Does That Target?

Hey guys, 


Today I want to talk to you about card effects that do indeed target. So I'm going to refer you all to Pojo's Masterdramon's post of:


The List of Things that Targets 


So, before heading to a tournament and you're wondering if this and this targets or not, give this list a look and all will be solved. 

This list should be updated to Hidden Arsenal 2.


-Genex StarDevil

BulletProof II Locals, December 30, 2010 Semi-Finals

CJ (Synchro Plants ) Vs. Wadgi (Machina Gadgets)

BulletProof II Locals, December 30, 2010 Round 2

Scott (Gravekeepers) Vs. Otter (Quickdraw Plants)

Quickdraw Synchron....

Hey guys,

How was your holidays?


So something I observed, if you have a Quickdraw Synchron, please remember that it can ONLY GO FOR  SYNCHROS WITH 'SYNCHRON' AS A TUNER, NOTHING ELSE.  

So none of that,

'I special summon Quickdraw, normal summon (*insert level 1-4 monster*), and synchro (stardust, brionac, goyo, black rose, etc.)'

NO

Just no, it doesn't work that way. Please read Quickdraw Synchron closely before you synchro.

/rant

-Genex StarDevil

Merry X-Mas!

Merry Christmas to everybody, or should I say Happy Christmakwanzakah to all!


Just a few small ruling conflicts I've observed;

• Just because it says Synchron in it's name, does not automatically mean it's a tuner. (A cookie to whoever knows what card I'm talking about)
• If Red Dragon Archfiend attacks a recruiter in defense mode, (Mystic Tomato, Giant Rat, etc.) you DO NOT get to special summon another monster from your deck.
• If you try to special summon a monster, look for a face-up Archlord Krystia or a face-up Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo on your opponent's field. People are special summoning monster, and being told they cannot. They ask why, and we just point to the Krystia or the Fossil and they asks what the hell does it do. They realize, scoops the game and storms out.

This is not a ruling conflict, but a ridiculous play that I've witness;

Player A has tributed summoned Super-Ancient Dinobeast. Player B has flipped Solemn Judgment, then Player A proceeded to flip his own Solemn Judgment!
(This didn't make sense to me at the time since both players were at full life.) 

Then Player A activated Monster Reborn to revive his tributed Dinosaur, drew one card for Dinobeast's effect, and attacked for game.

I don't know what was the worse move; Solemn-ing a Dinobeast, or Solemn-ing back....




-Genex StarDevil

BulletProof II Locals, December 22, 2010 Final

Ricky (Frog Monarch) Vs. Mohammad (Blackwings)

Note!
* This match was not played as both players agreed to split the prized between the both of them, but for store record purposes, Mohammad won this match.*

BulletProof II Locals, December 22, 2010 Semi-Final

Mohammad (Blackwings) Vs. Tanuj (Machina Gadgets)

BulletProof II Locals, December 22, 2010 Round 2

Danny (Rock Stun) Vs. Alberto (Evil Heroes)

BulletProof II Locals, December 22, 2010 Round 1

Justin (Spellcasters) Vs. Ricky (Frog Monarchs)

BulletProof II Locals, December 18, 2010 Semi-Final

Ricky (Frogs) Vs. Chak (Monarchs)

BulletProof II Locals, December 18, 2010 Round 1

Justin (Synchro Plants) Vs. Nemo (Synchro Plants)

BulletProof II Locals, December 11, 2010 Finals

Ricky (Frogs) vs. Nemo (Synchro Plants)

Ricky wins the opening die roll and goes first.

Ricky opens with an Allure of Darkness, drawing two cards and removing Genex Controller from play. Next, he discards Treeborn Frog to special summon Swap Frog and activate its effect to send another Treeborn Frog from the deck to the graveyard. Afterwards, he normal summons Genex Undine and activate its effect to send Fishborg Blaster to the graveyard while adding his second Genex Controller to his hand. Finally, Ricky activates Swap Frog’s effect and returns the Swap Frog to his hand before ending.

