Chapter 28: Draconic Pace
Hunter Pace. A coward, pathetic, snivelling, a man who pleaded in the face of defeat. But he was a strong duelist, I'll give him that. Sure, he couldn't be brave in the face of defeat, but he sure could dominate a duel with those Burning Skulls of his...
Kisara sat in the Duelist Lounge, staring at Hunter Pace. The Texan biker gave her a crooked smile and she noted his brown, hideous teeth with disgust.
"Close your mouth," she snapped.
"Why, hun'?" Hunter replied.
"Cause if you don't, I'll knock all your teeth out."
"Let's not get violent, sweet," the biker chuckled "you're a pretty thing an' I don't wanna hurt ya." Kisara glared into his eyes.
"You're going down," she muttered...
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Hunter and Kisara stood opposite each other, ready to duel. Hunter Pace had a confident smirk on his face, while Kisara's face was grim by comparison.
"Our two duelists for this match are certainly intriguing," Rex Goodwin spoke "first, we have Hunter Pace, the current Duel Monsters Turbo Dueling Champion of New Domino City. His strong tactics have left many an opponent in flames. Against him is the mysterious niece of Seto Kaiba, Kisara. Will her dragons be able to best Pace or not? Let's find out."
"Begin!"
"DUEL!" Kisara and Hunter Pace yelled.
Kisara 8000LP/Hunter Pace 8000LP
"You can take the first turn, hun'," Hunter Pace said.
"Thanks, but you'll regret that," Kisara said, drawing her card "I summon Vanguard of the Dragon!" A tall, humanoid beast with a draconic head appeared, sapphire scales coating its body, a long tail crested with spines lashing behind it, a black horn growing majestically over its head and a spear and shield clutched in its hands (ATK: 1700).
"That's one big lizard," Hunter Pace chuckled.
"It's a Dragon," Kisara growled "and I activate its special ability. I'll discard my Pitch-Dark Dragon to give Vanguard of the Dragon 300 more points." She slotted the card into the Graveyard and Vanguard glowed (ATK: 2000). "I'll also discard my Red-Eyes Wyvern." Vanguard glowed again (ATK: 2300).
"I'll end there."
Kisara 8000LP/Hunter Pace 8000LP
"I draw!" Hunter Pace shouted. A crooked smirk crossed his lips as he saw the card. He looked over his hand, then picked out one card.
"I send Skull Conductor from my hand to the Graveyard to bring out up to two Zombies with 2000 points out from my hand! I choose these Burning Skull Heads!"
Two skulls appeared, then burst into flames (ATK: 1000x2). Kisara groaned at the ridiculousness of their names.
"When Burning Skull Head gets brought out from my hand by a Special Summon, you get smacked with 1000 points of damage!" Hunter Pace laughed "and I just brought out two, missy!" Kisara screamed as flames erupted around her, searing into her. She fell to her knees as the flames abated, gasping for breath.
(Kisara: 6000LP)
"He just burned a quarter of her points just by summoning those two!" Milo exclaimed.
"You gonna get up, or are you gonna just stay there?" Hunter Pace laughed at Kisara "why not stay down? I'd always be willin' to help ya up, like a gentleman..." Kisara did not miss the way his eyes flashed. She gritted her teeth and stood up.
"You can take your help and shove it!" she snapped. Hunter Pace just leered.
"I'll give ya another taste of the heat then!" he laughed "I'm sacrificing my Burning Skull Heads to summon Skull Flame!" The two skulls melted together into a great inferno and a terrifying figure became visible within the flames, a skeleton clad in ornate purple robes decorated with bones, a crimson cloak slung over its shoulders, hands like barbed claws and a mane of flames lashing the air over its head (ATK: 2600).
"Now, Skull Flame, attack!" Skull Flame yelled a battle cry and raised a hand, tossing a fireball that reduced Vanguard of the Dragon to ashes. Kisara winced as the flames seared her skin.
