"Hold on, Akiza! You don't have to leave just yet! For its time for our next entertainment duel! A fatal four way of a duel between! The Black Rose herself, Akiza Isinski! Senkou no Dueltainer, Hope Xiao Rose! The Calculating Duelstar, Playmaker! And the Duelist with a Perfect Record, Emily Dual!" Declared the Announcer. "Eep" Said Hope. "Hope, I really need a deck now!" Shouted Emily. "Ah... yeah! You do. Um... How you wanna focus your efforts?" Asked Hope. "Link summoning!" Shouted Emily. "Ok! You don't need to yell" Said Hope, as he handed Emily a deck. "What deck is this? It looks a little beefier then 40 cards" Said Emily. "Oh. That's the deck and extra deck" Said Hope. "Alright. What deck are you going to use?" Asked Emily. "That's gonna be a surprise" Said Hope, as he left for the arena. "Oh, great" Said Emily, as she followed Hope.
A few minutes later, in the arena
"Please welcome back to the arena, using a Cyberse deck, The Calculating Duelstar, Playmaker! And Senkou no Dueltainer, currently using a Slayer/Cross Faction deck, Hope Xiao Rose! And please give a warm welcome to The Duelist with a Perfect Record, currently using a Mistress Deck, Emily Dual. And, the duelist who just won her pass to the next round against Denis McField, using a Plant/Rose Dragon deck, The Black Rose, Akiza Isinski!" Declared the Announcer, as Hope, Emily and Playmaker entered the arena. "Well, this will be fun. Akiza, I'm looking forward to seeing, facing and defeating your Golden Bloom Bahamdia" Said Hope. "And I'm looking forward to seeing if I can beat you at your peak" Said Akiza. "Hope, this deck does not focus on link summoning!" Shouted Emily. "I know" Said Hope. "Yooooouuuuuu!" Shouted Emily. "Duel, start! Emily, you get the first turn" Said the announcer. "Me!?" Asked Emily.
Turn 1: Emily
Emily draws. Emily activates "Reload", returning her hand to her deck to draw a new hand. Emily activates "Ritual of the Saviour", sending "Bug Lady Devor Ah" and "Whip Entertainer Red" to Ritual Summon "Lightning, The Saviour" (3500/ 2400) in attack mode. Emily sets a card and ends her turn.
Turn 2: Playmaker
Playmaker draws. Playmaker normal summons "Balancer Lord" (1700/ 1200) and then special summons "Backup Secretary" (1200/ 800) due to its own effect. Playmaker activates the effect of "Balancer Lord", paying 1000 life points (Playmaker LP: 3000) to normal summon or set another Cyberse monster, in addition to his normal summon/set. Playmaker normal summons "Dotscaper" (0/ 2100). Playmaker sends "Balancer Lord", "Backup Secretary" and "Dotscaper" to the graveyard to Link Summon "Decode Talker" (2300/ Link 3/ ↙️⬆️↘️) in the Link Zone between himself and Emily. The effect of "Dotscaper" activates, special summoning itself since it was sent to the graveyard. The effect of "Decode Talker" activates, giving itself 500 extra attack points for every monster it points to (2300 to 3300). Playmaker sets two cards and ends his turn.
Turn 3: Akiza
Akiza draws. Akiza activates the spell card "Pitcher Plant". Now, every player other then Akiza shows her all of the monsters in their hands, and Akiza selects one from each hand. The monster with the highest level is special summoned to Akiza's side of the field. Playmaker has "Cyberse Wizard", witch is level 4. Emily has no monsters in her hand, and Hope has "The Slayer", witch is level 10, two copies of "Slayer's Magician", witch is level 5 and "Slayer's Watcher", witch is level 3. A copy of "Slayer's Magician" (2000/ 1400) is special summoned to Akiza's side of the field, as "The Slayer" cannot be special summoned by any effect except it's own. Akiza normal summons "Bloom Synchron" (1000/ 200). Akiza activates the first effect of "Bloom Synchron", sending "Black Rose Dragon" from her extra deck to her graveyard to change "Slayer's Magician" name to "Black Rose Dragon". Akiza tunes her level 3 "Bloom Synchron" with her level 5 "Black Rose Dragon" to Synchro Summon "White Garden Wyvern" (3000/ 2800). The first effect of "White Garden Wyvern" activates, special summoning two "Thorn Token" (Dark/ Plant/ Lv 4/ 400/ 400). Akiza sets one card. The final effect of "Bloom Synchron" activates, returning all plant monsters in Akiza's hand (4 cards) to the bottom of the deck. Akiza ends her turn.