Nemo activates Foolish Burial and sends Dandylion from his deck to the graveyard, special summoning 2 Fluff Tokens. He normal summons Spore and tuned it to a Fluff Token to synchro summon Formula Synchron, drawing 1 card. Nemo sets 1 card and ends his turn.

Ricky draws and special summons Treeborn Frog from his graveyard during his Standby Phase. During the Main Phase, Nemo activates his set Limit Reverse to special summon Dandylion. Ricky activates Fishborg Blaster’s effect by discarding Glow-Up Bulb, special summoning it. Fishborg Blaster was tuned to Treeborn Frog to synchro summon his own Formula Synchron. Ricky drew one card for its effect. Ricky normal summons Genex Controller and tuned it to his Genex Undine to synchro summon Goyo Guardian. Nemo responds by activating Formula Synchron’s effect to tune his Formula Synchron to his other Fluff token, and his Dandylion to synchro summon out his own Goyo Guardian. Two more Fluff Tokens were summoned for Dandylion’s effect.

During his Battle Phase, Ricky activates Enemy Controller from his hand, tributing his Goyo Guardian to take control of Nemo’s Goyo Guardian and attacks a token. In Main Phase 2, Ricky synchro summons out Stardust Dragon using Nemo’s Goyo Guardian and Formula Synchron before ending his turn.

Nemo sets one card in his backrow and ends.

Ricky special summons Treeborn Frog during his Standby Phase. He discards Swap Frog to special summon Fishborg Blaster and tuned his Fishborg Blaster to his Treeborn Frog  to synchro summon another Formula Synchron. Ricky drew one card for its effect as well. Afterwards, he tributed the Formula Synchron for Caius the Shadow Monarch and used its effect to target Nemo’s set card.

Nemo responds by flipping over the set Scapegoats, special summoning four goat tokens, along with Nemo’s remaining Fluff Token and as a result has 5 tokens protecting him. Ricky attacks 2 of the tokens with his Stardust Dragon and Caius and ends his turn.

Nemo normal summons Debris Dragon and use its effect to special summon Dandylion. Debris Dragon was tuned to Dandylion and one of his tokens, Nemo synchro summons Scrap Dragon. Nemo attacks Stardust Dragon with Scrap Dragon and uses its effect; in main phase two, to destroy one of his tokens and Ricky’s Caius before ending.

Ricky special summons Treeborn Frog and tributes it for his second Caius and uses it’s effect to target Scrap Dragon, but Nemo responds with Effect Veiler! Ricky activates Glow-Up Bulb from his graveyard, sending Battle Fader from his deck to the graveyard for its cost, and tuned his Bulb to Caius to synchro summon Black Rose Dragon; activating its effect upon successful summon to destroy all cards on the field. Ricky then passed his turn.

The current life score count is Ricky leading at 7700 to Nemo’s 5200.

Nemo activates Pot of Avarice, returning his Goyo Guardian, Formula Synchron, Scrap Dragon, Debris Dragon, and Effect Veiler to their respective decks to draw two cards. He sets one monster and ends his turn.

Ricky special summons Treeborn Frog. He activates his own Pot of Avarice to return Stardust Dragon, two copies of Formula Synchrons, Goyo Guardian, and Caius the Shadow Monarch to their respective decks to draw two cards as well. Next, he discards Fishborg Blaster to special summon already in-grave Fishborg Blaster and tributes both Treeborn Frog and Fishborg Blaster for Light and Darkness Dragon! Light and Darkness Dragon attacks into Nemo’s set Ryko, negating its effect and Ricky ends his turn.

Nemo sets a monster and ends his turn.

Ricky goes and attacks another Ryko, negating its effect with Light and Darkness Dragon and ends his turn.

Nemo sets another monster.

Ricky attacks into Debris Dragon with Light and Darkness Dragon but could not destroy it in battle because Light and Darkness Dragon being at 1800 attack, and ended.

