After a quick pitstop, we were ready for the second duel.

While my Field Spell picks stayed the same, Meklord Fortress, The Resolute Meklord Army, Fortissimo the Mobile Fortress, Machine Conversion Factory and Machine Assembly Line, Myla changed one of hers.

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As I hoped, Myla traded Gaia Power for Luminous Spark, but the other four stayed the same. Aroma Garden, Naturia Forest, Spiritual Forest, and Forest.

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Bans for me were simple. I got rid of Naturia Forest and Spiritual Forest. I let Myla keep Aroma Garden since I won the first duel. But if she wins this one, I’ll ban it and Naturia Forest for the third.

It took Myla a lot longer to figure out her bans. She banned Machine Assembly Line near instantly, but she was between Meklord Fortress and Fortissimo the Mobile Fortress for a long time, until finally banning Meklord Fortress. I suppose she understands that my deck can spam out the Anti-Tuners with ease, while targeting protection from Synchro monsters can really hurt her strategy.

With the fields picked, the track formed. The first field is Aroma Garden, with the one after it being Fortissimo the Mobile Fortress, so I decided I’d let Myla go first. So after we took off, I let her accelerate to the front before somewhat more slowly going after her.

And as we reached the Garden, Myla began the first turn of our second duel.

She normal summoned Aromage Rosemary and used Aroma Garden to gain 500 life points and increase the attack of Rosemary by 500. She then special summoned Aromage Laurel from her hand in defense and activated The World Tree Continuous Spell.

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Duel 2, end of turn 1

LP: 8500Speed Counters: 1MylaHand: 2 [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/5973663.jpg]Counters: 0      [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/58569561.jpg](attack +500)[https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/14169843.jpg](defense) ------Active Field Spell:------        LP: 8000Speed Counters: 0BrianHand: 5 

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I began my turn with a draw. Then both of us gained a Speed Counter.

Sadly my Fortissimo the Mobile Fortress was still quite some ways away and I didn’t want to needlessly stall so I just began to play cards.

I began by normal summoning Meklord Army of Wisel. I then special summoned Meklord Anti-Tuner of Wisel and moved into my battle phase.

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I attacked Myla’s Aromage Laurel with Anti-Tuner of Wisel, using regular Wisel’s effect to give it piercing damage. So Laurel was destroyed and Myla took 1900 damage. But she then activated some effects. Those of Aroma Garden, as well as the Aromage Marjoram in her hand. Because of Aroma Garden, Myla gained 1000 life points, and because a Plant monster was destroyed, she could special summon Aromage Marjoram from her hand. And she also gained 500 more life points.

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And since she gained life points, Myla got to activate Aromage Rosemary’s effect. She used it to swap my Meklord Army of Wisel to defense. The World Tree also gained a counter.

I moved to my main phase 2 and used my two Wisel’s to Anti-Synchro summon. Naturally I called out the Meklord Anti-Synchro Emperor Wisel.

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Meklord Anti-Synchro Emperor Wisel

Level -1

2700/2700

Dark/Machine/Anti-Synchro/Effect

1 Anti-Tuner + 1 "Meklord" Monster

➀ If your opponent controls a Synchro Monster; they can only activate 1 Spell/Trap Card per turn. ➁ This card cannot Cannot be destroyed by battle with a Synchro Monster and you take no damage from battles with Synchro Monsters. ➂ Once per turn, during either players turn, when a Spell/Trap is activated that would remove a "Meklord" monster from the Field: You can destroy this card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it. 

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And since Meklord Anti-Tuner of Wisel went to the GY, I got to add a Meklord Spell/Trap, or Spell/Trap that mentions “Meklord”, from my deck to my hand. That was naturally Boon of the Meklord Emperor.

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Admittedly I’m not sure if Anti-Synchro Wisel or Skiel is better in this situation, I just felt like Wisel was more appropriate. Besides, I don’t have to pick. 