Turn 4: Hope
Hope draws. Hope normal summons "Slayer's Watcher" (1200/ 400). Hope activates the spell card "Slayer Magic: Enjoin", and equips it to "Slayer's Watcher". "Slayer's Watcher" attacks "Lightning, The Saviour", with the effect of "Slayer Magic: Enjoin" activating, allowing Hope to discard a "Slayer" Monster in his hand to add its attack points to "Slayer's Watcher". Hope discards "Slayer's Magician" (1200 to 3200) (Hope LP: 3700). Hope activates the effect of "The Slayer" (3500/ 2000) in his hand, negating the destruction of "Slayer's Watcher" and special summoning itself to the field in attack mode. "The Slayer" attacks "Decode Talker", but Playmaker activates "Three Strike Barrier", since Hope controls three cards, and Playmaker chooses to make it so his monsters cannot be destroyed by battle (Playmaker LP: 2800). Hope activates the effect of "Slayer's Watcher", destroying "Slayer Magic: Enjoin" to make "Slayer's Watcher" count as two Link Material for a Link Summon. Hope sends "Slayer's Watcher" to the graveyard to Link Summon "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved" (1900/ Link 2/ ↗️↘️) in the link zone between himself and Akiza. Hope activates the effect of "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved", paying 500 life points for every player (Hope LP: 1700), and special summoning a "Angel Token" (Light/ Fiend/ LV 8/ 2000/ 100) to everyone's field. Players with "Angel Token" cannot attack while they control a "Angel Token", and can only use "Angel Token" in Fusion, Synchro, XYZ and Link Summons. However, they can use any "Angel Token" on the field. Hope uses every "Angel Token" on the field to Link Summon "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" (2800/ Link 4/ ⬇️↖️⬆️➡️) to "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved" back right Link Arrow. The effect of "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" activates, giving Hope 300 life points for every Link Arrow on his side of the field (Hope LP: 3500). Hope ends his turn.
"You own link monsters?" Asked Playmaker. "Kaiba made these cards for me. Well, most of them. Three of them, however, were made by Pegasus" Said Hope. "Who?" Asked Playmaker. "Who at witch point? With Kaiba or Pegasus?" Asked Hope. "Both, really" Said Playmaker. "Ohhhhhhhh, you wouldn't really know either of them, they are way before your time. They made the game that your currently playing" Said Hope. "Alright then" Said Playmaker. "Can they duelists in the entertainment duel please continue dueling!?" Asked the Announcer. "Ok! Jeez" Said Hope and Playmaker.