Nemo sets another monster and ends.

Ricky goes and attacks the set Mystic Tomato and negates its effect as well. He discards One for One at the End Phase due to having seven cards in hand.

Nemo goes and summons Lonefire Blossom. Tuning Debris Dragon to Lonefire Blossom, he synchro summons Black Rose Dragon and uses it to attack and destroys Light and Darkenss Dragon. Ricky special summons Caius with Light and Darkness Dragon’s effect. Nemo sets one card to his backrow and ends.

Ricky special summons his Treeborn Frog and tributes it for Mobius the Frost Monarch, targeting Nemo’s set card with its effect. Nemo chains that set card, Phoenix Wing Wind Blast, discarding Giant Truande for its cost to send Mobius to the top of his deck. Ricky attacks Black Rose Dragon with Caius, destroying both, and ends his turn.

Nemo summons Debris Dragon and uses its effect to special summons Dandylion. Debris Dragon was tuned to Danylion to synchro summon yet ANOTHER Black Rose Dragon, making 2 Fluff Tokens in the process, and declares a direct attack successfully. Ricky special summons Gorz the Emissary of Darkness and gains a 2400 attack and defense Token after Ricky took battle damage.

Nemo wasn’t done though. During his Main Phase 2, he uses Monster Reborn to special summon Lonefire Blossom and uses its effect to tribute itself to special summon another Lonefire Blossom from his deck. He then activated the new Lonefire Blossom’s effect to tribute a Fluff Token for his Glow-Up Bulb. He tunes the Glow-Up Bulb to the remaining Fluff Token for Formula Synchron and draws one card. Afterwards, he activates Glow-Up Bulb’s effect and special summons it onto the field again by sending Solemn Warning from his deck to the graveyard. He tunes Glow-Up Bulb to Blackrose Dragon to synchro summon Stardust Dragon. The stage was set for Shooting Star Dragon! Nemo set 2 cards and ended his turn.

Ricky special summons Treeborn Frog and tributes it for Mobius the Frost Monarch, targeting both of Nemo’s set cards. Nemo chooses to abandon the Shooting Star Dragon for the time being and tributes his Stardust Dragon to negate and destroy Mobius. Ricky attacks Formula Synchron with Gorz but Nemo stops it with Book of Moon. Not wanting the chance of Shooting Star Dragon at all, Ricky activates Dark Hole to destroy Formula Synchron, Lonefire Blossom, and his own Gorz before ending. Stardust Dragon returns during the End Phase.

Nemo attempts to attack directly with Stardust Dragon but Ricky stops it with Battle Fader. Nemo ends his turn.

Ricky special summons Treeborn Frog and upon entering his Main Phase, Nemo activates Limit Reverse to special summon Formula Synchron. He was determined to get out Shooting Star Dragon.

Ricky discards Raiza the Storm Monarch to special summon Fishborg Blaster and tunes it with Treeborn Frog for Formula Synchron, and drew one card. He then tributes Battle Fader for another Raiza the Storm Monarch, targeting Stardust Dragon. Nemo responds by using Formula Synchron’s effect and tunes the two to make Shooting Star Dragon! Ricky ends with Formula Synchron and Raiza on his field.

Nemo activates Shooting Star Dragon’s effect and reveals two tuners (Debris Dragon and Plaguespreader Zombie) from the top of his deck to gain 2 attacks for the turn. As he was about to end his Main Phase, Ricky responds by tuning his Formula Synchron to Raiza and synchro summons Colossal Fighter in defense position. Nemo sets one card and ends his turn.

Ricky goes and special summons Treeborn Frog. He discards Genex Undine to special summon Fishborg Blaster and synchro summons another Formula Synchron. He tributes the Formula Synchron for Caius the Shadow Monarch, targeting Shooting Star Dragon. Nemo responds with Torrential Tribute to clear the field. Ricky then activates Monster Reborn on the Shooting Star Dragon and attacks directly.

