Episode 11 - Assault of the Android Deck! Psycho Shocker vs. Psycho Shocker!
At Domino High, during break in homeroom, Yugi was playing a game of Duel Monsters with Téa, since she had wanted to practice, and get better so that she can do something more besides giving support, with Taro, Melody, Joey, Tristan, and Bakura watching over the Duel. Yugi's side of the field had Marshmalon, face-up in Defense Mode, as well as Marshmalon's Glasses, and Blocken also in Defense Mode.
Mashmalon was a small angel with a smile where its' eyes were, and its' eyes where its' mouth was, as well as pink cheeks on its' salmon colored skin. And even it looked weak, Mashmalon's effects compensated for that!
MARSHMALON
Light/Fairy/3/300 ATK/500 DEF
Effect: When this card is attacked while face-down, the controller of the Monster that attacked this card receives 1000 points of damage. This card is not destroyed as a result of Battle at any time.
And Blocken, Yugi's second Monster, was a block-based creature made of grey and dark grey. And its' effect was useful too. Even with Marshmalon's Glasses in play, Yugi was still confident in what he could use Blocken for.
BLOCKEN
Earth/Rock/3/100 ATK/300 DEF
Effect: When the opponent attacks another of your Monsters and this card is face-up on the Field, you can choose this card to be the target of the attack. When this card is destroyed as a result of Battle, you can Special Summon 1 "Renguard" from your Deck to the Field.
MARSHMALON'S GLASSES
Permanent Magic Card
Effect: As long as this card and "Marshmalon" are face-up on your side of the Field, your opponent can only target "Marshmalon" as an attack target during his/her Battle Phase.
Téa's side of the Field had Gemini Elf and Mystical Sand in Attack Mode, with no Magic or Trap Cards on the Field. Mystical Sand, Téa's strongest Monster on the Field sat on a broomstick, with green hair that was long, a red witch's cap, as well as red robes. At first glance, Mystical Sand would have been Spellcaster... but she was not. And her card had a purple border, so that meant she was a Fusion Monster.
MYSTICAL SAND
Earth/Rock-Fusion/6/2100 ATK/1700 DEF
"Ancient Elf" + "Giant Soldier of Stone"
And Téa's second Monster, Gemini Elf, was consisted of 2 Monsters! The first of the two elves had blonde hair with pink marks on her cheeks and forehead. She had white wool around the collar of her light blue dress, part of her bust shown, as well as her gloves. Next to her was an orange-ahired elf, who had green marks on her cheeks and forehead, and a dark blue dress as well as part of her bust shown too.
GEMINI ELF
Earth/Spellcaster/4/1900 ATK/900 DEF
"OK, my turn." Yugi said, drawing his next card, and getting a card that could win the game for him. He then said "I will now play Emergency Provisions, and destroy Marshmalon's Glasses to gain 1000 Life Points."
Yugi's Life Points were now at 2800, which were originally 1800, as he then swiped Marshmallow and Blocken and showed them to Téa. "Now, I'll sacrifice Marshmalon and Blocken to make a Level 7+ summon!" He then slapped his two cards into the Graveyard and slapped down a jet blackish-blue Dragon with red orbs all over its' body, spikes along the bottom and top of its' wings, a long tail and a vicious look.
"So I play Destructive Dragon Gondora in Attack Mode!"
Taro whistled as Melody blinked. "What does that card do?"
"Well, Melody, when you Sacrifice Summon Gondora, you can pay half your LP and attack with its' Magic Attack, Destroying Gigas Ray, and remove all Monsters on the Field from play. Once that's done, it's destroyed. So, it's kind of a double-edged sword." Joey replied as he looked on.
DESTRUCTIVE DRAGON GONDORA
Dark/Dragon/8/? ATK/? DEF
Effect: When this Monster is Sacrifice Summoned successfully, pay half of your Life Points. During this turn, this Monster attacks all Monsters on the Field with a Magic Attack and remove the attacked Monsters from play. After this Monster attacks, destroy this card and send it to the Graveyard.
"And like Joey said, I'm gonna pay half my Life Points to use Destroying Gigas Ray, and wipe out the whole field!" Yugi's Life Points were now at 1400, as Téa then removed her Monsters from play, and Yugi smiled, sending Gondora to the Graveyard, as he then took a card and said "Now I'll set a card down and end my turn."
"My turn then." Téa drew her next card, but before she could make her next move, the bell rang as she sighed. "Awwwww... that means we can't continue!"
Yugi chuckled and said "Don't worry, Téa! If you want, we can play again at Grandpa's shop sometime."
"Alright!" Téa replied, smiling.
Joey chuckled at this, then heard something from outside, and looked out the window, then shook it off. "OK... maybe I was just... daydreaming."
From afar, someone behind a tree whom looked Spanish, with a black duster on as well as a brown shirt, and black pants and boots, and his arms crossed as he smiled. "OK. I got my target. And I will make my move soon."
After school ended, Yugi, Joey, Téa, Tristan, Taro, Melody, and Bakura were all about to head out as Bakura had asked "Hey, Joey, where you headed?"
Joey turned to the others and said "Well, guys, I'm gonna be heading home now. Dad actually sobered up enough for me to want me home this week to assist him on somethin'. Who knows what? I gotta get home so I can figure it out though, guys. So, later!" Joey rushed off as fast as he could, as Bakura said "Tristan... have you any idea of what is going on?"
Tristan shook his head, then exhaled. "Not a clue. With Joey and his dad, who knows? There is some tension in both their lives due to what happened..."