Turn 5: Emily
Emily draws. Emily activates "Chargeing Summon", by banishing up to three cards from her deck, graveyard, extra deck or graveyard, she can special summon an equal amount of monsters from her hand or deck, ignoring their summoning conditions, but their attack becomes 100. Emily banishes two copies of "Misstress Breaker Shot" from her deck to special summon "Chimeraic Warrior" (3000 to 100/ 1250 to 100) and "The Last Dark Bullet Witch, Bayonetta" (2200 to 100/ 200 to 100). Emily activates her facedown "Hoshi-Ippai!", allowing her to draw one card. Emily activates "Polymerization", fusing her "Chimeraic Warrior" with "The Last Dark Bullet Witch, Bayonetta" to fusion summon "Bullet Mistress, Emnetta" (2500/ 2100). The effect of "Bullet Mistress, Emnetta" activates, special summoning "The One Fuser" from Emily's deck. The effect of "The One Fusior" activates, tributing itself to special summon a Fusion monsters from his extra deck witch its effects negated. Emily special summons "Speed Misstress, Emion" (3800/ 3400). "Speed Mistress, Emion" attacks "Decode Talker" (Playmaker LP: 2500). "Bullet Mistress, Emnetta" attacks Playmaker, but Playmaker activates "Recoded Alive", banishing the "Decode Taker" in his graveyard to special summon "Encode Talker" (2300/ Link 3/ ⬆️⬇️↘️) from his extra deck to the link monster zone. "Bullet Mistress, Emnetta" attacks "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved", but Hope activates the second effect of "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved", switching the attack target to a monster that it points to. Hope choose the "Thorn Token" that it points to on Akiza's field (Akiza LP: 1900). Emily ends her turn.
Turn 6: Playmaker
Playmaker draws. Playmaker switches "Dotscaper" to attack mode. "Dotscaper" attacks "Speed Mistress, Emion", with Playmaker activating the effect of "Encode Talker", making "Dotscaper" unable to be destroyed by that battle, and taking no battle damage from that battle, and adding the attack points of "Speed Mistress, Emion" to "Encode Talker" (2300 to 6100). "Encode Talker" attacks "The Slayer", but Hope activates the effect of "Slayer's Watcher", placing it on the bottom of his deck to negate all battle damage done to Hope this turn. Since a "Slayer" monster was destroyed, both the effects of "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved" and "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" activate, allowing Hope to return both of them to his extra deck to special summon "Cross Faction" link monsters either one link higher or lower then themselves. Hope returns both monsters to special summon "Cross Faction Leader: Master in Hell Fangs" (1500/ Link 1/ ↘️) to the Link zone between himself and Akiza and "Cross Faction Leader: Hell God Glory" (3500/ Link 5/ ⬅️⬆️↗️↘️⬇️) to "Cross Faction Leader: Master in Hell Fangs" link arrow. Playmaker ends his turn.
"A link five link monster!?" Asked Playmaker, shocked. "Yep. You see, while you're busy hacking and being alone in a corner, I'm making the best decks I can" Said Hope. "It's pretty impressive" Said Akiza. "Aw, thanks Akiza!" Declared Hope. "My turn" Said Akiza.
Turn 7: Akiza
Akiza draws. "White Garden Wyvern" attacks "Encode Talker" (Playmaker LP: 1800). The effect of "White Garden Wyvern" activates, since a plant or dragon monster destroyed a monster, giving Akiza's "Thorn Token" an extra 1000 attack points (400 to 1400), and special summoning "Encode Talker" to Playmaker's side of the field, with it permanently losing 1000 attack points (2300 to 1300). "Thorn Token" attacks "Encode Talker" (Playmaker LP: 1700). The effect of "White Garden Wyvern" activates, since a plant or dragon monster destroyed a monster, giving Akiza's "Thorn Token" an extra 1000 attack points (1400 to 2400), and special summoning "Encode Talker" to Playmaker's side of the field, with it permanently losing 1000 attack points (1300 to 300). Akiza ends her turn.
