Progression Playoff LIVE - Season 1 Finale

Progression Playoff LIVE! - Season 1 Finale is the first live special of Yu-Gi-Oh! Progression Playoff, and concludes Season 1, the Duel Monsters arc. It debuted live on MBT Yu-Gi-Oh's Twitch channel on March 3, 2021, and an edited version was uploaded to MBT Yu-Gi-Oh's YouTube channel on March 6, 2021. Gavin won the round-robin tournament, and also had the most wins in Season 1, and was declared the champion of Progression Playoff Season 1.

## Background

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

## Matches

### Match 1: MBT vs. Brent

Brent is playing Final Countdown, MBT is on Chaos. Brent activates Final Countdown first turn. MBT resolves Cyber Jar, and neither player reveals a single monster. Brent tries to use Wall of Revealing Light, but MBT uses Raigeki Break to destroy it. Brent then Sets 5 after the Cyber Jar, but MBT has the Heavy Storm, and eventually attacks for game.

Winner: MBT

### Match 2: Gavin vs. Leah

Gavin is playing burn, while Leah is playing Dragons with Chaos and Monarchs. Leah Summons some Dragons, but Gavin Summons a Lava Golem. Gavin then activates Chain Energy and Gravity Bind. Gavin gets to a Stealth Bird and slowly burns Leah to death.

Winner: Gavin

### Match 3: MBT vs. Leah

MBT opens by Setting a monster and 2 backrow, then Leah flips Night Assailant and Tributes for Mobius. MBT is out of resources, but Leah can't deal any damage, so she flips a Cyber Jar, which gets MBT back in the game, giving him Raigeki and putting resources in the GY for Chaos Sorcerer. MBT turns the game around, and wins.

Winner: MBT

### Match 4: Danny vs. Gavin

Danny is playing Chaos. Gavin begins with Wave-Motion Cannon and Chain Energy. Danny combos Kycoo and Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke to out Gavin's Defense Position monsters. Over the course of the game, Danny draws Raigeki, Dark Hole, Phoenix Wing Wind Blast, and Dust Tornado to beat all of Gavin's attempts to stall, and beats Gavin down.

Winner: Danny

### Match 5: MBT vs. Danny

Danny clears MBT's backrow with a Heavy Storm and Summons Chaos Sorcerer and Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer. MBT has a CED in hand, but can't Summon it. He tries to get there using Witch of the Black Forest to get to Cyber Jar, but Danny wins it with a Battle Phase Call of the Haunted to deal the killing blow before MBT has a chance.

Winner: Danny

### Match 6: Brent vs. Leah

Brent opens Final Countdown, Level Limit - Area B, and Skill Drain. Leah outs Brent's monsters and has Level 3s to get in under Level Limit, but Brent then flips Wall of Revealing Light, locking her out of attacks. On turn 14, Leah outs Wall, but Brent has Draining Shield to prevent losing. Brent then activates Swords of Revealing Light. Leah has Imperial Order to beat Swords, but Brent has Thunder of Ruler to blank the BP on turn 17. On turn 19, Brent has Needle Ceiling to destroy Leah's attackers, and he wins with Final Countdown.

Winner: Brent

### Match 7: Brent vs. Danny

Brent activates Final Countdown again. He uses LLAB, Danny outs it, and Brent follows up with Swords of Revealing Light. With a combination of Thunder of Ruler and Needle Ceiling, he prevents Danny from getting in for damage and wins by Final Countdown.

Winner: Brent

### Match 8: MBT vs. Gavin

Gavin Sets a monster and activates Kaiser Colosseum and Wave-Motion Cannon. Gavin then gets to a Wall of Revealing Light. MBT is unable to do much of anything all game, and Gavin burns MBT to death.

Winner: Gavin

### Match 9: Brent vs. Gavin

Gavin opens Stealth Bird and Kaiser Colosseum. He then follows up with a Gravity Bind and another Stealth Bird. Brent has no answers.

Winner: Gavin

### Match 10: Leah vs. Danny

Leah opens Duo and Sentry. Danny tries to Summon Chaos Sorcerer, but Leah has Ring of Destruction for it, leaving Danny very behind in card advantage while Leah chips in for damage. Danny eventually gets to a Raigeki, but doesn't have any monsters to follow it up, and Leah beats him down.

Winner: Leah

### Finals: Gavin vs. Danny

Gavin starts with Chain Energy and Gravity Bind. Danny gets a Heavy Storm and pushes, but Gavin follows up with Raigeki, leaving Danny topdecking. Gavin gets to a Kaiser Colosseum. Danny gets a Spirit Reaper to stall to replenish his resources, but Gavin uses Lava Golem on it, then Golem Sentry to return the Lava Golem to hand. Danny makes a last-ditch effort to get damage through with Sasuke, but Gavin has a Wall of Revealing Light. Gavin's Lava Golem burns for the final win.

Winner: Gavin

## Stats to date

Character win rate
 Danny
 MBT
 Brent
 Leah

## Notable bits

* Gavin gets yelled at by his wife about Thin Mints
* Leah and MBT throw paper at each other in RPS for about 4 hours straight
* Danny does impressions of Yu-Gi-Oh characters during his duel with Gavin
* Leah and MBT figure out the political affiliation of all the cards on the field
* Solemn Wishes, why don't you Solemn some bitches?

## Did Joseph mald?

Surprisingly no, even as Gavin completely locks him out. He just seems very sad.

## Video Links

PROGRESSION PLAYOFF LIVE! - Duel Monsters Finale

## Other Pages

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