Thanks to all the cards and effect that activated during the battle phase, the search I did, and just everything else, we were already nearly at the next Field Spell. So I can just use it to summon Anti-Synchro Skiel.

To buy just a bit of time, I set a card. I also let Myla stay ahead of me so she got the extra speed counter.

As soon as we got to Fortissimo the Mobile Fortress, I used it to special summon Meklord Army of Skiel from my hand. I then special summoned Meklord Anti-Tuner of Skiel. Before I Anti-Synchro summon again, I played the Boon of the Meklord Emperor I searched for earlier, so I drew three cards. I then Synchro summoned Meklord Anti-Synchro Emperor Skiel.

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And since Meklord Anti-Tuner of Skiel was sent to the GY, I got to search for a Meklord monster. So I added Meklord Emperor Wisel to my hand.

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With that, I ended my turn. And since I did, the 500 attack boost Aromage Rosemary had ended.

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Duel 2, end of turn 2

LP: 8100Speed Counters: 3MylaHand: 2 [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/5973663.jpg]Counters: 1     [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/40663548.jpg][https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/58569561.jpg]  ------Active Field Spell:------ [https://i.imgur.com/J9qZwr3.png][https://i.imgur.com/sMdwVmP.png]    [https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png]LP: 8000Speed Counters: 1BrianHand: 5 

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Myla’s turn began. She drew and we both gained Speed Counters.

She played Planting the Aromatic Seed1custom card but I didn't make an actual image for it because it is just a normal spell that doesn't stay on the field.. With it, she can send 1 Aroma monster from her hand to the GY, then add 1 Aroma Spell and 1 Aroma monster with a different name than the monster she sent to her hand. And it can’t be used to search for another copy of itself.

Myla discarded Aromage Bergamot for the effect and added Aroma Gardening and Aromaseraphy Angelica to her hand.

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She activated Aroma Gardening and normal summoned Aromage Cananga from her hand.

And since an Aroma monster was summoned while Aroma Gardening is active, Myla gained 1000 life points.

That triggered the effects of her Aroma monsters. Cananga returned my set card to the hand and Marjoram banished three monsters from my GY. She banished my two Anti-Tuners and Army of Wisel.

Myla then discarded Aromaseraphy Angelica, targeting Bergamot so she gained 2400 life points. She then brought it back to the field and used it with Rosemary to Synchro summon Aromaseraphy Rosemary.

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Summoning Aromaseraphy Rosemary might seem like a waste since neither of my monsters can be destroyed in battle by it, and I won’t even take any damage, but it does come with one advantage. Since Myla has more life points than I do, Aromaseraphy Rosemary gives all her Plant monsters a 500 attack and defense boost. That combined with Cananga reducing their attack by 500.

That meant that when Myla attacked Meklord Anti-Synchro Emperor Wisel with Aromage Marjoram, Marjoram destroyed Wisel and I took 300 damage. But when she attacked Meklord Anti-Synchro Emperor Skiel with Aromage Cananga, the two instead matched in attacked and thus were both destroyed. This gave Myla’s The World Tree its second Counter.

She then attacked me directly with Aromaseraphy Rosemary. Because of the 500 boost it gives itself, I took 2500 damage.

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Duel 2, end of turn 3

LP: 11500Speed Counters: 4MylaHand: 0 [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/5973663.jpg]Counters: 2[https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/29189613.jpg]    [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/40663548.jpg][https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/38148100.jpg]  ------Active Field Spell:------        LP: 5200Speed Counters: 2BrianHand: 6 

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My turn. I drew a card and we both gained a Speed Counter.

I had a ton of cards to work with, sadly not all of them were good. But still, Myla has no interruption so I can just do what I want.

I began with Fortissimo the Mobile Fortress which was about to run out. I used it to summon Meklord Army of Granel. Almost immediately after that we entered the next Field Spell, which is Forest, so Myla’s monsters got a small power boost. And Myla was in the lead so she got the extra Speed Counter.

