Chapter 12: Celtic Guardian
Kellyn wandered a New Domino street in the under-layers of the city, below the great highway system connecting all of the city and Satellite together. He had come here looking for a place he had come often when he was younger.
Finally, he emerged from the grimy streets into a verdant paradise, an expanse of green grass with a few trees here and there. He stopped and breathed in the sweet-scented air, remembering the times he had spent here when he was younger.
The park had once been under threat from a property developer, and Alex's father, Blake, had been protecting it from the bulldozers. This was how he and Kellyn's father had first met, and so Kellyn often came to the park to reflect on the past.
But now he wasn't alone. He gazed out over the park, seeing the aged woman sat under one of the trees, wearing a brown robe of some sort and leather sandals, her long grey hair cascading onto her shoulders. She was looking at him with piercing emerald eyes like a hawk's, and the Duel Disk on her arm appeared to be made of bark.
This stalemate endured for a moment, before the woman stood and slowly advanced across the park. As she came closer, Kellyn was able to see her more clearly, taking in her high cheekbones and the intricate patterns sewn into her robe.
"Well, it would seem another duelist has come to this patch of paradise," she said when she was about five foot from Kellyn. "But are you participating in Neo Battle City, or not?"
"Yes," Kellyn replied. "And you?" She activated her Disk.
"That would be the same for me," she said. "My name is Amelia Daniels, known in the American Leagues as the Forest Queen."
"Kellyn Mikuro, the Elemental Master," Kellyn replied, activating his own Disk. They each drew five cards.
"DUEL!"
Kellyn 8000LP/Amelia 8000LP
"Ladies first," Kellyn said.
"Thank you," Amelia replied, drawing. "I set a monster in defense position and end my turn." The reversed monster appeared.
Kellyn 8000LP/Amelia 8000LP
"I draw," Kellyn said. "I activate the Spell Card, Take Over 5! This sends the top five cards from my Deck to the Graveyard!" He placed Garuda the Wind Spirit, UFO Turtle, Reflect Nature, Skull Lair and Soul Absorption into his Graveyard.
"Now I remove the UFO Turtle in my Graveyard from play to Special Summon Spirit of Flames!" He pocketed the monster and in a burst of flames, a stereotypical crimson-skinned demon rose up, flames burning on its form (1700/1000). "Next I summon Mother Grizzly!" The blue-furred grizzly bear appeared, snarling (1400/1000).
"During my Battle Phase, Spirit of Flames gains 300 points," he continued as the demon glowed with energy (2000/1000), "Spirit of Flames, attack her monster!" Spirit of Flames exploded forwards, drawing back a flaming fist. The reversed card flipped over and Amelia's monster appeared, a young, curvy woman wearing a green halter top, miniskirt and cape, a leather-bound book clutched in her hands (1400/1500). She screamed as the demon's fist smashed into her, shattering her like glass.
"That was my Learning Elf, and when she's sent to the Graveyard, I draw once," Amelia said, drawing.
"Mother Grizzly, attack!" Kellyn commanded. The bear lumbered forwards and cuffed the woman with a blow from its paw.
(Amelia 6600LP)
"I end my turn there with a face-down," the young man finished, as Spirit of Flames stopped glowing (1700/1000).
Kellyn 8000LP/Amelia 6600LP
"I draw," Amelia said, bringing her hand to seven cards.
"I summon Thoroughbred Elf in attack position!" In a flash of energy, another female elf appeared, this one muscular, wearing a leaf-green tunic and skirt, her shoulder-length hair silver in color (1800/1500). "Next, I activate the Double Summon Spell Card, and I shall use it to summon Boomerang Elf!" Another elf appeared, this one male, clad in a leaf-green robe and wielding a black boomerang (1800/1500).
"Boomerang Elf, attack Spirit of Flames!" The elf threw his boomerang towards Spirit of Flames…
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Rush Recklessly!" Kellyn shouted. "This gives my Spirit an extra 700 points until the End Phase!" Spirit of Flames glowed with energy (2400/1000)…
"Boomerang Elf, redirect the attack!" Amelia shouted. The elf's boomerang changed course, striking Mother Grizzly and shattering it before slamming into Kellyn.
