North American WCQ 2014 Special: Astral vs. Yugi

Turn 1: Astral
Astral Normal Summons Cardcar D and activates its effect, tributing to draw 2 cards, although he may not Special Summon for the rest of the turn. He sets one Spell or Trap card.

Turn 2: Yugi
Yugi Normal Summons Skilled Dark Magician and activates Card Destruction, which makes both him and Astral discard all cards in their hand an draw the same amount. Skilled Dark Magician gains a spell counter. Yugi activates Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards. Skilled Dark Magician gains a second spell counter. Yugi activates Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard 2. Skilled Dark Magician gains a third spell counter. Yugi Tributes Skilled Dark Magician to Special Summon Dark Magician from his deck. Dark Magician attacks directly but Astral Special Summons Gagaga Gardna in Attack Position. A replay occurs and Yugi attacks Gagaga Gardna with Dark Magician (Astral 3000) but Astral discards Gagaga Girl to prevent Gagaga Gardna from being destroyed. Yugi sets one Spell or Trap card.

Turn 3: Astral
Astral summons Gogogo Golem and overlays Gogogo Golem and Gagaga Gardna monsters to Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia. Utopia attacks Dark Magician. Yugi activates Spellbinding Circle to make Utopia lose 700 ATK but Astral chains Xyz Reflect to negate and destroy Spellbinding Circle as it targeted an Xyz monster and inflict 800 damage to Yugi (Yugi 3200). Dark Magician is destroyed, but Utopia is not as it is a Number monster. Astral sets one Spell or Trap card.

Turn 4: Yugi
Yugi activates Monster Reborn to Special Summon Dark Magician from his graveyard. He then activates Dedication Through Light and Darkness, Tributing Dark Magician to Special Summon Dark Magician of Chaos. Dark Magician of Chaos' effect adds Brain Control from Yugi's graveyard to his hand. Yugi activates Brain Control, paying 800 life points (Yugi 2400) to gain control of Utopia until the End Phase. Dark Magician of Chaos attacks directly but Astral activates Impenetrable Attack to reduce all damage inflicted to him this turn to 0. Yugi sets one Spell or Trap card and activates Shard of Greed. At the End Phase, Utopia returns to Astral's field

Turn 5: Astral
Astral activates Blustering Winds, increasing Utopia's ATK and DEF by 1000 (3500/3000). Utopia attacks Dark Magician of Chaos. Yugi activates his set Magic Cylinder to negate the attack and inflict damage to Astral equal to Utopia's ATK, but Astral activates the effect of Interceptomato in his graveyard, banishing it from his graveyard to reduce the damage to 0. As the attack was still negated, Astral activates Double or Nothing to double Utopia's ATK (7000/3000) and attacks Dark Magician of Chaos. Dark Magician of Chaos is destroyed, but Yugi discards Kuriboh to reduce the battle damage to 0. Astral sets one Spell or Trap card and ends his turn.

Turn 6: Yugi
During Yugi's draw phase, Shard of Greed gains one Greed Counter. Yugi activates Card of Sanctity, forcing both Yugi and Astral to draw cards until they have 6 in their hand. Yugi summons Kuribandit and tributes it to draw 5 cards, keeping any Spell and Traps he draws and discarding any monster cards. Yugi draws Knight's Title, Premature Burial, Swords of Revealing Light, Emergency Provisions and Makiu, the Mystical Mist. As all 5 are Spell Cards, they are added to Yugi's hand. Yugi activates Premature Burial, paying 800 LP (Yugi 2400) to Special Summon Dark Magician from his graveyard. He activates Knight's Title, tributing Dark Magician to Special Summon Dark Magician Knight from his deck. When Dark Magician Knight is Special Summoned, its effect destroys one card on the field; Yugi chooses Utopia. Yugi banishes Kuriboh and Mystical Elf from his graveyard to Special Summon Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning. Black Luster Soldier attacks directy but Astral activates Pinpoint Guard, Special Summoning Flelf from his graveyard and preventing its destruction by battle or card effects for the remainder of the turn. Yugi activates Swords of Revealing Light, preventing Astral from attacking for three turns. Yugi sets three Spell or Trap cards.

Turn 7: Astral
Astral discards Achacha Archer to increase Flelf's Level by 3. Astral summons Gagaga Magician and Special Summons Gagaga Child from his hand as he controls a Gagaga monster. Astral activates Gagagarevenge to Special Summon Gagaga Girl from his Graveyard. Astral activates Gagaga Magician's effect to change its level to 7 and activates Gagaga Girl's effect to make its level equal to Gagaga Magician's. Astral activates Star Light, Star Bright to make Gagaga Child's level equal to Flelf's as they have the same ATK. Astral overlays Flelf and Gagaga Child to Xyz Summon Number 61: Volcasaurus. Astral overlays Gagaga Magician and Gagaga Girl to Xyz Summon Number 11: Big Eye (2600/2000). As Gagaga Girl was used as Xyz material while equipped with Gagagarevenge, Big Eye gains 300 ATK. Astral activates Xyz Gift to draw 2 cards as he controls 2 Xyz monsters. Astral activates Tornado to destroy Swords of Revealing Light but Yugi chains his set Emergency Provisions, sending Swords of Revealing Light and his set Makiu, the Mystical Mist to gain 1000 LP for each Spell or Trap card sent (Yugi 4400). Astral detaches one Xyz Material from Big Eye to take control of Black Luster Soldier.