Taro put his hands behind his head and said "Yeah, Yugi told me of how Joey's parents got divorced and he was seperated from his sister. That kinda thing would do that to someone, I'm sure..."
At his apartment, Joey was looking about, having just switched to a black tank top and some blue jeans as he stepped out of his room and said "Dad? Dad, you here?"
Joey soon heard something and saw his father, Jo'ken, whom was actually much like Joey, only his hair was spiky rather than messy like Joey's. Plus he had some stubble along his face, and the smell of alcohol and tobacco. In his look, Jo'ken had a black t-shirt and beige cargo pants as he turned to Joey and burped some. "Pardon. Hey, Joe, you brat, there you are!"
Joey blinked and said "Wow... what made you wanna clean up all of a sudden, Dad?"
"Hey, can't a guy wanna look nice, Joe?" Jo'ken replied.
"I guess..." Joey scratched his head and said "What's up? You made it seem urgent."
Jo'ken exhaled and said "It is when I need a second opinion."
"Say what?"
Jo'ken shrugged and said "Joey, you told me a while back you'd been playing Duel Monsters, right?"
"Uhm... yeah... a long while ago. Like almost a year ago."
Jo'ken exhaled, and looked over at Joey, rather seriously. "So... what I am getting at is I heard about what happened to you during the Semi-Finals of Seto Kaiba's Battle City tournament... and.. I know I haven't been the best father these last few years... I guess I hurt badly because of what happened to your mother and I, and seeing Serenity being gone."
Joey blinked and said "Dad... well, if I told you, I dunno if you'd believe me or not. Would you?"
"Who knows? All I remember is you had collapsed after that attack by Marik Ishtar... I saw it on a video... but it was rather fuzzy from what I can tell... the video kept switching between snow and the images themselves..."
Joey exhaled. "Well, I had passed out for a long time... that's the most I can explain..."
Jo'ken nodded. "I see... what it is is I want to change... I..."
But before both men could continue... there was a knock on the door. Joey rushed to it, then opened it, seeing no one there... but then he noticed a note on the door. He grabbed the note and began to read it.
"Wheeler. Meet me. Downtown. 6:30 PM."
Joey blinked and then walked into his room, getting his Duel Disk and Deck as he then popped into his father's room and said "Dad. I gotta go now. Someone just sent me a note to get to downtown by 6:30. And it's 6:12 right now! If I run, I could make it by then from where we are!"
Jo'ken then said "Go. If it's for a Duel, just go and do your best, son.. like I'm going to try to do my best... despite the rough edges to work with."
Joey smiled, nodded, and was off as fast as he could, slipping his Duel Disk onto his arm, putting his Deck into his jeans' pocket as he ran as fast as he could.
After having arrived at downtown, Joey looked about carefully, wondering what was going on. Soon, he heard that same buzzing noise from this morning... he looked around, then saw someone... someone watching from this morning. The man then said "Good... you came... 2nd place in Duelist Kingdom, 4th in Battle City... Joey Wheeler."
"Who're you? Are you the one who posted that note on my apartment?"
"Si. The name's Jorgé Cervantes, Card Hunter. And I was meaning to target you... just to see if you're all you're cracked up to be... but from what I've seen..." Jorgé replied, running his hand across his black hair. "You're not much."
Joey's eye twitched at that and said "OK, that's it!! Let's Go! Right here! Right now!!!" He then grabbed his Deck and slapped it into his Deck, gritting his teeth as he flicked his Duel Disk to the ready position. Jorgé smiled and said "Alright." He flicked his wrist, his Duel Disk showing itself as it locked into the ready position also, with all kinds of patrons looking at them, murmuring as they watched on, both Joey and Jorgé's Life Point counters hitting 8000 points.
Yugi was now on the phone, dialing in Joey's number, with Taro sitting on the futon, legs crossed.
Jo'ken picked up the phone and said "Hello?"
"Mr. Wheeler? This is Yugi Mutoh. Is Joey home?"
"No. He had to go. Something about a note on our door and his meeting someone at 6:30."
"Where?"
"Downtown."
Yugi then nodded and said "Thanks again." He quickly hung up and said "OK, Taro, we should try downtown. Mr. Wheeler said Joey had to meet someone there. And it makes me wonder... if the Card Hunters have been calm recently... so what if one of them had set upt a challenge for Joey?"
"Ooohhhhh... good point! Let's get going!" Taro shot up and ran out of the door as Yugi bolted right behind him.
Both Joey and Jorgé had 5 cards in their hands as Joey smiled and said "My turn!" He drew his sixth card, and then looked at his hand. He grinned, taking one of his Monsters and said "I now play Berserk Gorilla in Attack Mode!"
Joey's summon created a large brown-furred gorilla with glowing red eyes with light flesh as it slammed its' closed hands against its' chest, roaring loudly, as it then punched the air fiercely.
BERSERK GORILLA
Earth/Beast/4/2000 ATK/1000 DEF
Effect: If this card is in face-up Defense Mode on the Field, destroy this card. The controller of this card must attack with this card when possible.
"And then I'll set a card face-down and end my turn!" Joey slid a Magic (or was it Trap?) Card face-down behind Berserk Gorilla as he slashed the air. "OK, you're up!"
"With pleasure. My turn. Draw." Jorgé drew his sixth card and saw he had drawn Android Sniper.
He nodded and said "I will play Android Sniper in Attack Mode."
Jorgé's summon made a green camoflauged android with a sniper rifle on its' right arm, as it pointed its' rifle forward, its' left hand resting on the rifle.
ANDROID SNIPER
Earth/Machine/4/1600 ATK/1200 DEF
Effect: Pay 800 Life Points. Destroy 1 card on the field. You cannot coduct yoru Battle Phase this turn if you use this effect.
