Progression Playoff LIVE - Season 6 Finale

Progression Playoff LIVE - Season 6 Finale is the sixth live special of Yu-Gi-Oh! Progression Playoff, and concludes Season 6, the VRAINS arc. It aired live on MBT Yu-Gi-Oh's Twitch channel on September 14, 2022, and an edited version debuted on his YouTube channel on September 17, 2022. This episode was sponsored by Factor. As always, the live stream was a charity stream, and donation incentives gave us facecams for all the players. Siberian appears throughout this episode, and explains how Mystic Mine works. Cyberse extenders and Orcust combos dominate the episode, as just about everyone is Link spamming, doing Codebreaker and Orcust combos. Danny and MBT emerge from the pile of Cyberse piles at 3-1 to make it to the finals. Danny was able to easily defeat MBT in the round robin, but MBT gets his revenge by cleverly outing an incredibly powerful board by Danny, and closes out a season he dominated by winning the finale as well. MBT takes his 3rd season championship of the series.

## Background

In this episode, all cards that had previously been banned were unbanned, allowing each player to play with their entire cardpool. The tournament consists of a round robin preliminary, with the top 2 players in record advancing to the finals.

MBT enters with a nearly insurmountable lead, only a calamity would prevent him from winning the season. Everyone else is playing for bragging rights, Gavin in 2nd place with Danny close behind. Leah and Brent hope for a strong showing for the finale.

## Matches

### Match 1: Gavin vs. Brent

Gavin Summons 2 monsters and does full Orcust combo, then makes Borreload Savage. Brent makes Cerberus to bait the Savage negate, then Summons Reclusia to pop the Savage. Brent then goes for his own Galatea play, before Gavin flips Bestowal to send it. Brent does more Orcust plays, Summons Virus Swordsman and brings back Galatea to attack over Gavin’s Galatea. He Sets Crescendo and passes back. Gavin baits the Crescendo then makes Borreload Savage again, but with the knowledge that a Dingirsu is coming he concedes.

Winner: Brent

### Match 2: Danny vs. Leah

Danny does Crusadia combos and ends on Equimax/Redoer/Fire Prison. Leah Specials Pankratops and tries to pop Equimax, Danny chains Vanguard Tributing the Arboria to Summon Draco, then uses Arboria to protect. Leah then activates Mystic Mine. Both players pass back and forth for a few turns, and Leah then Summons Pank and pops Equimax. Leah does some Cyberse plays, then outs her own Mine so she can continue. She goes for the Codebreaker play and pops Fire Prison, then makes Accesscode. She pops Danny’s field, makes Update Jammer, and attacks directly for lethal.

Winner: Leah

### Match 3: Danny vs. Brent

Brent Summons Cyberse dudes, then does the Codebreaker play to go into Powerload Ogre with Cyberse Witch and Virus Swordsman. Danny does Crusadia plays to climb into Equimax, then Summons Diana and Maximus to Equimax zones, uses Maximus’ effect to double the battle damage, and Equimax attacks over Cyberse Witch for game.

Winner: Danny

### Match 4: MBT vs. Gavin

Gavin goes Regulator into Redoer, then Sets 4. MBT Specials Pankratops and goes to battle to force the Redoer and pop it. MBT then Specials Gizmek Orochi. He does Cyberse plays to get into Mermaid, but then realizes he banished his Orcust Knightmare off the Orochi, and is forced to Set 1 and pass. Gavin Sets a monster. MBT goes to battle and attacks over the Set Bezel Ship. Gavin passes again, and MBT does the Codebreaker play to go into Accesscode and Gavin concedes.

Winner: MBT

### Match 5: MBT vs. Danny

Danny does the Crusadia Link climb into Equimax, then goes Parallel eXceed into Redoer and activates Fire Prison. MBT Specials Pankratops and uses its effect to pop Equimax, Danny chains Vanguard Tributing Arboria, and MBT chains Called by to banish Arboria so Danny cannot protect the Equimax. MBT then Sets 3 and passes. Danny does more Crusadia plays and makes another Equimax and attacks for 6k. MBT draws another brick and surrenders.

