Kaiba: Welcome back and next up will be a contrast of styles between the out-of-nowhere, wildcard style of Blaze against the Synchro-heavy style of Crow.

Jack: Well, Crow hasn't had much wins but let's see if this will be his lucky break.

Joey: Knowing Blaze, he can pull a surprise victory in the most unexpected of ways. Sacrificing his own monsters, exciting the crowd and even us.

Kaiba: Well, this makes for an interesting duel, which begins now.

Announcer: Duel League continues with the next ranked duel.

https://youtu.be/DMFAzW2SnnA

Announcer: First, Blaze! (Rank 9; Record: 1 - 1)

Kaiba: A middling but promising duelist. 

Joey: Well we have been talking about all his praises. Maybe another win?

Jack: I don't know. He is a wildfire so it may be hard to call it a win this early

https://youtu.be/lWxFwlCWxis

Announcer: And his opponent, Crow! (Rank 19; Record: 0-2)

Kaiba: We've all been promised so much out of this one but unable to see if it will be realized

Jack: Well, in time and when the stars align

Joey: Don't tell me you guys are giving up on this one?

Announcer: Let the duel begin!

Turn 1 (Blaze 8000/ Crow 8000)
Blaze's Main phase 1

Blaze: I set a card and place a monster in facedown defense to end my turn

Turn 2 (Blaze 8000/ Crow 8000)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I set 4 cards facedown and a monster in facedown defense to end my turn

Joey: Identical moves

Jack: I feel Crow may get his first win here

Turn 3 (Blaze 8000/ Crow 8000)
Blaze draws a card

Crow: I activate a Trap Card, Dust Tornado. I can destroy one of your set Spell or Trap Cards. I target your lone facedown card.

Dust Tornado destroys Blaze's facedown Regretful Rebirth Trap Card

Kaiba: Well, that could impact later on.

Blaze: I summon Molten Zombie (FIRE/3*/Pyro/Effect/ATK1600/DEF400). I move to Battle Phase to attack your facedown monster.

Molten Zombie (ATK1600) attacks Crow's facedown monster, which was Witch Doctor of Sparta (EARTH/4*/Spellcaster/Effect/ATK400/DEF2000). (400LP Damage to Blaze as Witch Doctor of Sparta is in Defense Mode)

Blaze 7600/ Crow 8000

Blaze: I end my turn

Turn 4 (Blaze 7600/ Crow 8000)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I set a card to end my turn

Jack: I bet he doesn't have resources to get in a Synhro summon.

Turn 5 (Blaze 7600/ Crow 8000)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I end my turn.

Jack: Blaze is uncharacteristically cautious.

Kaiba: He can't attack

Turn 6 (Blaze 7600/ Crow 8000)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I summon Speed Warrior (WIND/2*/Warrior/Effect/ATK900/DEF400).

Joey: Crow's crazy!

Jack: Shut it!

Crow: I activate its effect. One per Battle Phase during the turn this card was Normal Summoned, I can double its ATK until the end of the Battle Phase. That being said, Speed Warrior's ATK increases to double the original amount! (ATK900 -> 1800).

Jack: Now you see it?

Crow: I proceed to the Battle Phase. I attack your Molten Zombie (ATK1600) with Speed Warrior (ATK1800).

Molten Zombie is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard (200LP Damage to Blaze)

Blaze 7400/ Crow 8000

Crow: Battle Phase ends. Speed Warrior's ATK returns to the original 900. I end my turn.

Turn 7 (Blaze 7400/ Crow 8000)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I summon Flame Tiger (FIRE/4*/Beast/Effect/ATK1800/DEF0). I attack your Speed Warrior (ATK900)

Speed Warrior is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard (900LP Damage to Blaze)

Blaze 7400/ Crow 7100

Blaze: I end my turn

Turn 8 (Blaze 7400/ Crow 7100)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I set a monster in facedown defense to end my turn

Turn 9 (Blaze 7400/ Crow 7100)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I set another monster in facedown defense to end my turn

Turn 10 (Blaze 7400/ Crow 7100)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I set another card facedown and end my turn

Kaiba: Another series of waiting games

Turn 11 (Blaze 7400/ Crow 7100)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I set another monster in facedown defense. I move to Battle Phase and attack your facedown monster with my Flame Tiger

Flame Tiger (ATK1800) attacks Crow's facedown monster, which was Needle Soldier (EARTH/1*/Machine/Effect/ATK100/DEF100). Needle Soldier is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard.

