A Black Rose by Any Other Name

Chapter Nine: Awakening the Great Beasts

Duel Academy, the following day lunchtime

Reina, Zeke and Rob were all sitting at a table in the lunchroom. "So have either of you two seen Mel today?" Rob asked.

Both Reina and Zeke shook their heads. "Maybe she got sick," Zeke said.

Just then Melissa plopped down next to Rob. "Hey guys," she muttered.

They all blinked in confusion at the way her voice sounded so choked. "Mel, is something wrong?" Reina asked.

Melissa didn't do anything for a moment and then she started to cry. "He, took the card my friends gave me before I moved away," she sobbed.

"You don't mean….?" Reina gasped.

Melissa just nodded. "Damn it!" Reina snarled as she stood up and punched the table. "I'll kill him!"

Zeke placed a hand on her shoulder, forcing her to sit down. "Getting angry won't help, no we need to think."

"Zeke I really hate it when you're right," Reina sighed.

"So Mel, what did he take from you?" Rob asked.

"The Ultimate Psychicker card I traded Ami for, my Hyper Psychic Blaster, my Assault Mode Activate and Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode," Melissa told them.

"And what was the card you're friends gave you before you moved," Zeke inquired.

"Hyper Psychic Blaster, it's the main reason I chose to use Psychic monsters," Melissa said.

"We need to figure out how we can stop this guy," Reina said. "Before he strikes again." The others nodded in unison.

"Ok we can meet at that new pizza place tonight at eight to plan something, just remember to be careful," she said. "Oh and Mel, what kind of Deck does this bastard use?"

"Gravekeeper's," Melissa said and the other's cocked an eyebrow.

"Really, is he doing that to be ironic?" Rob asked.

"He said he doesn't have a reason, but yes he does like the irony," Melissa replied.

"Hmph, a Thief using Gravekeeper's it seems so wrong," Reina muttered.

"Yes it does and he used from kind of…..well I'm not sure what you'd call it, but it was like a grapple with something to attach to the Duel Disk, and whoever lost, their Duel Disk was destroyed," Melissa sighed.

"I'll ask my dad to repair your Duel Disk as well as Josh's," Reina said.

"Thanks Reina, but you three should be careful," Melissa warned. "You should be especially careful Reina."

Reina nodded. "Ya I know I have a one of a kind card in my Extra Deck," she murmured.

Zeke rubbed his chin. "Hmmm, maybe we could use Black Rose Dragon as bait."

Reina growled and gave Zeke a look that made him cringe in terror. "Zeke that would be an incredibly bad idea," she growled.

Zeke nodded furiously. "Ok so maybe we could…….ok I have no clue what we should do."

"Like Mel said we just have to watch our backs," Rob said.

They nodded and the bell rung. "Well we should head for class," Reina said. "Ugh, I have a test in Duel History."

-****-

A few hours later

The final bell rung and Zeke walked to his locker. He opened it and something fell out, it was an envelope. He picked it up and cocked an eyebrow. Written on it in very neat writing was the word 'challenge'.

He opened it and read it. The note said. 'I am the one who defeated your friend and Joshua Atlas' girlfriend and stole their rare cards, as well as the cards of several other duelists in this city. If you wish to win them back then meet me at the New Domino City Docks at eight PM don't be late.' It was signed from the Phantom Thief but Zeke gasped, the note was meant for Reina, not him.

"Like hell I'm letting this guy try to take Reina's cards, he'll have to go through me," he said before stuffing the note into his pocket and walking out the door.

-****-

The Docks seven fifty-eight PM.

Zeke stood next to his Duel Runner impatiently tapping his foot. "Where is that bastard," he growled looking at the clock on the bikes console.

"Why I'm right here, but why are you?" asked a sinister voice from behind the silver haired boy.

Zeke spun around. "You!" he shouted. Standing only a few feet away was none other than the Phantom Thief.

"Yes me," he said. "You're Zeke Kessler. Son of Kalin and Misty Kessler, born March sixth at two AM, you have three Decks, one that utilizes a various mix of Fiends, another that uses Archfiends and finally one that uses the rare Infernity archetype."

Zeke's eyes narrowed. "Ok how did you know all of that?"

"Quite simple boy, I know much about all I intend to hunt down, you see I want your Infernity cards, because as I said, they're very, very rare," the Thief smirked.

"So you put that note in my locker to lure me out here?" Zeke asked.