Nemo conceded upon seeing his next card, which was Dark Hole.

Both players go into their side decks and Nemo starts off game 2 afterwards.

Nemo activates Charge of the Light Brigade, sending Solemn Warning, Debris Dragon, and One for One from his deck to the graveyard, adding  Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter to his hand. He sets the Ryko and 1 backrow before ending.

Ricky activates Nobleman of Crossout and removed Nemo’s set Ryko, along with the other two copies in Nemo’s deck. He sets one monster and ends. Nemo activates Scapegoat at the end phase to special summon four goat tokens in defense mode.

Nemo summons Lonefire Blossom and uses its effect to tribute itself for another Lonefire Blossom and then a Glow-Up Bulb. He tunes the Glow-Up Bulb to a Scapegoat Token to synchro summon Formula Synchron and draws a card. Afterwards, he uses Glow-Up Bulb’s effect in the graveyard and sends Dark Hole from the top of this deck to the graveyard to special summon it onto the field. Using another Scapegoat Token, another token was tuned to the Bulb to synchro summon another Formula Synchron to draw another card. Afterwards, Nemo tunes the Formula Synchron to the remaining 2 Scapegoat Tokens to synchro summon Armory Arm. Armory Arm was tuned to the other Formula Synchron to synchro summon Goyo Guardian. Nemo attacks with Goyo Guardian to reveal and destroy Ricky’s Treeborn Frog. Nemo special summons Ricky’s Treeborn Frog to his field. He sets one card and ends his turn.

Ricky normal summons his Genex Undine, sending another Treeborn Frog from his deck to his graveyard, and adds the Genex Controller to his hand. He attacks Treeborn Frog with the Genex Undine and sets 1 card before ending his turn.

Nemo summons Card Trooper and uses its effect, sending Gorz, Dandylion, and Effect Veiler, from his deck to his graveyard to give it 1900 attack, and two Fluff Tokens are special summoned. When he goes for an attack, Ricky responds by using Enemy Controller to tribute his Genex Undine to take control of Goyo Guardian for the turn. Nemo ends and regained his Goyo Guardian back.

Ricky special summons his Treeborn Frog and tributes it for Caius the Shadow Monarch. Its effect targeted Goyo Guardian, but Nemo responds with Torrential Tribute. Ricky ends afterwards.

Nemo activates Pot of Avarice to return Goyo Guardian, Effect Veiler, Armory Arm, and two copies of Formula Synchron back to the deck/extra deck to draw two cards. He normal summons Debris Dragon and uses its effect to special summon Card Trooper. Using Card Trooper’s effect; paying its cost by sending Debris Dragon, D.D. Crow, and Book of Moon from his deck to the graveyard, but it will not get any attack gain its effect has been negated by Debris Dragon.

Nemo attacks directly with Card Trooper and Debris Dragon afterwards. Ricky activates his Gorz the Emissary of Darkness after Debris Dragon’s attack. In Main Phase 2, Nemo activates Foolish Burial to send Plaguespreader Zombie from his deck to the graveyard. Afterwards, Debris Dragon was tuned to Card Trooper to synchro summons Black Rose Dragon. Black Rose’s effect destroyed all cards on the field.

Ricky special summons his Treeborn Frog and normal summons his Fishborg Blaster. and uses the two to synchro summon Formula Synchron in defense position. He ends.

Nemo looks in his graveyard and sees that he has no light monster and thus could not summon the Chaos Sorcerer in his hand. He simply sets 1 monster and ends.

Ricky uses his Treeborn Frog and Fishborg Blaster to make another Formula Synchron on his turn. The two Formula Synchrons were tributed for Light and Darkness Dragon. It attacks into Dandylion, negating its effect. Ricky ends.

Nemo sets a monster and ends.

Ricky attacks into a Spore with his Light and Darkness Dragon and ends his turn.

