Feature Match Top 4: Sebastien Gonzales (Mythic Ruler) vs Jean-Lou Bernard (Infernity)

The finals are getting dangerously close and I can just smell the excitement and tension in the air! For our top 4 feature match, I’m happy to welcome reigning champion Jean-Lou Bernard and former champion Sebastien Gonzales to my lair. Who will make it to the finals while the other is left in the dust? Lady and gentlemen, it is once again… time to Duel!

Jean-Lou won the dice roll. He opted to go first and started the game with Foolish Burial to send Infernity Archfiend to the graveyard. Next he summoned Infernity Necromancer, set all cards in his hand and got back Archfiend through Necromancer. Archfiend let him search for Infernity Barrier, which he set.

Sebastien used MST to destroy the Barrier and activated Gold Sarcophagus, banishing Tempest and searching for Debris Dragon. Next, he summoned Lonefire Blossom, and tributed it to special summon another copy, and tributed that one to Special Summon Dandylion. He ended his turn

Jean-Lou drew a card and set it, flipped 2 Upstart Goblins one by one, then attacked Dandylion with Inf Archfiend, which gave Sebastien 2 Fluff Tokens, set 2 cards and ended his turn.

Sebastien summoned Debris Dragon and Jean-Lou flipped his  Vanity’s Emptiness to prevent Sebastien from using its effect. Sebastien ended his turn.

Jean-Lou drew and summoned SSP. He attacked Debris Dragon and a token, then ended his turn.

The banished Tempest returned to  Sebastien’s hand, and he discarded it along with Spore to add Flamvell Guard to his hand, which he set.

Jean-Lou drew, and activated MST on his own his own Vanity’s Emptiness, then summoned SSP. Sebastien activated Maxx “C”. Jean-Lou overlaid SSP and Archfiend for Diamond Dire Wolf, which destroyed itself along Flamvell Guard. Necromancer’s effect brought back Infernity Archfiend, which let Jean-Lou search for Infernity Necromancer. Next, he stacked his SSP and Archfiend for another Dire Wolf, which popped itself to pop a Token. Following this, Jean-Lou banished SSP to Special Summon the Necromancer from his hand and Special Summoned Archfiend from the Graveyard to search for another Archfiend, which he special Summoned by banishing SSP. This let him add Infernity Launcher, and he set it. He then overlaid his 2 Necromancers for Leviair the Sea Dragon, bringing back SSP. Jean-Lou then overlaid his SSP and Archfiend for Lavalval Chain, milling Archfiend Heiress to add Archfiend. He banished SSP special it, added Infernity Break and set it. Then, Jean-Lou stacked his 2 Infernity Archfiends for Number 66: Master Key Beetle, detached Archfiend to protect  Leviair. Finally, Jean-Lou entered his Battle Phase and attack with all monsters, leaving Sebastien with 2900 Life Points. Archfiend’s Roar got back Infernity Archfiend, searching for Break He attacked with Archfiend and set Break.

Sebastien now had a massive hand thanks to Maxx “C”!

Dragon Shrine put Flamvell Guard and Blaster in the grave. He banished Guard from his grave and Redox from hand for Tempest. Redox’s effect got him Mythic Tree Dragon. He Normal Summoned it, and then Special Summoned Mystic Water Dragon, to which Jean-Lou responded with Infernity Break to destroy Mythic Tree Dragon. Sebastien banished it along with Flamvell Guard from his hand to Special Summon Tidal from hand, and Foolish Burial put Card Trooper into the grave.

In the Battle Phase Tidal tried to attack Master Key Beetle, but got destroyed by Infernity Break. Tempest attacked and destroyed Lavalval Chain.

In Main Phase 2 Sebastien activated MST on Infernity Break, which got chained to destroy Tempest. Next Sebastien banished Lonefire Blossom and Debris Dragon to summon Blaster from his Graveyard. Finally, he set 5 cards and ended his turn..

In the Standby Phase, Compulsory Evacuation Device got rid of Leviair. Jean-Lou flipped Infernity Launcher, then Normal Summoned Armageddon Knight to mill SSP. Master Key Beetle used its effect to protect Armageddon Knight, and Sebastien chained Maxx “C” when Jean-Lou activated the effect of Infernity Launcher. He got back 2 Necromancers. 1 Of them brought  back Archfiend. Armageddon Knight and Archfiend were stacked to summon Number 101: Silent Honor ARK, which got hit by Bottomless Trap Hole, but detached Archfiend to live.

