This matchup paired Edgar Flores against Brent Yetter. The two were both part of Team Rampage at the start of the tournament yesterday, but Edgar has since left and tells me he is now part of Team Scoop. Yetter took down Flores in yesterday's feature match, and this was Flores' chance to get even. Both players thoroughly shuffled their decks, presented their side and fusion decks and were on their way. Brent won the high roll and chose to go first.

Yetter opened with a surprise. One set monster and a spell or trap before passing!

Flores opened his first turn with Nobleman of Crossout on Yetter's Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive. Yetter was forced to remove the remaining two from his deck, while Edgar took a single copy out of his. Flores set two spells or traps to match Yetter's one and passed.

Yetter drew and passed, and Flores' did the same. Suddenly, both players were transported through time into the era commonly known as the "Goat Control format," and ten turns went by with both players either passing or setting spells or traps. Both players had five spells or traps and no monsters.

Yetter gave a huge sigh before lamenting, "This is ridiculous!" He ended his turn and was forced to discard Cyber Dragon to keep his hand limit down to six.

Flores set a monster and passed.

Yetter was the first to show us a face-up monster, and did so with a special-summoned Cyber Dragon. He flipped his own Nobleman of Crossout and this time took all Magician of Faith's out of the game. Cyber Dragon attacked and managed to connect for 2100 damage through five facedown spells or traps! He passed, but not before Flores could use Mystical Space Typhoon on his face down Scapegoat.

Flores played Snatch Steal on Cyber Dragon, but Yetter chained Book of Moon to turn it facedown and cause the Snatch Steal to fizzle. Flores fired back with a Confiscation, quickly choosing Heavy Storm out of hand with Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, Nobleman of Crossout, Cyber Dragon and others. He passed with no monsters.

Yetter flipped his Cyber Dragon at the start of his turn. When no responses were declared, he also dropped Sangan on the field. He attacked with the Dragon, but Flores chained Scapegoat! Yetter's team got down to business on two goats, and Yetter matched Flores' three facedown spell/traps with a third of his own.

Flores started his turn off with an Enemy Controller on Cyber Dragon, which he tributed for Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch. Yetter chained Bottomless Trap Hole, but Flores had the Royal Decree to stop that. Thestalos took a Cyber Dragon from Yetter's hand and dished out 500 damage in the process. Flores attacked Sangan with his Thestalos, dealing 1400 damage and allowing Yetter to grab a monster that was added to his hand too fast for onlookers to see. Flores ended his turn with 6100 lifepoints to Yetter's 4900.

Yetter started his turn with five cards in hand and two spells or traps facedown on the field to Flores four in hand, active Royal Decree, two facedown spell/trap cards, Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch and a goat token.

Yetter summoned Tsukuyomi, turned Thestalos into facedown defence position and attacked under the safety of Flores' Royal Decree...

But Flores' had the Book of Moon! It gave Tsukuyomi a taste of its own medicine, and Yetter was forced to use Nobleman of Crossout on Thestalos before passing.

Flores simply set a monster and passed the turn.

Yetter tributed his Tsukuyomi for a Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, which sent Flores' face down Spirit Reaper to the graveyard. Yetter destroyed the remaining goat, before playing Confiscation. He chose Smashing Ground over Chaos Sorcerer and a pair of Zaborgs.

Flores topdecked another Smashing Ground, however, and destroyed Yetter's Zaborg with it.

Yetter opened his turn with a Mystical Space Typhoon on Flores' other spell and trap, but hit only another Royal Decree. He summoned D.D. Warrior Lady, removed Tsukuyomi and Zaborg for a Chaos Sorcerer, and attacked for 3800!

Flores was feeling the pressure now, as he sat only at 1100 life points to Yetter's 5100. He set a monster and passed.