(Kellyn 7600LP)
"What the… you can't change targets in the middle of an attack!" Kellyn protested.
"By Boomerang Elf's effect, once per turn, he can," Amelia replied. Kellyn grimaced.
"I won't use my Mother Grizzly's effect," he decided.
"In which case, I end my turn with a reversed card," Amelia concluded, the face-down appearing as Spirit of Flames (1700/1000) stopped glowing.
Kellyn 7600LP/Amelia 6600LP
"I draw!" Kellyn shouted. "And during my Standby Phase, I activate the second effect of Take Over 5, removing it from play to draw a card!" He pocketed the Spell and drew again.
"I activate Card Destruction! Now we discard our hands and draw the same number of cards!" He discarded Elemental Dusk, Skill Successor and Dynamite Wall, while Amelia discarded Learning Elf, Spiritual Earth Art – Kurogane and The Warrior Returning Alive, then they each drew three cards, followed by Amelia drawing a fourth due to Learning Elf.
"I place a monster face-down and end my turn," the Elemental Master finished, the reversed monster appearing before him.
Kellyn 7600LP/Amelia 6600LP
"I draw," Amelia smiled. "I summon Wonderbeat Elf!" In a flash of energy, a new Elf appeared, a male clad in a leaf-green tunic and trousers, wielding twin tomahawks (1700/1600).
"Wonderbeat Elf?" Kellyn wondered.
"This is the card that made my fame in the American Leagues," his opponent replied. "For now, I activate the Continuous Spell, The A. Forces, giving each of my Warrior-Types two-hundred more attack points for each Warrior and Spellcaster I have in play." Thoroughbred Elf (2400/1500), Boomerang Elf (2400/1500) and Wonderbeat Elf (2300/1600) glowed with energy as the Spell appeared. "Next, I'll take my Elves to somewhere even closer to home with my Field Spell, Gaia Power, raising the attack points of all Earth monsters by five-hundred, but cutting their defense by four-hundred."
She placed the card into her Disk's Field Slot and instantly a forest sprang up around them, leaving them in a wide clearing with an absolutely immense tree in the centre. All three Elves seemed happier, and it showed as Thoroughbred Elf (2900/1100), Boomerang Elf (2900/1100) and Wonderbeat Elf (2800/1200) glowed with emerald power.
"Now, Thoroughbred Elf, attack his face-down!" The elf rushed forwards and Kellyn's monster card flipped over, revealing a small Fiend covered in brown fur, with three golden eyes and savage talons (1000/600). The elf smashed through the Sangan with a savage kick, before leaping back to Amelia.
"Because Sangan was sent to the Graveyard, I get to add a monster with fifteen-hundred or less points from my Deck to my hand!" Kellyn shouted as a card shot from his Deck into his hand.
"Boomerang Elf, attack directly!" Boomerang Elf hurled his boomerang towards Kellyn…
"I activate Dynamite Wall from my Graveyard, removing it from play to remove from play your Boomerang Elf and everything on my field!" Kellyn countered, pocketing the card. There was a huge explosion, and when it faded, Boomerang Elf was nowhere to be seen. Thoroughbred Elf (2700/1100) and Wonderbeat Elf (2600/1200) both gave expressions of anger.
"Clever," Amelia smiled. "But the real threat still endures. You see, my Wonderbeat Elf, in addition to his regular attack, gains an extra attack for each other Elf monster I control. Thanks to your Dynamite Wall, only one other Elf remains, giving my Wonderbeat Elf a total of two attacks! Wonderbeat Elf, attack directly!"
The elf charged forwards and swung his tomahawks in a graceful blur, slashing across Kellyn in a flash of blades. The young man barely felt the impacts themselves, but an instant later he screamed in pain as the lines where the blades had struck flashed red.
(Kellyn 5000LP)
"And again!" With that, Wonderbeat Elf struck in another silver flurry of blades and Kellyn screamed again.
(Kellyn 2400LP)
"OTK strategy… huh…?" he groaned as Wonderbeat Elf somersaulted back to Amelia.
"Yes," the woman replied. "I see you understand. I fill my field with Elves and Wonderbeat Elf gains enough attacks to effortlessly defeat my opponent. Fortunately for you, you still had access to your Dynamite Wall. For now, I shall end my turn."
