Kaiba: Next up, we have Ryu v. Mahad. Ryu a Rokket user against another Dark Magician user.

Joey: I bet this must hurt for you Kaiba.

Kaiba: At least we will see some proper dueling for once

Jack: And we are now being taken backstage with our correspondent... Oh dear me... Carly Carmine

backstage 

Carly: Thanks Jack. We ...wow we're live! 

Jack: Uh Carly, back to the scoop and why there was a need for a backstage interview!

Carly: Oh! So we're back here with Mahad. - Mahad walks in - So you asked for an interview, Mr. Mahad?

Mahad: Yeah! Here's the thing. I saw my mentor Pattou advance to the 2nd round but he just had to rub my face into it using Dark Magician. Scumbag after even promising that he leaves the card to me. But this time, I will face him off in the finals and humble the bastard and expose him for who he is! A shell and a mere kicking stone for duelists like me who have chosen to rise and leave that past behind! Now will you excuse me while I blaze my own trail - walks off -

Carly: Back to you, Jack!

Jack: I like the ambition on this one.

Kaiba: But for all we know, he may be a third rate duelist with a fourth rate deck. On to the announcer.

Announcer: The next duel is Ryu v. Mahad. First, Ryu!

https://youtu.be/DIZ5FcV64EE

Announcer: And his opponent, Mahad.

https://youtu.be/tG-7RutsoEk

Announcer: Let the duel begin!

Turn 1 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 8000)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: I activate a quick play spell card, Quick Launch. I can special summon 1 Rokket monster from my deck but it cannot attack, also it will be destroyed during the End Phase. I select, Autorokket Dragon (DARK/ Dragon/ ATK1600/ DEF 1000). I also activate another quick play spell card, Squib Draw. I target a Rokket monster I control and destroy it to draw 2 card. I destroy Autorokket Dragon to draw 2 cards.

Autorokket Dragon is destroyed

Ryu: I draw 2 cards. I set 2 cards face down and place a monster in defense and end my turn. At my End Phase, due to Autorokket Dragon as it was sent to the graveyard by card effect this turn, I can special summon 1 Rokket Monster except Autorokket Dragon from my Deck. I select Exploderokket Dragon in attack mode (DARK/ Dragon/ ATK2000/ DEF 2000).  I end my turn.

Kaiba: Impressive psy war tactic. Summon a high attack monster. 

Jack: Not just that, High Level monster too at level 7. This one is not about to pull punches

Turn 2 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 8000)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I set a monster in defense and end my turn.

Turn 3 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 8000)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: I actiavte a Field Spell Card, Boot Sector Launch. Its effect states that All Rokket monsters on the field gain 300 ATK and DEF power

Exploderokket Dragon's ATK and DEF power increases to 2300 ATK and 2300 DEF.

Ryu: I flip summon Card Trooper (EARTH/ Machine/ ATK 400/ DEF 400). I activate its effect to discard the top 3 cards of my deck to the graveyard to increase Card Trooper's ATK by 500 for every card sent to the graveyard by this effect

Card Trooper's attack is now 1900 from

Ryu: For my Batlephase, Exploderokket dragon, attack that facedown monster.

Exploderokket Dragon destroys the facedown monster, which was Peten the Dark Clown (DARK/ Spellcaster/ ATK 500/ DEF1200).

Mahad: I activate Peten's effect. I can remove this card from my graveyard from play to special summon another Peten the Dark Clown from my hand or deck. I special summon the Peten the  DArk Clown in my deck in defense (DARK/ Spellcaster/ ATK 500/ DEF1200)!

Ryu: I use Card Trooper to attack Peten!

Peten is sent to the graveyard

Mahad: I use Peten's effect once again to banish it from my graveyard to Special Summon Peten the Dark Clown from my hand (DARK/ Spellcaster/ ATK 500/ DEF1200) in Defense Position.

Ryu: I end my turn

Turn 4 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 8000)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I set a card and summon Allure Queen LV3 in attack mode. I activate its effect to equip a level 3 or lower monster from the opponent's side of the field to Allure Queen LV3. And since your Card Trooper is Level 3, it is equipped to my Charming Queen. I end my turn. I end my turn.

Turn 5 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 8000)
Ryu draws a card

Mahad: I activate a Trap Card, Crush Card Virus

Ryu: I activate a Counter Trap Card, Red Reboot. I negate the activation and that Trap is set once again. You can set another trap trap from your deck to your field. You, however, cannot activate Trap Cards for the rest of the turn I activate this card.

Mahad sets another card from his deck.

Ryu: I summon Silverokket Dragon (DARK/ Dragon/ ATK 1900/ DEF 100) but due to Boot Sector Launch its attacck and defense are increased by 300 points.

Silverokket Dragon's ATK and DEF now becomes ATK 2200 and DEF 400. 

Ryu: I use Exploderokket Dragon to attack Alluring Queen LV3!

