Jamie Hunter from the United Kingdom and 16-year-old Dylan Dallmeyer from Carmine, Texas both made it to the Top 8 with their Angelechy Decks. Hunter finished the Swiss Rounds with a 13-1 record to secure a first-place finish after the Swiss Rounds, and Dylan Dalllmeyer – who is competing in his second-ever YCS tournament – finished the Swiss Rounds with an 11-3 record, making it into eighth place with some strong tiebreakers. Now, these two Duelists are facing off against one another! One of them will advance to the Top 4 and the other will be eliminated. It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Hunter opened up Duel 1 with Angelechy Strategy Score, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Foolish Burial, and 2 copies of Angelechy Opening to e4.

During the Standby Phase, Dallmeyer activated the effect of Mulcharmy Fuwalos. After it resolved, he activated Opening to e4! He placed Angelechy Problem from his Deck onto his field, Special Summoned Angelechy Enlisted, and placed Angelechy Castellan into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Castellan’s effect, but lost out to the effect of Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. Hunter entered his Main Phase and then used Foolish Burial Goods to send Angelechy Disturbance from his Deck to his Graveyard. He activated Strategy Score to add Angelechy Verdict from his Deck to his hand next. He banished Disturbance from his Graveyard to activate its effect but lost out to Dallmeyer’s Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Hunter Set 3 cards to his back row before ending his turn.

Dallmeyer drew a card and Hunter flipped Opening to e4 in the Standby Phase. He placed Angelechy Endgame Problem on his field, Special Summoned Enlisted, and then placed Angelechy Bastion in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He used Bastion’s effect to place Angelechy Shatranga in his Spell & Trap Card Zone and then used Shatranga’s effect to add Opening to e4 from his Deck to his hand. In his Main Phase, Dallmeyer used his Problem’s effect by discarding Endgame Problem. He Special Summoned Enlisted from his Extra Deck and placed Angelechy Destrier in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Destrier’s effect to try to add a card to his hand, but Hunter Chained Angelechy Verdict to banish all of Dallmeyer’s cards! Next, Hunter activated the effect of his Verdict by banishing it from his Graveyard. He sent Enlisted to his Graveyard in order to place Destrier in his back row and he used Destrier’s effect to add Strategy Score from his Deck to his hand. Next, Dallmeyer activated Pot of Desires! He banished the top 10 cards of his Deck face-down to draw 2 cards from his Deck. He activated Foolish Burial Goods next, sending Angelechy Disturbance from his Deck to his Graveyard. Next, he activated Angelechy Opposition. Hunter Chained Opening to e4. Hunter placed Problem from his Deck onto his field, Special Summoned Destrier to the Extra Monster Zone, and placed Castellan into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. Dallmeyer resolved the effect of Opposition to Special Summon Seneschal to Hunter’s field and place Destrier in his own Spell & Trap Card Zone. He used Destrier’s effect to add Angelechy Brilliant Move to his hand and neither player Special Summoned a monster with Seneschal’s effect. Dallmeyer banished Disturbance from his Graveyard to add Problem from his Deck to his hand and then banished Opposition from his Graveyard to return 5 of the Angelechy cards he had in his Graveyard and banishment back into his Deck. Dallmeyer activated Problem and then activated its effect by discarding Problem. He Special Summoned Enlisted from his Extra Deck and placed Castellan into his back row. He activated Brilliant Move to return Destrier to his Extra Deck and Special Summon it. He Tuned Destrier with Enlisted to Synchro Summon Assault Blackwing – Kusanagi the Gathering Storm with 7000 ATK. Hunter conceded, immediately realizing that Kusanagi would attack Destrier and Seneschal to wipe out all of his Life Points.

Dylan Dallmeyer wins the first Duel of the Match!

Duel Two

Hunter opened up Duel 2 with Rainbow Bridge Bifrost, Angelechy Problem, Dominus Purge, Inspector Boarder, Angelechy Brilliant Move. He Normal Summoned Inspector Boarder and then activated Angelechy Problem. He discarded Brilliant Move to activate Problem’s effect. He Special Summoned Enlisted from his Extra Deck and placed Destrier from his Extra Deck into his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Destrier’s effect and added Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to his hand. He activated Opposition and Dallmeyer Chained the effect of Mulcharmy Fuwalos from his hand. Hunter Special Summoned Seneschal to Dallmeyer’s field, allowing Dallmeyer to draw a card with Fuwalos’s effect, and placed Bastion in his back row. He used Bastion’s effect to place Shatranga in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He used Shatranga’s effect to add Angelechy Verdict from his Deck to his hand. He Set the Verdict and then ended his turn.

