At the start of Round 4, both of these Duelists are currently 3-0 and hoping to keep their winning streak going. 

Jimmy Chang, from Dallas, Texas, is here playing an Atlantean Deck based around ripping cards out of the opponent’s hand.

Jamie Hunter, from Sheffield, United Kingdom, is here with his Angelechy Deck! A strategy that received powerful support from Beyond the Brave and is currently one of the top strategies in the room. 

A Duelist from the biggest state in the United States is facing off against someone from all the way across the pond. Who will win? Let’s find out!

Duel One

Chang won the dice roll and chose to go first. His starting hand consisted of Mulcharmy Fuwalosa; Dominus Impulse; Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring; Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince; and Atlantean Dragoons. 

In Chang’s Standby Phase, Hunter activated Mulcharmy Fuwalos! Chang responded with Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to negate the Fuwalos. Afterward, Hunter activated Angelechy Opening to e4, and Chang Chained Dominus Impulse!

Chang Normal Summoned Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince, and then activated its effect by sending Mermail Shadow Squad from the Deck to the Graveyard as cost. He added Abysshrine, the Atlantean Spirit, with Neptabyss, and then activated Shadow Squad’s effect to Special Summon Mermail Abysspike from the Deck. Chang activated Abysspike by discarding Atlantean Dragoons and added Deep Sea Minstrel from his Deck to his hand. He then activated the effect of Dragoons and added Moulinglacia the Elemental Lord from his Deck to his hand.

Chang Link Summoned Marincess Coral Anemone and tried to use its effect, but Hunter Chained Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit to destroy the Anemone! Now that he had 5 WATER monsters in his Graveyard, Chang was able to Special Summon Moulinglacia. He used its effect to get rid of the last two cards in Hunter’s hand and ended his turn. 

Hunter drew and activated the only card he had in his hand: Angelechy Opposition! He Special Summoned Angelechy Seneschal to Chang’s field and placed Angelechy Castellan into his back row. Both Angelechy monsters activated. With Castellan, Hunter sent Angelechy Brilliant Move from his Deck to the Graveyard. Then, he Special Summoned Angelechy Destrier with Seneschal’s effect. Hunter activated the effect of Brilliant Move and sent his Castellan to the Graveyard to Special Summon Angelechy Enlisted. He then Synchro Summoned Assault Blackwing – Kusanagi the Gathering Storm! Since Kusanagi was Synchro Summoned, it gained the combined Attack Points of all the Synchro Monsters used for its Synchro Summon.

This brought Kusanagi up to 7000 Attack Points! Hunter sent Kusanagi into Seneschal, and then attacked Moulinglacia to wipe out Chang’s Life Points!

Duel Two

Chang chose to go second in the Duel; he started with Greethys, Fuwa, Neptabyss, Lightning Storm, and Mouling. 

Hunter began the second Duel with Foolish Burial Goods to send Angelechy Disturbance from his Deck to the Graveyard. He then placed Angelechy Problem into the Field Zone and used its effect by discarding Angelechy Verdict. Chang Chained Mulcharmy Fuwalos! Hunter Special Summoned Angelechy Enlisted, placed Bastion into the Spell & Trap Zone, and Chang drew Droll & Lock Bird! Hunter then activated Bastion and placed Angelechy Shatranga into the Spell & Trap Zone. He activated Shatranga’s effect and added Angelechy Opening to e4 from his Deck to his hand. 

Hunter activated the Angelechy Verdict in his Graveyard and swapped his Bastion for Angelechy Castellan, then used its effect to send an Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to the Graveyard. He activated the Opposition in his Graveyard and shuffled Bastion and Verdict back into the Deck. Hunter then activated the effect of Disturbance and added a Verdict from his Deck to his hand. He Set two cards and ended his turn

Chang’s starting hand was Gluttonous Reptolphin Greethys; Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince; Lightning Storm; Droll & Lock Bird; and Moulinglacia the Elemental Lord. He drew Mermail Abysspike at the start of his turn.

In Chang’s Standby Phase, Hunter activated Angelechy Opening to e4! He placed Angelechy Endgame Problem onto the field and put two Angelechy Destrier onto the field. He activated the Destrier in his Spell & Trap Zone and added Angelechy Strategy Score from his Deck to his hand, then drew a card with Endgame Problem. 