Necromancer get back Archfiend, and the 2 Necromancer form Leviair, whose effect targets SSP, but Sebastien has Burial from a Different Dimension to return it to the Graveyard, and Jean-Lou scoops.

Jean-Lou lets his opponent draw tons of cards, and the board he establishes just isn’t strong enough to stop Sebastien. Let’s see how both players find answers for each other’s Decks in the second game, with 18 minutes on the clock left.

Jean-Lou opened it up with 4 set cards. Sebastien set a monster and 3 cards.  Jean-Lou drew and set 1 card. Sebastien passed.

Jean-Lou set a monster and ended. Sebastien played Dragon Shrine to send Flamvell Guard and Tempest to the graveyard and passed. Jean-Lou flipped SSP, Summoned Infernity Archfiend and Xyz Summoned Number 101: Silent Honor ARK! It destroyed Dandylion, which resulted in Sebastien Summoning 2 Fluff Tokens.

Sebastien activated Foolish Burial to send Blaster to the Graveyard. He summoned it by banishing Tempest and Flamvell Guard. Tempest let him add Debris Dragon from his Deck to his hand. Blaster attacked but ran into Dimensional Prison. He set to 4 cards and ended his turn.

Jean-Lou attacked a Fluff Token, set a card and ended.

Sebastien Summoned Flamvell Guard and Synchro Summon Formula Synchron! This allowed him to draw a card, and he ended.

Number 101 attacked Formula Synchron, but Compulsory Evacuation Device sent it back to the Extra Deck.

Sebastien’s turn again, he discarded Mythic Water Dragon along with Tidal to put Redox into the Graveyard. He summoned Debris Dragon and brought back Dandylion with its effect. He Synchro Summoned Black Rose Dragon, not activating her effect, and gained 2 new Fluff Tokens. In the Battle Phase Black Rose attacked into a Dimensional Prison as well. In the End Phase, Jean-Lou activated MST, targeting Sebastien’s MST, which he chained targeting Jean-Lou’s MST, which he chained targeting Sebastien’s MST, which he chained targeting Jean-Lou’s Infernity Break! That sure cleared a lot of cards!

Jean-Lou drew and summoned Infernity Necromancer, and when he activated its effect, Sebastien chained Maxx “C”. Jean-Lou got back Archfiend which searched Infernity Break. Archfiend attacked Formula Synchron, but Sebastien flipped Needle Ceiling to destroy all monsters on the field. Jean-Lou filled up his entire backrow.

Sebastien activated Redox’s effect, banishing Maxx “C” and Mythic Water Dragon to Special Summon it in Attack Mode. It attacked for the first damage! In the End Phase, Infernity Break destroyed Redox.

Jean-Lou drew and activated Infernity Launcher to get back Archfiend and Necromancer. Archfiend searched out another Archfiend, which he Special Summoned using SSP’s effect, and searched out another Necromancer, which he Normal Summoned. The 2 Archfiends were stacked for Lavalval Chain, which sent SSP to the Graveyard. Necromancer’s effect was used to get back Archfiend, which searched out the third Archfiend. SSP was used to get it out, this time without activating its effect. The 2 Necromancers formed a Leviair, which was used to get back SSP. Jean-Lou advanced to his Battle Phase, and he had a Debunk to stop Sebastien’s Swift Scarecrow.

Only 3 minutes left on the clock, and both Duelists started making some adjustments to their Deck! While they were shuffling them, time on the round was called! This meant that the last game would be played with a total of 4 turns! Sebastien kicked it off by setting a monster and passing. Jean-Lou activated Infernity Launcher and used its effect to discard Infernity Archfiend. He set a Field Spell and 2 other cards before summoning Necromancer which Special Summoned Archfiend, whose effect allowed Jean-Lou to search his Deck for Infernity Barrier, which he set. He then flipped up his Zombie World and passed.

Sebastien discarded Tidal along with Ice Hand to send Blaster to the Graveyard. Dragon Shrine added Tempest to that party. Sebastien summoned Lonefire Blossom and flipped his Fire Hand.  He set 1 card before ending his turn. In the End Phase, Jean-Lou’s MST destroyed Needle Ceiling, and Sebastien had no choice but to scoop up his cards.

Jean-Lou Bernard advances to the finals, where he’ll be able to defend his title.