"No," the Thief said flatly and Zeke fell forward. "I must have put it in the wrong locker, I was hoping to steal Reina Fudo's Black Rose Dragon, I could fetch a mint for that card alone, but considering I'll sell it along with the other four Signer Dragons and Power Tool Dragon, I'll be a very rich man!"

"Like hell I'm letting that happen!" Zeke shouted. "You'll get to Reina when you get past me!"

"Hmmm, well why must I ask are you seeking to protect her so adamantly?" the Thief asked.

"She's my friend," Zeke replied.

"Heh, heh, no I think you harbour some feelings for her, but you're too much of a little chicken shit to admit it," the masked man laughed.

"Shove it!" Zeke snapped.

"Me thinks I struck a nerve," the Thief laughed.

"Fine boy I'll duel you and like your friend Ms Yoshiro, I will defeat you and take all of your rare cards!"

"Over my dead body you will!" Zeke shouted activating his Duel Disk.

(Zeke: 8000) ---- (Phantom Thief: 8000)

"Yo buddy, before we start this duel, do you mind telling me your name?" Zeke asked.

"No I'd rather not, for you see anyone I tell my name to, well I kill them to keep them silent, and I have a policy against killing minors," the Thief stated.

"Whatever," Zeke muttered.

The Thief swung the grapple above his head and threw it forward attaching it to Zeke's Duel Disk before attaching it to his own.

"I'll go first!" Zeke shouted pulling his sixth card off the top of his Deck. "I'll start this off by summoning Infernity Necromancer!" an explosion of darkness erupted behind Zeke and from it emerged a skeletal creature with wild green hair dressed in a black cloak. (ATK 0/DEF 2000)

"And when this guy is summoned he automatically switches to defense mode!" the Fiend covered itself with its bony arms.

"Now I set two cards face down and end my turn," Zeke said.

Just as the Thief went to draw his next card, Zeke's one face down card flipped open. "Reveal face down card! Full Salvo, now I send every card in my hand to the Graveyard and then you take 200 points of damage for each card, and I'm holding three right now!" a large missile launcher appeared behind Zeke. It opened up and fired three rockets at the Thief.

(Zeke: 8000) ---- (Phantom Thief: 7400)

"Hmmm so your 'Handless Combo' has been started eh?" the Thief said. "Oh well, no matter."

"I activate Necrovalley!" the Thief shouted and Zeke gasped as they were suddenly transported to the canyon. "I take it you know this card's effect, well then you know cards that target the Graveyard, like your Necromancer are now useless! And on top of that my Gravekeeper's only get stronger!"

"I'll set a monster and a card face down and end my turn," he sneered.

"Damn it!" Zeke screamed in his head. "How could I be so stupid? My Infernity cards use the Graveyard as a resource and a fairly big one, but now I've been cut off."

He drew and smirked. "I just drew my Infernity Archfiend and since I'm holding no other cards I can Special Summon this guy!" in another explosion of darkness emerged another wicked looking monster.

It had purple skin and four eerie red eyes and a green jewel on its forehead and fire like orange hair, it was dressed in a black cloak. (ATK 1800/DEF 1200)

"And I'm not done yet!" he shouted. "Since I just Special Summoned this guy I can now add one Infernity card from my Deck to my hand, I'll choose the Trap card Infernity Barrier!" a card slid out of Zeke's Deck.

"Now I'll set that face down and then activate my face down card, a very rare Trap card known as Co-Existence!" the card flipped open revealing a picture of a frozen tundra and a charred wasteland right next to each other.

"For someone like you this card would be very useful for Turbo Dueling," Zeke smirked.

"What is that card?" the Thief growled. "I've never heard of it."

"Ya I figured as much," Zeke said. "I won this last year at the Kaiba Land Cup, and it has a useful effect, I select one Field Spell card in my Deck then I send it to the Graveyard and as long as this Trap card remains face up its name and effect are treated as the discarded Field Spell."

"So do you plan on sending Mystic Plasma Zone to the Graveyard, because that would be very unwise," the Thief smirked.

"Nope I don't plan on using that card in his duel, in fact my only copy was in my opening hand," Zeke said. "No I send the Field Spell Realm of Insanity from my Deck to the Graveyard!"

The Trap card started to glow as part of the canyon vanished and was replaced with a blasted wasteland, the sky was pitch black except for the occasional bolt of lightning, which appeared to be purple.

