Mark 021: Hall of Fame
Macbeths LP: 8000 Sarahs LP: 8000
"The gauntlet is off. This will be probably be the last hope for everyone in this tournament! Are you excited?" Macbeth asked his opponent as he placed one monster card face down, along with two traps. "You bet!" Sarah shouted back. "Splendid! Then you may take your turn." This time he was on the defense. "Well for this game I decided to give my non Watt friends some little airtime, so say hello to Armisael!" She summoned a Shining Angel(1400/800), a monster that could special summon another light elemental if it died in the midst of a fight. "Now I want to see what you added to your deck!" The angel flew towards the set monster. "I did not say I just added or subtracted, I reworked it from scratch!" What was killed was a very odd sort of critter, a speedo-wearing blue monster(0/1000). "Ojama's?" This was not another forbidden family. This was a deck any duelist could buy and get. It just was not very popular. "Oh wow! I never thought I would face that kind of deck!" Either way the monster died.
But that was of course what Macbeth wanted. "Ojama Blue was slain. His death gives me a great reward." He could add two Ojama cards from his deck into his hand, so he took Ojama Red and Ojama Delta Hurricane. "Hmm. I think I know this combo. This is a sticky situation for you, Sarah." She said to herself as she placed two trap cards down. "Okay, your move!" But her cheery attitude was not even weakened. "Good. Now this following combo may be familiar to a lot of players, but few can escape it. The perfect Ojama lock!" He activated the field spell: Ojama Country. "First off one plays this, the land of Ojama's. By discarding a card from their hand, a player can revive one Ojama monster." Tobias discarded a spell card, to bring back Ojama Blue"(1000/0). "You may notice an oddity. That is because in Ojama's Country all Ojama's have their attack and defense points switched. Other monsters suffer this effect too." The angel(800/1400) to had shuffle his stats. "And now the fun truly begins. For I discarded Ojamagic!"
Ojamagic was a critical element of the combo, a spell card that added three specific Ojama's to a players hand, if it was ever sent to the cemetery. "I take Ojama Green, Black and Yellow." Now all he had to do was summon them. "I can special summon all Ojama's in my hand by summoning Ojama Red!" The redskinned beast(1000/0) appeared, and right behind him were Green(1000/0), Black(1000/0) and Yellow(1000/0). "Why do I get the feeling he is mocking us with this deck." Ranger E noticed the similarities between them and his monsters color patterns. "And yet no Pink Ojama." Macbeth then finished phase 1, by activating Ojama Delta Hurricane. "When I control Black, Green and Yellow, all my opponents cards are blown away!" The trio started up a violent storm. "This is how I win, Sarah Rain. By clearing the field I can finish off my enemies in one turn. After I boost their attackpoints with a spell like Big March of Animals of course." This setup could do up to 10000 damage in one turn. "And if they survive that, I have a backup plan."
However Sarah flipped two trap cards. "Well, in that case there is only one thing I can do. I activate Wattkeeper and Dynamic Generator." The latter card resolved first. "I can discard the top three cards of my deck. If any Thunder monsters are among them, I gain 1000 lifepoints for each!" She discarded three cards: Batteryman AA, Wattdragonfly and Trap Stun. "Only two? That will not be enough." Sarahs lifepoints went up to 10000. "I know. That is why Wattkeeper will revive a Wattmonster from my graveyard! Come out Zeppo!" The trap that resolved second could now take the Dragonfly(100/900) she discarded and revive it. "But the Hurricane will just wipe that one out too, wont it?" Yale asked, as he saw the winds take down both her angel and insect. "Yes. But when a dragonfly dies, another watt monster can be special summoned from my deck. Remember?" Apparently that counted for destruction by card effects too. "Here is Zippo!" A second fly showed up in defense mode. "Incredible! You evaded certain death with such grace! I can not use this spell yet." Macbeth held back his Big March and entered the battle phase. "I will activate Howl of the Wild instead!" He played a trap, one the others had seen Richard use in his duels. "That's not good."
Sarahs LP: 10000
Dynamic Generator, Normal Trap
Send 3 cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard. Gain 1000 Life Points for each Thunder-type monster card sent to the graveyard this way.