Yetter topdecked Graceful Charity and used it, discarding Bottomless Trap Hole and Night Assailant. He had no flip-effect in the graveyard however, so Night Assailant's effect was unable to net him another card. It wouldn't matter anyway, and Yetter played Premature Burial on Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, attacked through the facedown Tsukuyomi, which was unable to stop Yetter's onslaught of monsters and Yetter hit with D. D. Warrior Lady for game.

Both players sidedecked for game 2. Flores shuffled his side deck into his deck and Yetter made a few changes. The decks were randomized again, and Flores opened the second game.

He opened with a set to each zone and passed. Yetter matched him, and Flores was up.

He drew and activated Graceful Charity, discarding Cyber Dragon and Brain Control. He had Night Assailant in his graveyard, but had no flips to use it with, and decided to keep it in his hand. He flipped his facedown Heavy Storm, destroying Yetter's set Call of the Haunted. Flores activated Nobleman of Crossout, and once again all Dekoichi's were removed from both players decks. Flores removed two this time, and both players verified no remaining dekoichi's remained in either players deck.

Flores flip-summoned Spirit Reaper and sliced a Premature Burial from Yetter's hand. He set another monster, set a spell or trap and ended.

Yetter played Confiscation, and chose Chaos Sorcerer over Breaker the Magical Warrior. He summoned Spirit Reaper in attack position, and passed.

Flores topdecked Snatch Steal, however, and destroyed the Reaper. A Zaborg the Thunder Monarch was discarded from Yetter's hand following another Reaper hit, and Flores passed.

Yetter drew and set a monster. He was clearly in trouble, and was unable to defend his hand from Spirit Reaper's attacks. Flores flipped Night Assailant, destroying a facedown Spirit Reaper and taking a Magical Merchant from Yetter's hand.

Yetter drew and set his topdecked spell or trap. Flores hit for another 500 damage, but there was nothing left in Yetter's hand to take. Yetter flipped his facedown Heavy Storm, destroying Mirror Force! He special summoned Cyber Dragon and destroyed the Night Assailant.

Flores special summoned a monster of his own, however, and it was a much more impressive Chaos Sorcerer, which attacked Cyber Dragon. Yetter drew, set his spell or trap and passed.

Flores switched his Reaper to defence mode before declaring an attack with Chaos Sorcerer. Yetter flipped up Scapegoat however, and Flores destroyed a single token.

Yetter drew and set his topdecked monster, and Flores responded with a D. D. Warrior Lady. The Lady was sent into the face down monster, which turned out to be Night Assailant, who took Chaos Sorcerer down with it. Reaper hit another goat, and Flores passed.

Yetter once again set his topdeck into his spell or trap zone. Flores simply swung at another Sheep token. Yetter's next topdeck stayed in his hand, and Flores punished him for that, tributing his D.D. Warrior Lady for Jinzo. Jinzo took out a goat, while Spirit Reaper took another card out of Yetter's hand.

Yetter needed his next topdeck to come through, but it was only another spell or trap. When Flores tributed his Spirit Reaper for Mobius the Frost Monarch, both face down cards were revealed to be traps that Jinzo was blocking. Both monsters hit directly for game.

"That's what you call getting your stuff messed with," said Brent.

Both players side decked again, and this time the three-minute time restriction was enforced, which cut Yetter off early. Both players were tense about the third game, but Paul Levitin's friendly chatter lightened the mood a bit.

Yetter went first for this game, and opened with a pair of set spell or trap cards.

He paid for it instantly when Flores dropped Heavy Storm on the field, destroying Mirror Force and Dust Tornado. Flores was unable to press, and set a spell or trap card and ended. Yetter matched his spell or trap with one of his own and passed.

Flores summoned Spirit Reaper and grabbed Snatch Steal from Yetter's hand. Flores activated Wave-Motion Cannon in main phase 2, and Yetter chose to play Mystical Space Typhoon on Flores' other spell or trap on Flores' end phase.

Yetter didn't push, however, and simply set a monster before ending. Flores switched his Reaper to defense position, seemingly content on having his Wave-Motion Cannon started up.