"Now, I will use Android Sniper's effect. At the cost of 800 Life Points, I will destroy 1 card on your side of the Field." Jorgé's Life Points had dropped from 8000 points to 7200 points. "And now... say good-bye to your Berserk Gorilla!!"
Android Sniper pointed its' gun at Joey's set card as it clicked, the trigger of its' gun pulled as it fired, a bullet exploding forward, blasting through Berserk Gorilla, blowing it to bits and leaving Joey defenseless.
"Now, I end my turn, since I can't enter my Battle Phase when I use Android Sniper's effect." Jorgé replied, just shrugging.
"My turn..." Joey replied, drawing his next card as he smiled. "I play Reinforcement of the Army! This Magic Card allows me to move 1 Level 4 or lower Monster from my Deck to my hand!"
REINFORCEMENT OF THE ARMY
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Move 1 Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type Monster from your Deck to your hand. Your Deck is then shuffled.
Joey then moved his Deck out of his Duel Disk, he looked for a good Warrior-Type Monster, then smiled and pulled out Marauding Captain as his Monster of choice. Joey then said "Now comes the Deck shuffling portion!" He shuffled his Deck, then placed it back into his Duel Disk as he took Marauding Captain's card, saying "I now Normal Summon Marauding Captain in Attack Mode!"
Marauding Captain appeared onto the Field in front of Joey. His appearance was that, it seemed, of a knight. He had sliver armor around much of his body... his upper body, wrists, and legs from down his knees to his feet was covered in armor. Black showed underneath the armor, and he had a belt around his waist, two sheathes for swords. He also had blonde hair that was cut short, a scar under his right eye, and a black cape with a red inside lining.
MARAUDING CAPTAIN
Earth/Warrior/3/1200 ATK/400 DEF
Effect: As long as this Monster remains face-up on the Field, your opponent cannot select another Warrior-Type Monster on your side of the Field as an attack target. When this Monster is Normal Summoned successfully, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Monster from your hand.
"And now I get to use Marauding Captain's effect and Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Monster from my hand to the Field! And I choose Rocket Warrior!"
ROCKET WARRIOR
Light/Warrior/4/1500 ATK/1300 DEF
Effect: This effect is only active during the Battle Phase of your turn. Battle Damage to this card and this card's controller that they take from a battle involving this card is reduced to 0. After damage calculation, decrease the ATK of the Monster that was attacked by this card by 500 points until the end of this turn.
Rocket Warrior floated up in the air next to Marauding Captain. In appearance, he didn't seem like he'd be a Warrior-Type Monster. He had a round head, with a silver lining around his yellow face, which had no mouth, and two black round eyes, green covering the rest of his helmet except for a silver spike on the top. He also had similar colored shoulder armor and leg armor too, with two wingtips it seemed around his ankles. And in the chest was a checkered area, black and yellow. In his hands, one was a sword, and the other was a diamond-shaped shield. Even if Rocket Warrior didn't look like much, it was his effect that was rather strong.
"Now I got two Warriors on the Field! So next up! Outta the 3 cards I got left, I play Legendary Sword on Marauding Captain!"
A long golden handled sword appeared, as Marauding Captain grabbed it, his ATK and DEF increased by 300 points, to 1500/700.
LEGENDARY SWORD
Equip Magic Card
Effect: A Warrior-Type Monster equipped with this card increases its' ATK and DEF by 300 points.
"Rocket Warrior, get us started off!" Rocket Warrior soon began to transform, taking the form of a rocket, then shot forward. Jorgé looked onward and said 'So... he's using Rocket Warrior's effect to weaken Android Sniper. Brilliant, even if he seems a tad serious.'
Rocket Warrior then smashed hard into Android Sniper, causing it to skid back, its' ATK dropped by 500 points to 1100. Rocket Warrior then landed next to Marauding Captain as Joey continued his Battle Phase. "Now, Marauding Captain, attack Android Sniper!"
Marauding Captain leapt forward, then slashed downward on Android Sniper, destroying it and dealing 400 points of Battle Damage to Jorgé's Life Points, putting the Spanish Card Hunter at 6800 points now.
"Next up, I will reveal my set Trap Card, Miraculous Draw!"
The card image to Miraculous Draw had shown an image of a Duel Monsters Deck, with a glowing sparkle of light over it, and its' effect was based off luck, much like Joey's Deck was.
MIRACULOUS DRAW
Continuous Trap Card
Effect: During each of your Draw Phases, before you draw your next card, guess the card. If you are correct, inflict 1000 points of Direct Damage to your opponent's Life Points. If you are incorrect, inflict 1000 points of Direct Damage to your Life Points.
"This little bad boy won't work til my next Draw Phase, so I guess I gotta end my turn with these two cards in my hand."
Jorgé nodded. "My turn. Draw." He drew his next card, having 6 cards in his hand again. He noticed he had Monster Reborn, as well as Psycho Shocker. He knew he could take an early advantage... if he did this right. He nodded and said "I'll do it. For my next move, I play Monster Reborn and Special Summon Android Sniper back to the Field in Defense Mode!"
Android Sniper was then back, kneeling down on the ground as Jorgé then took another card from his hand and said "And next, I will sacrifice my Sniper and summon another Android! This one being a little stronger! Come on out! Psycho Shocker!" Jorgé slapped his card down as Joey's eyes shrunk 'Did he say... Psycho Shocker!?"
