Episode 86 - Photon Hypernova

## Photon Hypernova

Photon Hypernova is the eighty-sixth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! Progression Playoff, and the eleventh episode of Season 7, the SEVENS arc. It debuted on MBT Yu-Gi-Oh's YouTube channel on February 18, 2023. Danny finishes with his record-tying seventh 2-0 week of the season, while Brent goes 0-2 and gets two bans.

## Background

Photon Hypernova was released in the TCG on February 9, 2023. This set introduced the "Gold Pride" archetype, as well as new support for the "Kashtira", "Tearlaments", "Photon/Galaxy", "Gishki", "Evil Eye", "Ninja", "Dogmatika", "Generaider", "Branded", "Chaos", "Springans", and "Abyss Actor" archetypes and series. Other notable cards include Bystial Baldrake, Choju of the Trillion Hands, Plunder Patrollship Jord, Tri-Brigade Arms Bucephalus II, Triple Tactics Thrust, Big Welcome Labrynth, and Weighbridge.

Danny sits with a six-game lead with only two weeks left in the season, and has an opportunity to wrap up his second season win before the live show even begins. Leah and MBT are the only ones with a prayer of catching him, but they need a monumental effort to make it interesting. Gavin hopes to gain momentum from his 2-0 from last week, while Brent hopes to bounce back.

## Matches

### Match 1: Danny vs. Brent

Danny Sets 3. MBT goes Ogre and Summons some Scareclaws to make Tri-Heart, Danny goes for Terrors to out it. Danny Sets some cards and MBT Summons Apophis. MBT Summons Kerass and makes Rugal and pokes. Danny uses Terrors again to out the Rugal. Danny goes for Quacky Ducky and Summons a Scareclaw, then he and MBT get in a Twinsaw/Terrors war that clears all the backrow. Danny then Summons Vera and steals Apophis to out MBT’s board. MBT is topdecking with no field and surrenders.

Winner: Danny

### Match 2: Leah vs. Brent

Brent starts with RPG and makes Penguin Brave to Summon Squire. Leah Summons Ogre and uses Icejade Manifestation to Summon Kingfisher, then goes Infinite Antlion. She goes to battle, uses Antlion to pop the backrow, and attacks over Brent’s field. Leah then uses Xyz Align to make her guys Level 7, then makes Shangri-Ira, which Summons Fenrir during Brent’s Standby Phase. Brent goes Fraktall and uses RPG again for a Squire play. He Summons Scareclaw Kashtira, attacks over Fenrir, then Synchros for Gymir Aegirine. Leah uses Shangri-Ira to Summon Unicorn, and Brent uses Aegirine to banish it. Leah uses Kashtira Preparations to Summon back the Shangri-Ira and makes Arise-Heart, then uses Berth to get 2 more huge guys on field and swings for game.

Winner: Leah

### Match 3: Danny vs. Brent

Brent activates Wraitsoth for Ogre, then goes Ogre for Preparations and Sets some cards. Danny goes Quacky Ducky for Vera, then goes Carbon for Flourishing Hills to get Flower Buds and revive Vera. Danny steals Ogre and uses its effect to search Preparations, then pokes for damage. In MP2 he does more Vernusylph things, reviving Belone, and gets 5 EARTH monsters on field to make the Vera negate live, then Sets 3. Brent concedes.

Winner: Danny

### Match 4: Gavin vs. MBT

MBT Sets 3. Gavin Specials Ogre and swings, then activates Decisive Battle. MBT does some Scareclaw things, then Summons Apophis to negate Decisive Battle. He Links off into Tri-Heart, and attacks over Gavin’s board. Gavin activates Ninjitsu Art Notebook of Mastery and MBT uses Sclash to negate it. Gavin surrenders.

Winner: MBT

### Match 5: Gavin vs. Leah

Leah T-Sets. Gavin Specials Ogre, then Normals Kagero and Specials Jioh from hand. Gavin uses Ogre to attack over Devouring Sarcoughagus, which steals the Ogre. Gavin attacks over the Ogre and Leah steals the Kagero. Leah attacks into the Set Jioh, and Gavin flips itself back face-down. Leah Normals Tinola, then overlas into Vespenato. Gavin flips the Vespenato face-down. Leah outs the Jioh with Infinite Antlion. She owns the board with Antlion control for several turns before drawing Birth + Ogre and finally being able to get in for some damage. Gavin Normals Nervall for Ferrijit, then Leah uses Overroot on Ferrijit. Gavin uses Ret-time from hand, flipping down the Ogre and then equips Iron Digger to it. He uses Iron Digger to banish Jioh and pop Birth. Antlion pops Ret-time, and Iron Digger triggers and Summons back the banished Jioh. Leah tries to use Antlion to clear more stuff but Gavin finally uses Overroot. Leah uses Overroot to out Jioh. Gavin Normals Kagero to bring back the Jioh, then contact fuses into Meizen and swings directly. Leah tries to Parasomnia Pillow the Meizen and Gavin triggers a billion Ninja effects, prompting a surrender from Leah.

Winner: Gavin

## Banned Cards

### Mind Meld Ban

* Brent says "Vera the Vernusylph Goddess"
* Gavin says "Vera the Vernusylph Goddess"

Vera the Vernusylph Goddess is banned

### Regular Ban

* Brent bans Kashtira Ogre
* Brent bans Scareclaw Tri-Heart

## Full Banlist

### Extra Deck

* Ancient Warriors Oath - Double Dragon Lords
* Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder
* Gaia the Magical Knight of Dragons
* Myutant Synthesis
* Scareclaw Tri-Heart
* Spright Elf
* Springans Merrymaker
* Springans Ship - Exblowrer
* Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying
* Virtual World Kyubi - Shenshen

### Monsters

* Despian Tragedy
* Dogmatika Ecclesia, the Virtuous
* Dogmatika Fleurdelis, the Knighted
* Edge Imp Scythe
* Gunkan Suship Shari
* Icejade Creation Aegirocassis
* Kashtira Ogre
* Melffy Wally
* Mimicking Man-Eater Bug
* Myutant Arsenal
* Predaplant Bufolicula
* Spright Red
* Vera the Vernusylph Goddess

### Spells

* Forbidden Droplet
* Pot of Prosperity
* Therion Discolosseum
* Triple Tactics Talent

### Traps

* Dogmatika Punishment
* Swordsoul Blackout

## Stats to date

### Season 7

Character win rate
 Leah
 MBT
 Gavin
 Brent

### Overall

Character Win Rate
 Danny
 Leah
 Gavin
 Brent

## Notable bits

* Sponsored by Source Gaming
* Gavin is in the woods
* We’re still doing the “Squire, attend me” thing huh
* Leah is just chalice-checking to see what she can get away with
* Jioh Biden the Gravity Ninja

## Did Joseph mald?

No, but he did threaten everyone else's life for having better Kashtira pulls than him (lovingly)

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