Kellyn 2400LP/Amelia 6600LP
"I draw!" Kellyn shouted.
"I activate Elemental Dusk's effect from the Graveyard, removing Sangan from play to Special Summon it!" He pocketed Sangan and the eerie colorless Tuner appeared before him (0/0). "But now I sacrifice Elemental Dusk to summon Golden Homunculus!"
Elemental Dusk faded into motes of light that expanded, forming into a towering silhouette of golden radiance. The light then solidified and transformed to gold, creating a bulky golem-like creature with colossal, block-like forearms and crudely carved features on its face, its eyes a burning, baleful crimson (1500/1500).
"One-thousand, five-hundred attack points for a one-Release monster?" Amelia asked.
"Golden Homunculus has a powerful effect," Kellyn explained. "For each card I have removed from play, it gains three-hundred points apiece, and right now I have five, since Elemental Dusk was removed from play by its own effect." Golden Homunculus shone with energy (3000/3000). "Next I'll make him stronger. I activate Skill Successor from my Graveyard, removing it from play to give one of my monsters an eight-hundred point boost until the End Phase, and what's more, I just removed another card from play!" He pocketed the Trap and Golden Homunculus glowed again (4100/3300).
"Such power…" Amelia gasped.
"Golden Homunculus, attack Wonderbeat Elf with Golden Harvest!" the Elemental Master shouted. Golden Homunculus lumbered forwards and dispatched Wonderbeat Elf into a shower of pixels with a single blow from its fist, before striking Amelia and knocking her back across the clearing of Gaia Power.
(Maria 5100LP)
The woman groaned and stepped back to her former position as Thoroughbred Elf (2500/1100) gave an angry glare at Kellyn.
"I end my turn with two face-downs," Kellyn finished, the reversed cards appearing as Golden Homunculus (3300/3300) stopped glowing.
Kellyn 2400LP/Amelia 5100LP
"I draw!" Amelia shouted angrily. "I switch Thoroughbred Elf to defense mode," the elf knelt and crossed her arms over her chest (2500/1100), "and set a monster." The reversed monster appeared. "Turn end!"
"In your End Phase I activate a Trap, Destruction of Destiny!" Kellyn shouted as the reversed card lifted up. "By the effect of Destruction of Destiny, I send the top three cards from my Deck to the Graveyard and lose one-thousand Life Points for each Spell and Trap I toss that way!" He discarded Troop Dragon, Mystic Tomato and Defense Draw, before crying out in pain as a red aura surrounded him.
(Kellyn 1400LP)
"Destruction of Destiny?" Amelia questioned. "That's so risky hardly anyone would use it."
"Aster Phoenix used it, and it turned the tide of a tough Duel for him once," Kellyn replied. "I use Destruction of Destiny because of that, but also because it represents what I believe, that nothing is set. Even at the last minute, our fates can change, and continue to change. Destiny is constantly destroyed and reformed in a different way."
Kellyn 1400LP/Amelia 5100LP
"My turn!" the Elemental Master declared. "I summon Shining Angel!" The white-robed, golden-winged angel appeared in a flash of golden radiance (1400/800). "Now… this is a little different… normally my Searchers don't attack, but whatever! Shining Angel, take out her Thoroughbred Elf!" The angel raised a hand and a spear of light formed in his grip, before being thrown to impale Thoroughbred Elf, shattering her.
"And now we both have enough of the right cards in our Graveyards from me to use this," Kellyn continued. "I activate the Trap Card, Hero's Rule 1: Five Freedoms! With this, I choose Monsters, Spell or Traps and we both must remove five of the chosen cards from our Graveyards! I select Monsters!" Amelia grimaced and they both took five cards from their Graveyards, Kellyn pocketing Mother Grizzly, Spirit of Flames, Garuda the Wind Spirit, Troop Dragon and Mystic Tomato, while Amelia pocketed two Learning Elves, Boomerang Elf, Thoroughbred Elf and Wonderbeat Elf.
"Damn…" she muttered.
"I normally use Five Freedoms when I see something really annoying in my opponent's Graveyard," Kellyn commented. "I still haven't forgotten that Red-Eyes duelist I dueled a few weeks back… you should've seen the look on his face when I played Five Freedoms… anyway, I just removed five more cards from play, so Golden Homunculus gets a little boost…" The golden golem glowed with energy (4800/4800). "Golden Homunculus, crush her face-down with Golden Harvest!"
