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DUEL TWENTY-NINE

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Dark Development

Duel of the Doomdreamers

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One Incantifer (who was known for his love of rich desserts) once compared the Ethereal Plane to a German black forest cake, the Deep Ethereal being the cake part, with the various demiplanes being the cherries.

This wasn't far off… The Ethereal Plane was indeed a large expanse full of small pocket dimensions, ranging in size from small yards with a single residence, to realms that were almost worlds onto themselves.

In one of these pocket dimensions, the ghost town of Nulb was hidden, tucked away far off the beaten path by St. Cuthbert's faithful. It would be impossible to find unless you knew where you were going…

Fortunately for the two Doomdreamers, the strange man whom they had let into their fold did…

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Thunder rumbled over an overcast sky in a place that still had the heat and humidity that Haiti was known for. Time had not been kind to Nulb. The once proud town had suffered from serious neglect. Dark and disgusting, most of the buildings had collapsed. Rotted barracks, storehouses, and other unidentifiable buildings stood decaying. Almost all of them were overgrown with vegetation which still grew in the dim light of the demiplane, the weeds and briars covering the foul, filthy place like a shroud.

Ironically, the only structure that seemed stable was the temple where several gruesome rituals had been carried out by Lareth the Beautiful… Champion of Elemental Evil and most likely, the only living resident of this place.

Tiberius, Lorelei, and Hape materialized about twenty feet from this large structure. Lorelei clutched her stomach, feeling a little woozy.

"Ugh…" she said. "Dimensional travel always makes me queasy…"

Tiberius and Hape looked at her.

"What?" she asked.

"Nothing…" said Tiberius.

She's half-demon, and dimensional travel makes her sick? he thought. That's like a wind genasi getting airsick…

"People…" said Hape. "Look sharp… Lareth has been here alone for twenty years. Being isolated that long can do bad things to people.

"For all we know, he may be too mad to even understand English. The sound of voices other than his own may terrify him."

"Look there…" said Tiberius.

He pointed to a tree next to the entrance to the temple. It looked like a peach tree, but…

The walked over to it. Their suspicions were confirmed. The peaches were glossy and black.

It was very familiar to the two Doomdreamers… They had one of these trees themselves. Black fruits were special in Tharizdun's faith. They were cultivated in the Abyss, and young trees were given to temples at the discretion of the Triad. They could bestow great powers upon those who ate them… If used in moderation…

"You'd think St. Cuthbert's followers would have chopped this down," said Lorelei.

"Maybe they did," replied Tiberius, "but unless they dug up the roots and burned them, it would have grown back within a month. These trees are tough."

"People…" said Hape.

He bent down, and picked up a big handful of peach pits.

"Just how many of these things do you think Lareth has been eating?"

"Judging from all the pits," said Lorelei, looking down, "far more than the recommended amount…"

"What else has he had to eat here?" asked Tiberius. "He probably ran out of edible supplies years ago…"

Then they heard a shout. Lorelei spun around…

…and in the next second, a crossbow bolt struck her in the chest. She fell over, but fortunately, her regenerative powers saved her life.

Everyone looked, and saw the man aiming the crossbow at them. It couldn't have been anyone but Lareth the Beautiful.

While his devotion to the Dark God and the diet of Abyssal fruit had kept him from aging, his face bore hideous scars from the battle with St. Cuthbert's forces. His hair had not seen a comb or a proper scissors in years, and was a tangled mess. His Doomdreamer vestments were torn and filthy, and the armor underneath was tarnished and rusted. It seemed now that Lareth the Beautiful was anything but.

"Stay away from there!" he demanded.

"By all means," said Tiberius, stepping away from the tree. "Lareth the Beautiful, I assume?"

"That is me…" said Lareth. "High priest of the cult of Tharizdun, Champion of Elemental Evil, and sole survivor of the Doomdreamers. If you seek to kill me, expect a fight."

He lifted the crossbow.

"Sole survivor?" said Lorelei.

She grunted as she pulled the crossbow bolt out of her chest.

"Uh… Lareth…" said Tiberius, "I am Ulysses Tiberius, and I myself am a proud member of the Doomdreamers."

"Same here!" added Lorelei.

"We were sent by the Triad to rescue you, but…" continued Tiberius.

"The Triad still lives?" shouted Lareth. "The Doomdreamers still exist?"

"Well, yeah…" replied Lorelei.