Yetter flipped his facedown Tsukuyomi, bumping Reaper into face down defense position before playing Nobleman of Crossout on it. Tsukuyomi hit for 1100, and Yetter passed with no monsters.

Flores once again punished Yetter, and again it was with Spirit Reaper. This time Heavy Storm was pulled from Yetter's hand! With Wave-Motion Cannon now at two turns, that could prove to be a lethal pull.

Yetter once again turned the Reaper facedown with Tsukuyomi, and again removed it from play with Nobleman of Crossout. He set a facedown spell/trap and ended.

Flores drew, putting his Cannon to three turns. Yetter's life points were still sitting high at 7400, while Flores was also sitting pretty at 5800. He set face down spells or traps to make a total of four to Yetter's two.

Yetter summoned Spirit Reaper on his turn, but hit nothing but fuzzy Sheep. Scapegoat was blocking Yetter's path to Flores's life points, while giving Flores the turns he needed for his Cannon to end the game! Yetter took down a Sheep token with Reaper, and elected to use his Mystical Space Typhoon to take out Wave-Motion Cannon.

Flores drew and simply passed. Yetter hit a Sheep token with Reaper, set a monster and ended his turn.

Flores summoned Breaker the Magical Warrior and destroyed a face-down Return from the Different Dimension before taking a whack at the face-down Spirit Reaper. Yetter drew, summoned Tsukuyomi and destroyed the Breaker.

Flores did nothing with his turn except play Smashing Ground on Yetter's Reaper. Yetter switched his Reaper into attack mode, hit a Sheep token, and set a spell or trap. It was his 1 facedown spell/traps to Flores' 2.

Flores flipped Return from the Different Dimension, and special summoned a pair Spirit Reapers! He played Brain Control on a Yetter's Reaper, dropping him to 2100 lifepoints but giving him a clear path for his own reapers. They did what they do best, and robbed Yetter of Tsukuyomi and a saved Graceful Charity! Yetter was still at 6800 lifepoints, but was dangerously low in cards. Flores tributed Spirit Reaper for a face down tribute before passing.

Yetter topdecked D. D. Warrior Lady! He used it to swing into the facedown tribute, revealing Jinzo! He removed it from the game.

Flores drew and passed.

Yetter special summoned his topdecked Cyber Dragon and destroyed a Sheep token. Flores used Call of the Haunted to bring Breaker the Magical Warrior to his field during Yetter's end phase.

Flores tributed the Breaker for Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, which destroyed Cyber Dragon and connected for 2400 damage, dropping Yetter to 4400!

Yetter set his topdecked spell or trap card, and Flores once again hit with Zaborg. He passed with two face-down spells or traps, Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, two in hand and a useless Call of the Haunted to Yetter's pair of face-down spells or traps.

Yetter topdecked an answer, however, and used Chaos Sorcerer to remove Zaborg the Thunder Monarch with priority. Flores chained Bottomless Trap Hole to get the Sorcerer out of the way, and Yetter passed again.

Flores set another spell or trap card and ended. Yetter topdecked Breaker the Magical Warrior, destroying Flores's facedown bluff and connecting for 1600. Flores was at a dangerous 500 life points,

He drew, and set his topdecked Night Assailant. Yetter hit it with the Breaker, and both Breaker and Night Assailant were destroyed. Yetter flipped up Call of the Haunted, special summoned the breaker and sent him in to finish the job. Flores had no response, and that was the game! Flores revealed a hand of useless Chaos Sorcerers and Monarchs.

Brent Yetter defeats Edgar Flores and moves on to the semifinals! Yetter revealed that he could have chained Torrential Tribute to his own Sorcerer summon, in order to destroy it before Bottomless Trap Hole could remove it from play. This would allow him to use Call of the Haunted to bring it back and attack for game. However, he was unsure of the exact resolution of effects, and didn't want to chance a tournament-eliminating misplay.