In this Top 4 match for Grand Prix Honolulu, we have Jesse Nguyen pitting off against Gar Logan. Jesse has been piloting a Genex Engine Monarch deck, while Logan has made it to the Top 4 using X-Sabers.
Game 1
Logan wins the die roll, and opts to go first. He activates Pot of Duality, revealing XX-Saber Faultroll, XX-Saber Fulhelmknight, andSolemn Judgment; choosing Fulhelmknight. He ends his turn after setting 2 to his back row.
Nguyen draws for his turn; his opening hand consists of Giant Trunade, 2 copies of Enemy Controller, Swap Frog, Gorz the Emissary of Darkness, and Mystical Space Typhoon. He Normal Summons Swap Frog and uses its effect to send Treeborn Frog to the graveyard. He attacks Logan directly withSwap Frog, dealing 1000 damage. Swap Frog adds itself to Nguyen's hand and he sets a back row before ending his turn.
(8000-7000)
Logan draws and activates Pot of Duality, revealing XX-Saber Emmersblade, Mystical Space Typhoon, and XX-Saber Darksoul; choosing Darksoul. Logan sets a monster and a back row and ends, but before the End Phase concludes Jesse chains Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying Logan's freshly set Trap Stun.
Nguyen draws Genex Controller. He Special Summons Treeborn Frog during his Standby Phase, Normal Summons Swap Frog, and uses its effect to send another Treeborn Frog to his graveyard. Nguyen attacks Logan's face-down monster with Swap Frog, revealing XX-Saber Emmersblade. Logan uses Emmersblade's effect to Special Summon XX-Saber Fulhelmknight. Nguyen activates Enemy Controller, tributing Treeborn Frog, in an attempt to take Logan's Fulhelmknight, but Logan chains Book of Moon, putting his Fulhelmknight in face-down Defense position. Nguyen activates Swap Frogs affect to return itself to his hand and ends his turn.
Logan draws and immediately Normal Summons XX-Saber Boggart Knight. He activates Boggart Knight's effect to Special Summon XX-Saber Darksoul from his hand, and Flip-Summons his Fulhelmknight. He tunes Boggart Knight and Fulhelmknight into X-Saber Urbellum and then activates Gottoms' Emergency Call to Special Summon Fulhelmknight and Emmersblade from his graveyard. He attacks Nguyen directly with Urbellum, dealing 2200 damage. But before he can send a card from Nguyen's hand to the top of his deck, Nguyen Special Summons Gorz the Emissary of Darkness from his hand, and uses its effect to create an Emissary of Darkness Token in Attack mode. Logan enters Main Phase 2 and tunes Fulhelmknight, Emmersblade, and Darksoul into XX-Saber Gottoms! He uses Gottoms' effect to tribute Urbellum and discards Genex Controller from Nguyen's hand. Logan sets a card to his back row and during his End Phase, searches XX-Saber Faultroll from his deck to his hand using XX-Saber Darksoul's effect.
(5800-7000)
Nguyen draws the card Urbellum sent to the top of his deck; Enemy Controller. He Special Summons Treeborn Frog and activates Enemy Controller to take Logan's Gottoms. Logan chains Gottoms' Emergency Call, Special Summoning Fulhelmknight and Emmersblade in Defense mode. Nguyen Normal Summons Swap Frog and uses its effect to send Ronintoadin to the graveyard. Nguyen attacks Logan's Emmersblade with Swap Frog, letting Logan Special Summon XX-Saber Darksoul. Nguyen then attacks Fulhelmknight, but Logan uses its effect to negate the attack. He attacks it again with Gorz, destroying it this time. Nguyen enters his Main Phase 2 and uses Gottoms own effect to tribute itself and discard XX-Saber Faultroll from Logan's hand. He returns Swap Frog to his hand and removes a Treeborn Frog to Special Summon Ronintoadin from the graveyard before ending his turn.
Logan draws for his turn and immediately ends.
Nguyen draws, and Normal Summons Swap Frog, sending a Swap Frog to his graveyard with its effect. He attacks XX-Saber Darksoul with Swap Frog, and then attacks directly with Gorz and the Emissary of Darkness Token. Nguyen returns Swap Frog to his hand and ends his turn. During the End Phase, Logan searches XX-Saber Faultroll with Darksoul's effect.