(Kisara: 5700LP)
"I'll end this turn with a face-down!" Hunter Pace yelled. The card appeared behind Skull Flame.
Kisara 5700LP/Hunter Pace 8000LP
"I draw," Kisara said with a wince. She smirked as she saw her card. "I activate Spellbook Inside the Pot!" She and Hunter Pace drew three cards each.
"Now I activate Polymerization to fuse together Divine Dragon Ragnarok and Lord of Dragons to Fusion Summon King Dragun!" She discarded the monsters and two shadows appeared in the void of Polymerization before merging together. A powerful roar rent the air before the void shattered to reveal Kisara's beast.
King Dragun was immense, with a human torso coated in golden armour, head hidden under a draconic helmet of the same metal, wretched purple flames ringing its neck like a collar as two black wings spread behind it. A draconic flute was clutched in its left hand, and its fierce eyes glared at Hunter Pace. However, below the waist, its body was that of a golden serpentine dragon, lashing through the air, twisting and coiling beneath the humanoid form crowning its body (ATK: 2400).
"I activate King Dragun's special ability," Kisara laughed "to Special Summon a Dragon from my hand. I choose my Tyrant Dragon!" King Dragun raised his flute to his lips and blew.
An immense roar sounded, shaking the arena as a huge, golden scaled dragon landed, beating down with massive black wing membranes, muscular limbs thrashing at the air as it raised its noble head and glared at Hunter Pace's monster with regal, cold eyes (ATK: 2900).
"Finally, I can Normal Summon still," Kisara said "I summon my Dark Blade." The black armoured warrior appeared, raising his scimitars (ATK: 1800). "Now, Tyrant Dragon, attack Skull Flame! Tyrant Blaze!" Tyrant Dragon roared, opening its jaws and unleashing a torrent of flames that engulfed the skeletal creature and reduced it to ashes. Hunter Pace flinched as the flames washed over him.
(Hunter Pace: 7700LP)
"King Dragun, attack him directly with Fire Scourge!" King Dragun raised its right hand and unleashed a stream of flames that tore into Hunter Pace and knocked him to the ground.
(Hunter Pace: 5300LP)
"Dark Blade, attack!" Dark Blade charged silently and slashed at Hunter Pace with his scimitars.
(Hunter Pace: 3500LP)
"I end there," Kisara said smugly.
Kisara 5700LP/Hunter Pace 3500LP
"I draw!" Hunter Pace yelled "I've been goin' easy on you, little missy, but now I'm gonna scorch you hard! I'm playin' my Call of the Mummy!" The card appeared and glowed with light. "And I'm usin' it to summon Burning Skull Head!" His third blazing skull appeared with a cackle (ATK: 1000). Then Kisara screamed as flames enveloped her, forcing her to her knees once again.
(Kisara: 4700LP)
"Next I'm activatin' the Doom Flare Spell Card. This little card means I have to send my Burning Skull Head to the Grave. Then, if I can bring out a monster with more than twice its Level this turn, that monster gets all of my Skull Head's points onto its own!" Burning Skull Head exploded into fragments of flaming bone that soon vanished as Hunter Pace slotted the card into his Graveyard.
"Now what?" Kisara asked "you need to bring out a Level 7 or higher monster to use that Doom Flare card. How are you planning that?"
"I've already got what I need!" he laughed in reply "I'm removin' Skull Flame in my Grave from play to summon Supersonic Skull Flame!"
With a howl of triumph, a gate of flames opened behind Hunter Pace and something galloped out to stand slightly in front of him. It looked like Skull Flame from the waist upwards, with the same skeletal body, just lacking the robes, instead baring its ribcage and spine. Its purple sleeves still sheathed its arms though, and it had a longer, more ornate crimson cloak. Its mane of fire was also more magnificent.
