Welcome to Round 6! For this Feature Match, we’ve got Milos Bukarica, a Texas Duelist playing Sacred Beasts. He’s facing Yunliang Cao, from Santa Clara, California, who earlier won on the live stream with his Salamangreats.

Duel 1

Bukarica won the dice roll, and played first with a hand of Effect Veiler, Codebreaker Zero Day, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Card of the Soul, and Martyr of the Sacred Beasts.

Bukarica began with Card of the Soul, adding Calamity of the Sacred Beasts – Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder to his hand. He used Hamon’s effect, adding Sacred Beasts Released to his hand and discarding Codebreaker. He activated Sacred Beasts Released, adding Infinity of the Sacred Beasts – Raviel, Lord of Phantasms, Hamon, and Summoner of the Sacred Beasts to his hand, then discarded two copies of Hamon. He activated Raviel’s effect, adding Inferno of the Sacred Beasts – Uria, Lord of Searing Flames to his hand and discarding Veiler. He activated Uria’s effect, getting Sacred Beasts Combined Assault and discarding Uria. He Normal Summoned Martyr, placing Sacred Beasts Thunderclap on the field. He used Thunderclap’s effect to get two more Thunderclaps, along with Fallen Paradise of the Sacred Beasts. He used Summoner’s effect, discarding it to Special Summon Raviel. He banished Summoner from the Graveyard to Special Summon Hamon. He stacked Raviel and Hamon for Varudras, the Final Bringer of the End Times.

He used Fallen Paradise, sending the Thunderclaps to the Graveyard to Special Summon Summoner. Martyr then brought two more Martyrs to the field. He used them to Link Summon Cyberse Contract Witch. He activated Summoner’s effect, discarding Ghost Ogre to Special Summon Hamon. He activated Fallen Paradise to draw Raviel and Mulcharmy Fuwalos. He used Hamon and Martyr to Link Summon Codebreaker Virus Swordsman, which revived Codebreaker Zero Day. He used the two Codebreakers to Link Summon Codebreaker Virus Berserker, which brought the other Codebreakers back to the field. He used Swordsman and Contract Witch to Link Summon Charmer Quartet in Bloom. Then he used Berserker and Zero Day to Link Summon Firewall Dragon. With Firewall’s effect, he returned Ghost Ogre from his Graveyard to his hand. He used Firewall and the Fuwalos in his hand to Link Summon Zenna’s Deceiving Doll Maidens, using its effect to send Droll & Lock Bird to the Graveyard. He Tributed Summoner to Special Summon Thunder Dragon Colossus. Quartet brought Firewall and Summoner back to the field. He Set Sacred Beasts Combined Assault, and passed with every Main and Extra Monster Zone filled!

Cao drew his card and pondered a moment. He conceded! Cao knew how difficult it would be to fight back against this field, and would rather conceal his strategy as the Duelists moved to their Side Decks.

Duel 2

Bukarica’s opening hand was Martyr, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, Effect Veiler, and two copies of Sacred Beasts Released.

Cao started this time by setting four back row cards!

Bukarica drew Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and Cao flipped Anti-Spell Fragrance! Bukarica Normal Summoned Martyr, using its effect to get Fallen Paradise on the field, skipping past the Anti-Spell Fragrance. He activated Fallen Paradise’s effect to try and Special Summon, and Cao flipped The Fallen & The Virtuous, sending Albion the Branded Dragon to the Graveyard to destroy the Field Spell. Bukarica knew he had nothing to follow up, and conceded! Although Cao still hadn’t revealed his strategy, Bukarica clearly valued leaving enough time to finish the third Duel.

Duel 3

For the final Duel, Bukarica started with a hand of Typhoon, Raviel, Sacred Beasts Released, and two copies of Solem Warning.

He led with Sacred Beasts Released, and Cao thought a moment before letting it resolve. Bukarica added Hamon, Martyr, and Summoner to his hand, then discarded Raviel and Solemn Warning. Cao activated Droll & Lock Bird! Bukarica Normal Summoned Martyr, and it was hit by Cao’s Infinite Impermanence. Bukarica used Summoner’s effect, discarding it to Special Summon Hamon from his hand. He then used Summoner’s effect to banish it from the Graveyard and Special Summon Raviel. He used Martyr and Raviel to Link Summon S:P Little Knight, then used Hamon to Special Summon Thunder Dragon Colossus. He Set Typhoon and Solemn Warning.

Cao Normal Summoned Salamangreat Foxy, unable to use its effect due to Thunder Dragon Colossus. He Link Summoned Salamangreat Balelynx. He Special Summoned Salamangreat Gazelle from his hand, and used its effect to send Salamangreat Spinny to the Graveyard. He Special Summoned Spinny from the Graveyard, stacking it with Gazelle for Salamangreat Miragestallio. Bukarica flipped his Solemn Warning, paying 2000 Life Points to negate the Summon and destroy it. Cao passed, and in the End Phase, Bukarica’s Martyr returned to his hand.

Bukarica drew Harpie’s Feather Duster. He used the effect of Sacred Beasts Released in the Graveyard, and Cao used Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to negate it. Bukarica Normal Summoned Martyr, placing Fallen Paradise on the field. He switched Thunder Dragon Colossus to Attack Position, sending it to destroy Balelynx. S:P Little Knight attacked directly, dropping Cao to 4300 Life Points.

Cao passed the turn.

Bukarica drew another Martyr. He Normal Summoned it, and Cao used Effect Veiler. Bukarica used Fallen Paradise’s effect, trying to Special Summon, and Cao used his last card: Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, destroying the Field Spell. Now that Cao had no cards remaining, Bukarica used S:P Little Knight and a Martyr to Link Summon Codebreaker Virus Swordsman. That gave him enough ATK to end the Match!

Milos Bukarica is the victor, with Sacred Beasts!