Creighton Pree from Arlington, Texas and Odnam Gallardo from Fort Worth, Texas both have 10-3 records in the Advanced Main Event at YCS Houston, and now they’re Dueling against one another in this final Swiss Round! Pree is using an Angelechy Deck, while Gallardo is using a Deck built around Light and Darkness Ritual. These Duelists attend the same local tournaments in Texas, so they know each other – and one another’s Decks – quite well. Nevertheless, they’ll be giving this Match their all in order to secure the best tournament finish that they can get! It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Gallardo started off Duel 1 by activating the effect of Griffoh in the Draw Phase to Set Mind Shuffle from his Deck.

He activated it and used its effect to add Black Chaos from his Deck to his hand and discard Skull Archfiend of Chaos. He used the Skull Archfiend’s effect by sending Light and Darkness Ritual from his Deck to his Graveyard and added Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos from his Deck to his hand. Pree activated Angelechy Opening to e4 in the Standby Phase. He placed Angelechy Endgame Problem in his Field Spell Zone, Special Summoned Angelechy Enlisted, and placed Angelechy Castellan into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Castellan’s effect, but lost out to Gallardo’s The Fallen & The Virtuous, which sent Albion the Branded Dragon from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard to destroy Castellan. Gallardo entered his Main Phase and used the effect of the Light and Darkness Ritual in his Graveyard to return it to his hand along with the Griffoh in his Graveyard. Next, he activated Ragged Records of Rites. He revealed Light and Darkness Ritual from his hand to add Celtic Mystic from his Deck to his hand. He Normal Summoned the Celtic Mystic and activated its effect. He revealed his hand and drew 3 cards before discarding Black Chaos and Mulcharmy Fuwalos. He Special Summoned Fallen of the White Dragon from his hand by sending Rindbrumm the Striking Dragon from his Extra Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he used his Fallen’s effect to Special Summon Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous from his Deck. He Special Summoned Black Chaos by returning Magician of Dark Chaos from his hand to his Deck and then used Black Chaos’s effect to banish Enlisted and Endgame Problem from the Duel. Next, he sent Incredible Ecclesia and Fallen of the White Dragon to the Graveyard to Synchro Summon Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon. He activated its effect, and Pree Chained the effect of Nibiru, the Primal Being! He Tributed all monsters on the field to Special Summon Nibiru and leave Gallardo with a Primal Being Token with 6900 ATK and 7000 DEF in Attack Position. Gallardo entered his End Phase and used the effect of the Incredible Ecclesia in his Graveyard to return it to his hand. He also used Albion’s effect to Set The Fallen & The Virtuous from his Deck.

Pree drew Angelechy Strategy Score and added it to his hand of Angelechy Disturbance, Angelechy Opposition, and another Strategy Score. In his Draw Phase, Gallardo activated the effect of Mind Shuffle to add Black Luster Soldier – Soldier of Light and Darkness from his Deck to his hand and discard Incredible Ecclesia. Pree activated Opposition in Main Phase 1 to Special Summon Angelechy Seneschal to Gallardo’s field and place Angelechy Bastion in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. The effects of Seneschal and Bastion activated, and Gallardo Chained The Fallen & The Virtuous by sending Titaniklad the Ash Dragon from his Extra Deck to his Graveyard to destroy Bastion. Pree Special Summoned Angelechy Bastion from his Extra Deck with Seneschal’s effect. Next, Pree activated Strategy Score to add Angelechy Problem from his Deck to his hand. He activated Problem, prompting Gallardo to activate the effect of the Rindbrumm in his Graveyard. He banished it to Special Summon Fallen of the White Dragon and then used the Fallen’s effect to Special Summon Incredible Ecclesia from his Deck. He Tributed Incredible Ecclesia to Special Summon Fallen of Albaz and then discarded Light and Darkness Ritual to activate its effect. He fused Fallen of Albaz with Bastion to Summon Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon. Pree discarded Disturbance to activate Problem’s effect. He Special Summoned Enlisted from his Extra Deck and placed Shatranga in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. Pree used Shatranga’s effect to add Angelechy Verdict from his Deck to his hand. Pree used the effect of Enlisted to try to banish Mirrorjade, and Gallardo Chained Mirrorjade’s effect by sending The Dragon that Devours the Dogma from his Extra Deck to his Graveyard to banish Enlisted. Mirrorjade’s effect activated to destroy Pree’s monsters in the End Phase. Next, Pree banished Disturbance from his Graveyard to add Angelechy Opening to e4 from his Deck to his hand. He banished Opposition from his Graveyard next, using its effect to return 5 of the Angelechy cards in his Graveyard and banishment to his Deck. Pree entered his Battle Phase and attacked Fallen of the White Dragon to destroy it. Pree Set 2 cards to his back row and then passed. In the End Phase, Mirrorjade’s effect destroyed Nibiru and Gallardo used Incredible Ecclesia’s effect to return Incredible Ecclesia from his Graveyard to his hand and used Titaniklad’s effect to add Fallen of the White Dragon from his Deck to his hand.

