activated its effect to send Destiny HERO – Malicious from his Deck to his Graveyard and return Dark City at Midnight from his Graveyard to his hand. He activated Dreadnought Servant’s effect to Special Summon it and destroyed Dark City at Midnight to add Polymerization to his hand. He Special Summoned Dreadmaster with the effect of Dark City at Midnight and then used Dreadmaster’s effect to Special Summon Malicious from his Graveyard. Diez activated Dark City at Midnight again and then Tributed Dreadnought to Special Summon Dreadnought Master from his Extra Deck. He used Dreadnought Master’s effect to add D – Force and Destiny HERO – Dogma from his Deck to his hand. He activated D – Force and used its effect to add Destiny HERO – Plasma from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated Polymerization. He fused Dreadnought Servant with Dreadnought Master to Fusion Summon Destiny HERO – Dusktopia. He used Dusktopia’s effect to fuse Doom Overlord with Malicious and Fusion Summon Destiny HERO – Dangerous. He banished Malicious from his Graveyard to Special Summon another copy from his Deck and then activated Dangerous’s effect by discarding Dead-End Prison from his hand. He sent Destro-Dogma from his Deck to his Graveyard and then Tributed all 3 of his monsters to Summon Plasma to his field. Next, he banished 3 monsters from his Graveyard to Special Summon Destro-Dogma from his Graveyard. He activated its effect to inflict damage during the next Standby Phase and then ended his turn.

Rodriguez drew a card and then lost 2000 Life Points from Destro-Dogma’s effect in the Standby Phase. In his Main Phase, he activated Blitzclique – Breakaway, and Diez Chained Destro-Dogma’s effect to Fusion Summon. He returned the Dreadnought Master and Dreadmaster from his Graveyard to his Deck to Special Summon Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer in Defense Position. Rodriguez placed Alternator face-up on his field with Breakaway. Next, Diez banished Dreadnought Servant from his Graveyard to activate its effect and try to place Alternator on top of Rodriguez’s Deck. Rodriguez Chained Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the Alternator instead. Rodriguez banished Alternator from his Graveyard to add Coulomb from his Deck to his hand and then activated it. He activated Coulomb’s effect, and Diez Chained his Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer’s effect. Rodriguez Chained Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit’s effect to destroy Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer, and Diez destroyed Midnight and Coulomb with the Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer’s effect. Diez activated the effects of Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer and Dark City at Midnight. Diez Special Summoned Dreadmaster with Dark City at Midnight’s effect activated Dreadmaster’s effect to Special Summon Dangerous and Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer from his Graveyard. He then activated Dangerous’s effect by discarding Dogma. He sent Denier from his Deck to his Graveyard and increased the ATK of his monsters. Rodriguez Set a card to his back row and ended his turn.

Diez drew a card and then Rodriguez flipped Breakaway in the Standby Phase. Diez Chained Destro-Dogma’s effect to Fusion Summon Skyborne Blue Cularsaw and Rodriguez placed Alternator in his back row. Diez equipped his Cularsaw with Shadow Mist. He switched all of his monsters into Attack Position in his Main Phase and then entered his Battle Phase. Rodriguez tried to use the effect of his Alternator, but Diez Chained Cularsaw’s effect to negate its activation! Direct attacks from the 5 monsters on Diez’s field wiped out all of Rodriguez’s Life Points!

Brandon Diez wins the Match with his Destiny HERO Deck!