YCS Origins 2016 Special: Joey vs. Pegasus

YCS Origins 2016 Special: Joey vs. Pegasus was a scripted Duel that took place during the fourth day of the 2016 YCS Origins Special in Columbus, Ohio on June 19, 2016. Darren Dunstan and Wayne Grayson reprised their roles as Maximillion Pegasus and Joey Wheeler, respectively. Several of the characters used cards they have never used in the anime or manga canon.

Featured Duel: Joey Wheeler vs. Maximillion Pegasus
Turn 1: Joey

Joey Normal Summons "The Black Stone of Legend" (0/0), and Tributes it to activate its effect and Special Summon "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" (2400/1800) in Attack Position from his Deck. Joey activates "Dangerous Machine Type-6" and Sets 2 cards.

Turn 2: Pegasus Pegasus draws a card. He Normal Summons "Tour Guide From the Underworld" (1000/600) and activates its effect to Special Summon "Graff, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss" (1000/1500) in Defense Position from his Deck. Pegasus overlays "Tour Guide" and "Graff" to Xyz Summon "Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss" (1000/2500) in Attack Position. He activates the effect of "Dante", detaching "Graff" to send up to 3 cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard, and increasing the ATK of "Dante" by 500 for each sent card. He sends 3 cards ("Dante" 1000/2500 → 2500/2500), among them "Scarm, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss" and "Calcab, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss". Pegasus activates the effect of "Calcab" to target 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field and return it to the hand. He targets 1 of Joey's Set cards. Pegasus activates the effect of "Graff" to Special Summon 1 "Burning Abyss" monster from his Deck. He Special Summons "Cir, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss (1600/1200) in Defense Position.

Pegasus Special Summons "Barbar, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss" (1700/1000) in Defense Position from his hand with its own effect. He overlays "Barbar" and "Cir" to Xyz Summon a second copy of "Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss (1000/2500) in Attack Position. He activates the effect of the second "Dante", detaching "Cir" and sending 3 cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard ("Dante" 1000/2500 → 2500/2500), among them "Maxx "C"" and "Scarm". Pegasus activates the effect of "Cir", targeting and Special Summoning a "Burning Abyss" monster from his Graveyard. He Special Summons "Graff" (1000/1500) in Defense Position.

Pegasus Special Summons "Draghig, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss" (1100/900) in Defense Position from his hand with its own effect. He overlays "Draghig" and "Graff" to Xyz Summon a third copy of "Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss (1000/2500) in Attack Position. He activates the effect of the third "Dante", detaching "Draghig" and sending 3 cards from the top of his Deck to his Graveyard ("Dante" 1000/2500 → 2500/2500).

The first copy of "Dante" attacks "Red-Eyes", but Joey activates his face-down "Roulette Spider" and rolls a 4, changing the attack target to the third copy of "Dante". Both copies of "Dante" are destroyed. Pegasus activates the effects of his destroyed copies of "Dante", targeting a "Burning Abyss" card in his Graveyard and adding it to his hand. He adds "Graff" and "Cir". The second copy of "Dante" attacks and destroys "Red-Eyes" (Joey 4000 → 3900). Because "Dante" attacked, it is switched to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase. Pegasus Sets 1 card. He activates the effect of "Scarm" during his End Phase, adding 1 Level 3 DARK Fiend-Type monster from his Deck to his hand. He adds "Farfa, Malebranche of the Burning Abyss"

Turn 3: Joey

Joey draws a card. He activates the effect of "Dangerous Machine Type-6", and rolls a 3, allowing him to draw 1 card. joey activates "Pot of Greed" and draws 2 cards. He activates the effect of "The Black Stone of Legend" in his Graveyard, returning "Red-Eyes" from his Graveyard to his Deck and returning "Black Stone" to his hand. Joey activates "Red-Eyes Fusion", sending "Red-Eyes" and "Beast of Talwar" as Fusion Materials from his Deck to Fusion Summon "Archfiend Black Skull Dragon" (3200/2500) in Attack Position.

"Archfiend Black Skull Dragon" attacks and destroys "Dante". Pegasus attempts to activate the effects of "Dante" and "Barbar" from his Graveyard, but the effect of "Archfiend Black Skull Dragon" prevents him from activating card effects until the end of the Damage Step. At the end of the Battle Phase, Joey activates the effect of "Archfiend Black Skull Dragon", targeting "Red-Eyes" in his Graveyard and inflicting damaging to Pegasus equal to its ATK (Pegasus 4000 → 1600), before returning it to his Deck. He Sets 4 cards.

Featured cards (in order of appearance)
Cards are listed in order of appearance. Cards in italics debuted here prior to an anime or manga appearance. Cards in bold have never been used by the character in any canon series.