"And they left me to die in this Hell?" screamed Lareth.

Lightning flashed.

"Ho boy…" said Hape. "Of all the presumptions he could have made, why did he have to make that one?"

Lareth glared at them.

"This place is actually worse than Hell…" he said, in a much softer voice. "I believe that Hell at least has more than one person in it. I've had to suffer here all alone for the past twenty years…"

"Now calm down…" said Tiberius, lifting his arms.

Lareth eyed the Duel Disk on Tiberius's left arm, a standard-issue one, as Hape had told them not to bring any symbols of Tharizdun.

Lareth chuckled as he looked at it. Then he clutched his chest and coughed. He spit on the ground.

"Duel Monsters, eh?" he said. "I see that the old game is still around, and can still be turned into a deadly duel of Shadows… That's obviously the reason why you brought it…"

"I don't want to fight you…" said Tiberius.

Lareth dropped the crossbow, and then held up his left arm. The same demonic Duel Disk that Lorelei had used against Taka appeared on his arm.

"Well then…" said Lareth. "If you fancy yourself a Doomdreamer, let us see who our lord favors most… In a Shadow Duel!"

Tiberius hesitated… He looked at Lorelei and Hape.

"Go on…" said Lorelei. "He's been stuck here for twenty years… You probably have cards that he never heard of."

Tiberius turned to Lareth.

"Very well…" he said. "But should I win, you come back with us quietly."

He activated his Duel Disk.

(Tiberius: 8,000) - - - - - - - - - - (Lareth: 8,000)

Lareth coughed again. He cleared his throat.

"I'll start this show…" he said, making his opening draw.

He looked at his hand of six cards, and then took two. He set both, and they appeared in two flashes of light, one in his Monster Zone, the other in his Spell Zone.

"I end my turn…" he said, "for now…"

Tiberius made a draw. He quickly played one.

"I activate the Continuous Spell Card, Guidance to Ore," he said.

As he played it, there was a loud rumble, and a large hill with a cave opening in front appeared behind him.

"Having done that," he continued, "I summon Mine Golem to the field."

He played another card, and the squat golem with a pack on its back materialized in front of him. (1,000 ATK)

"And having done that, I set a card…"

A facedown card appeared behind Mine Golem.

"…and it's your move…"

Lareth drew a card, and then quickly played it.

"I call Jerry Beans Man to the field!" he exclaimed.

Seeing the Monster appear was even more of surprise than hearing him say it. It was a big jelly bean with a smiling face, small arms and legs, wearing a cape, and holding a wooden sword. (1,750 ATK)

"What in the world?" said Lorelei. "This guy must have gone mad… He's actually using a walking Good & Plenty?"

"Maybe my strategy is too complex for your feeble minds to comprehend," said Lareth. "But for now…

"My Monster attacks Mine Golem! Destroy!"

Jerry Beans Man struck Mine Golem with its sword, blowing the statue to little pieces.

"I activate Mine Golem's effect!" exclaimed Tiberius. "When it gets totaled in battle, you take 500 points of damage."

Lareth grunted as an explosion of flame erupted around him.

"But wait, there's more…" continued Tiberius. "Thanks to Guidance to Ore, whenever a Rock-Type Monster is destroyed, I'm allowed to Special Summon one from my deck with the same name."

A bolt of energy shot out of the cave, and turned into another Mine Golem. (1,000 ATK)

"I activate Dust Barrier," continued Lareth, as he played a Continuous Spell Card. "For as long as this card is on the field, my Normal Monsters are immune to your Spell Cards.

"And I end my turn."

(T: 7,250) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 7,500)

"First, I draw," said Tiberius, making a draw. "Then my facedown card activates…"

His Trap Card lifted up.

"Minefield Eruption. It blasts you for 1,000 points of damage for each Mine Golem I have."

Lareth grunted again, as a second explosion burst around him.

"After that," continued Tiberius, "my Mine Golem is destroyed…"

Mine Golem shattered into shards.

"…but thanks to Guidance to Ore, my third one comes out quickly."

A third Mine Golem materialized where the first two had been. (1,000 ATK)

"And I'm just getting started! I sacrifice Mine Golem for Criosphinx…"

Mine Golem turned into an orb of light, and the orb gave way to the ram-headed sphinx. (1,200 ATK)

"And then, I sacrifice Criosphinx…"

Criosphinx turned into another orb of light.

"Come forth, Exxod, Master of the Guard!"

