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Doomkaiser Dragon
Card# CSOC-EN043
Doomkaiser Dragon's effect isn't just for Zombie World duelists: remember that its effect can swipe copies of Plaguespreader Zombie, too!
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| Yellow Pod Semifinals: Hans Drost vs. Yik de Laat |
| Jason Grabher-Meyer |
| September 02, 2004 |
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 Hans is playing an Exodia deck, a standard build that uses a splash of Manticore. With Emissary of the Afterlife, it looks to be pretty brutal.
Yik is playing a Chaos deck with a lot of bells and whistles—Chaos Sorcerer, Blowback Dragon, and a few other cards differentiate the deck from the same genre in Japan or North America.
Game 1
Hans opened strong with a Graceful Charity, and brooded over his hand for a moment before deciding to discard a Manticore and a Backup Soldier. He set a few cards and passed. Yik opened conservatively as well, with several face-down cards and an attack position Reflect Bounder. Next turn, he tributed it for Blowback Dragon, but winced as Hans used Torrential Tribute and took two pieces of Exodia from Sangan and an Emissary. Hans summoned back the Emissary, and attempted to play Monster Reborn on the Sangan, but Yik responded with an Imperial Order.
Yik used Painful Choice and got a Graceful Charity out of it. The Graceful Charity rotated his hand a bit and he discarded a couple cards he’d been holding for a while. Yik summoned Chaos Sorcerer, but Hans again responded with Torrential Tribute, and took another piece of Exodia. Yik then summoned and attacked with Yata-Garasu, forcing Hans to set an Exodia piece. After a few turns of back and forth, Hans went on the offense, but Yik Special summoned back his Chaos Sorcerer and began picking apart Hans’ field. The face-down Exodia piece sat on the field for turn after turn, and as Yik finally went to attack it, his well-established field of monsters were Mirror Forced.
Hans attempted to attack with Nimble Momonga on his next turn, but was countered by Mirror Force. Hans fended off Yik’s attacks for several turns, but soon Black Luster Soldier hit the field. With Yata attacking by its side, Hans conceded, unable to fend off the impending lock with anything but the precious limbs of Exodia that were his only route to victory.
Both players took a fair amount of time to side deck at that point, and made some small talk before beginning the second duel.
 Game 2
Hans again went first, hoping the card advantage would pay off. He looked at his hand for a moment and then quickly played Painful Choice, discarding a Manticore of Darkness. Yik opted to give him Card of Safe Return, not understanding the combo. Hans played Card of Safe Return, moved to his end phase, and Hans discarded a second Manticore for the first Manticore’s effect, triggering an infinite loop to draw his entire deck. Yik didn’t get it at first, but after some explanation from Hans he understood the combo, and they both laughed about it a bit, Yik obviously impressed.
Game Three
Yik opened the game, still talking to Hans about the Manticore combo, with the usual face-down monster and spell or trap. Hans answered with the same in turn. A quick Painful Choice gave Yik Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer and a Graveyard full of Chaos material. He played Premature Burial on Jinzo, played Change of Heart on Emissary of the Afterlife, Flip summoned Witch of the Black Forest, Normal summoned Hysteric Fairy, and attacked. He then tributed Jinzo and another monster to the Hysteric Fairy to free himself up for a Ring of Destruction to win the game!
Both competitors congratulated each other, picked up their cards and took a bit of a break, chatting for a while before moving on to their next round.
Match Win: Yik de Laat |
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