We are in the fifth round and we could not ignore this match-up! We have already talked about Christos Bountaloudis in our opening game. Christos Anestakis is currently the only greek player that has reached the semifinals in a YCS tournament. He achieved that in YCS Bochum and even managed to get third place and a set of the Darklord prize cards for himself. Both players are 4-0 and this match could be the final match of this tournament as well! Anestakis is playing his signature deck, X-Sabers.
Anestakis won the dice roll and will go first.
Initial hand of Anestakis: XX-Saber Fulhelmknight, Seven Tools of the Bandit, XX-Saber Boggart Knight, X-Saber Pashuul, XX-Saber Darksoul.
Sixth card for Anestakis was Gottoms' Emergency Call. He set darksoul and 2 cards in his backrow before ending the first turn of the match.
Bountaloudis started by discarding Commandant to add Necrovalley to his hand. He played Pot of Duality to reveal Mystical Space Typhoon, Gravekeeper's Commandant and Gravekeeper's Spy and he took the Spy.Then mimicked Anestakis with a set monster and 2 backrow cards and activated Necrovalley before passing.
Anestakis drew Mind Control. He normal summoned Boggart Knight and used its effect to special summon Pashuul in defense position. He tried to synchro summon XX-Saber Hyunlei but Bountaloudis stopped him with Solemn Warning.
Play was back to Bountaloudis who flipped his other set card: Pot of Duality. He revealed Royal Oppression, Gravekeeper's Recruiter and Gravekeeper's Spy. He added Oppression to his hand and set 2 spell or traps.
Anestakis drew Super-Nimble Mega Hamster and set it.
Bountaloudis flipped his set Recruiter and normal summoned Descendant. He used priority to destroy Anestakis' face down Darksoul. He took another Recruiter from his deck and ended his turn without attacking. In the end phase Anestakis searched for XX-Saber Emmersblade from his deck.
Anestakis drew Mystical Space Typhoon. He flipped his Hamster and when Bountaloudis activated Oppression he destroyed it with the Typhoon. Hamster's effect resolved to special summon Darksoul in face down position. He then normal summoned Fulhelm and synchro summoned Black Rose Dragon to destroy everything on the field. In the end phase he searched for another Fulhelm from his deck.
Bountaloudis set a card in each zone and passed back.
Anestakis drew Pot of Duality. He normal summoned Fulhelmknight, activate mind control to take his opponents' monster but Bountaloudis chained Book of Moon to turn the knight face down. He followed up with Duality revealing Solemn Warning, Book of Moon and XX-Saber Faultroll. He added Book of Moon to his hand and set it to his backrow before returning the monster back.
Bountaloudis drew Mystical Space Typhoon and used it to destroy Book of Moon! He flipped his Recruiter and destroyed the face down Fulhelm with it. He set a back row and ended.
Anestakis drew Solemn Warning. He normal summoned Emmersblade and run over Recruiter. Bountaloudis searched his deck for another Recruiter. He set one spell or trap and passed.
Bountaloudis set a card to each zone and passed back.
Anestakis drew Seven Tools of the Bandit and set it to his backrow.
Bountaloudis activated Dark Hole to destroy Emmersblade and his set Recruiter. He searched his deck for Gravekeeper's Commandant and then discarded it to get Necrovalley. He activated it and set a monster.
Anestakis drew Boggart. He summoned it and passed.
Bountaloudis drew and set a monster.
Boggart attacked the last set face down monster. It was a Spy and he had to use Solemn Warning to prevent the special summon and destroy it. He then set the card he drew for his round (Seven Tools of the Bandit) to his backrow and passed.
Bountaloudis flipped his other set Spy and special summoned Descendant without using priority. He then tributed his Spy to destroy the face down Seven Tools. He followed up by normal summoning Gale and tuned his monsters for Arcanite in defense position to destroy all cards Anestakis controller on the field (the Boggart and another Sever Tools).
Anestakis drew and set Enemy Controller.
Bountaloudis turned Arcanite to attack position, attacked with it and then set one card to his backrow.
Anestakis set a spell or trap and passed.
Bountaloudis activated Stele and selected 2x Gravekeeper's Spy. He set one and made another direct attack with Arcanite.
Anestakis drew Emmersblade and passed.
Bountaloudis flipped Spy to special summon Descendant, assuming priority to tribute Spy in order to destroy the set Enemy Controller. It was chained to turn Descendant to defense position.
Anestakis drew another Emmersblade and set it.
Bountaloudis activated another Stele to add 2x Recruiter to his hand. He normal summoned one of them with priority to tribute if for descendant and destroy the set Emmersblade. He searched his deck for Assailant and performed direct attacks with Descendant and Arcanite.
Anestakis drew Monster Reborn. He set it and set his last Emmersblade, as well.
Bountaloudis normal summoned Recruiter, used again Descendant's effect to destroy the set Emmesblade. He searched his deck for Commandant. Anestakis stopped Descendant's attack using Book of Moon but when he drew for his round he scooped.
Bountaloudis drew the right cards at the right moments and gained the upped hand in this match by winning the first duel! Both players dive to their side decks.
Initial hand of Anestakis: Giant Trunade, Nobleman of Crossout, Mystical Space Typhoon, Seven Tools of the Bandit and Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror.
Anestakis drew Pot of Duality. He used it to reveal Thunder King Rai-Oh, Puppet Plant and Malevolent Catastrophe and added Rai-Oh to his hand. He summoned him and set 4 cards to his backrow.
Bountaloudis set 2 spells or traps and passed back.
Anestakis drew another Nobleman of Crossout. Thunder King Rai-Oh attacked into Dimensional Prison. He chained Seven Tools to prevent it but Bountaloudis had a copy of Seven Tools to chain as well. Rai-Oh was removed and Anestakis set another spell or trap to end his turn.