However, from the waist down, it had the body of a skeletal horse, coated in black and gold armour. Instead of a tail, a plume of flames rent the air behind the beast. Supersonic Skull Flame was a skeletal centaur, a monstrous creature. It raised its head to the sky and roared in triumph, flames exploding around it to sear the ground (ATK: 2600). Then a transparent illusion of Burning Skull Head appeared and flowed into the centaur skeleton thanks to Doom Flare (ATK: 3600).
"Now I'm using Supersonic Skull Flame's special ability!" Hunter Pace yelled "I get to scorch you with 400 points of damage for every Burning Skull Head in my Graveyard!" Supersonic Skull Flame reared up with a roar as three illusory Burning Skull Heads appeared over it. With a wave of its arms, the three blazing skulls shot forth with mad cackles and struck Kisara, engulfing her in flames and forcing terrible screams from her lips as the pain forced her to her knees.
(Kisara: 3500LP)
Kisara grimly stood, smoke rising from her body in wispy trails. Supersonic Skull Flame seemed to chuckle as it fell back onto all fours.
"Now I'm activatin' Fire Shift. With this, I get back one of my Fire monsters that got tossed outta the game. Come back, Skull Flame!" The skeletal creature appeared with a roar (ATK: 2600). Then it suddenly glowed with flame (ATK: 3600).
"What?!" Kisara exclaimed.
"Don't ya know?" Hunter Pace laughed "Doom Flare works on any fitting monster 'til the end of this turn! Now, Skull Flame, attack King Dragun!" Skull Flame cackled and launched a fireball from its hands, incinerating the demonic dragon creature. Kisara hissed as the flames struck her.
(Kisara: 2300LP)
"Supersonic Skull Flame! Attack her Dark Blade with Purgatory Chains!" Supersonic Skull Flame roared and spread its arms wide, unleashing chains of fire from its hands that flayed Dark Blade down to bloody shreds of armour, muscle and bone. Kisara screamed in pain as the flaming chains cut into her.
(Kisara: 500LP)
Kisara growled as she stood, wincing.
"I'll end there, missy!" Hunter Pace chuckled.
Kisara 500LP/Hunter Pace 3500LP
"I draw," Kisara snarled "I activate Urgent Supplies to draw three cards." She drew and smirked. "Now I activate Dragon's Mirror, removing from play Vanguard of the Dragon, Pitch-Dark Dragon, Red-Eyes Wyvern, Divine Dragon Ragnarok and Tyrant Dragon from my Graveyard to Fusion Summon Five-Headed Dragon!" With a terrifying roar, the almighty Dragon appeared (ATK: 5000). "Now I play Trade-In, discarding my Gandora the Dragon of Destruction to draw two more cards!" She slotted the Dragon into her Graveyard and smirked.
I activate King Dragun's special ability to Special Summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon from my hand!" Her legendary beast appeared in a burst of flames with a shriek (ATK: 2400). "Next I'll summon Crimson Egg of Darkness from my hand!" The bloody red orb appeared in another burst of flames (ATK: 0).
"I Tune Crimson Egg of Darkness with Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" Kisara called. Crimson Egg of Darkness exploded into flames and became two Synchro rings that encircled Red-Eyes Black Dragon, cutting it down to an orange framework that released seven glowing stars. The stars aligned within the rings before exploding with dark purple aura...
"With blood and rage of crimson red, ripped from a corpse so freshly dead!" Kisara chanted "together with my hellish hate, I'll burn you all, this is your fate! Synchro Summon! Unleash the flames of hell, Red-Eyes Umbral Dragon!"
The hellish form of her Synchro monster appeared, screaming in rage as hellfire burst from its jaws to lick at the earth below (ATK: 2800). Then its ability kicked in, raising its power greatly (ATK: 3700).
"Now!" Kisara yelled "Five-Headed Dragon, attack Supersonic Skull Flame! Draconic Elemental Storm!" Five-Headed Dragon roared and unleashed Fire, Water, Wind, Earth and Darkness from its maws, atomizing Supersonic Skull Flame in a maelstrom of power. Hunter Pace screamed as the blast tossed him to the ground with astounding force.