And in a bright burst of light that captivated the audience around Joey and Jorgé, out came what appeared to be... a man. This was no ordinary man though. This one had green metal slammed onto its' face, covering it with glowing red eyes. Along the rest of its' body was green and black armor, with spikes along the yellow portion of a collar and the yellow went down the middle of its' armor as well as green bracelets with spikes along the bottom near its' black gloves. The lower half of the robes covered its' feet... but... that didn't matter. This was Android Psycho Shocker, known in some circles simply as Jinzo.
PSYCHO SHOCKER (English Name: Jinzo)
Dark/Machine/6/2400 ATK/1500 DEF
Effect: As long as this card remains face-up on the Field, all Trap Cards cannot be activated. The effects of all face-up Trap Cards are also negated.
"And now, you know what this means. Since Psycho Shocker is in play, neither of us can use Trap Cards, so your Miraculous Draw is negated. I get what you wanted to do, Wheeler... guess your cards when you drew them and deal damage to my Life Points since they were low to start. Smart, but risky too. If you guessed wrong, you'd have lost 1000 Life Points. But now, I'll do more damage this way. Next up, I play the Equip Magic Card, Amplifier!"
Suddenly, a metal cap slammed onto Psycho Shocker's head, with metal rods of a kind protruding out of the cap as it began to blink and blip. "Remember how I said we couldn't activate Trap Cards? Well, guess what? Thanks to Amplifier, now I can."
"What!?" Joey said, then gritted his teeth, glaring at Jorgé.
AMPLIFIER
Equip Magic Card
Effect: This card can only be Equipped to "Psycho Shocker". As long as this card is equipped, the effects of Trap Cards controlled by the equipped Monster's controller are not negated by the effect of the Equipped Monster. When this card is removed from the Field, the equipped Monster is destroyed. This card's activation and effect cannot be negated by any other card.
"Next... I will set 2 cards down. Psycho Shocker! Attack Marauding Captain! CYBER ENERGY SHOCK!!!"
Psycho Shocker's right hand began to glow as it then shot a blast of energy, blowing away Marauding Captain, as well as dropping
Joey's LP by 900 points, to 7100. "And that is the end of my turn..."
"My turn..." Joey drew his next card and gained Psycho Shocker. He nodded and said "Now I sacrifice Rocket Warrior, and I play Psycho Shocker in Attack Mode!"
In a flash, Rocket Warrior was gone, as in his place was a Psycho Shocker also! Joey and Jorgé now both had two strong Level 6 Monsters in play... and both could easily destroy one another... but Joey didn't want that yet. Joey took a card from his hand and said "I will next set a card down and that's that."
"Very well." Jorgé drew his next card, then said "Now, I play Pot of Greed." He then drew 2 cards, his hand size now being 4 cards as he then noticed more of the Trap Cards he needed. But with Amplifier in play, he had to make room to use it... even if it meant losing his Psycho Shocker to get all the Trap Cards down. He then said "I will next set 2 cards face-down and end my turn."
'Why's he stallin'!? He could easily destroy my Psycho Shocker, even at the cost of his own... but that doesn't mean I can't handle this easily!'
Joey smiled and said "My turn! Draw!!" Drawing his next card, Joey smiled and said "I will next play Demon's Dice! When this Magic Card lands on a number, it's gonna divide the ATK of your Psycho Shocker by the amount it lands on!"
With the play of Joey's set Quickplay Magic Card, a small little devil with black on mostly, save for yellow flame designs along the lower half of its' shirt and pale skin appeared, holding a red dice in hand. The devil cackled as he flicked the red dice in the air, the dice bouncing slowly. The dice then landed on 2, cutting Psycho Shocker's ATK in half to 1200!
DEMON'S DICE
Quickplay Magic Card
Effect: When activated, select 1 Monster on your opponent's side of the Field. Roll a six-sided dice. Divide the ATK of the chosen Monster by the result of the dice roll until the End Phase of this turn.
"Psycho Shocker, its' ATK is halved! Go for it!! Cyber Energy Shock it back!!" Joey's Psycho Shocker's hands raised up between one another, the same energy glowing as he then shot it right at his Amplifier-equipped twin, blowing him to dust and dropping Jorgé's Life Points by 1200 points to 5600. Jorgé smiled as Joey said "HA!! Eat that with a fork and see how you like it! That ends my turn."
"Well, you are going to hate this." Jorgé drew his next card, then smiled, as he said "Now I play the Magic Card, Tribute to the Doomed. With it, I discard 1 card of mine in my hand to the Graveyard to destroy 1 Monster on the Field! And guess what? I choose Psycho Shocker."
TRIBUTE TO THE DOOMED
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Discard one card from your hand to the Graveyard. Destroy 1 Monster Card on the Field.
Jorgé then took one of his 2 remaining cards in his hand, discarding it, as mummy-like wrapping wrapped around Psycho Shocker, then a hand grabbed it, dragging it into the earth, as Joey gritted his teeth 'All of this just to rid my Psycho Shocker and to use his Trap Cards!?! He is so stubborn!!'
"I will now play one of my Trap Cards! Reckless Greed!" Jorgé drew 2 cards qickly, smiling as he then said "Now... I play my other 3 Trap Cards! Jar of Greed times 3!"
With the flip of his set cards, 3 red jars with faces and golden lining around them, as well as treasure inside, appeared as he then drew 3 cards, one for each copy of Jar of Greed he played. Jar of Greed may not have been the strongest card-drawing card, but it was good when used right.
RECKLESS GREED
Normal Trap Card
Effect: Draw 2 cards from your Deck and skip your next 2 Draw Phases.
JAR OF GREED
Normal Trap Card
Effect: Draw 1 card from your Deck.