Blaze: I end my turn

Turn 12 (Blaze 7400/ Crow 7100)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I end my turn

Turn 13 (Blaze 7400/ Crow 7100)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I end my turn

Turn 14 (Blaze 7400/ Crow 7100)
Crow draws a card

Crow: This is what happens when you newcomers fall prey to us vets. I activate a Continuous Trap Card, Angel Lift. I can Select a Level 2 (2*) or lower monster in my Graveyard and Special Summon it in Attack Position. I select, Speed Warrior (WIND/2*/Warrior/Effect/ATK900/DEF400).

Kaiba: What does he have in mind?

Crow: I activate another Continuous Trap Card, Angel Lift. With this one, I special Summon from my Graveyard, Needle Soldier (EARTH/1*/Machine/Effect/ATK100/DEF100).

Jack: He better have a Tuner or this is all a waste!

Crow: I summon Attack Gainer (EARTH/1*/Warrior/Tuner/Effect/ATK0/DEF0)

Jack: Is it coming?

Crow: I tune all my monster (4*+1*+1*+2*=8*) to Synchro Summon, Scrap Dragon in Attack Position! (EARTH/8*/Dragon/Synchro/Effect/ATK2800/DEF2000). Since the monsters Special Summoned by Angel Lift are removed from the field, both cards are destroyed.

Jack: This will be more destructive as usual.

Kaiba: What are you talking about?

Jack: Some of those Synchro Materials will come to play in about....now!

Crow: Due to being a Synchro Material, Attack Gainer's effect activates. I can select an opponent's face-up monster and have its ATK decrease by 1000. I select Flame Tiger (ATK 1800 -> 800)

Blaze: No way!

Kaiba: This is getting better

Crow: Now Scrap Dragon (ATK2800) attacks Flame Tiger (ATK800). 

Flame Tiger is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard (2000LP Damage to Blaze)

Blaze 5400/ Crow 7100

Crow: I end my turn.

Jack: Blaze will not be able to win at this rate

Turn 15 (Blaze 5400/ Crow 7100)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I set a monster in facedown defense to end my turn

Crow: Not happening. I activate a Trap Card, Raigeki Break. 

Joey: Oh come on!

Crow: I discard 1 card from my hand to destroy a card on the field. I discard A/D Changer (LIGHT/1*/Warrior/Effect/ATK100/DEF100).

Raigeki Break destroys Blaze's recently set UFO Turtle (FIRE/4*/Machine/Effect/ATK1400/DEF1200).

Crow: Since its effect doesn't activate as it was not destroyed by battle, you don't get to call in another monster.

Blaze: I end my turn

Turn 16 (Blaze 5400/ Crow 7100)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I set a card and summon Scrap Chimaera (EARTH/4*/Beast/Effect/ATK1700/DEF500). Now I activate Scrap Dragon's effect. I select 1 card from my side of the field with 1 card on your side of the field. Both will be destroyed. So I select my recently set Trap Card and one of your facedowns to be destroyed!

Crow's Lost Star Descent Trap Card and Blaze's facedown Prominence Hand (FIRE/4*/Pyro/Effect/ATK600/DEF2000) were destroyed by effect. 

Crow: Scrap Dragon, attack one of his facedown monsters!

Scrap Dragon (ATK2800) attacks Blaze's facedown monster ,which was Card Trooper (EARTH/3*/Machine/Effect/ATK400/DEF400). Card Trooper is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by battle. 

Crow: That's right. And Needle Soldier's effect activates. Since it was sent to the Graveyard as a Synchro Material, when a Synchro Monster, summoned with Needle Soldier as one of its materials, battles a monster whose DEF is lesser than the ATK of the summoned Synchro monster, I inflict the difference as Battle Damage to my opponent so eat this! (2400LP Damage to Blaze)

Blaze 3000/ Crow 7100

Jack: Amazing...

Blaze: Card Trooper's effect activates. I can draw a card when this mosnter is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard.

Crow: As if that will make any difference. Scrap Chimaera, attack his other facedown monster

Scrap Chimaera (ATK1700) attacks Blaze's facedown monster, which was Fire King Avatar Kirin (FIRE/3*/Beast/Effect/ATK1000/DEF200). Fire King Avatar Kirin is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard.

Blaze: Fire King Avatar Kirin's effect activates. I can send 1 FIRE monster from my Deck to the Graveyard. I select, Manticore of Darkness (FIRE/6*/Beast-Warrior/Effect/ATK2300/DEF1000).

Crow: I end my turn.

