Progression Playoff LIVE - Season 2 Finale

Progression Playoff LIVE! - Season 2 Finale is the second live special of Yu-Gi-Oh! Progression Playoff, and concludes Season 2, the GX arc. It debuted live on MBT Yu-Gi-Oh's Twitch channel on June 30, 2021, and an edited version was uploaded to MBT Yu-Gi-Oh's YouTube channel on July 3, 2021. Siberian makes several appearances in this episode, to arbiter the ruling on Snake Whistle, rule on Priority rules, and to heroically defend the art of mpreg. Jillian and Sadie also make short appearances. Leah won the round-robin tournament, and also had the most wins in Season 2, and was declared the champion of Progression Playoff Season 2.

## 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.

Gavin and Leah comes in tied for both episode wins and game wins. Brent is two wins behind, but still has a chance to win with a strong showing in this finale. MBT and Danny are out of of contention, and are hoping to avoid finishing in last place.

## Matches

### Match 1: MBT vs. Gavin

MBT is playing Aliens, Gavin is playing Batteryman Glad Beast Plants. Gavin gets ahead first, MBT Summons Alien Warrior and uses Offerings to the Snake Deity to destroy Gavin's field. MBT tries to use Snake Whistle in Damage Step, before finding out that it's not legal. They rewind, and MBT uses Snake Whistle after the Offerings. MBT Summons Vanity's Fiend, but Gavin has Neo-Spacian Grand Mole. Gavin uses Snipe Hunter to clear MBT's field. He later Summons Industrial Strength and attacks for game.

Winner: Gavin

### Match 2: Danny vs. Brent

Danny is playing Plant Icarus Glad Beasts. Brent is playing Dinosaur Mausoleum Glad Beasts. Danny starts with Lonefire Blossom into Gigaplant. Brent uses No Entry on Danny's push, then Karma Cuts the Gigaplant. Brent Summons a Gladiator Beast Giaodiaz, then later on a Fossil Excavation for Super-Ancient Dino Beast, but Danny has multiple Icarus Attacks to deal with them. Danny goes for game, but Brent uses Fossil Excavation again to turn the tides. Brent almost comes back, but Danny gets another Icarus Attack, then Summons Snipe Hunter to stop Brent's defense. Danny finishes him off.

Winner: Danny

### Match 3: Gavin vs. Leah

Leah is playing Plant Macro Glad Beasts. Leah activates Dimensional Fissure, Summons D.D. Survivor and attacks over Treeborn Frog. Gavin tries to destroy Macro Cosmos with Snipe Hunter, but misses twice and then concedes.

Winner: Leah

### Match 4: Brent vs. MBT

MBT has changed his deck to Mausoleum Glad Beasts, after learning the Snake Whistle ruling. Brent gets early tempo with a Forced Back, MBT equalizes with an Icarus Attack. Brent then Summons Grand Mole, and MBT can't get around it.

Winner: Brent

### Match 5: Leah vs. Brent

Leah uses Brain Control on Brent's monster and Summons Gigaplant. Brent misses 3 Snipe Hunter effects in a row. Leah draws Grand Mole to take control. Brent is able to topdeck Hoplomus to get into Spartacus, but Leah responds with a successful Snipe Hunter for game.

Winner: Leah

### Match 6: MBT vs. Danny

MBT Summons Cyber Dragon and uses Snipe Hunter to pop Danny's monster. Danny almost gets to a Gyzarus, but MBT uses Icarus Attack to prevent it. MBT outs Danny's last Set monster with Snipe Hunter and attacks for game.

Winner: MBT

### Match 7: Gavin vs. Brent

Brent Summons Vanity's Fiend. Gavin concedes.

Winner: Brent

### Match 8: Leah vs. Danny

Leah opens with Lonefire Blossom into Gigaplant, but Danny outs it with Karma Cut. Leah attacks with Cyber Dragon and Murmillo, then tags into a Bestiari. Danny tries to attack Bestiari with Laquari, but runs into Rising Energy, effectively ending the game.

Winner: Leah

### Match 9: Danny vs. Gavin

Danny Summons Lonefire Blossom and goes into Gigaplant. Gavin outs Gigaplant with Grand Mole, but Danny stays one monster ahead. Gavin is stuck on monsters that don't beat Danny's, and concedes.

Winner: Danny

### Match 10: MBT vs. Leah

MBT beats Leah's D.D. Survivor with Murmillo. Leah stays alive with Grand Mole, but MBT chips in for damage. Leah stays alive for a while, but can't turn the tables, and bricks on Tribute monsters. MBT wins.

Winner: MBT

### Finals: Leah vs. Brent

Brent uses Justi-Break to clear Leah's Cyber Dragon, then Summons Vanity's Fiend. Brent Tribute Summons an Ultimate Tyranno, but Leah gets Macro Cosmos and Grand Convergence to clear Brent's board. Leah then topdecks Lonefire into Gigaplant. Brent doesn't have monsters for a couple turns. Leah has Karma Cut for Brent's last monster, and Brent concedes.

Winner: Leah

### Bonus Round: Leah vs. MBT

This game is an exhibition, and doesn't count in the standings. MBT is playing Nyhmnim's deck from the end of the GX era. Early on, MBT Summons Cyber Dragon and Mobius, then uses Painful Choice to set up Dark Armed Dragon. He attacks with all of them to put Leah down to 700 LP, but Leah responds with Snipe Hunter, clearing MBT's board and leaving him with no cards. MBT passes, and Leah draws Lonefire to Summon Gigaplant. MBT uses Exiled Force to clear Gigaplant, but has no monsters. Leah attacks in with Snipe Hunter, then uses Rising Energy to finish MBT off.

Winner: Leah

## Decklists

### MBT

(NOTE: MBT's original decklist was different, as he was playing Aliens, but changed it upon learning the ruling involving Snake Whistle with approval from the other players.)

## Stats to date

### Season 2

Character win rate
 Gavin
 Brent
 Danny
 MBT

### Overall

Character win rate
 Leah
 Danny
 Brent
 MBT

## Notable bits

* Gavin claiming that good cards are bad and everyone wants to kill him
* Giaodeez nuts
* MBT figuring out the "Icarus Attack getting its day in the sun" pun in real time
* Gavin doesn't know what being "quested" means
* MBT impersonates Leah overthinking while playing against Leah
* MBT's "I'll put X counters on this card to indicate Y"
* Brent's final Codebreaker

## Did Joseph mald?

Somewhat in the live show, when he was told about the Snake Whistle ruling, but overall he held it together.

## Video Links

PROGRESSION PLAYOFF LIVE! - Generation NeXt Finale

## Other Pages

Episodes