Jorgé's hand was now at 6 cards as he took a Monster from his hand and said "I play Android Shielder in Defense Mode."
A golden android, with a large shield thn appeared onto Jorgé's side of the Field, kneeling behind its' shield as a sign it was in Defense Mode.
ANDROID SHIELDER
Earth/Machine/4/200 ATK/2200 DEF
Jorgé then said "Next... I play Junk Dealer! And with this card... I can Special Summon up to 2 Machine or Warrior-Type Monsters in my Graveyard, their ATK reduced in half of course. But I'll Special Summon one. Android Sniper."
Android Sniper then appeared on the Field in Defense Mode, with its' ATK dropped to 800, half of 1600. Jorgé, now having 3 cards in his hand, taking one and sliding it into his Magic/Trap Card Zone and said "And now I set one last card down. Turn end."
Joey then said "My turn!" He closed his eyes, remembering Miraculous Draw was on the Field. He began to think of all the cards in his Deck, as he said "My next draw... will be... Pot of Greed!!" Joey then drew his next card, and looked at it, his eyes shrinking when he saw it wasn't Pot of Greed he'd drawn, but it was Armored Lizard he had drawn! He cried out as Miraculous Draw took 1000 Life Points of Direct Damage, hitting Joey with it, dropping the blonde Duelist's LP to 6100. He then took Armored Lizard and set it face-down as he said "I'll set a Monster face-down and end my turn!"
ARMORED LIZARD
Earth/Reptile/4/1500 ATK/1200 DEF
"My turn. But due to Reckless Greed. I can't draw. But I will play my set Trap Card, Non-Aggression Area. During my Standby Phase is when I can activate this card. I will then take a card, and discard it to the Graveyard." Jorgé soon looked at Android Seeker, which would help greatly in his Field advantage, sliding it into his Graveyard slot as he said "You may know how this card works, you may not. But you now in your next turn cannot Normal Summon, Special Summon or set ANY Monsters."
Joey gritted his teeth at this, clenching his cards a tad tightly at Jorgé, who just kept a calm head about this whole ordeal.
NON-AGGRESSION AREA
Normal Trap Card
Effect: You can only activate this card during your Standby Phase. Discard 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard. Your opponent cannot Normal Summon, Set, and/or Special Summon during their next turn.
"Turn end." With Jorgé's turn being done, Android Seeker, a small orb with a red glowing "eye" in the center, as well as tank treads appeared on the Field near its' brothers as Joey said "What the...!? How did...!?"
"Android Seeker's effect is if it is sent to the Graveyard by my own hand from my hand, I can Special Summon it to the Field during my End Phase. Now Mr. Wheeler, you're up."
ANDROID SEEKER
Light/Machine/3/1200 ATK/1000 DEF
Effect: If this card is sent to the Graveyard from your hand, you can Special Summon it to your side of the Field during your End Phase.
Joey gritted his teeth and said "My turn! And my guess for Miraculous Draw! It's gonna be Axe Raider!" Joey drew his next card and cursed to himself, having drawn Shield Crush, crying out as his Life Points went to 5100. At this point, Shield Crush did no good, since it wasn't a big bothersome Monster he had to deal with, but two small fry. He also had a Monster he could use, but with no luck summoning it due to Non-Aggression Area. He then threw his arms to his sides and said "I END MY TURN!!!"
"My turn. Now I have this last Draw Phase to skip thanks to Reckless Greed. And I end my turn." Jorgé smiled and Joey, getting frustrated, then said "My turn! My guess on Miraculous Draw will be Pot of Greed again!!" Joey drew his next card and his eyes had become dots... when he saw he got Little Winguard! He then cried out, his LP dropped to 4100 points. He then said "I will next sacrifice my set Monster and summon Cyber-Tech Alligator in Attack Mode!!"
In a flash, Armored Lizard's set card was gone, and in its' place was a red armored wyvern of sorts, its' green scales and yellow underbelly showing underneath the red armor somewhat, with parts of its' body being cybernetics now. It snarled as Joey smiled, confident he had a stronger Monster in tow now.
CYBER-TECH ALLIGATOR
Wind/Machine/5/2500 ATK/1600 DEF
"Cyber-Tech Alligator, attack Android Sniper!!!" Hearing his command, Cyber-Tech Alligator roared, charging at Android Sniper, slashing it right in half, destroying it easily since it had 1200 DEF compared to the Alligator's 2500 ATK. It exploded as Jorgé sighed and then shrugged. "OK, that's that."
"My turn." Jorgé then closed his eyes, drawing his next card, as he then opened his eyes and saw he had drawn his key card... Psycho Shocker EXCEL. His Trap Cards used so far were just a decoy, just to prepare for what he did need. He remembered now that his hand also had the Magic Card, Reload, but he has 2 other cards in hand. If he used it now... it may help, but it may not. He nodded and said "I play Reload, returning two cards to my hand to get 2 new cards after my Deck is shuffled."
Jorgé then drew 2 cards, as he nodded. "Hey, Wheeler, I'm going to make you a bet. I'll bet that I'm able to replenish my whole hand in just a bit. I play Heart of the Underdog. As you know, this Magic Card lets me draw another card if I get to draw a Normal Monster. So, then I set my last card face-down... and I end my turn with no cards in my hand."
"Heh! You think I'm scared!? I'm not! It takes good luck to make use of Heart of the Underdog! I can tell from experience."
"Well, so far my luck has been better than your own, that is for sure. I can guarantee you that the next guess with Miraculous Draw will backfire on you, I can assure you of that."