Blaze: During your End Phase, I activate Manticore of Darkness's effect I can send a Winged-Beast, Beast or Beast-Warrior monster from my hand or field to Special Summon this Card from the Graveyard as it was sent there. I discard Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys (FIRE/8*/Winged Beast/Effect/ATK2400/DEF1600) to resurrect Manticore of Darkness (FIRE/6*/Beast-Warrior/Effect/ATK2300/DEF1000).

Jack: Blaze is in a lot of trouble now.

Turn 17 (Blaze 3000/ Crow 7100)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I activate a Quick Play Spell Card, Hand Destruction. Each Player sends 2 cards from their hands to the Graveyard to draw another 2 from the deck. As only I have cards in hand, I discard Fox Fire (FIRE/2*/Pyro/Effect/ATK300/DEF200) and Neo Flamvell Sabre (FIRE/4*/Pyro/Effect/ATK1500/DEF200) to draw 2.

Blaze draws 2 cards.

Blaze: I set a card and summon Fire Hand (FIRE/4*/Pyro/Effect/ATK1600/DEF1000). Now I activate a Spell Card, Wild Nature's Release. I target 1 Beast/Beast-Warrior-Type monster and it gains ATK equal to its current DEF until the End Phase. But during the End Phase, I destroy the target monster. I select Manticore off Darkness (ATK2300 -> 3300).

Jack: No way! He's gonna overpower Scrap Dragon

Blaze: Manticore of Darkness (ATK3300) attack Scrap Dragon (ATK2800)

Crow: Not happening. I activate A/D Changer's effect from the Graveyard. I banish it from play and select 1 monster on the field to change its Battle Position. I select Manticore of Darkness to go to Defense.

Jack: Wow! Stopped!

Blaze: I end my turn. Manticore of Darkness is destroyed due to Wilde Nature's Release

Turn 18 (Blaze 3000/ Crow 7100)
Crow draws a card

Blaze: I activate a Trap Card, Phoenix Wing Wind Blast. I discard 1 card to target 1 card my opponent controls and return it to the top of the Deck. I discard Firestorm Prominence (FIRE/7*/Reptile/Effect/ATK2000/DEF1500) to return Scrap Dragon to the Extra Deck.

Scrap Dragon is returned to the Extra Deck.

Crow: I am impressed by you. I set a card and attack Fire Hand (ATK1600) with Scrap Chimaera (ATK1700). 

Fire Hand is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard by battle (100LP Damage to Blaze)

Blaze 2900/ Crow 7100

Blaze: I activate Fire Hand's effect. Since this card is in my possession when it is destroyed, I can target a monster on my opponent's side of the field and destroy it. I select Scrap Chimaera.

Scrap Chimaera is destroyed by card effect (Fire Hand).

Crow: I end my turn

Kaiba: This is hard to call now.

Jack: Based on the fields, I am still pulling for Crow. 

Joey: Biased aren't we? 

Jack: Idiot!

Turn 19 (Blaze 2900/ Crow 7100)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I summon Raging Flame Sprite (FIRE/3*/Pyro/Effect/ATK100/DEF100).

Kaiba: He is desperate

Blaze: I attack you directly! (100LP Damage to Crow)

Blaze 2900/ Crow 7000

Blaze: I activate Raging Flame Sprite's effect...

Crow: No you don't! I activate a Counter Trap Card, Chivalry! I activate this during the Battle Phase and when an opponent's monster activates an effect, it is negated and the monster is destroyed.

Raging Flame Sprite is destroyed by Chivalry.

Joey: This is too much!

Blaze: I end my turn

Turn 20 (Blaze 2900/ Crow 7000)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I end my turn

Jack: What is he even doing? He can direct attack!

Turn 21 (Blaze 2900/ Crow 7000)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I summon Volcanic Rocket (FIRE/4*/Pyro/Effect/ATK1900/DEF1400) and activate its effect to add 1 Blaze Accelerator card from my Deck or Graveyard

Blaze Accelerator is added to the hand.

Blaze: I move to Battle Phase to attack...

Crow: Oh here we go. I activate a Trap Card, Raigeki Break, I discard Black Salvo (DARK/3*/Machine/Tuner/Effect/ATK100/DEF1100) to destroy Volcanic Rocket.

Volcanic Rocket is destroyed by effect.

Blaze: I end my turn.

Joey: Man is Blaze unable to mount a comeback!

Kaiba: Maybe Jack is right....