Gallardo drew a card and then Pree activated Opening to e4 in his Standby Phase. He placed Endgame Problem from his Deck onto his field, Special Summoned Enlisted, and then placed Castellan in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Castellan’s effect to send Angelechy Verdict from his Deck to his Graveyard and then used Endgame Problem’s effect to draw Angelechy Disturbance from his Deck. He banished Verdict from his Graveyard and sent Disturbance from his hand to his Graveyard to place Bastion in his Spell & Trap Card Zone next, and used Bastion’s effect to place Shatranga from his Extra Deck into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He used Shatranga’s effect to add another copy of Opening to e4 from his Deck to his hand. Gallardo entered his Main Phase and used the effect of Incredible Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon in his Graveyard. He tried to return it to his Deck along with Albion and with Pree’s face-down Verdict, but Pree Chained the Verdict to banish all cards on Gallardo’s field! Gallardo activated the effect of Light and Darkness Ritual in his Graveyard to return it to his hand along with Black Chaos. He then used Griffoh’s effect to Set Mind Shuffle from his Deck. He flipped it up and used its effect to add Magician of Dark Chaos from his Deck to his hand and discard Droll & Lock Bird. He used Light and Darkness Ritual to Ritual Summon Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos by banishing Griffoh from his Graveyard. He used Magician of Dark Chaos’s effect to return Light and Darkness Ritual from his Graveyard to his hand and then Special Summoned Black Chaos from his hand by returning Black Luster Soldier – Soldier of Light and Darkness from his hand to his Deck. Pree used his Endgame Problem’s effect to banish Dark Chaos, which was vulnerable without Light and Darkness Ritual in the Graveyard! He used Magician of Dark Chaos’s effect to banish Endgame Problem next and then Special Summoned Skull Archfiend of Chaos from his Graveyard by activating its effect. That was his fifth monster effect that he activated during his turn, which meant Shatranga’s effect was preventing him from activating any more. He Normal Summoned Incredible Ecclesia next. He attacked Enlisted with Skull Archfiend to destroy it and then attacked directly with his Magician and Incredible Ecclesia, dropping Pree down to 3700 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, he Tuned his Skull Archfiend with Ecclesia to Synchro Summon Chaos Angel. In the End Phase, Pree banished Disturbance from his Graveyard to add Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to his hand.

Pree drew a card and then Gallardo used the effect of Mind Shuffle in the Draw Phase. He added Black Luster Soldier – Soldier of Light and Darkness to his hand and discarded Light and Darkness Ritual. Pree banished Strategy Score from his Graveyard in his Main Phase to return Castellan from his back row to his Extra Deck and then Special Summon it. Next, he activated Opposition. He Special Summoned Seneschal to Gallardo’s field and placed Destrier in his back row. Seneschal and Destrier activated their effects. Pree added Angelechy Problem to his hand and Special Summoned Enlisted, and Gallardo lost 500 Life Points due to Destrier’s effect. Pree Tuned Enlisted with Castellan to Synchro Summon Assault Blackwing – Kusanagi the Gathering Storm with 6500 ATK. Gallardo conceded, realizing that Kusanagi’s attacks would wipe out his remaining Life Points.