Winner: Danny

### Match 6: Leah vs. Brent

Brent does Cyberse plays, does the Codebreaker play into Powerload Ogre, then uses his leftovers to do full Orcust combo too. Leah activates Mystic Mine, and Brent Crescendos it. Leah does the Codebreaker play, makes Underclock Taker to decrease Galatea’s ATK to 0, and makes Accesscode. Leah attacks over Powerload and deals some damage over the Galatea, then pops the Galatea with Accesscode. Brent brings back Galatea with Cymbal, then makes Ding to send the Accesscode. Brent goes Unicorn to shuffle back the Virus Swordsman. Leah Sets and passes. Brent starts his turn and Leah goes Metaverse into Mystic Mine. Both players pass back and forth for several turns. Leah then Specials Pank, and Sets a new Field Spell to break the Mine. Leah goes into Virus Swordsman and attacks over Brent’s board. Brent goes Cymbal to bring back Dingirsu and activates its effect, and Leah has seen enough.

Winner: Brent

### Match 7: MBT vs. Leah

Leah Sets a monster and activates Mystic Mine. MBT Specials Pankratops and pops Mine, then does the Codebreaker combo and makes Accesscode. MBT goes Accesscode to pop the Set monster, and Leah goes Abominable Unchained Soul to pop Accesscode. MBT goes Cerberus to pop Soul, and does full Orcust combo. Leah surrenders.

Winner: MBT

### Match 8: Gavin vs. Danny

Danny tries to do Crusadia plays, Gavin Imperms the Magius, but Danny has the extenders to make Equimax anyway. Gavin Summons some dudes and goes into Cerberus to pop Draco, and Danny chains Vanguard to Summon Reclusia and pop the Cerberus. Gavin uses Harp to Summon Knightmare and makes Borreload Savage, but Danny has Crackdown and Gavin concedes.

Winner: Danny

### Match 9: Gavin vs. Leah

Gavin goes full Orcust combo and then Summons Borreload Savage. Leah Specials Pank to bait the Savage, then does Cyberse plays to go into the Codebreaker play. When Leah tries to use Virus Swordsman, Gavin uses Ballista Squad to get rid of Leah’s zones. Leah makes Cerberus to pop Savage and passes. Gavin goes Time Thief Regulator into Redoer, attacks over Cerberus, Sets 2 and passes. Gavin tags out in Standby Phase, and Leah has no plays and surrenders.

Winner: Gavin

### Match 10: MBT vs. Brent

Brent Summons dudes, does Codebreaker combo into Powerload Ogre, and does Orcust combo to get Crescendo. MBT Summons Pank to pop the Crescendo, then does Codebreaker combo. MBT Summons Cerberus to pop, going for the Update/Accesscode line and Brent decides to speed it up.

Winner: MBT

### Finals: MBT vs. Danny

Danny does the Codebreaker combo into Powerload, uses his leftovers to make Equimax and activates Fire Prison. MBT spams a bunch of Cyberse dudes onto the field, then hard makes Accesscode, and banishes itself to pop Fire Prison. MBT then uses the remnants to do the Orcust combo. Danny does some Crusadia combos, uses Reclusia to pop Crescendo, and goes into another Equimax to deal some damage. Danny uses Powerload’s effect, Tributing itself to blow up MBT’s board. MBT uses Crescendo to search Gizmek. On his turn MBT Summons Gizmek, uses Cymbal to revive Galatea. MBT makes Longirsu to get rid of Equimax, then makes Accesscode and attacks directly. Danny draws Catche Eve and concedes.

Winner: MBT

## Stats to date

### Season 6

Character win rate
 Danny
 Gavin
 Leah
 Brent

### Overall

Character Win Rate
 Gavin
 Leah
 Danny
 Brent

### Link Summons

Summons this Episode
 Danny
 Gavin
 Leah
 MBT

Total Link Summons
 MBT
 Leah
 Brent
 Gavin

## Notable bits

* Brent should have won the Tumblr sexyman poll
* Everyone coaches Brent
* Mystic Mine gameplay is sped up by Jules
* Gavin has only ever seen 1 blonde white woman before
* Danny gets an extra normal summon because of donations
* The Tindangler returns
* Leah’s “not to be a gay homo, but”
* Catche Eve L2 is a lesbian, that’s what the L stands for
* The hardest part of the Codebreaker combo is finding Zero Day in your Deck

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