(5800-2100)
Logan draws for his turn, and Normal Summons XX-Saber Boggart Knight. He activates its effect to Special Summon XX-Saber Fulhelmknight, and then Special Summons XX-Saber Faultroll from his hand. He uses Faultrolls effect to Special Summon another Fulhelmknight from his graveyard. Faultroll attacks Nguyen's Emissary of Darkness Token, dealing 200 damage. Logan passes.
(5600-2100)
Nguyen draws into Genex Undine and Special Summons Treeborn Frog. He Normal Summons Undine, sending Fishborg Blaster to his graveyard, and then adds Genex Controller to his hand. He discards Controller to Special Summon Fishborg, tunes Fishborg and Treeborn into Formula Synchron, and draws Monster Reborn. He discards Swap Frog to Special Summon Fishborg Blaster again, this time tuning it with Genex Undine to Synchro Summon Armory Arm. He tunes Formula Synchron and Armory Arm into Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier and uses its effect to bounce both Fulhelmknights and Faultroll into Logan's hand. Logan concedes immediately.
Game 2
Logan decides to start this duel off, and sets a monster and a back row before ending.
Nguyen opens with Effect Veiler, Light and Darkness Dragon, Ronintoadin, Swap Frog, Mobius the Frost Monarch, and Giant Trunade. He activates Trunade, and discards Ronintoadin to Special Summon Swap Frog, sending a Swap Frog to his graveyard for its effect. He removes Swap Frog from his graveyard to Special Summon Ronintoadin and tributes Swap Frog and Ronintoadin for Light and Darkness Dragon. He uses it to attack into Logan's face-down XX-Saber Emmersblade. Light and Darkness Dragon negates its effect and Nguyen ends his turn.
Logan draws, sets a back row and Normal Summons XX-Saber Fulhelmknight before ending his turn.
Nguyen draws Genex Undine for his turn. He attacks Fulhelmknight with Light and Darkness Dragon. Logan activates Fulhelmknight's effect, but Light and Darkness Dragon negates it anyway, dealing 500 damage. Nguyen passes.
(8000-7500)
Logan draws, and activates Monster Reborn, letting Light andDarkness Dragon negate it. Logan sets a monster and a back row and ends his turn.
Nguyen draws D.D. Crow. He attacks Logan's face-down Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo and takes 500 damage from it. He then tributes Light and Darkness Dragon for Mobius the Frost Monarch, targeting Logan's two back row, but Logan chains Solemn Warning, negating and destroying Mobius. Nguyen ends his turn.
(7500-5500)
Logan draws, and summons a second copy of Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo. He attacks directly with both, dealing 2400 damage before ending his turn.
(5100-5500)
Nguyen draws Caius the Shadow Monarch. He summons Genex Undine, sending Treeborn Frog to his graveyard and adding Genex Controller to his hand. He slams his Undine into a Fossil Dyna and ends his turn.
Logan draws, attacks with Fossil Dyna, and ends his turn.
(3900-5500)
Nguyen draws Burial from a Different Dimension. He Normal Summons Genex Controller and attacks it into Logan's Fossil Dyna. Nguyen removes a Swap Frog to Special Summon Ronintoadin and ends his turn.
(3900-5300)
Logan draws, and Normal Summons XX-Saber Boggart Knight. He activates its effect, but Nguyen chains Effect Veiler to negate it. Boggart Knight attacks into Genex Controller and Logan ends his turn.
(3400-5500)
Nguyen draws another Light and Darkness Dragon! He Special Summons Treeborn Frog and tributes it and Ronintoadin for Light and Darkness Dragon. He attacks Boggart Knight and ends his turn.
(3400-4400)
Logan draws, sets a monster and a back row and ends.
Nguyen draws Genex Undine. He attacks Logan's face-down X-Saber Pashuul with Light and Darkness Dragon. During his Main Phase 2, he tributes Light and Darkness Dragon for Caius the Shadow Monarch, removing Pashuul from play and ending his turn.
Logan draws and ends his turn.
Nguyen draws Mobius the Frost Monarch. He Special Summons Treeborn Frog, but Logan chains Chain Disappearance, removing Treeborn from play. Still in his Standby Phase, Nguyen activates Burial from a Different Dimension, returning two copies of Treeborn Frog and Swap Frog to his graveyard. He Special Summons a Treeborn Frog, tributes it for Mobius and Logan concedes.
After keeping control of tempo of both games, Jesse Nguyen advances to the finals of Grand Prix Championship Honolulu!
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