(Hunter Pace: 2100LP)
"Red-Eyes Umbral Dragon, attack Skull Flame! Umbral Hellion Flare!" Red-Eyes Umbral Dragon roared and launched a burst of black flames from its maw, incinerating Skull Flame and tossing the just-stood Hunter Pace back to the floor.
(Hunter Pace: 2000LP)
Hunter Pace stood with a growl of pain as Kisara drew in a breath to declare her last attack.
"I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back Skull Flame!" he called sharply. The flaming skeleton reappeared in a burst of flames (ATK: 2600) and Kisara hissed with irritation.
"Take your last turn then," she muttered "but you can't beat me."
Kisara 500LP/Hunter Pace 2000LP
"I activate my Skull Flame's special ability!" Hunter Pace yelled "instead of drawing, I can get a Burning Skull Head back from my grave!" A Burning Skull Head slid out of his Graveyard and he added it to his hand with a vicious smirk.
"Now I'm usin' Skull Flame's other ability to bring out that Burning Skull Head!"
Kisara felt shock and horror tear through her as the blazing skull appeared in a burst of flame (ATK: 1000). Then flames erupted into life around her and she screamed as searing agony tore into her, forcing her to her knees for the last time.
Kisara 0LP/Hunter Pace 2000LP
The crowd applauded and cheered Hunter Pace as the monster images faded away to nothing. Kisara stood weakly, swaying slightly as she tried to keep herself on her feet. She slowly turned and began to stagger away, slotting her cards back into her Deck.
She stumbled and fell to one knee, forcing herself to stand, but only managing three steps before she began to fall again. Before she hit the ground, someone caught her. She looked up weakly to see Julian and realised she was just inside the tunnel leading out of the arena.
"Hey," Julian said softly. She smiled at him weakly. But his expression was slightly grim.
"Thanks," she said. He looked into her eyes with something akin to sadness.
"I need to talk to you about last night," he said. She looked away quickly, afraid now. "Kisara... there's something about you that makes me... lose myself. That's why I danced with you last night. But you were the one who kissed me."
"What's your point?" Kisara muttered.
"You kissed me," Julian said "but you don't love me. I saw it in your eyes when it happened. What you feel isn't love, its lust. But you cannot, and I mean it, you can't kiss me. I love Kelsey, not you." She looked into his eyes with shock rippling across her eyes.
"Julian..."
"I mean it," Julian murmured "I don't love you and I'm faithful to Kelsey. I'm not going to stress my relationship with her any more than I already have." He let Kisara go and she leaned herself up against the wall. "Stay away from me, Kisara. What happened last night can't happen again." He turned and began to walk away.
"Wait!" she cried "Julian, you're wrong! I love you!" He stopped, but didn't look back.
"You barely know me," he said coldly "I've loved Kelsey for two years, Kisara. I've known you for a few days. Leave me and Kelsey alone." He started to step forwards again, but Kisara lunged and grabbed him, pulling him into a forced embrace.
"I love you!" she cried again. He refused to look at her and her heart began to break. "Please..." she whispered.
"Let me go," he said.
"I won't ever let you go," Kisara whispered "I'll hold you forever. Please, Julian... I love you!"
"If you loved me," he said coldly "then you'd stay away. If you loved me, you'd realise I'm happy with Kelsey. At least I know Kelsey cares." The words stabbed into her like scalding knives and a single tear pooled in her eyes.
"Please..."
"Let me go," Julian said "you don't care, Kisara. You don't love me. You just saw my face and wanted me for yourself. Lust, Kisara, not love."
"It started that way" she protested "but I've changed! I love you! Please, Julian, believe me!" He placed a hand on her arm and gently, but forcefully pushed it aside, stepping out of her embrace.
She fell to her knees, tears running down her face. He heard a single sob and finally turned to look at her. His heart sung pity for the poor girl before him, but he couldn't bring himself to comfort her.