"Where in the hell is this place?" the Thief demanded.

"This you slime ball is where all Infernity monsters go when they die, but to them it's heaven," Zeke grinned. "This card has two effects, they depend on whether I'm holding or not holding cards, if I have any cards in my hand and one of my Infernity monsters would be destroyed by card effect I can discard one card to negate the destruction of that monster, if I have no card in my hand all Infernity monsters gain 400 attack and defense points and inflict piercing damage." (ATK 0-400/DEF 2000-2400) (ATK 1800-2200/DEF 1200-1600)

"Ok since I have a pretty good idea what your face down monster is I'll simply end my turn," he smirked.

"Heh, fool it won't matter what you do for I flip my Gravekeeper's Guard face up!" the face down monster spun around revealing the bald man. (ATK 1000-1500/DEF 1900-2400) "Now your Necromancer is going back to your hand!" the Guard pointed his spear at the skeletal Fiend.

But Zeke's face down card flipped open. "Sorry loser!" he shouted. "But I reveal my face down card, it's called Infernity Barrier and since have no cards in my hand and control an attack mode Infernity monster your Guard is destroyed and its effect is negated!" a barrier made of crystal appeared around Zeke's two monsters. Gravekeeper's Guard screamed and exploded into pixels.

"Heh, heh, I must admit boy you seem to be much stronger than your friend," the Thief laughed.

"I'll take that as a compliment, now would you mind finishing your move, you jackass?" Zeke asked faking politeness.

"I summon Gravekeeper's Assailant to the field," the robed assassin jumped on to the field brandishing her knife. (ATK 1500-2000/DEF 1500-2000)

"Now I'll have her attack your Archfiend and since Necrovalley is activate it'll be forced into defense mode!" the assassin jumped forward and the purple skinned Fiend crossed his arms over his chest. The assassin raised her weapon and drove it between the Fiend's shoulders killing it.

"Heh, I'll simply set a card face down and then turn end," the Thief smirked.

"You really must like the sound of your own voice you giant prick," Zeke said. (ATK 400-0/DEF 2400-2000)

He looked at the card he'd draw and smirked. "Well lookie here, I just drew my Pot of Greed and you know what I'm going to play it!" the grinning jar appeared and Zeke quickly drew two cards.

"I activate Heavy Storm!" he shouted and a powerful wind kicked up. "Now all Spell and Trap cards are destroyed!" his Co-Existence card as well the Thief's Necrovalley and face down Magician's Circle card shattered. (ATK 2000-1500/DEF 2000-1500)

"Now I'm free to use my Necromancer's effect, but first I'll set my last card face down so my Handless Combo may begin again!" Zeke declared. "Now I revive my Infernity Archfiend!" the orange haired Fiend appeared in a flash of darkness.

"Now I can use his effect again and add Infernity Destroyer to my hand from my Deck," the card slipped out of Zeke's Deck.

"Ok time to meet one of my heavy hitters," he said. "I release my Necromancer, since if you play another Necrovalley he'll be useless, and in his place I call out Infernity Destroyer!" Infernity Necromancer laughed and dissolved into motes of black light. The motes merged to form a hulking purple skinned Fiend, who on its shoulders had silver armor. (ATK 2300/DEF 1000)

"Infernity Destroy attack Gravekeeper's Assailant with Hell Breath!" the Fiend roared and breathed a stream of black flames that engulfed the assassin.

(Zeke: 8000) ---- (Phantom Thief: 6600)

"Oh and it only gets worse for you," Zeke smirked. "Because now you take 1600 points of damage since I just toasted one of your monsters and I'm holding no cards!" Infernity Destroyer punched the Thief in the stomach.

(Zeke: 8000) ---- (Phantom Thief: 5000)

"And I'm not done yet!" he laughed. "Infernity Archfiend attack with Hell Pressure!" the gem on the head of the four eyed Fiend began to glow and then a seal appeared in the sky. A massive hand made of dark energy descended down and hit the Thief knocking him down.

(Zeke: 8000) ---- (Phantom Thief: 3200)

"Man I'm good," Zeke grinned. "I just halved your Life Points in one move, so how did you beat Mel, dumb luck?"

The Thief dusted himself off and sneered. "No you fool for you see I have only begun to fight!"

"Right well I'll end my turn," Zeke said with a shrug.