Mahad: Due to Alluring Queen LV3's effect if it is to be destroyed, the equipped card will be destroyed in its place. So Card Trooper goes to your graveyard

Ryu: Battle Calculation still takes place!

Ryu 8000/ Mahad 6200

Ryu: Card Trooper's effect activates as it was destroyed and sent to the graveyard, I can draw one card.

Ryu draws a card.

Ryu: I attack Alluring Queen LV3 with Silverokket Dragon!

Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500

Ryu: I end my turn

Turn 4 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: You delayed the inevitable, I activate a trap card, Crush Card Virus! I use Peten as tribute and I can look at your hand and all the monsters you control. I can destroy the monsters with 1500 or more ATK power. And you can destroy up to 3 Monsters with 1500 ATK power or more in your deck! And lucky me! Exploderokket and Silverokket in your field along with the 2 Red Eyes Black Dragons in your deck can go join the graveyard! Now pick the 3 who will join the graveyard!

Ryu: - grumbles - I send to my graveyard from my deck, Metalrokket Dragon (ATK1700), Bacckground Dragon (ATK1600), and Magnarokket Dragon (ATK1800)

Kaiba: Amazing! I am impressed by this Mahad.

Joey: Yeah yeah, using your signature card

Jack: Ambition and risk taking. This one will be the end

Mahad: And lucky me, it's still my turn. I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior (DARK/ 4*/ Spellcaster/ ATK 1600/ DEF 1000). Its effect activates and I can place a spell counter on Breaker to increase its attack by 300, but I won't need the boost as you won't take damage until the end of the next turn after  this card is activated. So all I will do is use the other effect of Breaker to remove the spell counter to destroy your facedown!

The facedown card destroyed was Magical Cylinder. 

Mahad: I end my turn

Ryu: Oh, just as you thought you got me, I activate the effects of Silverokket Dragon and Exploderokket Dragon since they both were sent to the graveyard by Crush Card Virus. I can special summon from my deck, Rokket monsters from my deck. I Special Summon, Shelrokket Dragon (DARK/2*/Dragon/ ATK1100/ DEF2000) and Anesthrokket Dragon (DARK/1*/ATK0/ DEF2200) both in defense position. Boot Sector Launch's effect activates and it increases their ATK and DEF by 300.

 Shelrokket Dragon (DARK/2*/Dragon/ ATK1400/ DEF2300) and Anesthrokket Dragon (DARK/1*/ATK300/ DEF2500)

Turn 5 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: I set a card and a monster in facedown defense and end my turn.

Turn 6 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I sacrifice Breaker to summon Chaos Command Magician (LIGHT/ 6*/ Spellcaster/ ATK2400/ DEF1900) and I attack Shelrokket Dragon!

Shelrokket Dragon is destroyed

Mahad ends his turn

Ryu: I activate Shelrokket Dragon's effect to special summon Rokket Recharger in defense position (DARK/ 4*/ Dragon/ ATK 0/ DEF 2100) [ Due to Boot Sector Launch, ATK 300/ DEF 2400 ]

Turn 7 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: I set a card and end my turn

Turn 8 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I set a card and destroy your facedown monster with Chaos Command Magician!

Chaos Command Magician attacks the facedown monster, which was Keeper of the Shrine (DARK/ 4*/ Dragon/ ATK 0/ DEF 2100).

Mahad: I end my turn

Kaiba: I doubt this Ryu will win. I mean he has Wheeler's pathetic Red Eyes. A guaranteed Fourth Rate Duelist with a Third rate deck!

Joey: Hey!

Turn 9 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: I summon Rokket Synchron (DARK/ 1*/ Dragon/ Tuner/ ATK 0/ DEF 0) [ Due to Boot Sector Launch, ATK is 300/ DEF is 300]. And I activate its effect that when this card is normal summoned, I can target 1 Level 5 or Higher card in my Graveyard to Special SUmmon in defense position. I select my level 7 Red Eyes Black Dragon! (DARK/ 7*/ Dragon/ ATK2400/ DEF2000). I use Rokket Synchron and Red Eyes as Link Materials to Link Summon Quadborrel Dragon! (DARK/ Link -2/ Dragon/ ATK 1000)

Mahad: I activate a trap card, Compulsory Evacuation Device to return Quadborrel back to your Extra deck!

Ryu: I end my turn

Turn 10 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I set a card and end my turn.

Turn 11 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 4500)
Ryu draws a card

Mahad: I activate a trap card, Royal Writ of Taxation. I select 1 random card in your hand and look at it, unless that card is Normal Summoned or activated by the end of my next turn, you take 1000 life point damage. If you do Normal Summon or activate it, I take 1000 damage. And I select... this card

Card selected was ... Keeper of the Shrine

Ryu: Then I summon Keeper of the Shrine in attack position (DARK/ 4*/ Dragon/ ATK 0/ DEF 2100). 