"I love Kelsey," he said quietly "and that will never change. When I swear my wedding vows with her, I'll mean every word... 'till death do us part.' I'll mean all five of those words. I'll love Kelsey until the day I die. If you truly cared, you'd leave us alone and move on." He turned and slowly walked away, leaving the sobbing Kisara to grieve over her broken heart...
She just knelt there, face in her hands, crying bitter tears over Julian and how he had broken her heart. He was the first person she had ever truly loved, and she had pushed him away. All because he had already given his heart to someone else. But despite the pain coursing through her, despite the heartbreak, Kisara couldn't bring herself to hate him.
She loved him so much hate was impossible.
"Julian," she sobbed "please..." But he couldn't hear her and even if he could, he wouldn't care. She slowly stood up, tears falling from her eyes like stardust as she leant against the wall and cried her heart out, grieving over everything, all the pain and loss and misery she'd suffered since discovering who she really was.
She suddenly felt someone standing beside her and looked to see who it was. Her spirits were crushed partially; as she noticed immediately it wasn't Julian. In fact, it was a tall, beautiful woman with pale white skin and white-blue hair, her eyes brilliant cobalt, clad in a simplistic robe of rough brown cloth. Despite her poor clothing, the woman exuded a nobility and grace beyond even the greatest of queens.
And Kisara knew who she was looking at. It was her namesake, the very woman who had once held the spirit of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon within her. Without an invitation, the pale skinned woman embraced the tearful girl, holding her in a comforting embrace.
"Oh, you poor child," she whispered "you don't deserve this suffering."
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Julian sat on a seat in the duelist lounge and looked down at his Turbo Deck. Just before Kisara had lost to Hunter Pace, Rex Goodwin had sent a message to both him and Jack. Their showdown was to be a Turbo Duel.
The Deck seemed sound, but Julian couldn't throw off the memories of his last Turbo Duel against Jack. That Duel had been an absolute nightmare and Julian had lost it. He needed a way to prevent Jack from using his Red Dragon Archfiend or its Assault Mode version.
Flamvell Nidhogg seemed to be his only weapon capable of besting the Dragons... and if that was the only way forwards, then Julian would play the Spirit.
He pulled his four Synchro monsters out of his Deck and looked over them. Flamvell Urquizas was decent and easy to summon. Nitro Warrior was harder to play, but its abilities were normally destructive. Though, Julian had to admit, its second effect was near useless against Jack, who never played monsters in defence position.
Flamvell Phoenixian... the problem with it was the simple fact it was too weak. 1500 starting attack points was near useless. Even its effect couldn't make up for the fact that it was still too weak.
And Flamvell Nidhogg... that was Julian's best card. Able to destroy the rest of the field upon being summoned, capable of dealing out damage to an opponent equal to the attack points of a monster it battled... it was a very destructive and powerful Synchro monster.
Julian placed Flamvell Urquizas, Nitro Warrior and Flamvell Nidhogg back on top of his Turbo Deck. He placed Flamvell Phoenixian face-up on the table in front of him and looked at it thoughtfully.
"Julian!" Jaden called, standing next to him "hey there. I've got something for you!"
"What is it?" Julian asked, glancing at the Elemental Hero duelist.
"I was looking over your match with Minato and I thought that Flamvell Phoenixian seemed a little... weak, so I called in a favour with an old friend of mine who works for Industrial Illusions. He made you something I think can help." Jaden pulled a card from his pocket and passed it to Julian, who looked over the monster with interest.
"Yes, I think I could use this well," he mused "thanks Jaden. Tell your friend he deserves employee of the month for this!" He slid the new monster into the Deck alongside his other Synchro monster, unclipped a Deck Box from his belt and opened it, revealing his spare cards. This Deck Box was barely half full and Julian slotted Flamvell Phoenixian into it. He closed the box and clipped it back onto his belt, removed his Ground Deck from his Duel Disk and placed it back into its Deck Box before sliding his Turbo Deck into place in his Duel Disk, removing the four Synchro monsters and placing them into the Extra Deck slot of the Disk instead.