Dallmeyer drew a card and then entered his Main Phase.

He switched his Seneschal into Attack Position and then attacked Inspector Boarder to destroy it. In Main Phase 2, he activated Angelechy Problem. He discarded Disturbance to activate its effect and Special Summoned Enlisted from his Extra Deck before placing Bastion in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Bastion’s effect to place Shatranga in his Spell and Trap Card Zone and activated Shatranga’s effect, prompting Hunter to flip Angelechy Verdict and banish all of Dallmeyer’s cards! Dallmeyer lost 500 Life Points with each effect he activated while Destrier was face-up on the field, so he dropped down to 5500 Life Points after using all of those card effects. Next, Dallmeyer banished Disturbance from his Graveyard to add Angelechy Problem from his Deck to his hand. He lost another 500 Life Points. He activated Problem’s effect by discarding Opposition. He Special Summoned Enlisted and placed Destrier in his back row, losing another 500 Life Points. He used Destrier’s effect to add Brilliant Move to his hand, losing another 500 Life Points, then activated Brilliant Move. He returned Destrier to his Extra Deck and then Special Summoned it, losing another 500 Life Points. He Tuned Enlisted with Destrier to Synchro Summon Crystron Phoenix! He activated its effect to banish all of the cards in Hunter’s Spell & Trap Card Zone and all of the Spells and Traps in Hunter’s Graveyard. Next, Dallmeyer banished Opposition from his Graveyard to return 5 Angelechy Synchro Monsters from banishment and his Graveyard to his Deck. He activated Strategy Score next, but lost out to Hunter’s Dominus Purge. Dallmeyer ended his turn.

Hunter drew Foolish Burial Goods and activated it to send Disturbance from his Deck to his Graveyard. He banished Disturbance to add Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to his hand. He activated Opposition to Special Summon Seneschal to Dallmeyer’s field and place Destrier in his back row. The effects of Seneschal and Destrier activated as Chain Links 1 and 2, and Dallmeyer Chained the effect of Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit from his hand to destroy Destrier. But it was over moments later! Hunter Special Summoned Castellon and Tuned it with Enlisted to Synchro Summon Kusanagi the Gathering Storm with 6500 Attack Points. It attacked Seneschal and inflicted enough piercing damage to end the Duel!

The Match is going to a third and final Duel!

Duel Three

Dallmeyer went first in Duel 3 and Hunter activated Opening to e4 in his Standby Phase. He placed Angelechy Problem from his Deck onto his field, Special Summoned Destrier, and then placed Castellan in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Castellan’s effect, but lost out to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Next, Dallmeyer activated Hey, Space Trunade! to return Castellan to the Extra Deck and return and Angelechy Problem to Hunter’s hand. Hunter placed a card from his hand on the bottom of his Deck. Dallmeyer Set 2 cards to his back row and then ended his turn.

Hunter drew Angelechy Verdict and added it to his hand of Foolish Burial Goods, Angelechy Strategy Score, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, and Shiina, Twin Tempests of Celestial Thunder. He entered his Standby Phase and Dallmeyer flipped Opening to e4. He placed Angelechy Endgame Problem on his field from his Deck, Special Summoned Enlisted, and placed Bastion in his Spell & Trap Card Zone. He activated Bastion’s effect, but lost out to Hunter’s Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. Hunter entered his Main Phase and activated Strategy Score to add Angelechy Opposition from his Deck to his hand. He activated Opposition and Dallmeyer Chained Disturbance. He moved Enlisted onto Hunter’s field, adjacent to the Opposition, to negate Opposition’s effect. In a new Chain, Enlisted’s effect activated and Dallmeyer returned Enlisted to his Extra Deck and Special Summoned Bastion. Hunter activated Foolish Burial Goods next, sending Angelechy Brilliant Move from his Deck to his Graveyard. Dallmeyer banished Disturbance from his Graveyard to add Opposition from his Deck to his hand. Next, Hunter banished Brilliant Move from his Graveyard and sent Verdict from his hand to his Graveyard to Special Summon Seneschal from his Extra Deck. He activated its effect to Special Summon Enlisted from his Extra Deck, and Dallmeyer declined to Special Summon a monster. Hunter used Destrier’s effect to banish Bastion and then Dallmeyer conceded, realizing he was defeated.

Jamie Hunter is moving on to the Top 4 of the Advanced Main Event at YCS Houston!