With a rumble, the giant statue of Exodia rose out of the earth, looming over the field and crossing its arms. (4,000 DEF)

"I set one card facedown," continued Tiberius, as a set card appeared, "and my turn is over."

(T: 7,250) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 6,500)

All through Tiberius's turn, Lareth was chuckling long and softly. Then he coughed again.

"Bad cough he has there," said Lorelei.

"The air around here isn't exactly pure," said Hape.

Lareth made a draw. He looked at it and added it to his hand.

"I activate… Battle Mania!" exclaimed Tiberius, as his facedown card lifted up. "Now that pathetic Monster of yours has no choice but to attack this round."

And then Lareth truly laughed.

"What's so funny?" asked Tiberius.

"You're the one who's pathetic," said Lareth. "My Monster had every intention of attacking that oversized paperweight."

"He's lost his mind…" said Lorelei. "Jerry Beans Man could never defeat Exxod…"

She looked at Hape, who was looking at Lareth intently.

"Uh… Could it?"

Lareth flipped a card on his Disk, and his facedown Monster flipped into Attack Mode. Acrobat Monkey jumped into position next to Jerry Beans Man. (1,000 ATK)

"Next, I Equip Jerry Beans Man with the Amulet of Ambition," said Lareth.

He played the card, and a golden amulet with an eye in the center appeared on Jerry Beans Man.

"This Equip Spell can only be Equipped to Normal Monsters," he explained. "When the Equipped Monster battles a higher-Level Monster, it gains 500 Attack Points times the difference in the two Monsters' Levels."

"Wait…" said Lorelei, her eyes opening wide. "Jerry Beans Man is Level 3… Exxod is Level 8… That means…"

"It means that Exxod is in serious trouble, that's what it means…" said Hape.

Jerry Beans Man frowned, and then flew towards the huge statue, its sword held high. Its Attack Score rose to 4,250.

It slammed its sword against Exxod's forehead with a blow so solid that the ground shook…

At first, nothing seemed to happen. Then the Master of the Guard started to tremble, as cracks started to appear all over it.

To Tiberius's disbelief, it collapsed into a pile of rubble.

"Acrobat Money," commanded Lareth, "attack the upstart directly with acrobatic leap!"

The robotic primate leapt at Tiberius, did a flip, and then kicked him in the chest. Tiberius hollered in pain, and fell over.

"Still think my Monsters are pathetic, upstart?" asked Lareth.

Tiberius didn't answer. The painful attack had quite knocked the wind out of him. He slowly got up.

This is worse than any Shadow Duel I can create, he thought. His sanity may have degenerated, but his power has clearly gotten much stronger.

Lareth coughed again and then cleared his throat again.

"You know…" he said, looking down on his Duel Disk, "the lore for Jerry Bean Man's card says that Jerry believes himself to be the strongest warrior in the world.

"It isn't true most of the time, but when Equipped with Amulet of Ambition, it's almost the truth. There's almost no Monster that Jerry Beans Man can't defeat in battle using it.

"F.G.D… Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon… Even Obelisk the Tormentor! This Monster can best all of them. The bigger they are, the harder they fall."

"There's no way that thing could beat Obelisk!" shouted Lorelei.

"Actually, it would," said Hape. "In a battle between Jerry Beans Man and the Obelisk, Jerry would gain 4,500 Attack Points, more than enough to defeat it unless Obelisk also had something to increase its Attack Score.

"Lareth's Monsters may look funny, but his strategy is sound."

"Your move, upstart," said Lareth.

(T: 6,250) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 6,500)

Tiberius looked at the one card he had left, and then made a draw.

It was Pot of Avarice.

Good, he thought. Due to my earlier strategy with those Mine Golems, I have just enough Monsters in my Graveyard to use this.

He quickly played it, and took all three Mine Golems, Exxod, and Criosphinx from his Graveyard. He shuffled them into his deck, and made two draws.

He took one, and set it on his Disk. A concealed Monster appeared.

He nodded.

"My move…" said Lareth, making a draw.

"And unfortunately, because this is my second Standby Phase since I played Dust Barrier, its power is exhausted…"

The Dust Barrier card shattered.

"So my Monsters are vulnerable to Spells again… If that matters…

"Jerry Beans Man, attack!"

The bean warrior flew at the concealed card…

Then Giant Solider of Stone appeared on it. (2,000 DEF) Jerry was knocked backwards.