Turn 8: Hope
Hope draws. Hope activates the effect of "The Slayer" (3500/ 2000) in his graveyard, sending a fiend or zombie monster from his deck to the graveyard to special summon it back to his side of the field. Hope sends "Slayer's Beloved" (2500/ 1800) to special summon "The Slayer". Hope activates the effect of "Slayer's Beloved", special summoning "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved" (1900/ Link 2/ ↗️↘️) since "Slayer's Beloved" is in the graveyard. Hope activates the effect of "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved", paying 500 life points for every player (Hope LP: 1500), and special summoning a "Angel Token" (Light/ Fiend/ LV 8/ 2000/ 100) to everyone's field. Players with "Angel Token" cannot attack while they control a "Angel Token", and can only use "Angel Token" in Fusion, Synchro, XYZ and Link Summons. However, they can use any "Angel Token" on the field. Hope uses "Cross Faction Leader: Master In Hell Fangs" and his, Playmaker's and Akiza's "Angel Token" to Link Summon "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" (2800/ Link 4/ ⬇️↖️⬆️➡️) to the Link Zone between himself and Akiza. "Cross Faction Leader: Hell God Glory" attacks "Speed Mistress, Emion", with Hope activating the effect of "Cross Faction Leader: Hell God Glory", giving it 100 extra attack points for the total amount of link arrows on the field (3500 to 4900) (Emily LP: 2900). "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" attacks "Encode Talker" (Playmaker LP: 1200). "The Slayer" attacks "White Garden Wyvern" (Akiza LP: 1400). Hope sets a card. The effect of "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" activates, giving Hope 300 life points for every Link Arrow on his side of the field (Hope LP: 4800). Hope ends his turn.
"And with a shocker of a turn, Hope has lowered even Emily's life points, but as it is Emily's turn next, maybe she will repay the favour!" Declared the announcer.
Turn 9: Emily
Emily draws. Emily activates the field spell "Master/Mistress Classroom". Once per turn, during the end phase, Emily can add one "Pheonixian Traviler" or one "Chimeraic Warrior", and one monster listed on a "Master" and "Mistress" fusion monster as a fusion material from her deck or graveyard. "Bullet Mistress, Emnetta" attacks "Thorn Token" (Akiza LP: 1300). Emily activates the effect of "Master/Mistress Classroom", adding a "Chimeraic Warrior" and a "Sword Master of Vale- Puppeter" to her hand. Emily ends her turn.
Turn 10: Playmaker
Playmaker draws. Hope activates his facedown "Refresh", returning every card in everyone's hand to the deck, shuffle the decks and allow every player to draw 5 cards, however, a battle cannot be conducted this turn. Playmaker activates the "Recoded Alive" in his graveyard, banishing it to special summon "Decode Talker" (2300/ Link 3/ ↙️⬆️↘️) Playmaker sets one card and ends his turn.
Turn 11: Akiza
Akiza draws. Akiza activates "Black Rose Growing", special summoning up to three plant or dragon monsters from her graveyard, but with their effects negated. Akiza special summons "Bloom Synchron" and "White Garden Wyvern". Akiza activates "Scale Wilting", making every plant or dragon monster on the field lose as many levels as Akiza desides. Akiza decides 4. Akiza tunes her level 0 "Bloom Synchron" with her level 4 "White Garden Wyvern" with Emily's level 8 "Angel Token" to synchro summon "Golden Bloom Bahamdia" (4000/ 3800). "Golden Bloom Bahamdia" attacks "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" (Hope LP: 3600). Akiza sets one card and ends her turn.