Nemo sets a monster and ends.

Ricky attacks into a Sangan this time; Light and Darkenss Dragon negating its effect and bringing its attack down to 1800.

Nemo sets one card and ends.

Ricky summons a Genex Undine, and did not activate its effect and attacks with the Genex Undine. Nemo flips his Limit Reverse, but Light and Darkness Dragon’s effect negated the activation and reduced its attack by 500 more points, bringing the dragon to 1300. After receiving battle damage from Genex Undine, Nemo revealed his Gorz and brought Light and Darkness Dragon down to 800. Ricky then attacked with Light and Darkness Dragon directly, and Nemo special summoned his Gorz after taking direct damage. In Main Phase 2, Ricky activated Dark Hole to destroy his Light and Darkness Dragon, and Nemo’s Gorz and Emissary of Darkness token. Light and Darkness Dragon’s effect activated; Ricky special summoned his own Gorz in defense position before ending his turn.

Nemo summons Mystic Tomato and activates Monster Reborn; special summoning Goyo Guardian. Goyo Guardian attacks Gorz and special summons it onto Nemo’s side of the field. Mystic Tomato attacks directly. Nemo sets one card and ends.

Ricky brings back his Treeborn Frog and discards Genex Controller for Fishborg Blaster. Fishborg was tuned to Treeborg to synchro summons Formula Synchron. Nemo responds by activating Phoenix Wing Wind Blast, discarding Chaos Sorcerer, to return Formula Synchron back to the extra deck. Ricky activates Soul Exchange and tributes Nemo’s Goyo Guardian for a set monster before ending.

Nemo attacks the set monster which is revealed to be a Mobius the Frost Monarch with Gorz. Mystic Tomato delivers another attack directly. Nemo sets one card and ends.

The current life score is Nemo leading at 6000 to Ricky’s 3800.

Ricky special summons Treeborn Frog again. + Fishborg was special summoned by discarding Genex Controller. Formula Synchron was synchr summoned again. Then  it was tribute for another Mobius the Frost Monarch. Its effect targeted Nemo’s back rows. Nemo flips his set Call of the Haunted and targets Sangan. Mobius’s effect resolves, destroying the Call of the Haunted and the Sangan that was selected for its effect. Sangan’s effect adds Effect Veiler to his hand. Ricky activates Monster Reborn; selecting Nemo’s Goyo Guardian and attacks Ricky’s Gorz with Goyo Guardian to special summon it back to his own field. Mobius attacks Mystic Tomato but Nemo unfortunately has no targets left in his deck for the Tomato to summon.

Nemo returns his added Effect Veiler to the top of his deck for Plaguespreader Zombie to be special summoned. He removes a Lonefire Blossom in his graveyard from the game for Spore, making it level 4. Nemo then normal summons a D.D. Crow and tunes it with Spore to make an Ally of Justice Catastor. Afterwards, he tunes Plaguespreader Zombie to Catastor to synchro summon Black Rose Dragon; it effect destroyed all cards on the field once more and then ends his turn.

Ricky brings back his Treeborn Frog and summons a Swap Frog to attack directly. He returns Swap Frog to his hand before ending.

Nemo draws and passes.

Ricky activates Pot of Duality; revealing Enemy Controller, Nobleman of Crossout, and One for One. He adds Enemy Controller to his hand and shuffles the other two back into his deck. Treeborn Frog was tributed for Dark Dust Spirit to attack directly. At the end phase, Dark Dust Spirit returns to Ricky’s hand.

Nemo removes Effect Veiler and Mystic Tomato to special summon Chaos Sorcerer and attacks directly. He sets one card and ends his turn.