"It's not as easy as you think," said Tiberius. "Giant Soldier of Stone is Level 3, so Jerry gains no Attack Points by attacking it."

"Very well…" said Lareth. "Acrobat Monkey moves to Defense Mode then…"

The mechanical monkey knelt and crossed its arms. (1,800 DEF)

"And it's your move…"

(T: 6,250) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 6,250)

Tiberius made a draw.

He smirked.

That's the ticket… he thought.

"I summon the Tuner Monster, Grandfather Plaque!" he exclaimed.

He played the card, and a large plaque shaped like the face of an old man with a beard appeared next to Giant Soldier of Stone. (1,000 ATK)

"Now, I Tune my two Monsters together…"

The two Rocks turned into seven stars, and flew into the dark sky of Nulb.

"What strange sorcery is this?" exclaimed Lareth.

"Oh, that's right…" said Tiberius. "Twenty years ago, Synchro Monsters were nothing more than a proposal on Pegasus' desk.

"Well, let me give you a crash course…"

(*4 + *3 = *7)

"I Synchro Summon… Infernal Scissorfist Golem!"

The ground trembled, and then split. A large golem burst out of the ground, one shaped like a humanoid, albeit a paunchy one, with an ugly face. Its right hand wasn't a hand, but two sharp, pointed stalactites. (2,200 ATK)

"You forget…" said Lareth. "My Monster gains 500 points times the difference in our Monsters Levels. That Monster couldn't possibly be Level 3…"

"It's Level 7, actually," replied Tiberius. "But first thing's first. Because I used Grandfather Plaque to Synchro Summon it, I gain 1,000 Life Points."

An aura of golden motes surrounded him.

"Next," he continued. "I remove Giant Soldier of Stone from play to summon The Rock Spirit in Defense Mode."

Another Monster appeared in front of him, this one a rocky humanoid wearing armor and a Spartan helmet, holding a ruby mace. It knelt, and held the mace in its lap. (1,000 DEF)

"Now, I use one of Infernal Scissorfist Golem's effects," he continued. "By sending one card in my hand to the Graveyard, it forces all Monsters except itself to switch Modes."

He discarded the last card in his hand, a Dummy Golem. Jerry Beans Man knelt and covered itself. (0 DEF) Acrobat Monkey leapt into Attack Mode. (1,000 ATK) The Rock Spirit stood up and aimed its mace. (1,700 ATK)

Lorelei crossed her arms and looked smugly at Hape.

"I taught him that move!" she said.

"I heard that, Lorelei!" said Tiberius. "What you mean is, I always kick your ass with that move when we duel!

"Now to the business at hand… Infernal Scissorfist Golem, attack Jerry Beans Man with Terra Spear!"

The demonic golem lunged, stabbing at Jerry with its stalactite hand and blowing it to shards.

"ARGH!" shouted Lareth.

He broke into a fit of coughing, and clutched his chest.

"Oh, I forgot to mention…" continued Tiberius, "Infernal Scissorfist Golem also has a trampling effect…

"Now for that tin ape…"

The Rock Spirit's eyes glowed, and it lifted its mace. Two boulders rose out of the ground; it ordered them forward, and they slammed into Acrobat Monkey, crushing it.

"I end my turn," said Tiberius. "Seems your big strategy was a big bust…"

(T: 7,250) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 3,350)

"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh…" chuckled Lareth.

"What's so funny?" asked Tiberius. "Why are you cackling like a psycho?"

"Because he is one," replied Lorelei.

"You think that I'm vanquished so easily?" asked Lareth.

"In a word, yes," replied Tiberius. "When Jerry Beans Man went to the Graveyard, that Equip Spell went with it."

"But it didn't stay there…" said Lareth.

He coughed again, and then drew a card.

"Amulet of Ambition has another effect…" he said, turning the card around. "When it goes to the Graveyard, I can move it to the top of my deck…

"And now my Trap Card activates…"

His facedown card which he had set on his first turn lifted up.

"Birthright! Now I can bring Jerry Beans Man back as well…"

Jerry appeared again in an aura of light. (1,750 ATK)

"And that's not all," he continued. "I not only Equip him with Amulet of Ambition, but with a second Equip Spell…"

He played two cards.

"Demotion!"

"Oh no…" said Hape. "That will decrease Jerry's Level to one, making the gap between its Level and the Levels of Tiberius's Monsters even greater."

