Renodox Card Attack: 1300 Defense: 2100

Overview: Although possessing low attack points the Renodox card depends on its diversity of attacks and defenses. The card possesses several weapons that can inflict double the damage on cards that are weak against certain elements. Unlike the Crusader card this card is a long-range fighter is best kept at a distance from other cards.

Strengths: Renodox holds several elemental type projectile weapons that allow it to do additional damage to a variety of cards. Thanks to the magic of the Divine Sight card the Renodox card is able to see cards that are concealed by darkness, spells or water. Element attacks and projectile weapons are less powerful against the card since it wears the Cloak of Element Protection and is protected by the Bipolar Magnet. Like the Crusader card the Renodox card is able to operate in all terrains.

Weaknesses: Close range fighters are highly effective against the Renodox card due to its lack of close range attacks. It can also remain underwater for only three turns before its air supply is cut off. Cards that have no elemental weakness take only normal damage from the Renodox card.

Combined Cards: Trained Warrior (Hi Jump Boots, Bipolar Magnet, Renodox Armor). Dwarf Inventor (Empty Bombs, Divine Sight, Cloak of Element Protection).

Story: After my battle with Yugi I managed to find and defeat an eliminator using my Crusader Card. Unfortunately the battle was more difficult than I had originally believed it would be. The Eliminator had nearly defeated the Crusader Card by using a Trained Warrior card. Though the Cyber Commander card was much weaker than my Crusader Card it had a wide array of long-range weapons that my Crusader could not easily defend against. I realized that I needed a card with attacks that could attack from a distance and surprise my enemies with its power. I had not thought that I could create such a card until I met a girl named Gaia.

"Hey!" yelled Gaia, "Don't act like you can't hear me! I challenge you!" Though I did hear her I didn't stop, only slowed down a bit. Gaia ran past me and angrily crossed her arms. "Ignoring me just because I'm a girl huh?" she fumed. "That's your view on the matter," I retorted, "But I simply ignored you because I'm looking for eliminators. I don't want to disqualify anyone so go away." Keeping her arms crossed Gaia defiantly stood her ground. "I'm not going to be disqualified by you!" she snapped, "I am Gaia, Elemental Duelist extraordinaire! Every one of my cards has an elemental power and they'll destroy you and your cards!" I considered her words for a few seconds and started to walk again. I knew that Yugi would agree to my terms but I wasn't sure about Gaia. Now searing with anger Gaia grabbed me by the shoulders and braced her feet into the ground. "I'll duel you," I agreed, "But only if you agree to my terms."

The dueling arena rose from the ground and Gaia and I stood on the opposite ends. It was somewhat embarrassing dueling against her since she was quite arrogant and saw herself as being more attractive than she really was. .But that was beside the point. "Since you threw down the challenge I'd like to lie down the first card," I informed. "No way!" refused Gaia, "Since I'm dueling this on your 'I take no star chips' idea I'm going first! And I chose the Flame Swordsman!" I looked over my cards and realized that I didn't have anything that could just neutralize the Flame Swordsman but I had a magic card that I could use later. "I play one card face down and I put my most powerful card into play!" I announced, "The Crusader Card!" Gaia gasped as the Crusader appeared on the field and pulled his sword and shield from his back. "How insecure of you," she mocked, "Using your most powerful card from the start!" The Crusader charged ahead and swung his sword. Gaia's Flame Swordsman parried the blow with his own sword but the Crusader pulled his dagger and stabbed Gaia's card with it. The Flame Swordsman disappeared from the arena with a scream but more interesting was the way that the Crusader's sword glowed with flame. For a minute I didn't understand why but then I remembered that Paladins could graph the elements with their own weapons. This gave me something of an idea but not much.

Gaia placed a card face down and then announced, "I'll play the Feral Imp and I'll increase his power with the horn of the unicorn!" A green winged creature appeared on the field and then grew in size as a large horn appeared on its head. "Feral Imp! Use your lighting!" ordered Gaia. The Imp fired a bolt of lighting from his horn but my Crusader held his sword in a defensive position blocking the lighting. His sword sparked a few times and then the red flames glowed blue. "The hilt of the Crusader Card's sword is wrapped with leather," I explained, "A bonus of using a re- forged blunt sword." "Just play your next card," Gaia sneered.

Pulling cards from my deck I smiled at the sight. "I play the Dwarf Inventor in defense mode and I'll stop your cards by giving him the Cloak of Elemental Protection! Your move," I called. A short fat man with a beard appeared on the field and was suddenly shrouded by a black cape. The dwarf suddenly grew in size completely concealed by his cloak. Gaia shook her head but pulled a card and looked at her hand.