Ricky brings back his Treeborn Frog in the Standby Phase and activates Enemy Controller, during the standby phase; tributing his Treeborn Frog, to take control of Chaos Sorcerer. Nemo flips Book of Moon to turn the Sorcerer facedown, to avoid Enemy Controller’s effect. Ricky returns the Treeborn Frog to his field once more and tributes it for Caius the Shadow Monarch, targeting the Chaos Sorcerer. Nemo activates his in-hand Effect Veiler to negate Caius’s effect. Ricky attacks the Chaos Sorcerer. At this point Nemo has no cards left in his hand. He needed a miracle to get out of this!

And indeed he did draw that miracle, Pot of Avarice!

Nemo activated Pot of Avarice, but Ricky revealed that he had D.D. Crow in hand, and that was enough for Nemo to concede the game.

An exciting match where both sides went back and forth for control of the game. The MVP of this match was Formula Synchron; as it was summoned multiples times, even during the course of one match, it was summoned numerous times. But in the end, Ricky seized control of the game and has defeated Nemo 2-0!

BulletProof II Locals, December 11, 2010 Round 2

Nemo (Synchro Plants) Vs. Kai (Gravekeepers)

Kai won the opening roll and will be going first.

Kai started by set one monster, followed by three set cards to end his turn.

Nemo opened with Spore, Scapegoat, Plaguespreader Zombie, Debris Dragon, Lonefire Blossom, and Solemn Warning.

Nemo set two cards to his back field, followed by one monster to end his turn.

Kai flipped Mystical Space Typhoon in Nemo’s end phase to destroy his set Solemn Warning.

Kai discarded Gravekeeper’s Commandant to the graveyard to add Necrovalley to his hand. Necrovalley was then activated. Gravekeeper’s Assailant was summoned, and attacked into Nemo’s set Spore. Kai then ended his turn. Nemo flipped Scapegoat in Kai’s end phase to special summon four goat tokens.

Nemo summoned Lonefire Blossom, activated its effect; tributing itself to special summon another copy, which special summoned Glow-Up Bulb in defense mode. Bulb was tuned to a goat token to synchro summon Formula Synchron in defense mode. Nemo drew one card for its effect. Nemo then set one card to pass his turn.

Assailant declared an attack on a goat token; forcing it into attack mode. Nemo flipped Book of Moon to turn the Assailant facedown. Kai then set one card and ended his turn.

Nemo summoned Plaguespreader Zombie. Zombie was tuned to the rest of the goat tokens to synchro summon Ally of Justice Catastor. Kai flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to eliminate the synchro monster. Nemo then ended his turn.

Kai activated Royal Tribute; revealing his hand of two Gravekeeper’s Stele, and Nemo’s hand of two Debris Dragon, and Tragoedia. Nemo discarded his hand of monsters. Assailant was flipped up, and attacked into Formula Synchron. 

Nemo drew and ended his turn. 

Assailant made another direct attack to end his turn.

Nemo set two cards to his back field to end his turn.

Another direct attack was made by Assailant.

Nemo set one monster to end his turn.

Kai summoned Gravekeeper’s Descendent. Its effect tribute Assailant to destroy Nemo’s set monster. Dandylion was destroyed as a result and Nemo got two fluff tokens. Decsecendent attacked into a fluff token and he ended his turn.

Nemo activated Bulb’s effect from the graveyard; sending Charge of the Light Brigade to his graveyard from his deck. Bulb was tuned to a fluff token to synchro summon Formula Synchron in defense mode. Nemo drew one card for its effect. Nemo then set one card to his back field to end his turn. 

Descendent attacked into Formula; only to be stopped by Nemo’ set Book of Moon. Kai then set monster, and activated another Royal Tribute; revealing Kai’s hand of two Gravekeeper’s Stele and Nemo’s Foolish Burial. 

Nemo drew and ended his turn.

Kai flipped his Gravekeeper’s Descendent, followed by his set Gravekeeper’s Assialant. 

‘Priority?’ Nemo asked.

Kai voiced his confirmation and tribute his Assailant to destroy Nemo’s set Cold Wave. Gravekeeper’s Stele was activated to get back Assailant and Commandant. Assailant was summoned, and attacked into Formula. Kai then set one card to his back field and ended his turn.

