Episode 55 - Crossed Souls

## Crossed Souls

Crossed Souls is the fifty-fifth episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! Progression Playoff, and the fourth episode of Season 5, the Arc-V arc. It debuted on MBT Yu-Gi-Oh's YouTube channel on March 19, 2022. This episode is sponsored by Skillshare. Gavin Dreadnought Dunks his way to the only 2-0 of the week, while Brent narrowly misses his first wins of the season and gets a double ban.

## Background

Crossed Souls was released in the TCG on May 14, 2015. This set introduced the "Zefra" archetype, as well as new support for the "Performapal", "Superheavy Samurai", "Fluffal/Edge Imp/Frightfur", "Raidraptor", "Yosenju", "Infernoid", "Melodious", "U.A.", and "Burning Abyss" archetypes. Other notable cards include Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit, Tellarknight Ptolemaeus, Galaxy Cyclone, Unexpected Dai, Lose 1 Turn, and Moon Mirror Shield.

Leah has dominated so far, remaining undefeated through three weeks. MBT and Gavin look to close the gap. Danny looks to get back on track, while Brent is searching for his first win of the season.

## Matches

### Match 1: MBT vs. Gavin

MBT Sets some cards. Gavin Summons Turn Toad and equips Moon Mirror Shield, and runs over Bi’an, allowing MBT to Summon Zefraniu. MBT crashes a Zefraniu to search Oracle and walls up. MBT Summons Dunker, then overlays for Pilgrim Reaper, and Divine Strikes the Moon Mirror Shield (illegally) to out it. Gavin uses Turn Toad and Stungray to out Dunker. MBT follows up with another Dunker, but Gavin uses Dunker and another Turn Toad to beat it. Gavin keeps rotating between Dunker and Goalkeeper to overwhelm MBT and wins.

Winner: Gavin

### Match 2: Danny vs. Brent

Brent Summons Zefrasaber and equips Moon Mirror Shield. Danny uses Anguish Pattern and Abyss Stungray to beat the MMS. Brent Summons Breaker the Dark Magical Warrior to out Stungray. Danny Pends Zefraxciton to pop a Set Wall of Disruption, then Summons Dunker and attacks. Brent uses MMS to beat Dunker. Danny Pends Zefrathuban to out it. Brent doesn’t draw a monster, and Danny attacks directly.

Winner: Danny

### Match 3: Leah vs. MBT

Leah passes, and MBT Pends many things. Leah Pends Lancephorhynchus and attacks. MBT pends his stuff then Tribute Summons Mega Caius to banish Leah’s scales. MBT uses Zefraxciton to pop Leah’s Set Stungray, then Pends stuff and Summons Pilgrim Reaper, then attacks for game.

Winner: MBT

### Match 4: Gavin vs. Brent

Brent Summons Zefrasaber and equips MMS. Gavin uses Pinch Helper to negate some attacks. Gavin Summons Partnaga to floodgate attacks. Brent Summons Mega Raiza to clear some stuff and do some damage. Gavin Summons Rebounder and equips Powered Jersey and almost kills Brent. Gavin Summons Goalkeeper and both players stare at each other for a while. Gavin finally gets Anguish Pattern to out the MMS and Brent concedes.

Winner: Gavin

### Match 5: Leah vs. Danny

Danny Sets some backrow. Leah Summons Flash Knight and attacks. Danny Summons 2 Anguish Pattern. Danny Tribute Summons Dunker and attacks, but gets hit by Face-Off. Leah Summons Dunker and attacks for lots of damage. Danny can’t recover and concedes.

Winner: Leah

## Banned Cards

### Mind Meld Ban

* Brent says "Abyss Stungray"
* Danny says "U.A. Dreadnought Dunker"

No card is banned

### Regular Ban

* Brent bans U.A. Dreadnought Dunker
* Brent bans Abyss Stungray

## Full Banlist

### Extra Deck

* Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer
* Stellarknight Delteros

### Monsters

* Superheavy Samurai Blue Brawler
* U.A. Dreadnought Dunker
* U.A. Midfielder
* U.A. Mighty Slugger

### Spells

* The Monarchs Stormforth
* U.A. Stadium

## Stats to date

### Season 5

Character win rate
 Gavin
 MBT
 Danny
 Brent

### Overall

Character Win Rate
 Leah
 MBT
 Danny
 Brent

## Notable bits

* Gavin’s partner is gay because of Malevolent Nuzzler
* Do you ship Anguish Pattern and Stungray?
* Gavin is going to eat a bone
* We secretly live in a rock-based society
* Leah calls her shot that Gavin hasn’t read his cards
* Talking about Infernoid names sounds racist

## Did Joseph mald?

No, the format sucks significantly less this week.

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