In the Main Phase, Chang activated Lightning Storm to destroy Hunter’s entire back row! He then Normal Summoned Neptabyss and sent Mermail Shadow Squad to the Graveyard to try and add an Atlantean, but it was negated by Dominius Purge! In a new Chain, Chang activated Shadow Squad and Special Summoned Abysspike from his Deck. He activated Abysspike by discarding Greethys and added Abysshrine, the Atlantean Spirit from his Deck to his hand. Then he Tributed Abysspike to activate Abysshrine’s effect and Special Summoned Superancient Deepsea King Coelacanth! With 5 WATER monsters in the Graveyard, Chang Special Summoned Moulinglacia! He activated its effect, and Hunter Chained Angelechy Verdict and sent Enlisted from the field to place Angelechy Bastion onto the field. In a new Chain, Hunter activated the Bastion and placed Angelechy Shatranga onto the field, then used Shatranga’s effect to add Angelechy Opening to e4 from his Graveyard to his hand. 

Chang activated Coelacanth and Special Summoned Abysspike from the Deck. He then Link Summoned Marinecess Coral Anemone; then used its effect to bring back his Greethys. He Synchro Summoned White Auta Monoceros with Greethys and Abysspike, then activated Monoceros to bring back his Greethys. Chang Xyz Summoned Abysstrite, the Atlantean Spirit.

He activated Abysstrite’s effect and Special Summoned his Abysspike. He then used Abysstrite to Xyz Summon Poseidra Abyss, the Atlantean Dragon Lord, and used its effect by sending Atlantean Dragoons from the Deck to the Graveyard. He returned Hunter’s whole field to the hand and then added Poseidra, the Storming Atlantean, to his hand with the effect of Dragoons. He Tributed the Abysspike to Special Summon Poseidra and then attacked with everything to win the Duel!

Duel Three

Hunter chose to start the final Duel of the match.

Hunter activated Angelechy Problem and then used Foolish Burial Goods to send Angelechy Disturbance from the Deck to the Graveyard. He then discarded Rainbow Bridge Bifrost to activate Problem’s effect and Special Summoned Angelechy Enlisted while placing Angelechy Bastion into the back row. Hunter then activated Bastion’s effect and got Angelechy Shatranga into the back row, then used its effect to add Angelechy Opening to e4 from his Deck to his hand. 

Hunter activated Angelechy Strategy Score to add Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to his hand. Then, he activated Opposition to Special Summon Angelechy Seneschal to Chang’s field and place Angelechy Destrier into his back row. Chang activated Seneschal, and Hunter activated Destrier. Hunter added Angelechy Brilliant Move with Destrier’s effect and then Special Summoned Angelechy Bastion with Seneschal’s effect. He activated Enlisted’s effect and banished Seneschal, then Synchro Summoned Masterflare Hyperion! He then banished Disturbance from his Graveyard to get Angelechy Verdict back to his hand. 

Hunter used Brilliant Move to return Destrier to the Extra Deck and then Special Summoned Destrier. He then banished Brilliant Move from the Graveyard to send Destrier to the Graveyard and Special Summoned Seneschal. He activated Seneschal’s effect and Special Summoned Enlisted, then Synchro Summoned Centur-Ion Legatia! Hunter banished Opposition from the Graveyard to shuffle back Destrier and two other Angelechy cards. He Set two cards and ended his turn.

Chang started with two copies of Solemn Warning; Mermail Abysspike; Abysshrine, the Atlantean Spirit; and Mermail Shadow Squad. He drew Poseidra, the Storming Atlantean at the start of his turn. In Chang’s Standby Phase, Hunter activated Angelechy Opening to e4! He placed Angelechy Endgame Problem onto the field and grabbed two copies of Angelechy Destrier. One was Special Summoned, and the other was placed into the back row. Hunter activated Destrier’s effect and added Angelechy Strategy Score, and then drew a card with Endgame Problem.

Moving into the Main Phase, Chang Normal Summoned Abysspike and discarded Shadow Squad to activate Abysspike’s effect. He added Deep Sea Minstrel from his Deck to his hand and then Special Summoned Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince, with Shadow Squad’s effect. On the summon, Hunter activated Angelechy Verdict to negate Neptabyss! Chang activated Neptabyss’s effect and sent a Dragoons to the Graveyard. Even though it was negated, he still was able to activate Dragoons to add Moulinglacia from his Deck to his hand. Chang then activated Poseidra’s effect and Tributed Abysspike to Special Summon Poseidra. 

Unfortunately, that was the fifth monster effect that Chang activated! Since Hunter had Angelechy Shatranga in the back row, Chang was now locked out of activating monster effects. He Link Summoned Mermail Abysslacia, Special Summoned Moulinglacia, Set both Solemn Warnings, and ended his turn. 

Hunter started his turn by activating the effect of Strategy Score in his Graveyard; Chang flipped over Solemn Warning to negate it! Hunter then used Destrier’s effect to banish Abysslacia. He activated Strategy Score from his hand and added Angelechy Brilliant Move to his hand, then used it to bring out Angelechy Shatranga onto his own field. Hunter activated Shatranga and banished the Moulinglacia, and Chang offered the handshake!

Jamie Hunter stays undefeated with his Angelechy Deck!