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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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| Quarterfinals: Bryan Coronel vs. Justin Gillison |
| Jason Grabher-Meyer |
| September 11, 2005 |
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 Bryan Coronel made it to the semifinals of Shonen Jump Championship New Jersey, and also made the Top 4 of Nationals 2005. He’s representing Team Overdose.
Justin Gillison is a member of Team Scoop, and without a previous Shonen Jump Championship Top 8 under his belt, he was definitely the underdog in this matchup. However, he won the die roll by a single pip, 17 to 16, and secured the opening position for the first duel. He’d head into the match with an immediate piece of card advantage.
He opened with just a single set spell or trap. Coronel played Delinquent Duo and hit his Book of Moon, but a Sinister Serpent soaked up the second discard. Coronel then attacked directly with D. D. Warrior Lady. Gillison fired back with Tribe-Infecting Virus, as he discarded Sinister Serpent to destroy D. D. Warrior Lady and then took his direct shot.
Coronel set two cards to his spell and trap zone, then set a monster. He was shaking his head, and was clearly unhappy with the situation. Gillison played Wave-Motion Cannon, attacked the face down with Tribe-Infecting Virus, and hit Morphing Jar! Whatever had gotten Coronel down, it was gone now, and by discarding two cards to Gillison’s four he’d netted some serious card advantage. He’d also caused Gillison to discard Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning.
Gillison set one more spell or trap and passed. Coronel drew a card, took back the Sinister Serpent that he had discarded for Morphing Jar’s effect, and then played Pot of Greed. He followed it up with Graceful Charity, discarding the Serpent and Lightning Vortex. He still managed to look deeply perturbed. Let it be known that Overdose’s greatest tech is their acting skill.
He fired off Mystical Space Typhoon and destroyed Ring of Destruction. He then summoned Breaker the Magical Warrior and cleared out Tribe-Infecting Virus with an attack. Breaker then broke Wave-Motion Cannon with his blade, and Coronel passed. It was 6200 to 5400.
Sinister Serpent bounced back out of Gillison’s graveyard yet again, and he set one card to each of his zones. Next turn Coronel summoned Exarion Universe, played Nobleman of Crossout on Gillison’s face down Spirit Reaper, and attacked directly twice to take a significant lead!
But Lightning Vortex, fuelled by Sinister Serpent, tore apart his two monsters. “Cards?” asked Gillison.
“Five” replied Coronel, which was more than Gillison’s three cards in hand. He also had three cards in his spell and trap zone to Gillison’s two. Gillison set one monster and again passed, completely on the defensive.
Coronel drew, flipped Monster Recovery, and traded Sinister Serpent for Breaker the Magical Warrior. He summoned it and then shot his token at a face-down Mystical Space Typhoon, which was in turn chained to destroy Bottomless Trap Hole, one of Coronel’s signature cards. Premature Burial flipped, Exarion was brought back onto the field, and Breaker the Magical Warrior attacked into Gillison’s face down Magician of Faith. With its flip effect, Gillison recovered Wave-Motion Cannon. Exarion charged at Gillison’s life points, but Book of Moon turned it face down to prevent the attack.
The battle wasn’t finished though, and Coronel flipped Call of the Haunted. Up came D. D. Warrior Lady, and her butterfly blades sliced deep into Gillison, reducing him to 1300 life points. It seemed as if the first duel was almost over, but Coronel, who had joked and laughed so easily in his feature match the day before was still completely stonefaced.
Gillison drew and set a monster to each of his zones. After a moment’s thought he played Wave-Motion again, fighting to divide Coronel’s attention. It didn’t work—his opponent drew and played Heavy Storm. Exarion flipped back up, Coronel summoned Sangan, and went to attack Gillison’s lone face down with Exarion.
It smashed into its own twin! Gillison’s Exarion had too much DEF for any of Coronel’s monsters to handle, and Coronel was forced to pass! A mere 100 DEF kept Gillison in the duel!
He drew, summoned Asura Priest, attacked Breaker the Magical Warrior with it and then set two cards to his spell and trap zone in main phase two. He decided not to attack Sangan. Coronel was forced onto the defensive and did nothing but set another monster before ending his turn.
Gillison set Sinister Serpent, then used Metamorphosis to turn it into Thousand-Eyes Restrict. Thousand-Eyes inhaled Coronel’s face down monster, revealing Magician of Faith. He had no follow up, though, and passed back.
Coronel drew, summoned Tribe-Infecting Virus, discarded Sinister Serpent to destroy Thousand-Eyes Restrict, and set his last two cards to his spell and trap zone. Gillison drew, turned Exarion to attack position, and sent it after the Tribe-Infecting Virus: a risky move, but the only one he had as the Tribe-Infecting Virus would rip him apart next turn if he left it on the field. The attack went through, Tribe-Infecting Virus went down, and it was 4200 to 1300.
 D. D. Assailant was Coronel’s next summon and he debated going all-in, fingering his Exarion. He turned it to attack, but left Sangan in defense position. His Exarion charged his opponent’s and Coronel watched as his two monsters were eviscerated by Mirror Wall.