Joey looked at his Deck and said to himself 'He's right... I've been getting bad guesses with Miraculous Draw... I... I don't know if I can do it... I'm gonna lose, I can just tell! Dammit... why'd I have to lose!?'
"Don't worry so much about it!!"
Joey heard that and turned, seeing Yugi, Taro, and his dad standing there. Yugi looked and said "Jeez, Joey, it's just like when you took my grandpa on! You're being too serious about this!"
Taro nodded and said "Yeesh. You're a strong Duelist, but you just gotta have fun with it!"
Joey looked at Yugi and began to speak. "But..."
"Hey, if you think that Atem is the right path to being a True Duelist then you need to really re-think that, Joe! Following one path to being a True Duelist isn't the best path! What you gotta do is do what makes you feel best as a True Duelist!" Yugi replied, his hands around his mouth on both sides.
Joey looked in surprise at this and thought 'Yeah... Yugi's right. I gotta do this my way, not anyone else's...'
"Thanks, Yugi."
"And just kick some butt, son." Jo'ken replied, smiling.
Joey nodded. "With pleasure, Dad! My turn!" Slowly, the blonde Duelist closed his eyes, thinking of what card he would draw next. He then said "My next draw... will be Pot of Greed, I guarantee."
Joey then drew his next card, opened his eyes and smiled, getting Pot of Greed! Joey lifted his card up and said "Looks like I got it right this time."
Jorgé looked on and then got shocked, but remained rather calm, his LP at 4100 now.
"In fact, now I'm gonna play Pot of Greed!"
Joey then drew 2 cards. He then took Shield Crush, which he got earlier and said "I now play the Magic Card, Shield Crush! This Magic Card lets me destroy 1 Monster that's in Defense Mode! And I choose Android Seeker!"
Shield Crush appeared on Joey's side of the Field, showing an image of Millennium Shield, another Monster, being destroyed by a beam of light. The card then began to glow, as a beam of light shot forward, ripping through the Android Seeker, destroying it.
SHIELD CRUSH
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Select and destroy 1 Monster on the Field in Defense Mode.
"And next, I play Dark Catapulter in Defense Mode!"
The card appearing on the Field looked to be Machine-like... with a dark grey body, save for teal arms, legs, 2 fingers on each arm, which crossed its' body, toes, and a kind of scale along its' neck. Also, along the Monster's chest downward some, was yellow, and its' eyes also were yellow. It also had a red orb on its' forehead, a kind of purple armor from its' shoulders, and two antennea of some kind protruding from its' back. It remained kneeled over its' own Duel Monsters card, waiting it seemed.
DARK CATAPULTER
Earth/Machine/4/1000 ATK/1500 DEF
Effect: During your Standby Phase, while this card is in face-up Defense Mode, place 1 counter on this card. During your Main Phase, you may remove all counters on this card and remove a number of cards in your Graveyard from play equal to the number of counters removed. For each card removed from play by this effect, destroy 1 Magic or Trap Card on the Field.
"And so with that... I end my turn." Joey proclaimed, keeping Cyber-Tech Alligator in Attack Mode, since none of Jorgé's Monsters at the moment were strong enough to dispose of it.
Taro whispered to Yugi "Hey, Yugi... I forgot. What's Dark Catapulter do again?"
Looking at Taro, Yugi whispered back to him. "If Joey keeps it in Defense Mode, it gets a Turn Counter, which he can then remove, and remove a number of cards in his Graveyard from play to destroy a number of Magic and Trap Cards on the Field. A smart move, but risky if he doesn't use it right."
Jo'ken just looked on, hands in his pockets, as he was curious to see how his sun would do... as well as to how Duel Monsters worked in the first place!
Right now, Jorgé smiled as he drew his next card, getting another copy of Android Shielder, which he showed Joey and said "That's one new draw I get with Heart of the Underdog."
Jorgé drew his next card and had gained Android Saber, a metallic blue android that had a red energy saber where its' left hand would be normally and a black and red cape for a flourish of an appearance.
ANDROID SABER
Earth/Machine/4/1900 ATK/1500 DEF
"That's another." Jorgé drew once more, as he showed Android Fist, a red and black android with large gorilla-sized fists and a blue orb where its' mid-section would be normally. Jorgé smiled and said "Si, the Goddess of Luck is with me. That's 3 Normal Monsters so far." He then drew a fourth card thanks to Heart of the Underdog's effect.
ANDROID FIST
Earth/Machine/6/2200 ATK/1800 DEF
"And another Normal Monster." Jorgé showed his next Normal Monster, another Android Saber, to Joey, drawing a 5th card now! And then, he showed a 3rd copy of Android Shielder to Joey as he said "That makes 6 draws so far. I told you I could do it."
Jorgé drew his next card, and got Magic Shard Excavation. "Too bad. But I now am ready to begin. I play the Magic Card, Magic Shard Excavation. With the activation of this Magic Card, Joey, I can discard 2 cards from my hand to add 1 Magic Card back to my hand. And I will..." He took Android Saber, and Android Shielder, sliding them into his Graveyard slot, then grasped his card of choice, showing it to Joey as he said "And my card to return.. Pot of Greed!"
MAGIC SHARD EXCAVATION (English Name: Mining for Magical Stones)
Normal Magic Card
Effect: You can discard 2 cards from your hand to add 1 Magic Card from your Graveyard to your hand.
"In fact... I am gonna play Pot of Greed." Jorgé drew 2 cards quickly, but smiled as he saw he had once again gained Psycho Shocker EXCEL! Now, he also had another card to make sure he could summon. He took his next card and held it up. "I now play Magnet Reverse! With this Magic Card, I can Special Summon a Machine or Rock-Type Monster in my Graveyard, to the Field, in Defense Mode! And my Monster to come back is Psycho Shocker!!"
