Duel with a Guardian Part 1
Both duelists were holding five cards.
"I'll start things off if ya don't mind," yelled Rafael in his own motorcycle shop. "First I'll activate a magic card known as Guardian Treasure. This let's me draw two new cards as long as I get rid of the five I'm holding. And I can draw two new cards every turn from now on as long as Guardian Treasure is in play."
Rafael tossed out his entire hand and then drew his next two cards. "I summon a monster facedown in Defense Mode. Then I'll place one card facedown and end my turn."
That fool thinks his life points are safe because his monster's in Defense Mode. Well he's in for a surprise.
"My turn," yelled Seto as he drew his first card. "I'll set four cards facedown and then summon my Spear Dragon (ATK 1900, DEF 0) in Attack Mode. You may think your life points are safe, but they aren't because of my Spear Dragon's special ability. If it attacks a monster in Defense Mode then the difference between my monster's attack points and your monster's defense points is dealt to you as damage. Now, attack his facedown monster."
However, when the Spear Dragon attacked, Seto's life points went down to 3700. Rafael's facedown monster was an ugly purple beast with horns coming out of its shoulders, bandages on its wrists, and long red hair.
"Huh? What gives?"
"That was my Backup Gardna (ATK 500, DEF 2200) you just attacked. Its defense was stronger than your monster's attack points so my life points are safe."
Rafael drew his next two cards. "I switch my Backup Gardna into Attack Mode."
Oh no! Since my Spear Dragon automatically switches into Defense Mode after it attacks and has 0 defense points, he can use his Backup Gardna to destroy my Spear Dragon.
"Next I play the magic card Gravity Axe." Suddenly, an axe fell from the sky and embedded itself into the floor.
"Since I have only one card in my hand and have Gravity Axe in play, I can Special Summon my Guardian Grarl (ATK 2500, DEF 1000)."
And indeed a giant lizard emerged onto the field.
"By the way, my Gravity Axe gives my Grarl an extra 500 attack points." Grarl's attack points rose from 2500 to 3000.
"Now Backup Gardna, destroy his Spear Dragon."
The Backup Gardna charged forward and destroyed Seto's Spear Dragon.
"Now your life points are wide open. Guardian Grarl, attack him directly."
I have to act now or I'll lose 3000 life points!
"I don't think so Rafael. I'll activate one of my facedown cards, Ring of Destruction. And I'll put the ring around your Guardian Grarl."
One of Seto's facedown cards flipped up. It was a ring with red light bulbs on it. The fiery collar wrapped itself around Guardian Grarl and started spinning around him very rapidly.
"Now here's how it works. When my Ring destroys a monster, we both take damage equal to the attacking monster's attack points. But only you will lose life points because I activate another facedown card Ring of Defense."
Another card flipped up on the field and then materialized. Then something that looked like a fan with metal blades started spinning to shield Seto's life points.
"I know how you hate having monsters in your graveyard from watching your rematch with the Pharaoh. Well that's too bad because my trap card is about to send a monster of yours to the Graveyard."
"I don't think so," cried Rafael. "I activate a trap card of my own, Guardian Force, to destroy your Ring of Destruction. It automatically deactivates any trap card or magic card I choose, as long as there aren't any Guardian Monsters in my Graveyard."
Suddenly, the collar around Guardian Grarl shattered.
"Now my Grarl can resume his attack."
"Not so fast! I play my Shrink card so your monster will lose half of its original attack points for one turn." Grarl's original attack points were 2500 so it lost 1250 attack points leaving it with 1750 attack points. Guardian Grarl charged forward and slashed at Seto's chest reducing him to 1950 life points.
"Ughh!" yelled Seto after recovering from Guardian Grarl's attack.
I can't believe that punk already summoned a monster with 3000 attack points. He may have the lead right now, but he made one fatal mistake. He left his Backup Gardna in Attack Mode, and it only has 500 attack points. All I have to do is summon a monster and launch an attack.
Seto drew his next card. "Now I activate the magic card, Card of Sanctity. We each draw until we are both holding six cards. Next I activate the magic card Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Gravity Axe."
A small tornado started spinning toward the Gravity Axe and destroyed it.
"Now that your Gravity Axe is gone, your Grarl is weaker, and my monsters can change battle positions. Now I summon Vorse Raider (ATK 1900, DEF 1200) to the field in Attack Mode." An ugly beast wearing a helmet with horns and wielding an axe emerged to the field.