Golden Homunculus threw a mighty punch as Amelia's monster appeared, a noble elf swordsman clad in emerald green armor over a brown tunic and cream trousers (1400/1200 - 2100/800). Despite the crushing force of the blow, the monster stood firm until the Homunculus was forced to admit defeat, pulling back.
"Obnoxious Celtic Guard cannot be destroyed in battle with a monster that has nineteen-hundred or more attack points," Amelia explained.
"In that case, I end my turn," Kellyn finished.
Kellyn 1400LP/Amelia 5100LP
"I draw!" Amelia declared. "I switch Obnoxious Celtic Guard to attack position." The elfin swordsman stood, raising his blade (2100/800). "Obnoxious Celtic Guard, attack Shining Angel!" The swordsman charged forwards and cleaved through Shining Angel with a swing of his blade, before striking into Kellyn, who cried out in pain.
(Kellyn 700LP)
"I use my Angel's effect to Special Summon another from my Deck!" Kellyn retorted. A second Shining Angel appeared in a flash of radiance (1400/800).
"I place a card face-down and end my turn," Amelia finished, the reversed card appearing.
Kellyn 700LP/Amelia 5100LP
"My draw!" With that, Kellyn drew his next card, bringing his hand to two cards. "I switch Shining Angel to defense mode." The angel knelt down, crossing his arms and wings over his chest (1400/800).
"Now, Golden Homunculus, attack Obnoxious Celtic Guard!" The golden golem stepped forwards, shaking the earth as it drew back its fist…
"I activate my Trap Card!" Amelia retorted. "Dimension Reversion sends all removed from play monsters back to their owners' Decks!" Kellyn gasped as all but two of his removed from play cards reappeared on his Deck, which shuffled as Golden Homunculus groaned (2400/2400). It struck Obnoxious Celtic Guard, who didn't shatter, holding off the blow with his sword.
(Amelia 4800LP)
"So your Golden Homunculus goes from a powerhouse to average," the woman smiled.
"All I have to do is remove enough cards from play and he gets right back where he started," Kellyn pointed out.
"If he survives that long."
"I end my turn with a face-down," Kellyn replied, the reversed card appearing before him.
Kellyn 700LP/Amelia 4800LP
"I draw," Amelia said. "Now I activate the Spell Card, Polymerization, fusing Obnoxious Celtic Guard on my field with the Ancient Elf in my hand to summon…!" A tall, slender elf in purple robes, wielding a scepter appeared beside Obnoxious Celtic Guard and both vanished into the purple void of her Polymerization card…
"I summon the mighty Paladin Elf!" In a flash of energy, a new Elf appeared before her, clad in ornate ceremonial armor of a violet hue, wielding a blade of emerald crystal that shone with energy, magical runes inscribed on both armor and sword. The Paladin's long blond hair flowed out, blown sideways by the wind as his piercing emerald eyes, met Kellyn's gaze (2300/1400 - 3000/1000).
"Paladin Elf, attack his Golden Homunculus!" Paladin Elf surged forwards and cleaved through the golem with a sweep of his magical blade, shattering it before striking through Kellyn with an elegant stab of the longsword.
(Kellyn 100LP)
"When Paladin Elf destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, I can take a Spell Card from my Deck and place it on top," Amelia continued, a card shooting from her Deck to be placed on the top. "I end my turn."
Kellyn 100LP/Amelia 4800LP
"I draw!" Kellyn declared. "I activate the Spell Card, Different Dimension Capsule." An ornate sarcophagus appeared before him, glowing with energy. "Here's how it works. I take a card from my Deck and that card is removed from play. Then in two turns, the Capsule is destroyed and the card comes to my hand."
"So it's a weaker version of Gold Sarcophagus, more or less," Amelia pointed out. "Since the Capsule stays on the field, if I destroy it before its effect activates, the card stays removed from play." Kellyn smiled.
"It doesn't matter either way," he thought as a Spell Card shot from his Deck and he placed it into the Capsule, which closed before sinking down into the ground. "I set a card and end my turn." The reversed card appeared.