Bountaloudis normal summoned Recruiter and attacked directly for 1200 damage.
Anestakis drew Hamster. He activated Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy his opponents' backrow card. It was Book of Moon and Bountaloudis chained it to turn the Recruiter face down. Anestakis then took the opportunity to remove Recruited with Nobleman. He set the Hamster and passed.
Bountaloudis activated Nacrovalley in his turn and passed.
Anestakis drew Puppet Plant. He flipped Hamster to special summon Darksoul face down, and attacked with Hamster for 1100 damage.
Bountaloudis drew Pot of Duality. He revealed Solemn Judgment, Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo and took the Pachycephalo. He summoned it and run over Hamster. He set one card to his backrow and ended.
Anestakis drew Emmersblade. He activated Giant Trunade. Then he summoned Emmersblade to destroy Pachycephalo and set back in his backrow 2 cards.
Bountaloudis activated Dark Hole to clear the field. He put Necrovalley back in its place and set a monster and a backrow. End phase Anestakis used Darksoul's effect to search his deck for another Emmersblade.
In his turn Anestakis drew Mind Control. He normal summoned Emmersblade then proceeded to use his second Nobleman on the face down monster – it was Gravekeeper's Spy and two more were removed from Bountaloudis' deck! “Now I've lost” exclaimed Bountaloudis. Emmersblade attacked directly and play was back to Bountaloudis.
He merely added another card in his backrow and passed.
Anestakis drew Reinforce Truth, made another direct attack with Emmersblade and set the trap.
Bountaloudis set one more spell or trap.
Anestakis drew Boggart Knight and attacked again with Emmersblade.
Bountaloudis set a monster.
Anestakis drew Fulhelmknight. He normal summoned it, tuned it with Emmersblade for Hyunlei and destroyed Gravekeeper's Stele, Mind Crush and Necrovalley. Hyunlei attacked into Puppet Plant and destroyed it.
Bountaloudis discarded Puppet Plant to take control of Hyunlei, attack with it and then return it back to its owner.
Another attack from Hyunlei next turn sealed the duel for Anestakis!
Anestakis drew into double Nobleman to remove all of his opponents monsters and force the match to a third duel.
Initial hand of Anestakis: Closed Forest, Seven Tools of the Bandit, XX-Saber Fulhelmknight, Pot of Duality and Giant Trunade.
Bountaloudis started the third duel with Pot of Duality revealing 2x Necrovalley and a Pot of Duality. He added the Pot of Duality to his hand, normal summoned Recruiter and set 3 spells or traps.
Anestakis drew Hamster. He activated Pot of Duality for 2x Darksoul and a Nobleman of Crossout. He took one of the Darksouls and then set the Hamster and Seven Tools.
Bountaloudis tributes Recruiter in his turn for Caius and removes the Hamster from the game. He then adds Commandant to his hand. Commandant is discarded for Necrovalley, which is activated. He followed up with Pot of Duality revealing Royal Tribute, Puppet Plant and Gravekeeper's Commandant. He added Royal Tribute to his hand and proceeded to activate it. He discarded Gravekeeper's Spy and Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo from his hand, where Anestakis only has to discard Darksoul! Caius attacked directly for 2400 damage.
Anestakis activated Pot of Duality in his turn to reveal Dark Hole, Solemn Warning and Boggart Knight. He took Dark Hole and used it to send Caius to the graveyard. Then activated Closed Forest to remove Necrovalley and passed.
Bountaloudis drew and set one spell or trap.
Anestakis drew and set Pashuul.
Bountaloudis drew and passed back.
Anestakis drew Pot of Duality but before he gets to activate it Bountaloudis activates Mind Crush to declare Giant Trunade and send it to the graveyard. Anestakis activates Pot of Duality and reveals Nobleman of Crossout, Mind Control and Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror. He added Mind Control to his hand.
Bountaloudis summoned Commandant and attacked into Pashuul. Main phase 2 he used Puppet Plant to take Pashuul and tune it with Commandant for Gaia Knight.
Anestakis drew Seven Tools of the Bandit and set it.
Bountaloudis summoned Recruiter and attacked directly with both of his monsters.
Anestakis drew Monster Reborn. He activated it to bring back Pashuul. He then used Mind Control on Gaia and tuned both monsters for Scrap Dragon. Then he used Scrap Dragon's effect targeting his own face down Seven Tools for his opponent backrow card (another Seven Tools) and destroy them both. Scrap Dragon run over Recruiter and Bountaloudis added another to his hand.
Bountaloudis set a card to each zone and passed back.
Anestakis drew Puppet Plant. He set it and the destroyed it with Scrap Dragon for Bountaloudis backrow card (Solemn Warning). Scrap Dragon destroyed in battle the face down Recruiter and Bountaloudis added Commandant to his hand.
On the following turn Bountaloudis set a new card to his backrow and passed.
Anestakis drew Reinforce Truth and used it for Scrap Dragon's effect again, but this time Bountaloudis backrow card was Dust Tornado and was chained to destroy Closed Forest! Scrap Dragon attacked directly and play was back to Bountaloudis.
Bountaloudis drew and set his new card to his backrow.
Anestakis used again Scrap Dragon's effect with his new card (Seven Tools), to destroy the last set card (Mirror Force). He then attacked directly.
Bountaloudis drew and set one monster.
Anestakis drew Darksoul, set it, used with it Scrap Dragon to destroy his opponent's face down Spy and attack for game!
Three direct attacks from Scrap Dragon were all it was needed for Anestakis to take the third and final duel and win over Bountaloudis 2-1!
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