"Since you were foolish enough to leave your Backup Gardna in Attack Mode, I'll have my Vorse Raider attack it. Go, Vorse Raider, destroy his Backup Gardna!"
Vorse Raider dashed forward and swung his axe toward Rafael's Backup Gardna.
"I don't think so. I activate Rescuer from the Grave."
Suddenly, Seto's attack was stopped.
"What's going on?"
"I played a spell from my Graveyard, Rescuer from the Grave. It's a spell card that can only be activated when it's in my Graveyard. All I have to do is remove five cards from my Graveyard, and it stops your attack."
Seto growled in frustration. "I'll set one card facedown and end my turn."
Rafael smiled when he drew his next two cards.
"I can end this duel on this turn, and claim your three Blue-Eyes White Dragons. But first I'll play the magic card Butterfly Dagger. This handy weapon gives my Backup Gardna 300 extra attack points."
A dagger appeared in Backup Gardna's hands as its attack points rose from 500 to 800.
"But that's not all it does. It also allows me to Special Summon my Guardian Elma (ATK 1300, DEF 1200) from my hand. And I'll place her in Attack Mode."
A woman wearing a cape and warrior-type clothing appeared on the field.
"The special ability of my Backup Gardna allows me to transfer my Butterfly Dagger to my Guardian Elma."
The dagger was transferred to Guardian Elma. Backup Gardna's attack points went back down to 500 while Guardian Elma's rose to 1600.
"Once my Guardian Grarl destroys your Vorse Raider, I'll be able to attack your life points directly with my Guardian Elma and end this duel. Now Guardian Grarl, attack his Vorse Raider."
Rafael's giant lizard was about to chop down Seto's Vorse Raider, but Seto had other things planned.
"Hold on! I'll activate the trap card I set last turn, Zero Gravity. Here's how it works. When I activate this trap card, every monster switches its battle mode. So now all monsters will switch into Defense Mode."
"Now you're just stalling for time. I'll end my turn by setting one card facedown."
"It's my turn," yelled Seto as he drew his next card. "First I activate the magic card, Graceful Charity. So I'll draw three cards and discard two. Next I summon the Ancient Lamp (ATK 900, DEF 1400) in Defense Mode. This allows me to Special Summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (ATK 1800, DEF 1000) in Defense Mode. Finally, I'll activate the magic card Monster Reborn to bring back my Giant Germ (ATK 1000, DEF 100) in Defense Mode."
"Wait! I never sent your Giant Germ to the Graveyard."
"No, but I did when I played my Graceful Charity card. Now I have four monsters defending my life points."
"You may have your defenses line up for now, but that's all about to change," Rafael said as he drew his next two cards. "Since I have no monsters in my Graveyard I can Special Summon this monster from my hand, Guardian Eatos (ATK 2500, DEF 2000). And I put her in Attack Mode."
A monster wearing a headdress that was a bird's head with giant wings on the back appeared on the field.
"Say hello to the monster that defeated the Pharaoh."
Seto remembered how angry he was the day he saw the picture of Guardian Eatos on his computer.
I know what he's trying to do. He's trying to show me that he did something I never could: beat Yugi Muto in a duel. Well he won't have the upper hand for much longer.
"But that's not all. I also play a magic card, Purity of the Cemetery. Here's how it works. For every one of your turns you lose 100 life points for every monster in your Graveyard. And as long as my Graveyard stays empty, this card stays in play. Now Guardian Eatos, destroy his Ancient Lamp."
Guardian Eatos shot out a blast of energy from her mouth which obliterated the lamp.
"Grarl, it's your turn. Destroy his genie."
Grarl pumped up his fists and punched La Jinn.
"Now Guardian Elma, destroy his Vorse Raider."
Guardian Elma dashed forward and plunged her dagger into Kaiba's Vorse Raider.
"Now all I have to do is destroy your Giant Germ with my Backup Gardna, and you'll have nothing left to protect you. Backup Gardna, destroy his Giant Germ."
Backup Gardna ran up to the Giant Germ and attacked it.
"Ha!" laughed Kaiba. "You've activated my Giant Germ's special ability. Whenever my Giant Germ is destroyed in battle it inflicts 500 points of damage to you."
"I don't think so," said Rafael. "I activate my trap card Damage Polarizer. It reduces any damage to an effect to 0. I'll end my turn by placing this card facedown."
"Rrrr," Seto grunted.