The Thief drew and began to laugh. "Hmmm, my dad always did say psychotic laugher was a bad sign, of course he'd know that pretty well," he Zeke muttered with a large drop of sweat rolling down the back of his head.

"I activate the power of Lightning Vortex and thanks to this deadly Spell card I just discard one card and all your face up monsters die!" bolts of lightning rained down from the heavens and obliterated Zeke's monsters much to his dismay.

"Now I use Monster Reborn to revive my Gravekeeper's Curse, which I just discarded," a man in robes like the other Gravekeeper's appeared from the holy ankh, he held a staff shaped like a question mark. (ATK 800/DEF 800)

"Since I just summoned him you take 500 points of damage!" Gravekeeper's Curse's staff began to glow yellow as did Zeke. But the glow changed to red and Zeke cried out in pain.

(Zeke: 7500) ---- (Phantom Thief: 3200)

"What the hell that really hurt!" he shouted. "You…..you can't be a….Psychic Duelist can you?"

"No I'm not a monster unlike your friend and her pathetic mother," the Thief laughed.

"Never call Reina or her mother a monster, or I'll thrown off my Duel Disk and kick your ass up and down these docks!" Zeke snarled.

"Heh, I knew you had feelings for that little bitch, well in case you forgot once I defeat you and enrage her further, I'll challenge her and then take her Black Rose Dragon card, and I just got a wonderful idea, I'll also kidnap her and demander Stardust Dragon as well as Surging Dragon Knight Dragoequites from her father!" the Thief said before throwing his head back and laughing.

What he didn't notice was Zeke charging up to him. When he stopped laughing he lowered his head just in time for Zeke's fist to slam into his face.

The Thief lay on the ground with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. He stood up and growled. "You little prick I'll make sure you suffer because of that."

"Bring it on you…." what Zeke said next cannot be written down.

"My you have quite the foul mouth, oh well I activate Pot of Greed," the jar appeared yet again and the Thief drew twice.

"Now I release my Gravekeeper's Curse to call out Gravekeeper's Chief!" the leader of the tomb guardians appeared and glared at Zeke. (ATK 1900/DEF 1200)

"Now I use his effect to revive my Gravekeeper's Curse!" the man with the question mark shaped staff appeared yet again. And again Zeke cried out in pain as the glow covered him.

(Zeke: 7000) ---- (Phantom Thief: 3200)

"Both my monsters attack him directly!" both Spellcaster's raised their staves and fired blasts of magic at Zeke.

(Zeke: 4300) ---- (Phantom Thief: 3200)

Zeke groaned and stood up. "Ok when did I lose control of this duel?" he asked himself.

"Heh, well boy just to tell you these holograms are very real, much like your beloved one's powers allow," the Thief snickered.

"Ya so I have feelings for her, what of it?" Zeke retorted.

"I'll simply end my turn by setting my last card face down," the Thief said.

Zeke drew. "Damn this is the major problem this Deck has, I'm forced to rely on top Decking, luckily it seems my luck is good today."

"I activate Graceful Charity!" the angel appeared and Zeke drew three cards before handing the angel two of them.

"I'll set a monster face down and well then I'll end my turn," he said.

"Heh, heh your Handless Combo may be powerful but it had several deadly flaws," the Thief laughed.

"Gravekeeper's Chief attack his face down monster!" the Chief raised his staff and fired a blast of energy that struck the face down monster.

But it merely bounced off a large blue shied with fire and a skull in the center. (ATK 1200/DEF 1700) "Say hello to the invincible Infernity Guardian and since I'm holding no cards it is truly the ultimate shield," Zeke explained.

"Fine boy but you are merely delaying the inevitable," the Thief growled. "I'll move Gravekeeper's Curse into defense mode and end my turn by activating my Trap card, the deadly Pyramid of Light!" a ball of light appeared above the two duelists and four beams of light spread from it forming into a square based pyramid.

"Ok does it do anything?" Zeke asked.

"In a sense, it does things indirectly and as I said my turn is over," the Thief sneered.

"Ok I don't get it this card does nothing…..so far, but it's giving me the creeps," Zeke thought as he drew.

"I'll set this card face down and end my turn," he said aloud.

The Thief drew and shrugged. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn."

"I activate Call of the Haunted so Infernity Destroyer is back!" Zeke shouted as the hulking Fiend burst from the ground.