Gillison’s Exarion charged at Sangan, looking to pierce for damage. Coronel took Tsukuyomi with its effect. Next turn he set his Sinister Serpent, played Metamorphosis, and brought up Thousand-Eyes Restrict. It sucked up Exarion and attacked, but Gillison flipped Scapegoat. Thousand-Eyes Restrict devoured a sheep and play moved to Gillison.
He played Graceful Charity, discarding Sinister Serpent and Asura Priest. He summoned Breaker the Magical Warrior, broke Coronel’s face down, Coronel chained Book of Moon to turn it face down, and Gillison took his 1800 ATK Thousand-Eyes Restrict with Snatch Steal.
Tsukuyomi hit the field and turned the Thousand-Eyes Restrict face down before attacking and destroying Breaker. Coronel bumped his spell and trap zone to two cards, Tsukuyomi jumped back into his hand, and that was the turn.
Gillison played Heavy Storm, costing himself two cards but clearing Coronel’s field. He then tributed Thousand-Eyes Restrict for Airknight Parshath and attacked directly. Coronel used Serpent and Metamorphosis to get himself yet another Thousand-Eyes Restrict though, and was clearly still in the game. He sucked up the Airknight and . . .
“Go.”
“Go? Not attack a Sheep.”
“No.” What was Coronel doing?
Gillison drew, set a card to each zone, and passed.
Next turn Coronel summoned Tsukuyomi, flipped Thousand-Eyes Restrict face down, flipped it back up, and absorbed Gillison’s set monster. Tsukuyomi took down a sheep and he passed. Gillison drew, set another monster and passed back, shaking his head. Tsukuyomi and Thousand-Eyes Restrict did their trick again next turn and Coronel sucked up another face down while bashing another sheep. Gillison did not set a monster next turn: instead he set one spell or trap and passed. Coronel didn’t attack: he just set a monster and passed, again leaving Gillison with one Sheep token. Gillison removed the face down, Magical Merchant, with Nobleman of Crossout, and again passed right back. Twelve and a half minutes remained in the match.
Coronel set another monster, passed, Gillison passed back and looked at his hand. He was holding a Cyber Dragon, and had been for at least half a dozen turns. Did Coronel know that? Was that why he kept leaving Gillison with one sheep?
Tsukuyomi hit the field yet again, turning Thousand-Eyes Restrict face down. Tsukuyomi hit the last sheep and Coronel flipped Thousand-Eyes Restrict back up.
Another turn passed, and Coronel inhaled another face down monster. He then tributed his Thousand-Eyes Restrict for Airknight Parshath, probably another reason that he’d hesitated picking off the Sheep. Coronel had two spells or traps to Gillison’s one, and he seemed to consider attacking. Instead he just flipped Ring of Destruction. It took out both of them, as the life point totals were only 800 to 1300 at the time. Gillison revealed his face down spell or trap as Scapegoat. If Coronel had attacked, he’d have won.
The players rolled off again, and Gillison would again choose whether or not he’d want to go first. Only nine minutes remained for this quarterfinal, and about three of them were used for side decking and shuffling.
Gillison started with a card to each of his zones, set. Coronel played Pot of Greed, set two cards to his spell and trap zone and one monster. Gillison summoned Breaker the Magical Warrior, broke Coronel’s Mystical Space Typhoon, and Coronel chained to destroy Ring of Destruction. Gillison swung into Magician of Faith, Coronel took back Pot of Greed, and Gillison set another card to his spell and trap zone.
Coronel drew, played Pot of Greed again, and it was announced that there were three and a half minutes remaining. He special summoned Cyber Dragon, but Gillison flipped Bottomless Trap Hole to remove it from the game. Coronel set one monster and passed.
Gillison set Metamorphosis and Tribe-Infecting Virus, and Breaker attacked into Spirit Reaper. He played Snatch Steal to destroy it, but had taken a minute and a half or more to do so: Head Judge John Williams cautioned him against slow play. Coronel drew, played Lightning Vortex to destroy Breaker, then set a monster and two more spells or traps. Was the monster a Morphing Jar?
Gillison tributed his set Tribe-Infecting Virus for Cyber Dragon and Coronel made a face like someone had killed his mother. Again, it was impossible to tell if he was bluffing or not. But Gillison played Metamorphisis, brought out Dark Balter the Terrible with Cyber Dragon, and smacked the face-down monster, revealing Magician of Faith. Not that bad.
Coronel played Call of the Haunted to bring up Magician of Faith in the end phase. He drew, turned it face down with Tsukuyomi, flipped it to take Pot of Greed, but Balter negated it. Tsukuyomi bounced back and Coronel seemed very vulnerable, with Magician of Faith in attack. Time was called, and six turns remained before the life point check. Gillison was down for the life point cost of Balter, but that was the only damage thus far—it was 7000 to 8000 and all Coronel had to do was hold on.
Balter attacked it and smacked into Mirror Force! Gillison was perturbed, but played Wave-Motion Cannon and set a monster. Coronel drew, played Tsukuyomi, turned Magician of Faith face down, and briefly considered taking back his Mystical Space Typhoon. He looked at Gillison’s graveyard before settling on Pot of Greed. He played it, drew two, and used Nobleman of Crossout. He summoned Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, and Gillison extended his hand!
Bryan Coronel wins the quarterfinals in game two of a tied match in overtime! |
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