Seto drew his next card but felt his life points drop from 1950 to 1450 since he had five monsters in his Graveyard (namely Spear Dragon, Vorse Raider, the Ancient Lamp, La Jinn, and Giant Germ).
As soon as Seto looked at the card he had drawn, he smirked.
This card could be useful for me in this situation.
"I place this monster facedown in Defense Mode and end my turn."
"That's all you can do?" laughed Rafael. It's no wonder I'm the one who was able to defeat the Pharaoh while you're just an outdated joke. You haven't even touched my life points."
Seto became extremely angry at this. "You may have the lead right now, but this duel is far from over."
"It's time for me to show you why I'm the one who defeated the Pharaoh," said Rafael as he drew his next two cards. "But first let me introduce you to another one of my Guardian monsters. I play the magic card Rod of Silence which lets me Special Summon my Guardian Kay'est (ATK 1000, DEF 1800)."
Soon a rod appeared on the field and then a monster resembling a mermaid appeared on the field.
"Now all I have to do is destroy your facedown monster and I can attack your life points directly. Guardian Eatos, destroy his facedown monster."
Guardian Eatos opened up her mouth and shot out an energy ball from it, hitting his facedown monster.
"You fool! The monster you just attacked was my Cyber Jar (ATK 900, DEF 900). It's effect destroys all monsters on the field. So your Purity of the Cemetery is destroyed."
Suddenly, the Cyber Jar flipped up and sucked all of Rafael's monsters into a vortex. However, Rafael had other plans.
"Reveal facedown card, Soul Charge." Then Rafael's life points dropped from 4000 to 1500. "This card lets me revive any number of monsters from my Graveyard at a cost of 500 life points per monster. In exchange, these monsters cannot attack during the same turn they were revived. So my Graveyard stays empty which means my Purity of the Cemetery stays in effect.
"My Cyber Jar has one other effect. It allows us to draw the top five cards from our deck and then summon all Level 4 and below monsters. But since you already have five monsters on your side of the field you can't summon any more monsters."
Seto was able to Special Summon his Mystical Elf (ATK 800, DEF 2000) to the field in Attack Mode.
"No, but I can still set this one card facedown." Rafael placed one of his cards facedown before ending his turn.
"Now it's my turn," said Seto. As he drew his next card he lost 600 life points because of Purity of the Cemetery leaving him with 1eaving him with 850 life points.
Hmmm. The effect of Cyber Jar gave me a really great hand. I think I have what I need to take down this biker punk.
"First I'll switch my Mystical Elf into Defense Mode. Now I activate the magic card Polymerization, fusing together the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand to create Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon (ATK 4500, DEF 3800)."
A vortex opened up and a large blue dragon bearing three heads appeared on the field.
"Lucky for you my Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon can't attack this turn since it is a fusion monster. So I'll end my turn by placing two cards facedown."
Rafael drew his next two cards.
"Now I equip my Guardian Elma with Guardian Shield." Guardian Elma was equipped with a shield shaped like a buttefly, and her defense points went up to 1500. "Next I'll equip my Guardian Eatos with the magic card Celestial Sword so all the attack points of the monsters in your Graveyard get added to my monster."
In Seto's Graveyard were Spear Dragon with 1900 attack points, Vorse Raider with 1900 attack points, the Ancient Lamp with 900 attack points, La Jinn with 1800 attack points, Giant Germ with 1000 attack points, and Cyber Jar with 900 attack points. These monsters had a total attack power of 8400. These attack points were added to Eatos so that her attack strength was now 10900.
Seto was dumbfounded. "Your monster has 10900 attack points!"
"That's right!" said Rafael. "Now I activate my trap card, Crystal Seal. This will put your Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon into a crystal."
Purple crystals emerged from the ground and surrounded the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
"No way!" cried Kaiba.
"Now your Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon is useless. All I have to do is remove your Mystical Elf from the field. Once I take care of your Mystical Elf, I'll have my Grarl attack you directly. Guardian Eatos, destroy his Mystical Elf."
Author's note: If I've made any mistakes in the duel, tell me what they are, and I'll go back and fix them. For Card of Sanctity I'm going with the way it works on the show and not the way it works on yugiohwikia.
I also made small changes to the previous chapters, not major changes.
Updated 12/08/2011: I had to go back and fix a mistake. The Ancient Lamp's defense points are higher than Guardian Kay'est's attack points so I couldn't have Guardian Kay'est destroy the Ancient Lamp.