Jeff Jones from Detroit, Michigan has won 2 YCS events and is known for his creative Deckbuilding in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME community. Now, he’s Dueling with an Ashtra Labrynth Deck that uses Dark Time Wizard and Foolish Graverobber from Beyond the Brave in the Genesys Main Event at YCS Houston. He’s hoping his unique Deck will bring him to the Top Cut of this event. His opponent in the first round is YCS first-timer Kin Dang from Arlington, Texas! Dang is using a Mermail Atlantean Deck with Ice Barrier cards. Only one of these Duelists can advance to Round 2 undefeated. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Jones won the die roll and chose to go first. He opened up with Mikumari the Banisher Ashtra, Akasuna the Battle Ashtra, Mulcharmy Fuwalos, and two copies of Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon.

He Set a Karma Cannon and then revealed it and returned it to his hand to Special Summon the Mikumari. He used Mikumari’s effect to add an Akasuna to his hand and then Set the Karma Cannon again. He revealed it and returned it to his hand to Special Summon the Akasuna, Set both copies of Karma Cannon, and then moved into his End Phase. He used Akasuna’s effect in the End Phase to Set Ashtra’s Domain from his Deck.

Dang started off his first turn by discarding Mermail Shadow Squad to Special Summon Icejade Ran Aegirine along with a Level 3 Icejade Token thanks to its effect. He then activated his Shadow Squad’s effect to Special Summon Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince. Jones flipped up Domain and Special Summoned it to the field before Tuning it with Mikumari. He activated the effects of Ashtraya Mikumari-no-Mikoto and Mikumari in Chain. Dang Chained the effect of Skull Meister from his hand to negate Mikumari’s effect. Jones Chained Mikumari-no-Mikoto’s effect to Set Domain from his Graveyard. When the first activation of Mikumari-no-Mikoto’s effect resolved in the Chain, Jones sent Ashtra’s Web from his Deck to his Graveyard to remove the Token from Dang’s field. Jones then used his Akasuna’s effect and sent Domain from his back row to his Graveyard to put Dang’s two monsters face-down. Next, Dang Normal Summoned Revealer of the Ice Barrier from his hand. He discarded Mirror Mage of the Ice Barrier to Special Summon a Tuner from his Deck, and Jones Chained the effect of Mikumari-no-Mikoto to Set Web from his Graveyard. Dang Special Summoned Georgius, Swordsman of the Ice Barrier from his Deck with Revealer’s effect and then used the effects of Georgius and Mirror Mage as Chain Links 1 and 2 respectively. Jones Chained the effect of his Mikumari-no-Mikoto to Set Domain from his Graveyard. As the Chain resolved, Dang added a Revealer from his Deck to his hand and Special Summoned Mirror Mage from his Graveyard. Jones flipped Karma Cannon, putting all monsters on the field face-down! With 5 face-down monsters on his field, Dang ended his turn.

Jones drew Dark Time Wizard! He Flip Summoned Akasuna and Mikumari-no-Mikoto and then activated his face-down Ashtra’s Domain. He Special Summoned it and Tuned it with Akasuna to Synchro Summon Ashtraja Susanoo. He activated its effect and banished Domain and a Karma Cannon from his Graveyard to banish Dang’s face-down Mirror Mage and Georgius. Next, Jones revealed his face-down Karma Cannon and returned it to his hand to Special Summon Akasuna. He attacked Dang’s three face-down monsters with his Akasuna, Susanoo, and Mikumari-no-Mikoto, destroying them all, and then entered Main Phase 2. He then activated Dark Time Wizard to add Foolish Graverobber from his Deck to his hand. He Set it along with Karma Cannon, then used Akasuna’s effect in the End Phase to Set Ashtra’s Howl and used Susanoo’s effect to Set Domain.

Dang Normal Summoned Revealer and Jones flipped Howl to destroy it. Dang finally conceded, with just 2 cards in his hand and staring down Jones’s field of 3 powerful monsters and four face-down cards.

Jeff Jones wins the first Duel of the Match!

Duel Two

Dang started off Duel 2 by Special Summoning Icejade Ran Aegirine and an Icejade Token by discarding Mirror Mage of the Ice Barrier.

He activated the Mirror Mage’s effect, but lost out to Skull Meister. Then, Jones activated the effect of Fuwalos from his hand. Dang Tuned his Aegirine with the Token to Synchro Summon Lancea, Ancestral Dragon of the Ice Mountain, allowing Jones to draw a card with Fuwalos’s effect. Next, Dang Normal Summoned Gluttonous Reptolphin Greethys and used its effect to Special Summon Mirror Mage from his Graveyard. He Set a card to his back row and then ended his turn.

Jones drew a Skull Meister and added it to his hand of two copies of The Winged Dragon of Ra – Sphere Mode, Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon, and Arias the Labrynth Butler. Jones Tributed all 3 of Dang’s monsters to Summon Sphere Mode to Dang’s field and Dang activated the effects of his Lancea and Mirror Mage in Chain. Jones Chained Skull Meister’s effect to negate the Mirror Mage’s effect, and Dang Special Summoned Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier from his Extra Deck with the effect of Lancea. Trishula’s effect banished Karma Cannon from Jones’s hand and Skull Meister from his Graveyard. Jones ended his turn without putting any cards onto his field.