Turn 12: Hope
Hope draws. Hope summons "The Slayer's Heart" (300/ 1400). Hope sends "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Beloved" and "The Slayer's Heart" to the graveyard to Link summon "Cross Faction Warrior: Fate, The Slayer" (2500/ Link 3/ ↙️⬇️↘️) to the link zone between Hope and Akiza. Hope activates the effect of "Cross Faction Warrior: Fate, The Slayer", since it points to "The Slayer", both cards gain 1000 attack points (2500 to 3500) (3500 to 4500). "The Slayer" attacks "Golden Bloom Bahamdia", with Akiza activating the effect of "Golden Bloom Bahamdia", negating it's own destruction since there is a plant type monster in her graveyard (Akiza LP: 800). "Cross Faction Warrior: Fate, The Slayer" attacks "Bullet Mistress, Emnetta" (Emily LP: 1900). Since "Cross Faction Warrior: Fate, The Slayer" has destroyed a monster, Hope can special summon one link monster in his graveyard to where one of its link arrows points. Hope special summons "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" to "Cross Faction Warrior: Fate, The Slayer" back left link arrow. "Cross Faction Leader: Hell God Glory" attacks "Decode Talker", with Hope activating the effect of "Cross Faction Leader: Hell God Glory", giving it 100 extra attack points for the total amount of link arrows on the field (3500 to 5000), but Playmaker activates "Logic Bomb", halving the damage done to himself, and inflicting half of it to Hope (Playmaker LP: 0) (Hope LP: 2250) Playmaker comes in fourth. Hope activates "Cross Faction Ritual: Hell Fang's Opening", paying half of his life points (Hope LP: 1125), destroying "The Slayer", and moving "Cross Faction Warrior: Fate, The Slayer" out of the link zone between himself and Akiza to special summon "Cross Faction God: Hell Fang's God, The First Daemon" (?/ Link 7/ ↙️⬇️↘️➡️↗️⬆️↖️) to the link zone between himself and Akiza. The final effects of "Cross Faction Leader: Hell God Glory", "Cross Faction Warrior: Fate, The Slayer" and "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" activates, allowing Hope to return both of them to his extra deck to special summon "Cross Faction" link monsters either one link higher or lower then themselves. Hope returns all three and special summons "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam", "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Arts Magician" (4000/ Link 6/ ↙️⬇️↘️↖️⬆️↗️) and "Cross Faction Leader: Hell God Glory". Hope sets two cards and ends his turn.
Turn 13: Emily
Emily draws. Emily activates "Mistress/ Master Rebuild The Fusion". Hope activates the effect of "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Arts Magician", negating the activation of "Mistress/ Master Rebuild The Fusion" and destroying it. Emily banishes the "Mistress/ Master Rebuild The Fusion" from her graveyard to activates it's effect, to special summon three "Master" or "Mistress" monster from her extra deck. Emily special summons "Elemental Mistress, Emrra" (4000/ 2600), "Lightning Mistress, Emven" (3000/ 2450) and "Ascended Mistress, Empra" (4300/ 2000). Hope activates "Void Trap Hole", but Emily activates the effect of the "Pheonixian Traviler" in her hand, negating and adding "Void Trap Hole" to Emily's hand and special summoning itself (3000/ 2500). Emily special summons "Chimeraic Warrior" (3000/ 1250) since she controls "Pheonixian Traviler". Emily activates the second effect of "Chimeraic Warrior", changing its own level and "Phenoixian Traveiler" level to 12. Emily overlays his two level 12 monsters to XYZ summon "Blazing Chimeric Lord, Empe" (5000/ 5000). Emily activates the effect of "Blazing Chimeraic Lord, Empe", banishing "Speed Mistress, Emion" from her graveyard to give "Blazing Chimeraic Lord, Empe" it's attack points (5000 to 8800). "Blazing Chimeraic Lord, Empe" attacks "Golden Bloom Bahamdia", with Akiza activating the third effect of "Golden Bloom Bahamdia", adding 1000 attack points to itself for every Plant monster in her graveyard, and multiplying it's attack points for every dragon type monster in her graveyard (4000 to 10000), but Hope activates the effect of "Cross Faction God: Hell Fang's God, The First Daemon" since it is not battling. It negates the battle, then it gains the total attack points of both the monsters, until the end of Hope's next turn (? to 18800). Emily activates the effect of "Ascended Mistress, Empra", choosing to destroy "Golden Bloom Bahamdia". Akiza choses to destroy "Cross Faction God: Hell Fang's God, The First Daemon", however, it cannot be destroyed since it is co-linked with three "Cross Faction" link monsters. Hope choses to gain 1000 life points (Hope LP: 2125). "Elemental Mistress, Emrra" attacks Akiza directly, but Akiza activates the effect of the "Golden Bloom Bahamdia" in her graveyard, special summoning itself and "White Garden Wyvern" from her graveyard in defence mode, with their effects negated and 0 defence points. "Elemental Mistress, Emrra" attacks "Black Rose Dragon". "Lightning Mistress, Emven" attacks "White Garden Wyvern". "Ascended Mistress, Empra" attacks "Cross Faction Leader: Cyber Frankenstein Adam" (Hope LP: 625). Emily sets a card and ends her turn.