"Now I'll set the monster in my hand face down, then I'll have Infernity Destroyer attack your Gravekeeper's Chief!" the armored Fiend roared and breathed another wave of black flames. "And don't forget his effect!" he then slugged the Thief.

(Zeke: 4300) ---- (Phantom Thief: 1200)

"Well, well all I have to do destroy your Gravekeeper's Curse next turn and I win!" Zeke laughed.

"Since you don't have any cards in your hand I take it you end your turn?" the Thief asked.

"Yes I do," the Fiend duelist replied.

"Good because I will pay 1000 Life Points to call out my two mightiest beasts, come forth Andro Sphinx and Sphinx Teleia!" the Pyramid shone with a malicious light and two massive Beasts emerged.

The first was standing on two legs with blue armor covering his chest and a mane of yellow hair around his head. (ATK 3000/DEF 2500) The other had the body of a cat and tiny wings on her back and the head of a woman with crimson hair. (ATK 2500/DEF 3000)

(Zeke: 4300) ---- (Phantom Thief: 200)

"Of course if I Normal or Special Summon either of them, then they may not attack but unless you happen to summon Infernity Death Dragon you can't beat these two," the Thief laughed.

"Now my turn ends and your end begins!" he shouted.

"Wow that was about as lame as you could get," Zeke muttered. "I'll set this card face down and switch my Infernity Destroyer into defense mode and end my turn."

"I activate The Gift of Greed, so now you must draw twice," the Thief laughed as Zeke's eyes widened in terror.

A box appeared at his feet and the front fell open revealing the Pot of Greed. Zeke snarled and drew twice.

"Now I'll switch my Gravekeeper's Curse into attack mode," the almost forgotten monster stood up and smirked.

"Oh shit!" Zeke shouted. "I totally forgot about him, what with the gruesome twins appearing."

"And it shall cost you dearly! Gravekeeper Curse attack his face down monster," the Gravekeeper raised his staff and fired a blast of energy. It hit the face down monster obliterating a short portly man holding a large axe.

"Teleia attack his Guardian!" Teleia roared and her face became more feral and she pounced on the fiendish shield, after she had crushed it the smacked Zeke with one of her front paws causing him to scream in pain.

(Zeke: 3450) ---- (Phantom Thief: 200)

"Care to explain what just happened," Zeke growled.

"Heh, gladly, you see since Teleia destroyed a defense mode monster you take damage equal to half the destroyed monster's defense points," the Thief explained with a nasty smirk.

"Andro Sphinx attack his Infernity Destroyer with Wrathful Shout!" the more humanoid Sphinx roared blowing Infernity Destroyer to shards, he then punched Zeke causing to boy to scream in agony as it sent him flying back and crashing into the ground.

(Zeke: 2300) ---- (Phantom Thief: 200)

"Well next turn it's over!" the Thief shouted as Zeke slowly picked himself up.

"That's what you say, but I'll turn this around!" Zeke shouted.

The Thief just waved his hand to signal that his turn was over. Zeke drew and his face became extremely pale. "Drew something that can't help you?" the masked man asked.

Zeke nodded and the Thief drew. "As I said normally I have a policy against killing minors but in your case I'll make an exception!" he roared. "Andro Sphinx end this fools life!"

Andro Sphinx raised his massive fist and Zeke closed his eyes expecting to feel the bone crushing impact any second. But to his surprise he heard a slightly familiar roar followed by a loud splash.

He opened his eyes and saw Black Rose Dragon standing between the two duelists. She looked at him and then used her claw to slice the cord in half just before Zeke's Life Points hit zero.

(Zeke: 0) ---- (Phantom Thief: 200)

"Zeke are you alright!?" Reina shouted as she ran up to her friend. "Hey I asked you a question, are you alright?"

Zeke pulled Reina into a hug much to her surprise. "Thank god Reina!" he cried. Reina's cheeks started to turn bright red. "I thought I was about to bite the big one!"

"Ok so I'm going to say you're alright and could you let me go?" Reina asked.

"Ummm ok," he said blushing slightly. "Reina how'd you find me, it's not like I told you where I was going?"

"I know, but when you didn't show up at the pizza place and I called your house and asked your mom where you were, and by the way you scared her half to death, I figured you'd gone to challenge this punk," she said pointing to the Thief who was standing where he'd been standing most of the duel, he looked dumbstruck. "I used Rose Fairy to hunt you down oh ya and Rob and Mel have been looking for you too."

