World Championship 2022 Feature Match: GeistD vs InsiDS

Losers finals begins between GeistD and InsiDS. Both of these players have made it incredibly far and are skilled enough to win and move on to face Dingosig in grand finals, but which one will it be?

Game One

InsiDS wins Rock paper scissors. He begins the match with Thunder Dragon (TD) to search two more copies. He sets a monster and a backrow and passes to Geist.GeistD replies by setting five spell/trap cards and passing! I thought he was on Goat Control!InsiDS flip summons Spirit Reaper which prompts Geist to take a moment to think. This would be a good time to activate a Torrential Tribute -- and he does it! After Torrential resolves, Geist continues by flipping Trap Dustshoot, an interesting hold. He notes "sorcerer, bls, faith, serpent, and two thunder dragons". He returns the Black Luster Soldier (BLS), perhaps like any sane man would, and InsiDS ends his turn with nothing left to do.Geist draws for turn and flips Jar of Greed. It resolves, and he follows up with another. This is then followed by his third jar of greed, clearing his backrow, and replenishing his hand to full. You can't make this stuff up!Geist sets one backrow and passes. InsiDS does the same. Then Geist does it again! This is surely turning into the control mirror it was meant to be. The pattern is broken by InsiDS, who summons a Breaker the Magical Warrior, who attacks without spending his counter on either of Geist's two backrow cards. It hits for 1900. With his opponent now at 6100, InsiDS is content enough to spend the Breaker counter now. It targets a facedown Scapegoat, which is quickly activated in response. InsiDS passes and GeistD draws Pot of Greed -- a useful card to have. He summons Tsukuyomi, targeting InsiDS's Breaker. His attempt to destroy the monster through battle is met with Book of moon, though. With nothing else to do, Geist passes.InsiDS wastes no time flip summoning his sleeping Breaker and attacks the face down Tsukuyomi, destroying it and putting his breaker back face-down. He then sets another monster and passes to Geist.GeistD draws for his turn and then plays Metamorphosis on one of his sheep tokens to summon Thousand Eyes Restrict (TER). InsiDS's only facedown spell/trap remains unactuated, and TER sticks. Geist uses the effect, sucking up the recently set Magician of Faith. The face down Breaker still blocks his path, though. So, with nothing else to do he passes turn back to InsiDS.InsiDS passes back as well. The cards Geist left him with aren't doing much it seems, and Geist knows he can use his TER to take his time, stalling until a game-breaking series of plays come to him. Both players spend a couple of turns drawing, setting cards, and passing, until Geist decides to finally break the ceasefire. He activates his newest set, Ring of Destruction, and targets his own Thousand Eyes Restrict. This is followed up with a potentially back-breaking Delinquent Duo. His first hit? InsiDS's Chaos Sorcerer! Luckily for InsiDS, though, a Sinister Serpent follows. Geist flips his set Magician of Faith to activate Pot of Greed for a second time this game, then draws into Graceful Charity, discarding Magical Merchant and Scapegoat. That's all three of the holy trinity in one turn! After setting two more spell/traps, he finally ends his turn.InsiDS draws and adds back his Serpent, which prompts Geist to use yet another trap Dustshoot, revealing Serpent, two Thunder Dragons, D.D. Warrior Lady (DDWL), and Tsukuyomi. Geist returns the DDWL. InsiDS flip summons Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive to draw a card, partially concealing the Dustshoot - the only new card is Tsukuyomi. Dekoichi attacks into the recently flipped Magician of Faith, killing it and smacking Geist for 1100 damage. This is followed by a new backrow set, as well as a summoned Tsukuyomi, who targets Dekoichi before the turn ends.