"That's right!" laughed Lareth. "Your Infernal Scissorfist Golem is now six Levels higher than he is…"

Jerry Beans Man flew at the rocky Synchro.

"…so this is going to hurt… bad…"

Jerry's Attack Score shot up to 4,750. Tiberius braced himself as his Monster exploded into a practical storm of rocky shards.

(T: 4,700) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 3,350)

"Heh… Your move…" said Lareth.

Tiberius held his chest and took some deep breaths.

"I… I draw one card…" he said, as he made a draw.

He looked at it. He quickly set it in his Disk, and it appeared in his Spell Zone. He nodded.

Lareth grinned.

"That's the worst bluff I've ever!" he said with a laugh.

He made a draw.

"I summon Mad Lobster!"

He played the card and a burst of watery bubbles appeared, giving way to a large lobster with a skull for a face. (1,700 ATK)

"Jerry Beans Man, attack The Rock Spirit!"

Jerry flew at the Spirit, its Attack Score rising to 3,250.

"I activate Stone Tell!" exclaimed Tiberius, as his Trap Card lifted up. "Now my Rock Spirit isn't destroyed by battle…

"And due to its effect, The Rock Spirit gains 300 Attack Points during your Battle Phase."

The Rock Spirit stood its ground as the candy fighter approached. (2,000 ATK) It grunted as it parried the blow with its mace.

"But you still take damage," replied Lareth.

Tiberius clutched his chest again.

(T: 3,450) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 3,350)

"Due to another effect of Stone Tell," said Tiberius, "I get to draw one card."

He made a draw.

"What else have you got?"

"For now, that's all," said Lareth. "But you can only have so many rocks…"

Tiberius drew a card.

"I summon… Counselor Lily!" he exclaimed.

In a burst of light, a very unlikely Monster appeared. It was a woman with white wings on her back, dressed in a white formal jacket. She had long, auburn hair, wore glasses, and held a clipboard and a pen. (400 ATK)

"Wait…" said Lareth. "That's Injection Fairy Lily…"

"Not anymore," replied Tiberius. "A lot has happened since you've been gone. She went by that name when she was younger, and she was a nurse. But she received a promotion to an administrative position, and is a counselor now. And with that promotion, she became a Tuner.

"I Tune Lily and The Rock Spirit together…"

Lily flew into the sky with the elemental spirit following. The two slowly dissolved into a cluster of glowing stars.

"Elemental forces combine to form a warrior of stone with a heart of burning fire that sears the flesh of the unprepared!"

(*3 + *4 = *7)

"Synchro Summon… Infernal Fluton Golem!"

Again, the ground split, and another golem burst out of the ground. It had the same basic shape as Infernal Scissorfist Golem, but its eyes glowed red, and instead of two stalactites, its right arm was taken up by a huge fire opal that glowed with a hellish light. (2,400 ATK)

"First, I use Lily's effect," continued Tiberius, "which is a reflection of what it was when she was Injection Fairy Lily. Since she was used to Synchro Summon this Monster, I can pay 500 Life Points to increase its Attack Score by 1,000 until the End Phase of the turn."

(3,400 ATK)

"Next, I use my Fluton's effect… It's similar to Thunder Giant's… Ergo, by discarding one card, it can destroy a Monster with an Attack Score lower than its own."

He discarded the other card in his hand, and the Golem's eyes glowed with sinister light. Jerry Beans Man shattered into pixels.

"And now I attack! Stew that Mad Lobster with Fluton Flamethrower!"

The Fluton aimed its gemstone hand and blasted a wave of superhot fire, incinerating the Mad Lobster.

"Bah!" cursed Lareth.

He coughed again, coughing up phlegm. He spit on the ground.

"I end my turn," said Tiberius, "which means my Monster's Attack Score returns to 2,400… It's your move…"

(T: 2,950) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 1,650)

"My move!" snarled Lareth, as he made a draw.

"Once again, Amulet of Ambition returned to the top of my deck, so I have it again…

"And now, I play Dark Factory of Mass Production!"

He played the card, and took Jerry Beans Man and Mad Lobster from his discard slot.

Then he quickly played a card, and Jerry Beans Man appeared again. (1,750 ATK)

"I'm really getting sick of that guy…" said Lorelei.

Lareth grunted, and played Amulet of Ambition again, once again Equipping it to Jerry Beans Man.

"Get that thing out of my sight!" he ordered.