Reina turned to face the Thief. "You are going to pay dearly!" she growled. "You attacked Melissa, who told me you kicked her in the stomach, then you have to nerve to try to kill Zeke, buddy you've dug your own grave!"

"Oh and what are you going to….." the Thief said before Black Rose Dragon cut him off with a low growl.

"Oh I don't know, I could have Black Rose Dragon eat you, but that would destroy all the cards you've stolen and give her indigestion, so I'll make you a deal, give back every card you've taken and I might let you live," Reina said.

"Hmmm a fair offer, but not happening!" the Thief shouted pulling a small round black ball object out from behind his back. He threw it down causing an explosion of smoke.

Reina and Zeke shielded themselves from the smoke and Black Rose Dragon flapped her wings blowing away it away. But the Thief was already gone. "Damn he got away," Zeke said.

"He can't have gotten far and I have to find him," Rein said. Before she could run off Zeke grabbed her arm.

"Hold on Reina there's something I have to tell you," he said softly.

"Ok go ahead," she said.

"I love you," Zeke said and Reina's eyebrows nearly flew off her head.

"What!" she shouted. "Please repeat what you just said, I think I misheard you."

Zeke slowly shook his head. "No you didn't mishear me Reina I do love you and I don't care if you reciprocate those feelings but I had to tell you, especially considering I nearly just died a moment ago."

Reina blinked a few times and then smiled. She put her hands on Zeke shoulders and kissed him on the cheek. "Maybe not one hundred percent, but I do have feelings for you," she said quietly.

Zeke's face turned bright red. "Are you going to be ok if I leave to hunt down that bastard?" Reina asked.

Zeke nodded. "I'll….be fine," he said in a slightly monotone voice.

Reina nodded and ran off after Black Rose Dragon disappeared. Zeke waited until Reina was out of earshot then jumped up and punched the air. "Oh yeah I finally admitted I like her and she likes me back!"

-****-

Somewhere near the docks

The Thief panted and leaned against a wall. "Damn it would've been unwise to have challenged her, she more than likely would've killed me on the spot."

Approaching footsteps caught the masked man's attention and he turned to face the sound. "Lovely evening isn't it?" asked the person.

"Yes it is," the Thief replied as the person stepped into the light of a street lamp, revealing it was none other than Josh Atlas.

"I think you have something that belongs to my girlfriend, so hand over the cards and you can walk away with all of your teeth," he smirked.

"Oh you think you can beat me boy," the Thief chuckled pulling the Fortune Lady cards out of his pocket, along with a lighter. "Or you and I could duel, because if you take one more step I'll torch these cards."

"Ok you do realize if you do that I'll beat you to within an inch of your life?" Josh asked.

"Yes but your precious girlfriend would be heartbroken," the Thief sneered as he flicked the lighter on and brought the flame dangerously close to the cards.

"Damn it, this bastard is right, those cards were also almost impossible to get!" Josh screamed mentally.

"Fine I'll duel you and if you don't give me back those cards when I win, then I'll beat them out of you," Josh threatened activating his Duel Disk.

Rob: Well so Zeke had feelings for Reina.

Melissa: Well he can calm her down when she gets angry.

Josh: That idiot finally admitted he likes Reina, hmph good for him.

Rob: Like we really care what you think Josh.

Melissa: I like it but that means Rob does have anyone he has feelings for or vice versa.

Rob: Ya well Hogan men have poor luck with females.

Josh: Whatever, the next chapter is called Beast's Fury, don't miss it or you'll miss my duel.

Rob: As always the boss doesn't own, Yu-gi-oh!

Original Cards

Co-Existence

Image: A frozen tundra and charred wasteland right next to each other.

| Continuous Trap | When this card is activated select one Field Spell card in your Deck or hand and send it to the Graveyard. This card's name and effect are then treated as the discarded card's effect, as long as this card remains face up on the field.

Realm of Insanity

Image: A blasted wasteland with several dead trees and the silhouettes of Infernity Dwarf, Archfiend, Beast and Destroyer visible.

| Field Spell | This card gains the following effects based on the number of cards in your hand. *0: All 'Infernity' monsters gain 400 attack and defense points and inflict piercing damage. *1+: If an 'Infernity' monster would be destroyed by card effect(s) you may discard one card from your hand to negate the destruction of that monster.