Turn 22 (Blaze 2900/ Crow 7000)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I summon Dash Warrior (WIND/3*/Warrior/Effect/ATK600/DEF1200). I attack directly and it activates its effect during the damage step. It gains 1200ATK (ATK 600 -> 1800) (1800LP Damage to Blaze)

Blaze 1100/ Crow 7000

Crow: I end my turn

Turn 23 (Blaze 1100/ Crow 7000)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I activate a Continuous Spell Card, Blaze Accelerator. I can target 1 monster my opponent controls and send 1 Pyro-type monster with 500 or less ATK from my hand to the Graveyard to destroy the target. I set a card activate Blaze Accelerator to destroy Dash Warrior by sending from my hand to the Graveyard, Volcanic Scattershot (FIRE/2*/Pyro/Effect/ATK500/DEF0).

Dash Warrior is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard

Blaze: I activate Volcanic Scattershot's effect since it was sent to the Graveyard. I inflict 500LP damage to my opponent.

Blaze 1100/ Crow 6500

Blaze: I end my turn

Turn 24 (Blaze 1100/ Crow 6500)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I summon Tune Warrior (EARTH/3*/Warrior/Tuner/ATK1600/DEF200)

Blaze: I activate a Quick Play Spell Card, Wild Fire. I pay 500 Life Points to destroy a face-up Blaze Accelerator card I control and destroy all monsters on the field.

Blaze 600/ Crow 6500

Blaze: I special summon 1 Wild Fire Token (FIRE/3*/Pyro/ATK1000/1000) in attack position.

Crow: I end my turn.

Jack: No one is giving in an inch!

Joey: These two are willing to give it their all

Turn 25 (Blaze 600/ Crow 6500)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I summon Great Angus (FIRE/4*/Beast/ATK1800/DEF600). 

Kaiba: The turnaround is about to begin.

Blaze: I attack directly with the Wild Fire Token (1000LP Damage to Crow)

Blaze 600/ Crow 5500

Blaze: I attack directly with Great Angus (1800LP Damage to Crow)

Blaze 600/ Crow 3700

Blaze: I end my turn

Joey: Well, I see that King Jack Atlas may be wrong in a turn or two.

Jack: I can't believe it....

Turn 26 (Blaze 600/ Crow 3700)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I set a monster in facedown defense to end my turn

Turn 27 (Blaze 600/ Crow 3700)
Blaze draws a card

Blaze: I activate a Continuous Spell Card, Burden of the Mighty. Each face-up monster my opponent controls loses 100 ATK x its own Level

Kaiba: This is pressure on Crow now

Blaze: I attack the facedown defense monster with Great Angus

Great Angus (ATK1800) attacks Crow's facedown monster, which was Dark Tinkerer (DARK/2*/Fiend/Tuner/Effect/ATK1000/DEF1300). Dark Tinkerer is sent to the Graveyard

Crow: Dark Tinkerer's effect activates. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can look at the top card of my deck and choose to place it on top or bottom of the deck.

Crow draws a card and decides to place it at the bottom of the deck

Blaze: I attack directly with the Wild Fire Token (1000LP Damage)

Blaze 600/ Crow 2700

Blaze: I end my turn

Turn 28 (Blaze 600/ Crow 2700)
Crow draws a card

Crow: I summon Rapid Warrior (WIND/4*/Warrior/Effect/ATK1200/DEF200).

Blaze: That is affected by Burden of the Mighty

Rapid Warrior ATK/DEF (1200/200 -> 800/0)

Blaze: Are you mad?

Crow: No, but you I admire for bringing the duel to this point. We finish this now. Rapid Warrior's effect activates, I can directly attack my opponent but this will be the only monster that can attack this turn. So, Rapid Warrior, direct attack for game! (800LP Damage to Blaze)

Blaze 0/ Crow 2700

Announcer: The winner, Crow!

Jack: Told you! Don't count the Synchros out. This one is almost as tactical as Yusei.

Kaiba: What an amazing exchange regardless

Joey: Amazing's all I can say

Kaiba: And with Wheeler's unresponsive comment, we will be back.

DUEL LEAGUE RATING
1. Dino (3 - 0)
2. Duke (3 - 0)
3. Frost (3 - 0)
4. Hiro (3 - 0)
5. Magnus (3 - 0)
6. Pat (2 - 1)
7. Vade (3 - 0)
8. AK (1 - 1)
9. Blaze (1 - 2)
10. Cloud (1 - 2)
11: Irvine (1 - 1) (Duel League Champion)
12. Odin (2 - 1)
13. Ryu (1 - 1)
14. Strike (1- 1)
15. Vaan (1 - 1)
16. Wallace (1 - 1)
17. Wolfe (2 - 1)
18. Cobalt (1 -2)
19. Crow (1 - 2)
20. Fenix (0 - 3)
21. Gizmo (0 - 3)
22. Mahad (0 - 3)
23. Tempest (0 - 3)
24. Viper (0 - 3)