Kellyn 100LP/Amelia 4800LP
"My draw!" Amelia shouted, drawing. "I activate my Spell Card, Offerings to the Doomed, skipping my next Draw Phase to destroy your Angel!" Shining Angel screamed as red aura surrounded him and he shattered.
"Paladin Elf, attack him directly and end this!" Paladin Elf surged forwards…
"I activate Defense Draw, reducing the damage to zero and drawing, and I chain Emergency Provisions, sending Defense Draw and Different Dimension Capsule to the Graveyard to gain 2000 Life Points!" The two cards faded into motes of light, before the shield of emerald aura blocked the Paladin's sword strike and he drew a card.
(Kellyn 2100LP)
"Why would you get rid of Different Dimension Capsule?" Amelia said, puzzled. Kellyn smiled.
"You'll see," he replied.
"I end my turn," the woman concluded.
Kellyn 2100LP/Amelia 4800LP
"I draw," Kellyn said. "Now in my Standby Phase, the effect of my Card from a Different Dimension activates. Because it was removed from play, it now returns to my hand and we each draw two cards!"
"So that's why you removed your Capsule…" Amelia realized as Kellyn took the card into his hand and they both drew two cards.
"That's right," he said. "Now I remove from play Troop Dragon from my Graveyard to summon Silpheed!" He pocketed the monster and the white-clad fairy appeared, drawing her fan (1700/700). "But now I sacrifice her to summon my second Golden Homunculus!" Silpheed faded into glowing motes that reformed into another golden golem (1500/1500 - 2700/2700). "Next, I activate Heavy Storm, destroying all Spells and Traps on the field!"
Amelia cried out in shock as a howling gale descended, shattering the Field Spell and The A. Forces. Paladin Elf groaned (2300/1400).
"I place a card face-down and Golden Homunculus attacks Paladin Elf!" Kellyn shouted, the reversed card appearing before his golden monster threw a mighty blow that shattered Paladin Elf into pixels.
(Amelia 4400LP)
"Turn end."
Kellyn 2100LP/Amelia 4400LP
"I draw!" Amelia declared. "I summon my Gemini Elf!" In a flash of magical light, a pair of near-identical elves appeared, one with orange hair, one with blonde hair. The two struck a seductive pose, smirking (1900/900). "Now I equip Gemini Elf with Amulet of Ambition, so when she battles a monster with a higher Level, she gains attack points equal to the Level difference times 500!" A golden amulet appeared around each of her two elves' necks.
"And I have another one!" A second amulet appeared on each of the elves. "Now, Gemini Elf, attack his Golden Homunculus!" The two elves cast a baleful spell towards the golem, glowing with energy (3900/900)…
"I activate the Trap Card, Trap of Darkness!" Kellyn countered. "Now since my Life Points are below three-thousand, I can pay one-thousand Life Points to remove a Normal Trap in my Graveyard from play and have Trap of Darkness duplicate its effect! I remove Hero's Rule 1: Five Freedoms!" He glowed with red aura…
(Kellyn 1100LP)
Then the artwork of Trap of Darkness changed to that of Hero's Rule 1. "I select Spell Cards!" They each pocketed five cards and Golden Homunculus glowed with energy (4500/4500). The golem lumbered forwards, shrugging off the spells cast by the Gemini Elves before crushing both with a blow from its fist.
(Amelia 3800LP)
"Because Amulet of Ambition was sent to the Graveyard, it returns to my hand!" Amelia shouted desperately, taking the Equip Spells from her Graveyard. But she knew now it was hopeless. She wouldn't be able to draw a card to block the winning attack in time.
Her hand fell to the top of her Deck. "I surrender. There's nothing more I can do to fight back."
Kellyn 1100LP/Amelia 0LP
Their Disks deactivated, Golden Homunculus fading away to nothing. Kellyn returned his cards to his Deck, before shuffling it.
"You're a great duelist," he said. "You really had me on the ropes a few times there." She smiled.
"You're not that bad yourself," she said. "I can see you getting to the finals, Kellyn Mikuro."
"Thank you," he replied. "Goodbye, for now." With that, he turned and walked away, looking for another opponent…
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Hyperion stood and watched as a blast of searing light slammed into his opponent, propelling them back down the street. The man coldly turned and walked away, letting his monster fade away to nothingness behind him.