Jack smirked as he stood up at the same time as Julian, both already prepared.
Their eyes met and they glared at each other with undisguised hatred. This would be a duel of epic proportions, a battle between two fierce rivals...
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Kelsey, Drago and Milo sat in the audience, awaiting the beginning of Julian and Jack's Turbo Duel, which had just been announced by Rex Goodwin.
"This will be interesting," Milo noted "Julian against Jack."
"Julian will win," Kelsey murmured "I know he will."
"How can you be sure? This is Jack he's facing, and the last time Julian Turbo Duelled Jack, it didn't go to well," Milo said.
"Don't start doubting Julian," Drago said sharply "you know him, Milo. He can pull through and beat Jack if he puts his heart and soul into this duel."
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Ten minutes later, both Julian and Jack sat astride their Duel Runners at the starting line, awaiting the signal to start.
"When I win this," Julian spoke through clenched teeth "I'll take back Stardust Dragon and Yusei will have it back."
"Just try and beat me first!" Jack laughed.
"People of New Domino City!" Rex Goodwin spoke "introducing the final Duel of this round of the Legacy of Champions tournament, a Turbo Duel between Julian Mikuro and Jack Atlas! Introducing these duelists, we shall begin with Jack Atlas, the high-reaching aspiring 'King of New Domino City'! From his display of power in his first duel, this duelist seems to be the type to focus on offensive power, not favouring defence at all."
"And onto our favourite little celebrity, Julian Mikuro." Once again, Julian's name prompted muttering in the audience. "Mikuro was able to overcome Minato Ryuji during the first round, but will he defeat Jack Atlas in this duel? From what we saw of Julian's Deck before, he seems to use Fire monsters, focusing especially on the Flamvell cards."
"Now duelists, activate Speed World!"
Jack and Julian pressed down the switches on their Runner consoles, transforming the screen displays to Duel Mode.
"Duel Mode engaged. Autopilot standing by."
White circles of energy expanded from the Duel Runners, enveloping the area around them in the purple aura of Speed World.
"Speed World activated."
A holographic display featuring ten red circles appeared in front of Jack and Julian.
"Ten... nine...eight...seven... six..." As the computerized voice counted down, the circles on the display turned amber.
"Five... four... three... two... one... begin Turbo Duel!"
All of the circles flashed green before the board shattered into pixels. Julian and Jack's Duel Runners roared engines, then shot forwards...
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I felt sad for Kisara later, once I'd lost Kelsey to shadow and flame. It wasn't her fault she'd fallen in love with me, it wasn't her fault at all. But my rejection broke her heart and my cold words were only part of the problem. I was wrong. Her lust had become love, but I couldn't see it.
But I meant what I said. I loved Kelsey with all my heart. I would have meant every word of the wedding vows.
But fate intervened in my dreams before they could even begin becoming reality.
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Card Stats:
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Monsters:
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(Although the following three cards have been released in the TCG, I'll detail them anyway, as their release is rather recent and as video game promo cards, not everyone will have access to them.)
Burning Skull Head
FIRE/ Zombie/Effect /Level 3/ATK: 1000/DEF: 800
When this card is Special Summoned from your hand, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent. You can remove from play this face-up card you control to return 1 removed from play "Skull Flame" to its owner's Graveyard.
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Skull Flame
FIRE/ Zombie/Effect /Level 8/ATK: 2600/DEF: 2000
Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 "Burning Skull Head" from your hand. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect. You can add 1 "Burning Skull Head" from your Graveyard to your hand instead of conducting your normal draw during your Draw Phase.
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Supersonic Skull Flame
WIND/ Zombie/Effect /Level 10/ATK: 2600/DEF: 2000
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned by removing 1 "Skull Flame" in your Graveyard from play. Once per turn, you can inflict 400 damage to your opponent for each "Burning Skull Head" in your Graveyard. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 "Skull Flame" from the Graveyard.