Nemo set one monster, followed by one set card to end his turn.

Gravekeeper’s Commandant was summoned, and attacked into Nemo’s set Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter. Its effect destroyed Kai’s Necrovalley, and sent Limit Reverse, Dandylion, and Mystic Tomato from his deck to the graveyard. Danylion’s effect summoned two fluff tokens. Nemo flipped Limit Reverse, targeting Bulb, but Kai flipped up Solemn Judgment to negate it. 

Nemo set one card and ended his turn.

Kai activated another copy of Necrovalley. Gravekeeper’s Stele was activated; adding back two Assailants to his hand. Assailant was summoned and attacked into a token, and Commandant attacked into the other fluff token. 

Nemo drew into Solemn Warning, and saw that the score was himself at 500 to Kai’s 4000. 

Nemo conceded the first game.

Both players went into their side deck.

‘Don’t side Consecrated Light against me,’ Kai noted, ‘It won’t work against me.’

Side decking was finished and Nemo will be starting the first game.

Nemo set one monster, followed by two set cards to end his turn.

Kai activated Necrovalley; then set two cards to his back field, then one monster to end his turn.

Nemo activated Noblemna of Crossout to destroy and remove Kai’s set Gravekeeper’s Spy; in turn, removed the remaining two copies from Kai’s deck. Dandylion was flipped up, and Lonefire Blossom was summoned. Lonefire activated its effect; tributing Dandylion to special summon another Lonefire Blossom in attack mode. Kai flipped Royal Oppression, and Nemo flipped Mystical Space Typhoon; targeting Oppression. Dandylion’s effect special summoned two fluff tokens to his field. Lonefire’s effect activated; tributing one fluff token to special summon Glow-Up Bulb in defense mode. Bulb was tuned to the other fluff token to synchro summon Formula Synchron in attack mode. Nemo drew one card for its effect. Lonefire and Formula attacked directly. Nemo then ended his turn.

Kai sent Effect Veiler during his main phase to negate Formula’s effect. (It should be noted that Effect Veiler cannot activated during your turn.) 

Dark Hole was activated; then Gravekeeper’s Descendent was summoned and attacked directly. 

Nemo activated Cold Wave, followed by special summon of Cyber Dragon. It attacked into Descendent. Nemo then ended his turn.

Kai ended his turn.

Cyber Dragon made a direct attack, then Nemo set one card to his back field to end his turn.

Kai set one card to end his turn.

Cyber Dragon made another direct attack.

Kai set another card to end his turn.

Cyber Dragon attacked directly; only to be stopped by Kai’s flipped Dimensional Prison. 

Nemo set one card, and set one monster to end his turn.

Kai drew and ended his turn.

Nemo summoned Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress. Kai flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to remove Lyla. Nemo then flipped Debris Dragon, and Kai flipped Solemn Judgement to negated Debris Dragon’s summon. Nemo ended his turn.

The score was Nemo’s 6000 to Kai’s 450.

Kai set one card to his back field to end his turn.

Nemo activated Giant Trunade, and Kai conceded the game.

Nemo has pushed back into game three!

Kai is starting up the last game.

He set one monster, then activated Necrovalley, then set four cards to his back field to end his turn.

Nemo also set four cards to his back field to end his turn.

Kai set one monster and ended his turn.

Nemo activated Nobleman of Crossout! This time, it hit Gravekeeper’s Recruiter instead. Nemo then set one card and ended his turn. 

Kai drew and passed.

Nemo did the same.

Kai also passed.

Nemo activated Foolish Burial; sending Dandylion from his deck to the graveyard. Dandylion’s effect special summoned two fluff tokens to his field. Kai flipped Torrential Tribute, and attempted to flip Deck Devastation Virus, but cannot activate its effect because he cannot pay its cost. (Kai’s set Gravekeeper’s Spy did not fulfill the requirements for Deck Devastation Virus.) Nemo then set one monster and ended his turn. 