Each slain monster would cause 1500 effect damage to the girl from now on. "Black attacks!" The heavy-set Ojama splashed down on Zippo. "Green and Yellow will take care of what you summon afterwards." Zippo's death brought out Zappo, and Zappo's fatal encounter with Green summoned a Wattfox(100/800). "Meet Thursday. When he is destroyed, the opponent loses the right to use spells or traps during the rest of his turn." Macbeth gasped as the fox was slain by Yellow. "That means.." He looked at his hand which had a fusing spell. His backup plan had been to fuse his Ojama's. That would block all of her monster zones and prevent her from summoning anything new. "You saw right through me, fair Sarah." Ojama Red and Blue delivered a direct attack. "No. Not that. It is just that I never know what deck I face next. So I mentally prepare myself for every possible strategy every deck may have. Like you fusing your monsters into Ojama King and Ojama Knight for instance." Macbeth could only smile. "Remarkable. You truly live for this game."
Sarahs LP: 3500
"But did I spy a Batteryman with my eye?" He noticed the Generator had discarded a thunder-type monster which was not a Watt. "Yup. That is what I added. Batteries, small." She summoned another monster, a D Batteryman(1900/0). "..and Big! This fella I named Delta." Thanks to Ojama Country, its massive defense had been switched with its nonexistant attackpoints. "And now I get a to play a spell I don't often get to play." She activated a very old card, Makiu - the Magical Mist. "Oh my." It would destroy all monsters whose defense points were lower than her thunder monsters attackpoints. "I can't believe she used that. Yet it will destroy his entire army." Urizen did not know whether to laugh or to applaud her. "A revived classic, it warms my heart. Yet it saddens me as well." He flipped his counter trap: Magic Drain. "I have to negate it." The trap drained the mist away. "You did what you had to do." Sarah sighed as well, but did grieve for long. "I will have to do it one at a time then!" She pointed at Ojama Green. "Green is my least favorite color, so..kill that one Delta!" Batteryman D punched the green one into pieces. "I set two cards again and end my turn." She was in the lead, but that could not last long. "The curtain is about to fall.."
Macbeths LP: 7100
"I discard a card." Ojama Country revived Ojama Green. "She might as well not have attacked." Ada felt this took too long. All Ojama's had to be killed in one turn for her to get anywhere. "I do not have another Hurricane card. But I may not need it." This time he did play The Big March of Animals. "All beast-type monsters gain 200 attackpoints for each Beast on my field." There were five, so each Ojama(2000/0) gained 1000 attackpoints. "If this is it, fair Sarah. I will tell you that I had a blast." The five Ojama's began their charge, Ojama Green avenged itself by elbowing Batteryman D into destruction, doing another 1500 effect damage. "But everything must come to an end! Ojama Yellow attacks, I hope that is your favorite." The yellow one bounced towards her. "It is. But.." And then at last, she revealed her face-down card. "I don't want to lose just yet. I activate Portable Battery Pack, to revive two Batteryman from my graveyard!" A walking Battery Pack appeared, which unloaded a D Battery(1900/0) and a double A battery(1000/0).
Sarahs LP: 1900
"Then I play Inferno Reckless Summon!" And because she had special summoned a monster with less than 1500 attackpoints, she could bringt two more from her deck. Macbeth could have done the same, but his field was already filled up. "Batterymen AA gain 1000 attackpoints for each of their own on the field." This power up was not affected by Ojama Country, since this modified current attack rather than original attack. So the three Batteries(3000/0) became significantly stronger. "You dance out of deaths path once again, fairest Sarah. Only few can match up to your magnificence now." The small batteryman were too strong to attack, but he could still kill big one a second time. Ojama Yellow finished it off, while the Ace switched the other three to defense mode. "May I ask them their names?" She had not introduced the new trio yet. "Of course. They're Aaron, Adam and Alfa." They had two a's in their original name, so why not? "Good thing that you signed each one of them. Otherwise I wouldn't know which is which." Macbeth chuckled.
Sarahs LP: 300
"But I am not through yet!" He activated the field spell in his hand, the one he would have activated last turn if not for Wattfox. "Fusion Gate! I banish Ojama Yellow and Green to fuse them together!" Green and yellow combined into an armored Ojama, who still wore his swimming pants on the outside(0/2000). "Your two remaining monster zones are sealed off." If it had not been for the Batterymen, the final three zones could have been sealed off by the Ojama King. "I end my turn." He was actually forced into defending now. With Ojama Country replaced by Fusion Gate, all Ojama's(0/1000) were back to their original stats.
"Hmm. Can not summon anything new. Can not hurt him.." This duel did not look like it was going to end any time soon. But she changed her opinion when she saw what was on top of her deck. "Oh. Sarah, you are lucky!" She flashed a confident smile at Macbeth. "I think you will appreciate this finisher, sir Macbeth. It is a move appropriate for your kind of deck." She activated the new card, a spell called.. "Short Circuit: when i I control three Batterymen, It shorts out all cards on the field!" Aaron, Adam and Alfa joined together to release a major burst of electricity. "This is just like my Hurricane?" The lightning destroyed his Ojama's, his field spell and his continuous trap. "Triple direct attack!" And the trio then fired individual voltage blasts which shocked the Ace of Hearts directly. "It appears that time, Sarah has won!"
