Episode 59 - Shining Victories

## Shining Victories

Shining Victories is the fifty-ninth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! Progression Playoff, and the eighth episode of Season 5, the Arc-V arc. It debuted on MBT Yu-Gi-Oh's YouTube channel on April 16, 2022. This episode is sponsored by Skillshare. Jillian and Danny join MBT for his pulls, in order to pog alongside him when he pulls one of roughly 700 Ultimate Falcons. Brent continues his hot streak and goes 2-0 for the second consecutive week, only the second player this season to do so. MBT disappoints Gong Strong with his Superheavy Samurai strategy, and is the lone 0-2.

## Background

Shining Victories was released in the TCG on May 5, 2016. It introduced the "Amorphage" and "Lunalight" archetypes, and the "Digital Bug" series, as well as new support for the "Performapal", "Speedroid", "Raidraptor", "Blue-Eyes", "Deskbot", "Kozmo", and "Kaiju" archetypes. Other notable cards include Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, Pre-Preparation of Rites, Drowning Mirror Force, and Rise to Full Height.

Leah continues to dominate in the standings, having been in first place since the first week. Brent has finally gotten on a hot streak and hopes to continue his run. MBT and Gavin are still within striking distance of the top and look to close the gap. Danny also appears in this episode.

## Matches

### Match 1: Gavin vs. Danny

Danny Sets 2. Gavin Sets 2. Danny Sets scales and pends Rex, then Rushes for Spinos and gets in. Gavin activates Pendulum Storm and Danny concedes.

Winner: Gavin

### Match 2: Brent vs. Leah

Leah Normal Summons 003 into 004. Brent Radians the 004 and Summons Thunder King, then goes Dark Contract with the Gate for Leonidas. Leah Normals 003 into 004 again. Leah attacks with 004 but Brent has Quaking. Leah Twin Twisters the backrow. Leah uses several cards to draw deeper but doesn’t find a 003 and passes. Brent goes Dark Contract with the Witch to pop 004, Leah Sets a card. Brent runs Leah over repeatedly until she’s dead.

Winner: Brent

### Match 3: Danny vs. MBT

Danny goes Dinomist Charge, Plesios, Sets 2. MBT tries to Special Thief and it gets Grand Horn’d. MBT Summons General Jade and equips Soulbreaker Armor. Danny Sets and passes. MBT equips Soulpiercer to Jade but attacks into Stegosaur. Danny attacks into Jade, MBT uses Soulbuster Gauntlet to make Danny take a lot of damage, then Danny Rexes away the Jade. MBT Summons Jade again, but Danny uses Ultimate Providence on the effect to change battle position. With MBT out of plays, Danny eventually beats MBT down until he’s out of LP.

Winner: Danny

### Match 4: Gavin vs. Leah

Gavin goes 004 pass. Leah Summons 003 and gets 004. Leah’s 004 beats Gavin’s 004 and Summons 007 and 008. Gavin Summons 003 and gets 004. Gavin’s 004 attacks over 007 and Summons 004 and 007. Gavin crashes 003 into 003. Leah sets up scales but Gavin Bad Aims twice. Leah Pends 007 and 008. 008 gets over 007, then Leah’s 004 beats Gavin’s 004 and Summons 004 and 003. Gavin is too far behind and concedes. Thank God no one reads these or they'd have an aneurysm trying to understand it.

Winner: Leah

### Match 5: Brent vs. MBT

MBT T-Sets. Brent Summons Timebreaker and banishes itself and MBT’s dude, then Sets 2. Brent Grand Horns MBT’s thief. Brent Swirl Slimes for d’Arc but attacks into Blowtorch. MBT uses Coral to draw 2, then illegally Sets a monster after already Normal Summoning. Brent attacks into Drum, and MBT revives Thief. Brent uses Slumber. Brent uses Swamp King to make another D’Arc and gets in. MBT uses Rise to Full Height to fade a BP. MBT Summons a bunch of Superheavys that don’t contest Brent’s board. Brent, despite his immense fear that he’s missing something obvious, finds out that he isn’t and attacks for game.

Winner: Brent

## Banned Cards

### Mind Meld Ban

* Danny says "Deskbot 004"
* MBT says "Deskbot 004"

Deskbot 004 is banned

### Regular Ban

* MBT bans D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc
* MBT bans Performapal Monkeyboard

## Full Banlist

### Extra Deck

* Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer
* D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc
* Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer
* Performage Trapeze Magician
* Stellarknight Delteros

### Monsters

* Deskbot 004
* Majespecter Unicorn - Kirin
* Performapal Monkeyboard
* Superheavy Samurai Blue Brawler
* U.A. Dreadnought Dunker
* U.A. Midfielder
* U.A. Mighty Slugger

### Spells

* Graydle Impact
* Ignition Phoenix
* Moon Mirror Shield
* The Monarchs Stormforth
* U.A. Stadium
* Wavering Eyes

### Traps

* Abyss Stungray
* Majespecter Tempest

## Stats to date

### Season 5

Character win rate
 Gavin
 MBT
 Brent
 Danny

### Overall

Character Win Rate
 Leah
 MBT
 Danny
 Brent

## Notable bits

* Gavin begins by quoting MLK before realizing that he probably shouldn’t
* Kind of fucked up when you think about Dinomists using fossil fuels
* Bad Aim is homophobic
* The crew references a past MBT Dinomist bit
* The return of the counter bit
* MBT uses a stolen Dinomist Charge to search a Superheavy Samurai
* Jules includes a tribute message to the memory of Siberian while watching Gavin and Leah figure out how to add up ATK points
* Brent is playing the Trump deck, MBT is playing the Hillary deck

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