Kai set one monster and ended his turn.

Nemo set one card to his back field and ended his turn.

Kai flipped his Gravekeeper’s Spy, and Nemo flipped Shadow-Imprisioning Mirror, to negate Spy’s effect. Spy has attacked into Nemo’s set Spore, and he ended his turn.

Nemo set one monster and ended his turn.

Spy attacked into a facedown Glow-Up Bulb. Kai then set one card and ended his turn.

Cyber Dragon was special summoned from Nemo’s hand. Kai flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to remove it from play. Nemo summoned another Cyber Dragon; only to lose it to another one of Kai’s set Bottomless Trap Hole. Nemo ended his turn.

Spy attacked directly. Kai then set one card and passed.

Nemo drew and passed.

Spy made another direct attack.

Nemo again drew and ended.

Spy made its third attack.

Nemo drew and ended for the third time.

Spy went for another direct attack, and Nemo flipped Book of Moon to turn it facedown.

The score is now Kai’s 8000 to Nemo’s 2900.

Nemo activated Charge of the Light Brigade; sending Ryko, LIghtsworn Hunter; Debris Dragon; and another Ryko, LIghtsworn Hunter to the graveyard from his deck as the cost. Nemo added his third Ryko to his hand. Nemo then set the Ryko and set Book of Moon to end his turn.

Kai activated his own Nobleman of Crossout; removing Nemo’s Ryko. Spy was flipped back up, and attacked directly. Royal Tribute was activated in the second main phase. Kai discarded no monsters while Nemo discarded Effect Veiler. Gravekeeper’s Stele was activated to reclaim Commandant. Commandant was summoned. Nemo flipped Torrential Tribute, and Kai flipped Deck Devastation Virus; tributing the Commandant for its cost. Kai then ended his turn.

Nemo drew and revealed Pot of Avarice for the first turn of Deck Devastation Virus. Nemo ended his turn.

Kai set one monster and ended.

Nemo revealed Debris Dragon; and sent it to the graveyard. Nemo passed his turn.

Kai flipped his set Spy and attacked; only to be stopped by Nemo’s set Book of Moon. Kai the tributed his facedown Spy for Caius the Shadow Monarch; its effect targeted Nemo’s Mirror, but its effect was negated. Kai then ended his turn. 

Nemo activated Giant Trunade to send back all spell and trap cards on the field. Pot of Avarice was activated next. Two Debris Dragon, two Ryko, and Effect Veiler were selected. After they were shuffled into the deck, Nemo drew two cards. Debris Dragon was summoned next; its effect special summoned Dandylion. Glow-Up Bulb’s effect was activated from the graveyard; sending Card Trooper from his deck the graveyard to special summon it. Bulb was tuned to Danylion to synchro summon Armory Arm. Dandylion’s effect special summoned two fluff tokens. Debris Dragon was tuned to the two fluff tokens to synchro summon Iron Chain Dragon.

Nemo activated Spore’s effect from the graveyard next; removing Dandylion to special summon it. Its level was now level four. Spore was tuned to Armory Arm to synchro summon Stardust Dragon. Iron Chain Dragon attacked into Caius. Iron Chain’s effect sent Gravekeeper’s Descendent, Dimensional Prison, and Effect Veiler from Kai’s deck to the graveyard. Stardust Dragon made a direct attack. Then Nemo set three cards to his back field to end his turn.

Kai activated Necrovalley; then set one monster, followed by three cards to his back field to end his turn.

Nemo activated Cold Wave. 

‘Got anything?’ Nemo asked.

‘Nothing.’

Nemo chained Phoenix Wind Wing Blast; discarding Lonefire Blossom to return Kai’s set monster to his hand. 

Stardust Dragon and Iron Chain Dragon attacked directly for game!

Nemo lost the first game, but took the next two games for a 2-1 victory over Kai!