(Burning Skull Head, Skull Flame and Supersonic Skull Flame were released as promotional cards for the Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Stardust Accelerator video game. Notably, Supersonic Skull Flame was used by Hunter Pace against Yusei in episode 17 of 5D's, though it was named Speed King Skull Flame and had 3000 ATK and 2300 DEF.)
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Skull Conductor
DARK/ Zombie/Effect /Level 4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 0
If this card is face-up on the field, this card is destroyed at the end of the Battle Phase. By sending this card from your hand to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon up to 2 Zombie-Type monsters from your hand with a total ATK of 2000.
(Skull Conductor is a Japanese promotional card released with the Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Wheelie Breakers Game Guide. A U.S. release date is currently unknown.)
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Spells:
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Doom Flare
Normal Spell Card
Image: Flamvell Archer dissolving into embers as a Nitro Warrior surrounded by flames rises over it.
Tribute one FIRE monster you control. Until the End Phase, any monster you summon with a Level higher than twice that of the Tributed monster increases its ATK by that of the Tributed monster.
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Fire Shift
Normal Spell Card
Image: Flamvell Urquizas flying out of Dimensional Fissure.
Select one of your removed from play FIRE monsters and Special Summon it in face-up attack position. That monster's effects are negated.
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Urgent Supplies
Normal Spell Card
Image: A cart of food packages and weapons being unloaded by Command Knight, Marauding Captain, Warrior Dai Grepher, Warrior Lady of the Wasteland and Freed the Brave Wanderer. Gagagigo looks on from by a log cabin.
Draw three cards from your Deck. Two turns after this card's activation, discard your entire hand to the Graveyard.
(Doom Flare, Fire Shift and Urgent Supplies are my own inventions and creative credit for them goes to me.)
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Digidramon: Well, Kisara loses to Hunter Pace and unveils more Dragon monsters. Has anyone noticed how Dragons always seem to be the super powerful creatures in a franchise? Dragon monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh feature the best monsters in the game, Dragon-Type Pokémon always stand head and shoulders over their peers and Dramon Digimon usually possess some aspect of power that makes them stronger than other Digimon.
Seto Kaiba: Of course Dragons are more powerful. They deserve it.
Akiza: Whatever. Digidramon does not own Yu-Gi-Oh of any kind because if he did, he'd ensure this was made into another anime series.
Digidramon: Crow, Aster, Featured Card please.
Crow: Today's cards are Supersonic Skull Flame, King Dragun, Five-Headed Dragon, Skull Flame and Burning Skull Head.
Aster: I'll choose Supersonic Skull Flame. Its powers can be very dangerous in the hands of a competent duelist, and though it's a stretch of imagination to call Hunter Pace a competent duelist, he certainly uses that card to good effect in his duels.
Digidramon: To everyone, it's good to be back. Thanks for waiting on me and I'm sorry it took me so long to write this chapter. Anyway, a few notes.
First of all, I've discovered that three of Julian's monsters have had their names updated and I was unaware of this fact. From this point on, Flamvell Helldog, Flamvell Glunica and Flamvell Dragunov will be known as Flamvell Firedog, Flamvell Gurnika and Flamvell Dragnov due to the changes. In addition, a TCG exclusive Flamvell, Flamvell Commando, was released in the TCG version of Ancient Prophecy recently. This monster will appear in Julian's Deck from now on.
Next, I've discovered that all of my Turbo Duels in the past have shared a single, blinding mistake. It turns out that duelists do not gain a Speed Counter in the first turn of the duel by anime rules. From now on, I will remember this point and stick to it.
Anyway, so next time on Seven Spirits. Jack and Julian's second Duel begins, but who will come out victorious? In the first chapter of a two-part duel, the Turbo Duel begins at full throttle, with both duelists making strong plays. But what is the card Jaden gave Julian? How will it affect the duel? Can Julian come out on top and get Stardust Dragon back to Yusei?
To find out, read Chapter 29 of Seven Spirits, The Rise of Jack Atlas!