Dang drew a card and then Normal Summoned Mermail Shadow Squad in his Main Phase. He discarded Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit from his hand to activate its effect and change the Levels of his Shadow Squad and Trishula to 7. He combined both of them to Xyz Summon Abysstrite, the Atlantean Spirit and activated its effect to Special Summon Mirror Mage of the Ice Barrier from his Graveyard. He used the Mirror Mage’s effect to Tribute Sphere Mode and Special Summon three Level 1 Ice Barrier Tokens to his field and increase Mirror Mage’s Level to 5. He Tuned Mirror Mage with a Token to Synchro Summon Coral Dragon in Defense Position and then Tuned Coral Dragon with two more Tokens to Synchro Summon White Aura Whale. He entered his Battle Phase and then attacked directly with White Aura While and Abysstrite, dropping Jones down to 1900 Life Points.

Jones drew Dark Time Wizard! He activated it in the Main Phase and used its effect to add Foolish Graverobber from his Deck to his hand. Next, he activated the effect of Arias to Set Foolish Graverobber from his hand. He activated it. He sent Dark Time Wizard from his Deck to his Graveyard and Special Summoned Lancea from Dang’s Graveyard to his own field. He attacked Abysstrite with Lancea to destroy it and inflicted 600 points of damage to Dang’s Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Jones banished Foolish Graverobber from his Graveyard to Set a Dark Time Wizard. In the End Phase, Dang activated Virtue Stream and destroyed White Aura Whale along with Jones’s Lance and face-down Dark Time Wizard. Jones returned a Dark Time Wizard from his Graveyard to his hand in the End Phase as well, thanks to the effect of the previously activated Dark Time Wizard.

Dang drew Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince and Normal Summoned it with no other cards in his hand or on his field! He activated its effect, and Jones conceded with just 1900 Life Points remaining!

Kin Dang wins the second Duel and pushes the Match to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Jones opened up Duel 3 with Magic Deflector, Skull Meister, Forbidden Chalice, and 2 copies of First Penguin. He Special Summoned a Penguin and then activated its effect by discarding First Penguin. He revealed Mikumari-no-Mikoto from his Extra Deck and added Mikumari from his Deck to his hand. He Set Forbidden Chalice and then revealed it and returned it to his hand to Special Summon Mikumari from his hand. He used its effect to add Akasuna from his Deck to his hand, Set the Chalice and revealed it and returned it to his hand again to Special Summon Akasuna. He Set Magic Deflector and Forbidden Chalice, then entered his End Phase. He used Akasuna’s effect to Set Ashtra’s Web from his Deck.

Dang activated the effect of Deep Sea Minstrel by discarding it from his hand along with an Atlantean Heavy Infantry. He looked at Jones’s hand and banished the Skull Meister until the End Phase, then used Heavy Infantry’s effect to target and destroy Akasuna. Next, Dang activated the effect of Mermail Abyssteus in his hand by discarding Atlantean Dragoons. He Special Summoned the Abyssteus and then activated the effects of Dragoons and Abyssteus in Chain. Jones Chained Forbidden Chalice to negate the effect of the Abyssteus and Dang added Poseidra, the Storming Atlantean from his Deck to his hand with the effect of Dragoons. He activated its effect in his hand by sending Mermail Shadow Squad from his hand to his Graveyard. He Special Summoned the Poseidra and then activated the effects of Shadow Squad and Poseidra in Chain. He sent Heavy Infantry from his Deck to his Graveyard to return Mikumari from Jones’s field to his hand and Special Summoned Neptabyss from his Deck with the effect of Shadow Squad. In a new Chain, Dang destroyed First Penguin with the effect of Heavy Infantry. Jones flipped Ashtra’s Web to Special Summon Akasuna from his Graveyard and then activated its effect by sending Magic Deflector from his field to his Graveyard to put all of Dang’s monsters face-down. Jones returned Skull Meister to his hand from banishment in the End Phase.

Jones drew Ice Dragon’s Prison. He Set it in Main Phase 1 and revealed it and returned it to his hand to Special Summon Mikumari from his hand. He used Mikumari’s effect to add another Akasuna from his Deck to his hand and then Set the Prison, revealed it, and returned it to his hand again to Special Summon Akasuna. Jones’s three monsters destroyed the 3 monsters Set on Dang’s field in the Battle Phase and then Jones Set the Prison again in Main Phase 2. In the End Phase, Jones Set Ashtra’s Howl from his Deck with Akasuna’s effect.

Dang Set a monster and then ended his turn. In the End Phase, Jones flipped Howl to Special Summon it and Tuned it with an Akasuna. He Synchro Summon Susanoo and used its effect. He banished Deflector from his Graveyard to banish Dang’s face-down Abyssrhine, the Atlantean Spirit and then Dang conceded and extended a handshake!

Jeff Jones advances with a 1-0 record in the Genesys Main Event at YCS Houston with his Ashtra Labrynth Deck using Dark Time Wizard and Foolish Graverobber!