Jerry Beans Man flew at Infernal Fluton Golem…

"Not this time!" shouted Tiberius.

As he said that, Jerry was halted by a wall of pure darkness.

"HOW?" shouted Lareth.

"I used the effect of the Monster I discarded when I used Fluton's effect," said Tiberius, as he pocketed a card. "Necro Gardna. A useful card that can block an attack from the Graveyard.

"I believe Yukai Judai used it… Ironically, his most powerful Monsters were the ones that weren't his Heroes."

Lareth had a completely blank look on his face…

"I… end my turn…" he said.

"Very well…" said Tiberius, as he drew a card.

"I discard this card to use Infernal Fluton's Golem's effect again…"

Jerry Beans Man shattered into pixels again.

"Attack him directly, my Golem! Fluton Flamethrower!"

Lareth barely reacted as the wave of flames hit him…

Then he fell to his knees…

(T: 2,950) - - - - - - - - - - (L: 0)

There was silence for a few minutes.

"Well, Lareth?" said Tiberius, at last.

"Perhaps you aren't the upstart I believed…" said Lareth.

He stood up.

"This Synchro Summoning… It is powerful magic indeed… I must learn more…"

"Hmm…" said Hape. "That last direct attack seems to have knocked some sense into him."

"You won't have a choice," said Lorelei. "Synchro Summoning is an essential part of Duel Monsters these days. If you want to keep dueling, you must learn how it works."

"But it's very easy to learn," said Tiberius. "If you are willing to join us, we will take you back… You can regain your former glory, Lareth… As the Champion of Elemental Evil…"

"You know the way out of here?" asked Lareth.

"I can open the portal back to Earth at any time," said Hape.

Lareth looked at Tiberius. He coughed one more time.

Then he extended his hand.

A long lost face returns to the Darkness today… thought Tiberius, as the two Doomdreamers shook hands. With the Champion of Elemental Evil back among us, a chance of freedom for the Dark God now exists…

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GUIDANCE TO ORE (Spell Card)

Continuous Spell

Image: A cave opening in a craggy mountainside.

Card Description: When a face-up Rock-Type Monster you control is destroyed, you may Special Summon 1 Monster with the same name as the destroyed Monster from your deck.

Note: "Guidance to Ore" was first used by Iwamaru in the "Yu-Gi-Oh GX" episode "J-Dawg and T-Bone". Creative credit goes to the writers of that episode.

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GRANDFATHER PLAQUE (Monster Card)

Card Specs

Type: Rock/Tuner/Effect
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
ATK: 1,000
DEF: 2,000

Card Description: This card cannot be used for a Synchro Summon except for the summoning of a Rock-Type Synchro Monster. When this card is used for a Synchro Summon and sent to the Graveyard, increase your Life Points by 1,000.

Note: "Grandfather Plague" was first used in "Power Primordial"

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INFERNAL SCISSORFIST GOLEM (Monster Card)

Card Specs

Type: Rock/Synchro/Effect
Attribute: Earth
Level: 7
ATK: 2,200
DEF: 2,000

Card Description: Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Rock-Type Monsters

This card is also considered a Fiend-Type Monster. Once per turn, you can discard one card from your hand to switch the battle positions of all face-up Monsters on the field except this card. During battle between this attacking card and a Defense Position Monster who's DEF is lower than the ATK of this card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent.

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INFERNAL FLUTON GOLEM (Monster Card)

Card Specs

Type: Rock/Synchro/Effect
Attribute: Fire
Level: 7
ATK: 2,400
DEF: 1,800

Card Description: Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Rock-Type Monsters

This card is also considered a Fiend-Type Monster. Once per turn, you can discard one card from your hand to destroy 1 face-up Monster with an Attack Score lower than the Attack Score of this card.

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Next:

Jalal: Edgar has done his job, now someone else must investigate the location in Montreal that Dugan uncovered.

Most people don't think much of Canada, thinking that the only thing it has going for it is hockey. But Canada is much, much more. It's the United States biggest trade partner, one of the world's top ten trading nations, and one of the wealthiest nations in the world. A land of precious ore and valuable resources, it's more important than most people think.

Shadowchasers are needed here too, but since the population density isn't as much as America or Europe, members of our organization are more spread out. I'm sending Penelope to investigate this place… Her choice of deck strategy is unusual, but like the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, she always gets her man.

"The Android Athletes; Rebellious Outsider" is coming soon.