With a whirl from the Field, Psycho Shocker appeared, kneeling down, arms crossed over its' body as its' eyes began to glow.
MAGNET REVERSE
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Special Summon 1 Machine-Type or Rock-Type Monster from your Graveyard to the Field in Defense Mode.
Psycho Shocker's DEF - 1500
Android Shielder's DEF - 2000
Cyber-Tech Alligator's ATK - 2500
Dark Catapulter's DEF - 1500
"Like I'm scared of that, Jorgé! My Alligator can easily take out your Psycho Shocker since it's in Defense Mode! 'Sides, it's not like you got anything stronger than that!"
"Oh. I do. I just was waiting for the right moment to play it. And I am gonna now. But I needed a offering... and I have one. I remove Psycho Shocker from play!!"
Suddenly, a blast of energy exploded around Psycho Shocker as Jorgé raised up his next card and said "And now!! I PLAY PSYCHO SHOCKER EXCEL IN ATTACK MODE!!!"
Suddenly, Psycho Shocker stood up, the energy around it exploding as it stood with new armor... black spiked shoulder pads were the first noticable thing, along with its' new muscular physique, and a red visor which began to glow brightly, its green mask looking the same. Also, Psycho Shocker Excel's robes had moved some, showing cybernetic legs with green and black armor over them, as well as spikes on its' gloves as well as its' neck showing cybernetics to it... and spikes down its' spine as it then crossed its' arms over its' chest.
PSYCHO SHOCKER EXCEL
Dark/Machine/8/2900 ATK/2000 DEF
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by removing 1 face-up "Psycho Shocker" on your side of the Field from play. As long as this card remains face-up on the Field, all Trap Cards cannot be activated. The effects of all face-up Trap Cards are also negated. During your Main Phase, you may discard 1 Machine-Type Monster Card in your hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon 1 Machine-Type Monster from your Graveyard whose Level is lower than the discarded Monster Card's. This effect can only be used once per turn.
"What... the... hell is that thing!? It looks like Psycho Shocker only... only creepier!" Joey asked, looking in shock, as well as feeling some sense of fear from Jorgé's new Monster.
"Meet the evolved form of Psycho Shocker; Psycho Shocker EXCEL. See, I needed Psycho Shocker out to Special Summon it, since I can only Special Summon it by removing a face-up Psycho Shocker on my side of the Field from play. It's all the goodness of Psycho Shocker, negating and sealing all Trap Cards, but with an additional effect."
"Additional? Whaddya mean?" Joey asked, scratching his head.
"What I mean is that I can discard 1 Machine-Type Monster in my hand to the Graveyard, then Special Summon 1 Machine-Type Monster whose Level is lower than the discarded Monster's. So I am gonna discard Android Fist from my hand..." Jorgé took his Android Fist, sliding it into his Graveyard slot as he raised his hand up "Android Saber! Return to the Field!"
Android Saber then appeared onto the Field, its' cape over its' clenched right hand, and its' left handed energy saber glowing as it stood right next to Psycho Shocker EXCEL, which still had Android Shielder on the opposite side, kneeling down. "Psycho Shocker EXCEL! Attack Cyber-Tech Alligator!"
The more heavily-gauntleted arms of Psycho Shocker EXCEL began to spark violently, the crowd looking on in awe as Jorgé shouted "Aegis Cyber Shock!"
Psycho Shocker EXCEL then shot the blast of energy right at Cyber-Tech Alligator, destroying it immediately, dropping Joey's Life Points to 3700. Then, to continue, Jorgé said "Android Saber! Attack Dark Catapulter!"
Android Saber dashed at its' Duelist's command, slicing Dark Catapulter right down the middle, destroying it and leaving Joey's field wide open.
"Now. To continue my turn, I play Emergency Provisions to destroy Heart of the Underdog. Thus, I gain 1000 LP, and am at a solid 5100, Joey. And so, I end my turn."
"Right. My turn!" Joey grinned, actually starting to enjoy himself as he took the card he had drawn, which showed the face of a knight and the face of a beautiful princess and a dice in the center. Sliding the card into his Magic and Trap Card Zone, he then said "I now play the Magic Card, Treasure of Destiny! It works like this! I roll a six-sided dice, and whatever number the dice lands on, I get to draw that same number of cards, but I gotta remove the same number of cards in my Deck from play as well! So, let's see how good my luck is gonna be when I roll the dice!"
A white dice began to bounce out of the image of Treasure of Destiny, as Joey gritted his teeth, watching the dice bounce. He then watched the dice land down, as he got 6! Joey whooped, drawing 6 cards, seeing how large his hand was as he then pulled his Deck out, removing 6 cards from play at the same time.
TREASURE OF DESTINY
Normal Magic Card
Effect: Roll a six-sided dice. Draw cards equal to the dice result, then remove cards in your Deck from play equal to the number of cards you draw with this card's effect.
Joey then looked at his large hand as he nodded, and said "I'll set one card down, then I play Time Wizard in Attack Mode!"
In the Monster Card Zone on Joey's side of the Field, a monster who had the appearance of a red stop watch, with part of its' face in the center being blue with eyes on it, the other half yellow with the big and small hands being green, and in a kind of design like a moustache. Also, the Monster had cogs on its' shoulders as well as around its' ankles, with purple boots and a purple and blue cap, the stopper on the top of its' head being like a hat with a yellow cog around it, and in its' hand was a staff, which had 3 Time Machines and 3 Skulls on it.