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I then special summoned Meklord Anti-Tuner of Granel, and used the two to Anti-Synchro summon Meklord Anti-Synchro Emperor Granel. And since my Anti-Tuner of Granel went from the field to the GY, I gained 4000 life points.

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Meklord Anti-Synchro Emperor Granel

Level -1

0/0

Earth/Machine/Anti-Synchro/Effect

1 Anti-Tuner + 1 "Meklord" Monster

➀ If your opponent controls a Synchro Monster; This card gains ATK and DEF equal to the total combined ATK of all Synchro Monsters your opponent controls. ➁ If your LP is lower than your opponent's LP, this card gains ATK and DEF equal to half your opponent's LP. ➂ If your LP is higher than your opponent's LP, this card gains ATK and DEF equal to the difference. ➃ When your opponent declares an attack on a "Meklord" Monster you control, you can: Negate the attack and gain LP equal to the ATK of the attacking monster; Then add 1 "Meklord" Monster from your deck to your hand; and then destroy this card.

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Now, as for my new Anti-Synchro monster. Well, as you may have noticed, it first gains the attack of Myla’s Aromaseraphy Rosemary. The boosts from Forest and its own effect included, so that already gave it 2700 attack. But wait, there is more. Since Myla has more LP than I do, Anti-Synchro Granel gains attack equal to half of her life points.

Myla has 11,500 life points so Anti-Synchro Granel gained 5750 more attack for a total of 8450.

That was more than enough for anything I wanted to do, so I moved straight into my battle phase and attacked Myla’s Aromage Marjoram with Anti-Synchro Granel. That led to a destroyed Marjoram and Myla taking 5750 damage, or exactly half of her life points. And again, The World Tree gained a Counter. 

Also, because of the impact of losing that many life points, Myla’s duel runner almost fell over. She did manage to save herself, but I still took the opportunity to overtake her.

The battle damage left me with more life points than Myla, so Anti-Synchro Granel’s third effect kicked in. While I have more life points than my opponent, Anti-Synchro Granel gains attack equal to the difference in life points. That is now 3450, so add that to that the attack of Aromaseraphy Rosemary, which is now 2200 since she has less LP than I do, my Anti-Synchro now has 5950 attack.

Naturally I couldn’t attack with it again, so I moved to my main phase 2. I just set three cards and ended my turn.

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Duel 2, end of turn 4

LP: 5750Speed Counters: 6MylaHand: 0 [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/5973663.jpg]Counters: 3[https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/29189613.jpg]     [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/38148100.jpg]  ------Active Field Spell:------  [https://i.imgur.com/GTjykp8.png]  [https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png][https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png][https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png] LP: 9200Speed Counters: 3BrianHand: 2 

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Myla’s turn began. She drew a card and we gained a Speed Counter each.

Myla, not really having a choice, used The World Tree, removing 2 counters to destroy my Meklord Anti-Synchro Emperor Granel. 

To which I responded by summoning Meklord Emperor Wisel which I searched for on my first turn. But that might be better for Myla. She used Speed Factory, removing 6 of her Speed Counters and destroyed my Emperor Wisel. 

I could have used one of my traps in response, but I decided not to just so Myla would have a higher chance at winning. Yeah it might be throwing, but I'm also doing this to entertain the viewers, so it looking like Myla is making a comeback should help.

With my field now empty, except for my backrow, Myla declared a direct attack. Again, I could have stopped it but I didn’t mind taking 2200 damage. I’ll use my cards on my next turn.

During her main phase 2, Myla set a monster. She then ended her turn.

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Duel 2, end of turn 5

LP: 5750Speed Counters: 1MylaHand: 0 [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/5973663.jpg]Counters: 1[https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/29189613.jpg]     [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/38148100.jpg][https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png](face down defense monster) ------Active Field Spell:------    [https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png][https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png][https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png] LP: 7000Speed Counters: 3BrianHand: 1 

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My turn began and I drew a card. And we gained Speed Counters.

Now first off, let’s deal with the face down Aroma Jar. Luckily I have the perfect card set for that. 