"Good day, Hyperion." He turned his head slightly, taking in the woman in robes seemingly made of golden flame, her face masked by a golden sun-face. The Disk on her arm was made of shining gold.
"Well met, Theia," he replied. "How stand your victories?"
"Five have fallen," she replied. "And yours?"
"Five also."
"Ten defeated by our hands," Theia mused. "Soon the unworthy shall be purged, and the truly powerful left to oppose."
"And thus the sun shall rise once more," Hyperion declared. "The light shall stand proud once again…"
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Kalin stood opposite an opponent, a young man with his black hair in a Mohawk, wearing biker leathers. The man currently controlled a pair of Command Knights (2000/2000x2) and a tall, imposing warrior clad in black plate armor, wielding a massive claymore that shone with energy from the Wicked-Breaking Flamberge – Baou and Lightning Blade equipped to him (2600/2000 - 4700/2000). He had 2100 Life Points left, and two cards in his hand.
Kalin had no cards on his field or in his hand, and 200 Life Points.
"Give it up, Kessler!" the Mohawk-sporting man laughed. "You can't beat my Gilford the Legend, and even if you can, my Command Knight lock can hold you back!"
"I draw," Kalin replied, drawing a card and smiling. "Because I drew Infernity Archfiend with no cards in my hand, I can Special Summon it." A burst of dark flames erupted before him and from it emerged a purple-skinned demon in a grey shroud, with baleful amber eyes (1800/1200). "Because Infernity Archfiend was Special Summoned while I had no cards in my hand, I can add any Infernity card from my Deck to my hand, and I choose Infernity Mirage." A card shot from his Deck into his hand.
"I summon Infernity Mirage." With a wail, a thin, pale-skinned monster like a witch doctor appeared, clad in dark blue robes (0/0). "I activate Infernity Mirage's effect. Because my hand is empty, I can Release it to Special Summon any two Infernity monsters from my Graveyard, like Infernity Beetle and Infernity Dwarf."
Mirage faded into spheres of shadow that reformed into a jet-black beetle with curved, jaw-like horns and spiny legs (1200/0) and a short, stout dwarf clad in green overalls, wielding a flaming battleaxe (800/500).
"All too pathetic!" the man jeered.
"Infernity Beetle is a Tuner monster," Kalin replied. "I Tune Infernity Beetle to Infernity Dwarf and Infernity Archfiend… Synchro Summon…!"
Infernity Beetle soared upwards and faded into two Synchro Gates, which descended to encircle the rising Dwarf and Archfiend, who were reduced to frameworks that shattered into six glowing stars. The stars aligned and connected, exploding in a blaze of powerful energy…
"The dead and the living… the moment they meet at zero, above the cage of eternity, the demonic dragon comes out! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Infernity Death Dragon!"
With a mighty roar, a plain ugly jet-black dragon descended, its chest covered in a spiny exoskeleton, dull grey tendrils crowning its skull and a bladed horn at the end of its nose. Its four golden eyes glared down at Gilford and the Command Knights as the dragon roared, raising its four arms, two of which were near-skeletal, the other two massive and covered in shell-like armor, ending in pincer-claws (3000/2400).
"Still not good enough!"
"On the contrary, I activate my Death Dragon's effect," Kalin replied. "Now as I have no cards in my hand, I can skip this turn's Battle Phase to destroy a monster you control and deal you damage equal to half of the destroyed monster's attack points. Infernity Death Dragon, destroy his Gilford the Legend with Infernity Death Breath!"
The dragon roared and breathed a stream of noxious gas. Gilford began to choke, before exploding into pixels, his master screaming in pain as the blast consumed him and his Life Points fell to zero…
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The Oracle still stood with Cyrus atop the building.
"What do you think will happen?" Cyrus asked. "How will this end?" She smiled.
"You know that I cannot tell you precisely the outcome," she replied, petting her snake.
"I just want to know if Maya will be okay."
"Your affection for her is always intriguing," the young woman commented. "Despite being born only to imitate, you somehow have stepped beyond that and developed true feelings. Your creators would be proud."