Macbeths LP: 0
"She did it!" The rangers were thrilled "That is one down." Yale, Xavier and Ada were also pleased with this progress. "But she nearly lost all her lifepoints." Urizen was not as optimistic, because he knew a duelist could not renew his LP in a gauntlet challenge. "You have shattered all of my expectations, Sarah Rain. Nobody else has ever defeated me so quickly and so decidedly. You definitely deserve the right to move on." The doors of the Palace opened slowly. "You and your companions can all head inside and confront the second Ace." He bowed for them all. "Wait. Before we go. We do have some questions.."
"We do?" Sarah was not yet aware of the mysteries that surrounded this place, she just wanted to rush inside and meet the second duelist. "Yes. It's about this whole tournament. Kein has not been too generous and Richard already struggled to tell us so little. So I am asking you." Urizen walked up towards the Ace of Hearts. "What is the real purpose of this Battle Garden? And what do you know about the blackouts?" Macbeth looked uncomfortable already. "Ehr. I know Richard and Kein had problems, but my city network had no problems whatsoever." That was not enough of an answer for the duelist. "You Aces must talk to each other as well. And to my father. There must be a reason for your presence here." The Ace looked at him at last. "It's our responsibility. It would be dangerous if we weren't here." Urizens eyes narrowed. "Why? If you ask me it is more dangerous with you people here." He would not trust his father for even a second. "It's dangerous either way. But this way at least it will not be like two years a.."
"Tobias Macbeth!"
Before more could be said, a louder voice overpowered the words. "You are overstepping your boundaries." It was the masked one, Lincoln. "The Ace of Diamonds is in control now. So get in here, or leave." He turned around and walked back inside. "Ehm. What he said." Macbeth took his chance to get out of the conversation and took the same path. "Damn it." They had no choice either. " Guess we have to beat them all to keep them from shutting each other up." He said to himself. "Well I don't know why you are so angry. But I am taking that challenge." Sarah ran through the doors as well, with the other duelists following right behind. They all ended up in a large central hall. "Hmph. You failed to even leave me one card, Tobias Macbeth. You failed the gauntlet." Lincoln scoffed as he activated his dueldisk. "She was a tough duelist. I am not ashamed of my defeat." The ace said with pride. "I shall be the judge of that." Lincoln looked at his opponent. "Woman, you should know that none ever have surpassed me. These halls is where it all ends for you and your friends." Lincoln took the high ground, standing on the stairs that lead to the second floor. "And it is my turn!" The deck was inserted, the holograms activated. He drew his six cards. "Duel!"
Lincolns LP: 8000 Sarahs LP: 300
As they expected, lifepoints were carried over from the last match. But so were Sarahs three powerful Batterymen(3000/0). "Enough power to end a fight in one turn." He started his turn by special summoning a Cyber Dragon(2100/1600) from his hand. "It might as well be nothing to me." Then he normal summoned a mechanical canine, the Scrap Beast(1600/1300). "Scraps? He uses Scraps?" Sarah had heard of that deck as well. "I do. And now that you feel the right level of terror. I synchro summon Scrap Twin Dragon!" Lincoln tuned the level 4 Beast tuner with his level 5 dragon, to form a level 9 synchro. The double-headed Scrap Dragon(3000/2200). "I will set two cards and destroy one of two, to send two of your cards back to your hand." Scrap twin could destroy any card its master controlled, to bounce back 2 other cards. Alfa and Adam were sent back to Sarahs hands, leaving Aaron(1000/0) alone and weakened. "I can't believe I had to waste my time on this." And then his synchro attacked it, depleting her lifepoints entirely. "Bring on the next victim."
Sarahs LP: 0
(To be Continued in Mark 022: ScrapMetal)
New cards used by Sarah Rain
Shining Angel
Wattfox
Batteryman D
Batteryman AA
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Makiu, the Magical Mist
Inferno Reckless Summon
Short Circuit
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Dynamic Generator
Wattkeeper
Portable Battery Pack
New cards used by Tobias Macbeth
Ojama Blue
Ojama Red
Ojama Black
Ojama Green
Ojama Yellow
Ojama Knight
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Ojama Country
Ojamagic
Ojama Delta Hurricane
The Big March of Animals
Fusion Gate
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Howl of the Wild
Magic Drain
Cards used by Vince V. Lincoln
Cyber Dragon
Scrap Beast
Scrap Twin Dragon