Ryu 8000/ Mahad 3500

Ryu: I end my turn

Turn 12 (Ryu 8000/ Mahad 3500)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I attack Keeper of the Shrine with Chaos Command Magician.

Ryu: I activate a Trap Card, Link Turret. Upon activation, 4 counters are placed on this card. Each time I take battle damage, 1 counter is placed on this card.

Mahad: You still get damage eitherway!

Ryu 5400/ Mahad 3500

Ryu: Good. Once I get to my Main Phase 2, I can remove a counter to special summon Rokket monsters from my graveyard

Mahad: You won't be needing that. Main Phase 2, I activate a Spell Card, Remove Trap. Destroying Link Turret

Kaiba: Loving the savagery here

Link Turret is destroyed

Mahad ends his turn

Turn 13 (Ryu 5400/ Mahad 3500)
Ryu draws a card and ends his turn

Turn 14 (Ryu 5400/ Mahad 3500)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I activate a Continuous Spell Card, Toon World! I pay 1000 Life Points as activation cost

Ryu 5400/ Mahad 2500

Ryu: Lowering your lifepoints further?

Mahad: For this, I sacrifice Chaos Command Magician to Special Summon, Toon Dark Magician Girl in Attack mode! (DARK/ 6*/ Spellcaster/ Toon/ ATK 2000/ DEF 1700). And seeing as you have no Toon monsters on the field, Toon Dark Magician Girl, direct attack!

Ryu 3400/ Mahad 2500

Kaiba: This is gonna be down to the wire.

Mahad ends his turn

Turn 15 (Ryu 3400/ Mahad 2500)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: You play a high gamble game now. Should have kept Chaos Command there. Because I summon Defrag Dragon (DARK/ 3*/ Dragon/ ATK 1000/ DEF600). I link Defrag Dragon and Anesthrokket Dragon to Link Summon Quadborrel Dragon (DARK/ Dragon/ Link - 2/ ATK 1000). I activate its effect to discard 1 card then target 1 face up monster on the field, then I destroy the target monster. I choose as target, Toon Dark Magician Girl by discarding Ruins of the Divine Dragon Lords from my hand.

Toon Dark Magician Girl destroyed

Ryu: I activate a continuous spell card, Borrel Supplier. During each standby phase, if I control a Borrel Link monster, I can target 1 Rokket monster in my graveyard and special summon it but destroy it during the end phase. But enough about that, Quadborrel Dragon, attack Mahad directly!

Ryu 3400/ Mahad 1500

Ryu: I end my turn

Turn 16 (Ryu 3400/ Mahad 1500)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I summon Time Wizard! (LIGHT/ 2*/ Spellcaster/ ATK 500/ DEF 400). I activate its effect. I call Tails. If I get it right, all your monsters are destroyed. If I am wrong, my Time Wizard will be destroyed and I take life point damage to half the Attack points of the destroyed monster. Here we go!

Coin Flip Result: Tails

Quadborrel Dragon and Rokket Recharger are both destroyed.

Mahad: Now I attack with Time Wizard!

Ryu 2900/ Mahad 1500

Mahad: I end my turn

Turn 16 (Ryu 2900/ Mahad 1500)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: I set a card and end my turn

Turn 17 (Ryu 2900/ Mahad 1500)
Mahad draws a card

Mahad: I sacrifice Time Wizard to Special Summon another Toon Dark Magician Girl in Attack mode (DARK/ 6*/ Spellcaster/ Toon/ ATK 2000/ DEF 1700). And I direct attack!

Ryu: I activate a Trap Card, Mirror Force! I destroy all my opponent's Attack Position Monsters.

Toon Dark Magician is destroyed

Mahad: Delay the inevitable. My turn is done!

Turn 18 (Ryu 2900/ Mahad 1500)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: I activate a Spell Card, Dragon Shrine. I send 1 Dragon Monster from my Deck to the graveyard. I select Labradorite Dragon. And since it is a Dragon Normal Monster, I can send 1 more Dragon to my Graveyard, I select Keeper of the Shrine. I end my turn.

Turn 19 (Ryu 2900/ Mahad 1500)
Mahad draws a card and ends his turn

Turn 20 (Ryu 2900/ Mahad 1500)
Ryu draws a card

Ryu: I summon Rokket Tracer (DARK/4*/ Dragon/ ATK1600/ DEF 1000) [ATK1900/DEF1300 due to Boost Sector Launch]. I activate its effect to target a face-up card I control and destroy it to special summon 1 Rokket monster from my deck. I don't have any Rokket monster left. Now I attack you directly!

Ryu 2900/ Mahad 0

Announcer: The winner of the Duel, Ryu!

Joey: Well, what happened to Red Eyes is a guaranteed loss now guys?

Kaiba: Well Mahad here got too reckless

Jack: High risk does not always mean high reward

Kaiba: And he was inept to all extents. Even wasting Crush Card Virus.

Jack: Despite this, Ryu advances to the 2nd part of the 1st round to face Xavi.