Traviis Massengale has traveled this weekend from Topeka, Kansas, making it to the Top 16 yet again.  His opponent this round is Jordan Faulkenberry, hailing from the self-described “backwoods of South Carolina.”  Faulkenberry’s piloting an interesting T.G. Flamvell Deck that sailed under the radar of most competitors this weekend.  We’ve never seen a Deck like Faulkenberry’s in a Feature Match before, so we’re  hoping for an excellent show!
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If you read our Round 2 Feature Match, you saw Alexander Thomas take an astounding 2-0 victory with his T.G. Deck.  Thomas’ strategy is all about big defense: in a format where cards like Hand of the Six Samurai, Gemini Spark, and Gravekeeper’s Descendant often make for crushing second turns that immediately devastate the opponent, T.G. monsters are totally unique.  There are four T.G. monsters that form the core of the T.G. Decks being played here this weekend, and each has a similar effect: when they’re destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, their controller gets to search another T.G. monster with a different name, adding it to their hand from the Deck.  That makes it really hard to wear down a T.G. Duelist’s defenses: destroy an on-field monster and it just gets replaced.  That effect lets a T.G. Duelist chump block attacks and build combos, exploding with Special Summon tricks that are unique to the T.G. theme.

Add some Spirit Reapers and a dash of Meklord Emperor Skiel, and you get Alexander Thomas’ T.G. Deck that we saw claim victory earlier today. Here’s what it looks like!
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The last time we saw Alexander Thomas, he made it to the Top 32 of YCS Anaheim with an innovative build of Six Samurai, featuring Dimensional Fissure and Legendary Six Samurai – Enishi.  Now he’s back, taking aim at another Day 2: this time he’s playing a T.G. Deck!

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