North American WCQ 2013 Special: Kaiba vs. Pegasus

The North American World Championship Qualifier 2013 Special: Kaiba Vs Pegasus was a scripted duel that took place at the North American World Championship Qualifiers in Chicago in 2013. In this duel, Eric Stuart and Darren Dunstan reprised their roles as Seto Kaiba and Maximillion Pegasus respectively. The duel showed Kaiba using cards from the Saga Of The Blue-Eyes White Dragon structure deck, while Pegasus used a Wind-Up deck, apparently owned by real life player Billy Brake.

Featured Duel - Seto Kaiba Vs Maximillion Pegasus

Turn 1:Kaiba
Kaiba Normal Summons La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp in attack position. Then he sets a card.

Turn 2:Pegasus
Pegasus activates the Continuous Spell Card Wind-Up Factory. He then normal summons Wind-Up Magician in defense position. He then summons Wind-Up Shark from his hand via it's effect. Pegasus then activates the effect of Wind-Up Magician to summon another Wind-Up Shark. Pegasus then activates the effect of Wind-Up Factory to add a Wind-Up monster to his hand. Pegasus then activates the effects of both Wind-Up Sharks to increase their levels to 5. He then overlays both Wind-Up Sharks to Xyz Summon Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon in attack position. Pegasus attacks Kaiba's 'La Jinn' with 'Adreus' but Kaiba activates his face-down Ancient Lamp [NOTE: In the TCG/OCG Ancient Lamp is a monster card that cannot be set face down in the Spell/Trap card zone] Ancient Lamp's effect changes the target of the attack to Wind-Up Magician, which is destroyed. Pegasus then activates the effect of 'Adreus', to destroy 'Ancient Lamp.' Pegasus sets two cards.

Turn 3:Kaiba
Activates Enemy Controller using it's anime effect to destroy 'Adreus' by paying 1000 life points (Kaiba: 4000 → 3000). Kaiba then activates the spell card Dragon Shrine to send Blue-Eyes White Dragon and then White Stone of Legend to the graveyard. White Stone Of Legend's effect activates, and Kaiba adds Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his deck to his hand. Kaiba then activates Trade-In, discarding Blue-Eyes White Dragon and drawing 2 cards. Kaiba then activates Silver's Cry to Special Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from the graveyard. Pegasus activates his face down Bottomless Trap Hole banishing Kaiba's 'Blue-Eyes.' Kaiba attacks Pegasus directly with 'La Jinn' but Pegasus activates his face down Dimensional Prison banishing 'La Jinn'. Kaiba activates Shard of Greed. Kaiba sets 2 cards.

Turn 4:Pegasus
Normal Summons Wind-Up Rabbit in attack position. Kaiba activates Shadow Spell, targeting Wind-Up Rabbit. Pegasus activates Wind-Up Rabbit's effect, banishing it until his next Standby Phase. Wind-Up Factory's effect activates, allowing Pegasus to add another Wind-Up monster to his hand. Pegasus sets 1 card.

Turn 5:Kaiba
During Kaiba's draw phase, 1 Greed Counter is added to 'Shard Of Greed' due to it's effect. Kaiba then activates Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards. Kaiba then Normal Summons Maiden With Eyes of Blue in attack position. Kaiba then activates his face down Trap Card Castle of Dragon Souls he activates its effect, banishing White Stone Of Legend to target Maiden With Eyes of Blue and increase its attack by 700 points (0/0 → 700/0). Maiden With Eyes Of Blue's effect activates, allowing him to Special Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his deck. Kaiba attacks directly with Blue-Eyes White Dragon but Pegasus activates the Trap Card Compulsory Evacuation Device to return Blue-Eyes to Kaiba's hand. Kaiba attacks directly with Maiden With Eyes Of Blue (Pegasus: 4000 → 3300). During Main Phase 2, Kaiba activates Graceful Charity, drawing 3 cards, then discarding Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Luster Dragon 2.

Turn 6:Pegasus
During Pegasus' Standby Phase, Wind-Up Rabbit returns to the field. Pegasus then Normal Summons Wind-Up Rat in attack position. Pegasus attacks Maiden With Eyes Of Blue with Wind-Up Rabbit. Kaiba activates Maiden With Eyes Of Blue's second effect, negating the attack, switching the card to defense position, before summoning Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his graveyard. Pegasus attacks and destroys Maiden With Eyes Of Blue with Wind-Up Rat. Pegasus activates Wind-Up Rat's effect, switching it to defense position and Special Summoning Wind-Up Shark from his graveyard. Wind-Up Factory then activates, allowing Pegasus to add another Wind-Up monster to his hand. Pegasus then activates Wind-Up Shark's effect to reduce it's level by 1. He then overlays Wind-Up Rat and Wind-Up Shark to Xyz summon Wind-Up Zenmaines in defense position.