Time Wizard did not look like much, and in Joey's Deck, he knew he had a stronger Monster.. but right now, Time Wizard's effect is what he was betting on for success.
TIME WIZARD
Light/Spellcaster/2/500 ATK/400 DEF
Effect: Toss a coin and call it heads or tails. If you call it right, your opponent's Monsters on the Field are destroyed. If you call it wrong, your Monsters on the Field are destroyed and you receive Direct Damage equal to half the total ATK of the destroyed Monsters. This effect can only be used once during each of your turns.
"And to make things better... I play Second Coin Toss! This Permanent Magic Card allows me to negate the effect of a coin flip, then redo the flip! I'm sure you see where I am gonna be going with this, Jorgé!"
"I do... you want to use Time Wizard's effect to destroy my Monsters if you land the call of your coin toss right. Brilliant, but it leaves you open to defeat if you fail. You know this right?"
Joey nodded and smiled. "Taking risks is my speciality!"
SECOND COIN TOSS
Permanent Magic Card
Effect: As long as this card remains face-up on the Field, you can negate the effects of a card requiring a coin toss once per turn and redo the coin toss.
"Oh, man... I can't believe he'd make a gamble like this!" Taro thought.
"Yeah, since he'll lose 250 LP if he fails. At least Time Wizard's his only Monster here. That means he'll take less damage if he misses the effect." Yugi replied.
"Hey, how did Yugi get a card that's a Super Rare like Time Wizard, Yugi?"
"I gave it to him during the Duelist Kingdom tournament, Taro. He's made good use of it so far, but this is the first time in a while I've seen him call Time Wizard's effect... this could end badly if he misses."
Jo'ken chuckled. "Sorry, Yugi. But Joey's got some damned luck. Once when he was in the hospital, he had a broken leg when the doctor said he shoulda had worse. I am sure he'll land Time Wizard's effect and win!"
Yugi and Taro looked in surprise as Jo'ken smiled. Joey smiled and then said "Time Wizard!!!" He grabbed a silver coin, which had a symbol from the Millennium Items, the Eye of Ra, and the other side had a square on it. The Eye was heads, the square was tails as he said "Let's go!!!" He then threw the coin up into the air. "I call Heads!"
Joey, Jorgé, Jo'ken, Yugi, Taro, and everyone in the crowd all looked up as the coin spun downwards. Joey leapt up and raised his left hand, catching the coin and slapped it on top of his right hand as he grinned and whooped. "It's Heads! Time Wizard! Do your thing!"
Time Wizard spun his staff in his hands, then slammed it down, as a vortex of sorts opened up under Jorgé's Monsters, sucking them into the swirling vortex, and with that... they were gone! Joey smiled as he then raised his hand up and said "And now, to follow up! I play the Quickplay Magic Card, Angel's Dice!"
ANGEL'S DICE
Quickplay Magic Card
Effect: When activated, select 1 Monster on your side of the Field with an ATK of 500 points or less. Roll a six-sided dice. Multiply the ATK of the Monster by the result of the dice roll until the End Phase of this turn.
A small angel with small eyes, a pink hat and suit with a black bowtie, holding a blue die appeared, flicking it upward, watching it bounce as Joey looked on, gulping, as the dice landed on 6, which meant Time Wizard's ATK would be multipled by 6, to 3000 points! Joey then said "Time Wizard! Attack!"
Time Wizard's staff began to glow then it shot a blast of energy right at Jorgé, dropping his LP from 5100 points to 2100 in one shot. Joey smiled as he said "Next up, I'll set... 4 cards face-down and end my turn!"
Jorgé looked at Joey and said "My turn." He drew his next card silently, then placed his hand over his Life Point counter and smiled. "For now... I submit."
"Say what...!?" Joey stood in shock, as Jorgé had just surrendered the Duel to him. Joey fell backwards, then sat up as Jorgé smiled, his back to Joey. "All I wanted to do here in this Duel was summon Psycho Shocker EXCEL, to see if my Android Deck was ready to make use of it. And now I know my answer. I assure you, next time, the outcome will be much different. See ya."
Jorgé then walked off as Joey blinked, standing up as he said "OK... am I the only one confused?"
"Nope. You aren't." Taro replied, scratching his head.
Yugi smiled and said "He did well though. He gave you a good run for your money, Joey. So, did you have fun?"
Closing his eyes, Joey then smiled and said "Yeah."
Jo'ken walked over and mussed Joey's hair playfully as he said "You know, Joey, maybe you could teach me this game. I wouldn't try to upstage you or nothin'. I just wanna see what's so damn great about Duel Monsters."
Joey blinked in surprise at his father's request and said "Uhm... OK, Dad, I think I can try."
Yugi and Taro both chuckled at each other as they looked on, seeing as their friend had grown a bit as a Duelist... and now...
Jorgé walked, his hands in his pockets as Senbei walked up beside him suddenly. "So, Jorgé, how was Wheeler as a Duelist?"
"Too serious at first... but much stronger than I assumed. He at least had fun towards the end when his friends and dad showed up. Senbei... you think what we do is a good thing, man?"
Senbei shook his head. "Not all the time... especially considering what Ms. Sarah's true objective is... but let's not worry about it now. Right now, let's just go back and have a brew. On me."
Jorgé nodded, as he and Senbei walked off, heading to where the Card Hunters were situated, in order to rest up for the next attack.
-To Be Continued...-
To let you all know, guys, I use anime effects for the most part to start things off, then, like GX, I move to official effects from the Official Card Game (Japanese version) and Trading Card Game (English version), with later chapters reflecting the changes that will be done asnd such.