Creighton Pree wins the first Duel of the Match with his Angelechy Deck!

Duel Two

Gallardo started off Duel 2 and Pree activated Opening to e4 in his Standby Phase. Pree placed Angelechy Endgame Problem on his field, Special Summoned Enlisted from his Extra Deck, and placed Bastion into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He declined to activate Bastion’s effect. Gallardo activated the effect of Griffoh in the Standby Phase to Set Mind Shuffle from his Deck and immediately flipped it up. He activated its effect, but lost out to Pree’s Dominus Purge, which destroyed the Mind Shuffle. Pree drew a card with Endgame Problem’s effect. Gallardo entered his Main Phase and used Ragged Records of Rites. He revealed Light and Darkness Ritual from his Deck to add Celtic Mystic from his Deck to his hand. He Normal Summoned it and activated its effect. He revealed his hand to draw 3 cards and then discard Black Luster Soldier and Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. He Special Summoned Black Chaos from his hand and used its effect to banish Endgame Problem and Bastion. He Set 2 cards to his back row and then ended his turn.

Pree drew Strategy Score and added it to his hand of Angelechy Verdict, Angelechy Disturbance, Opening to e4, and Dominus Impulse. In his Draw Phase, Gallardo activated Griffoh’s effect to Set Mind Shuffle from his Deck. He flipped it and then activated its effect to add Skull Archfiend from his Deck to his hand and discard it. He used the Skull Archfiend’s effect by sending Light and Darkness Ritual from his Deck to his hand and added Black Luster Soldier from his Deck to his hand. Pree entered his Main Phase and activated Strategy Score to add Opposition from his Deck to his hand. He activated Opposition to Special Summon Seneschal to Gallardo’s field and place Angelechy Castellan into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. The effects of Seneschal and Castellan activated to send Angelechy Verdict from Pree’s Deck to his Graveyard and Special Summon Destrier from his Extra Deck. He Tuned Enlisted with Destrier to Summon Kusanagi and then entered his Battle Phase. Gallardo immediately flipped The Fallen & The Virtuous and sent Titaniklad from his Extra Deck to the Graveyard to destroy Kusanagi. In Main Phase 2, Pree banished Verdict from his Graveyard to activate its effect. Gallardo Chained his Mind Shuffle’s effect by returning Black Chaos to his hand and Special Summoned Black Luster Soldier from his hand. Pree sent Disturbance to his Graveyard to place Shatranga in his Spell & Trap Card Zone with Verdict’s effect, and then Gallardo flipped Spell Shattering Sword, prompting Pree to concede.

The Match is moving on to a third and final Duel with just 7 minutes left in the round!

Duel Three

Pree opened up Duel 3 with Dominus Spark, Artifact Lancea, Vanity’s Fiend, and two copies of Dominus Spiral.

He Set a Spark and a Spiral and then ended his turn.

Gallardo activated Branded in High Spirits discarding Skull Archfiend from his hand and adding Fallen of the White Dragon to his hand. He used the Skull Archfiend’s effect to send Light and Darkness Ritual from his Deck to his Graveyard and add Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos to his hand. He activated Light and Darkness Ritual and Pree Chained the effect of Artifact Lancea. Gallardo Tributed monsters from his hand to Special Summon Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos. After a few quick plays, Gallardo built up a field and Pree activated Dominus Spiral to return Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos to Gallardo’s hand. Gallardo Special Summoned Skull Archfiend from his Graveyard with Spiral’s effect. Gallardo Ritual Summoned Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos once again, and moments later, Gallardo entered his Battle Phase with Magician of Dark Chaos – Black Chaos, Fallen of the White Dragon, Incredible Ecclesia the Virtuous, and Skull Archfiend of Chaos in Attack Position. Direct attacks from all of them wiped out Pree’s Life Points!

Odnam Gallardo wins the Match with his Deck built around Light and Darkness Ritual and finishes the Swiss Rounds with an 11-3 record!