Turn 7:Kaiba
In Kaiba's draw phase a second Greed Counter is added to "Shard of Greed". He then sends it to the graveyard to draw 2 cards. He then activates Monster Reborn to Special Summon Luster Dragon 2 from his graveyard in attack position. He then activates Silver's Cry, to Special Summon another Blue-Eyes White Dragon in attack position. Kaiba attacks Wind-Up Rabbit with Luster Dragon 2, but Wind-Up Rabbit's effect activates and Pegasus banishes it, before activating Wind-Up Factory's effect to add another Wind-Up monster to his hand. Kaiba then attacks Wind-Up Zenmaines with Luster Dragon 2, Pegasus activating it's effect to keep it on the field by detaching an Xyz material. Kaiba attacks it again with Blue-Eyes White Dragon, with Pegasus keeping it on the field by detaching another Xyz material. Kaiba attacks Wind-Up Zenmaines again with his other Blue-Eyes White Dragon, destroying it. Kaiba sets a card and ends his turn.

Turn 8:Pegasus
During Pegasus' Standby Phase, Wind-Up Rabbit returns to the field. Pegasus then activates it's effect again to banish it again until his next Standby Phase. Wind-Up Factory activates, allowing him to add another Wind-Up monster to his hand. Pegasus activates Dark Hole to destroy all monsters on the field. He then Normal Summons a second Wind-Up Rabbit. Pegasus attacks Kaiba directly with Wind-Up Rabbit, but Kaiba activates Shrink, halving Wind-Up Rabbit's attack points, reducing it to 700 (Kaiba: 3000 → 2300).

Turn 9:Kaiba
Kaiba sets a monster, then sets 2 cards.

Turn 10:Pegasus
During Pegasus' Standby Phase, Wind-Up Rabbit returns to the field. Pegasus then summons Wind-Up Warrior and activates it's effect to increase it's ATK by 600 and level by 1. Pegasus then activates the effects of both Wind-Up Rabbits to banish them and then the effect of Wind-Up Factory allows him to add another Wind-Up monster to his hand from his deck (Wind-Up Warrior). Pegasus attacks Kaiba's face down monster, which is Cyber Jar. Cyber Jar's flip effect activates, destroying all monsters on the field and letting both players draw 5 cards, then special summon any level 4 or lower monster from them. Kaiba summons Hitotsu-Me Giant in attack position. Pegasus summons Wind-Up Rabbit and Wind-Up Dog in attack position. Kaiba then activates the effect of Castle Of Dragon Souls to increase Hitotsu-Me Giant's ATK to 1900 by banishing Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Pegasus activates Smashing Ground to destroy Hitotsu-Me Giant.

Turn 11:Kaiba
Normal Summons Slate Warrior, before activating Castle Of Dragon Souls effect to increase Slate Warrior's ATK to 2600 and banish Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Kaiba then activates Return From The Different Dimension, paying half of his life points and Special Summoning all 3 Blue-Eyes White Dragons and La Jinn The Mystical Genie Of The Lamp in attack position (Kaiba 2300 → 1150). Kaiba activates Polymerization sending all 3 of his Blue-Eyes White Dragons to the graveyard to Fusion Summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Kaiba attacks Wind-Up Dog with Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, but Pegasus activates Dimensional Prison, intending to banish Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Kaiba chains his face down Ring of Destruction targeting Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, before chaining Ring Of Defense, to protect his life points from Ring Of Destruction. [NOTE: Kaiba here intends to inflict damage to Pegasus with Ring Of Destruction and protect his own life points with Ring Of Defense. In the TCG/OCG, if Ring Of Defense is activated in response to a card that would inflict damage to both players, both players take no damage.] Pegasus chains Book of Moon targeting Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, attempting to flip it face down, but Kaiba then chains Defusion which returns Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon to his extra deck and allows Kaiba to summon all three of his Blue-Eyes White Dragon's from his graveyard. Kaiba attacks with all three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, but Pegasus activates his face down Mirror Force, destroying all of Kaiba's monsters.

Turn 12:Pegasus
Pegasus returns his Wind-Up Rabbits then Normal Summons Wind-Up Warrior. He then activates the effects of both 'Dog' and 'Warrior to increase their levels to 5. He then uses them to Xyz summon Tiras, Keeper of Genesis. Pegasus attacks directly with Wind-Up Rabbit, but Kaiba activates Negate Attack ending the battle phase. Pegasus sets a card and ends his turn, when Tiras' effect requires him to detach 1 Xyz material from it.

Turn 13:Kaiba
Kaiba draws and banishes Blue-Eyes White Dragon and La Jinn The Mystical Genie Of The Lamp to Special Summon Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End he activates it's effect, paying 1000 life points (Kaiba: 1150 → 150) to send all cards on the field and in both players hands to the graveyard, then inflicting 300 points of damage to Pegasus for each. Pegasus activates the effects of his 3 Wind-Up Rabbits to banish them in response, leaving 8 cards that are sent to the graveyard (Pegasus 3300 → 900). Since Castle Of Dragon Souls was sent to the graveyard, Kaiba special summons Blue-Eyes White Dragon from his banished zone via it's effect. [NOTE: In the OCG, Castle of Dragon Souls would miss the timing. It's also worth noting that Pegasus references this fact.] Kaiba attacks directly with Blue-Eyes White Dragon (Pegasus: 900 → 0)