"You know they wouldn't," he replied, crossing his arms. "All they wanted was an army. Not a thinker, not someone who cared, but a soldier in an army to achieve their aims…"
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Card Stats:
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Monsters:
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Learning Elf
EARTH/ Spellcaster/Effect /Level 3/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1500
When this card is sent to the Graveyard, draw 1 card.
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Thoroughbred Elf
EARTH/ Warrior /Level 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500
(The above two cards were first used by Gekkou Tenma in the Yu-Gi-Oh R manga chapter 'The Elf Warriors'. Creative credit for them goes to the writers of the manga.)
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Boomerang Elf
EARTH/ Warrior/Effect /Level 4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500
Once per turn, when you have declared an attack with this monster, you can change the attack target to another monster your opponent controls during the Battle Step.
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Wonderbeat Elf
EARTH/ Warrior/Effect /Level 4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1600
In addition to a normal attack, this card can attack during the same Battle Phase as many times as the number of other "Elf" Monsters you control.
(The above two cards were first used by Gekkou Tenma in the Yu-Gi-Oh R manga chapter 'Pegasus' Minion'. Creative credit for them goes to the writers of the manga.)
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Paladin Elf
EARTH/ Warrior/Fusion/Effect /Level 7/ATK: 2300/DEF: 1400
'Obnoxious Celtic Guard' + 'Ancient Elf'
This card is treated as a Spellcaster-Type monster in addition to its original Type. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, select 1 Spell Card from your Deck and place it on top of your Deck.
(Paladin Elf is my own invention and creative credit for it goes to me.)
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Spells:
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Take Over 5
Normal Spell Card
Image: Five cards hovering over a Duel Academy Duel Disk with Obelisk Blue highlights, the Deck in which is glowing with orange energy.
Send the top 5 cards from your Deck to the Graveyard. During your next Standby Phase, if this card is in your Graveyard, by removing it from play, you can draw 1 card. While this card is in your Graveyard, negate the effect(s) of cards you control that send cards from your Deck to the Graveyard.
(Take Over 5 was first used by Jaden in the GX episode 'Gratitude Duel! Chronos vs. Original Dropout Boy'. Creative credit for it goes to the writers of GX.)
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Card from a Different Dimension
Normal Spell Card
Image: A reversed Duel Monsters card in a strange machine, with an aura of electricity around it.
If this card is removed from play, return it to your hand during your next Standby Phase. If this card is returned to the hand this way, both players draw 2 cards.
(Card from a Different Dimension was first used by Zane in the GX episode 'The Graduation Match Part 1'. Creative credit for it goes to the writers of GX.)
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Traps:
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Dynamite Wall
Normal Trap Card
Image: A large pile of dynamite exploding in a fiery blaze.
Activate only when your opponent declares an attack. Destroy the attacking monster and 1 monster you control. If this card is in your Graveyard when your opponent declares an attack, you can remove it from play to remove from play the attacking monster and all cards you control.
(Dynamite Wall was first used by Lotten in the 5D's episode 'Deathmatch Riding Duel'. Creative credit for it goes to the writers of 5D's.)
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Hero's Rule 1: Five Freedoms
Normal Trap Card
Image: Five cards hovering above an Academy Duel Disk and Battle City Duel Disk.
Declare 1 Card type (Monster, Spell, or Trap). Both players must remove from play 5 cards of the declared type from their respective Graveyards.
(Hero's Rule 1: Five Freedoms was first used by Jaden in the GX episode 'Rise of the Sacred Beasts Part 2'. Creative credit for it goes to the writers of GX.)
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Dimension Reversion
Normal Trap Card
Image: D.D. Survivor, D.D. Warrior Lady, D.D. Warrior, D.D. Assailant, Different Dimension Dragon and D.D. Scout Plane descending from portals down towards a glowing Deck.
Return all removed from play monsters to their owner's Deck(s).
(Dimension Reversion was first used by Akiza in the 5D's episode 'Digging Deeper Part 3'. Creative credit for it goes to the writers of 5D's.)
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Next time on Spiritual Shadows, Alex gets his first Duel of the tournament, but when faced by some incredibly powerful angels, can he prevail against goddesses of luck? Will the Paradigm series win through for him?
To find out, read Chapter 13 – Ritual Buster!