I activated my set Chaos Infinity, which flipped the Aroma Jar into face … That isn’t an Aroma Jar! That’s Naturia Cherries! Well, whatever. I can deal with either. I used Chaos Infinity to summon Meklord Anti-Tuner of Skiel from my deck. Sure it doesn’t have its effects, but it doesn’t need them for what comes next.

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Just before my battle phase came around, the Field Spell changed from Forest to The Resolute Meklord Army. And since I was now in the lead, I got the extra Speed Counter.

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I attacked Naturia Cherries with Anti-Tuner of Skiel. But because Myla has less LP than I do, she got to special summon Aromage Marjoram from her deck in attack position thanks to Aroma Gardening. And she gained 1000 life points, which triggered Aromage Marjoram effect and she banished Meklord Anti-Tuner of Granel.

I didn’t change my attack target so the Cherries were destroyed and Myla took 1300 damage. The World Tree then gained a counter and Myla summoned 2 Naturia Cherries from her deck in face down defense.

I moved to my main phase 2 and during it, I activated another trap card. Mektimed Blast. Since my Anti-Tuner of Skiel is going to be destroyed anyway, I may as well use it for something first. So I used it to destroy Myla’s Aromaseraphy Rosemary, as well as my own Anti-Tuner.

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This resulted in a third counter on The World Tree, but I also got a search. So I searched my deck for Meklord Army of Skiel and set it face down. I then ended my turn.

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Duel 2, end of turn 6

LP: 5450Speed Counters: 2MylaHand: 0 [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/5973663.jpg]Counters: 2[https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/29189613.jpg]    [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/40663548.jpg] [https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png](Naturia Cherries)[https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png](Naturia Cherries)------Active Field Spell:------  [https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png](Meklord Army of Skiel) [https://orig10.deviantart.net/69f2/f/2016/289/4/1/ygo_card_backing__final__by_icycatelf-dal6wsb.png]   LP: 7000Speed Counters: 5BrianHand: 2 

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Myla’s turn began. She drew a card and we gained Speed Counters.

She used two counters from The World Tree to destroy my set monster before she flipped her Cherries to attack position.

She then played Fragrance Storm, destroying one of her Cherries and drawing a card. She drew Naturia Marron, and since it is a plant, she got to draw again. I didn’t get to see what the second one was just yet. The World Tree also gained a counter.

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She normal summoned Naturia Marron, which activated its effect. She sent Naturia Cosmobeet from her deck to her GY. Myla then used Marron’s second effect to shuffle two Naturia Cherries into her deck, and she drew a card.

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She then activated a second Fragrance Storm, destroying her Naturia Cherries. She drew a card, Naturia Hydrangea, so she got to draw a second card. And she got another counter on The World Tree.

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She then special summoned the Naturia Hydrangea. She could do it since Marron had activated their effect this turn.

Myla discarded Aromaseraphy Angelica, gaining 2400 life points since she targeted Aromage Bergamot. She then special summoned it back and Synchro summoned using it and Naturia Hydrangea to summon out Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram. Which she used to search for Blessed Winds. And on the summon she also gained 1000 life points thanks to Gardening, so the effects of Aromage Marjoram and Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram activated. Marjoram banished three monsters from my GY, while Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram destroyed my face down Meklord Factory

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Then she used all three counters on The World Tree to summon back Aromaseraphy Rosemary. 

Myla then attacked me directly with Aromage Marjoram. Because she already had more LP than I did, it has 2500 attack and I took all that to the face.

Myla attacked me directly with Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram and Aromaseraphy Rosemary, reducing my life points to 0.

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Duel 2, turn 7, end of the duel

LP: 8850Speed Counters: 3MylaHand: 2 [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/5973663.jpg]Counters: 0[https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/29189613.jpg]   [https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/24694698.jpg][https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/40663548.jpg][https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/79656239.jpg][https://images.ygoprodeck.com/images/cards/38148100.jpg] ------Active Field Spell:------        LP: 0Speed Counters: 6BrianHand: 2 

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