"Emily! You used me against me" Said Hope. "Yeah. I did. I'm such a horrible person, especially compared to the guy who's playing the devil" Said Emily. "And you killed my Bahamdia" Said Akiza. "You had two more dragon, you were fine" Said Emily.
Turn 14: Akiza
Akiza draws. Akiza sets one card and ends her turn.
Turn 15: Hope
Hope draws. "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Arts Magician" attacks Akiza directly, but Akiza activates her face down "Ulster Plantation", special summoning a "Ulster Token" (0/ 0/ Plant/ Dark/ Level 12) to her side of the field in attack mode. "Cross Faction Leader: Slayer's Dark Arts Magician" attacks "Ulster Token", but the first and second effects of "Ulster Token" activates, negating it's destruction, and negating any battle damage done to Akiza. Akiza then activates the final effect of "Ulster Token", tributing it to inflict damage to Hope equal to the damage that she would of taken (Hope LP: 0). Hope comes in third.
Turn 16: Emily
Emily draws. "Blazing Chimeraic Lord, Empe" attacks Akiza (Akiza LP: 0). Akiza comes in second. Emily wins.
"And with that, Emily has won against Hope, Akiza and Playmaker! However, there is one more match for today! And it is the last match to the... quarter-finals! Because these guys took up so much time. It is Emily Dual vs Zane Trunsdale! It may be the battle of the fusion archtypes!" Declared the announcer. "Well, Emily. Don't take too long. This should be simple" Said Hope, as he, Akiza and Playmaker left the arena, and Zane entered. "Thanks for making me wait. We were supposed to duel an hour ago" Said Zane. "And we didn't because?" Asked Emily. "Because it was turn 5" Said Zane. "Alright then. Sorry my turn wasn't quicker. I was fusion summoning" Said Emily. "Duel!" Declared the announcer.
Turn 1: Emily
Emily draws. Emily places "The Last Dark Bullet Witch, Bayonetta" (Scale 1) in her left pendulum zone and "The Last Light Bullet Witch, Jeaune" (Scale 10) in her right pendulum zone. Emily pendulum summons "Pheonixian Traviler" (3000/ 2500) and "Chimeraic Warrior" (3000/ 1250). Emily sets one card and ends her turn.
Turn 2: Zane
Zane draws. Zane special summons "Cyber Dragon" (2100/ 1000) since he controls no monsters. Zane activates "Power Bond", fusing the "Cyber Dragon" on his side of the field and the "Cyber Dragon" in his hand to fusion summon "Cyber Twin Dragon" (2800 to 5600/ 2100). "Cyber Twin Dragon" attacks "Pheonixian Traviler", but Emily activates her facedown "The Fantastic Enhancing Bullet Arts of the Bullet Witches", giving all of Emily's monsters 1000 attack points and making them unable to be destroyed by battle (3000 to 4000) (Emily LP: 2400). "Cyber Twin Dragon" attacks "Chimeraic Warrior"(Emily LP: 800). Zane sets two cards. Due to the effect of "Power Bond", Zane takes damage equal to the amount of attack "Cyber Twin Dragon" gained this turn (Zane LP: 1200). Zane ends his turn.
Turn 3: Emily
Emily draws. Emily activates the second effect of "Chimeraic Warrior", changing its own level and "Phenoixian Traveiler" level to 12. Emily overlays his two level 12 monsters to XYZ summon "Blazing Chimeric Lord, Empe" (5000 to 6000/ 5000). Emily activates the final effect of "Blazing Chimeraic Lord, Empe", detaching two overlay units and paying half her life points (Emily LP: 400) to destroy every monster that Zane controls. "Blazing Chimeraic Lord, Empe" attacks Zane (Zane LP: 0). Emily wins.
"And with a commanding presence, Emily wins! Come back tomorrow, where round 2 starts!" Declared the announcer.