It was several seconds before she played her next move. "I'll play one card face down on the field," she announced, "And I'll now use my Giant Stone Warrior!" A huge statue wearing two swords appeared on the field. The card had a great defense power but its attack was much lower than that of my Crusader. Gaia looked at me like she was expecting an attack but I didn't trust her or her face down cards. Finally realizing no attack was coming Gaia commanded her Stone Warrior to attack the ground. The Stone Warrior slammed its sword into the ground and Gaia flipped one of her cards. As soon as the card touched the game pad the ground ruptured leaving a huge crevice underneath my Crusader and my Dwarf stood on one of the few patches of ground that remained on my side of the field. Gaia gasped when she noticed that the Crusader was flying above the crack unscathed by the attack. "Cloak of levitation," she observed, "That's just peachy. Well, at least your Dwarf can't attack, the magic of fissure has stopped any card that can't fly from reaching my cards! Still, it is your move."

Looking at my hand I felt a little upset that Gaia didn't attack me directly, I still needed Gaia to attack with earth, wind and water before I could have watts re-forge the Crusader's sword into the elemental sword and I only had three elements caught in my face down card. There was no way that I could tell Gaia what I had planned and I didn't want to destroy her Stone Warrior so I pulled a card from my deck and shouted, "I'll play the Trained Warrior in defense mode! And I'll also improve his defense using the alien Renodox Armor!" A modern day warrior appeared wearing only camouflaged pants; a cloth air filter and black boots appeared on the field. Once I placed my Renodox Armor onto the field he was fitted with metal plates over his arms, legs and stomach.

With a sigh Gaia turned to her deck and slapped down two cards. "I'll play a combo!" she crowed, "I start this combo off with the Nimbus Man!" A man made of clouds appeared on the field. In his present state he looked more laughable than dangerous but there was still the matter of her second card. "And I'll combine my Nimbus Man with the power of the Flooding Rain!" The Nimbus Man began to swell up and drifted into the air creating a cloud covering over the entire field. With a clap of thunder and a flash of lightning the cloud began to pour rain! The rain poured so hard that it filled in the cracks on the field surrounding all of my cards with water.

Things were going semi-well for me. I now had the water attack requirement for my Crusader and the face down card. But I was still at something of an impasse. I would have to attack but I didn't really want to, and there was the matter of helping my other two cards escape Gaia's next attack. Looking at my cards I decided I'd play two magic cards, sacrificing my chance to attack. "Your stone warrior can't attack and I don't want to give up my Crusader's position at this moment," I admitted, "So I'll just make it impossible for you to attack! I'll equip my Trained Warrior with the Hi Jump Boots and I'll give him the Bi-Polar Magnet allowing him to fly!" My Trained Warrior's boots glowed and he leapt about twenty feet into the air. Then a field of energy surrounded him causing his armor to glow. The card did not go back to the ground.

Gaia sarcastically clapped her hands and stated, "Very nice move. So wonderful that you can't attack me! Now it's my move and you're in no position to defend your Dwarf! Since he's completely surrounded by water and can't fly, I'll attack him with my Great White!" Gaia slapped down a card and a huge shark started swimming in the water around my cards. The shark suddenly burst out of the water intent on making a meal of my Dwarf but I flipped my face down card! Several round bombs appeared on my Dwarf's belt and he hurled a yellow one into the shark's mouth! The shark screeched in pain as electricity coursed through its body! "No!" cried Gaia, "How on earth did you.?"

"The card I played face down were the Empty Bombs," I explained, "Anytime a new type of attack is used they absorb its power and add to the arsenal of the card that holds them. I already have four elements thanks to you. That one was the lightning bomb! It's my move and I'll set this one up real nice. First off I'll give my Dwarf the magic of Devine Sight so I can see any card you play in the water and I'll get rid of that water with this: the alchemy spell for tar!" The Crusader hurled a black ball into the water causing it to thicken and darken until it was tar. The empty bombs absorbed the tar creating a black restraining bomb and leaving the water but my turn was not yet over. "Since I'm surrounded by water I'll also play my Summoned Skull!" I called. Gaia mumbled something about me just handing her the round because she was a girl. Acting like I didn't hear her I ordered my Summoned Skull to attack. The skull blasted the Stone Warrior with electricity but it did no good. Gaia ordered her Stone Warrior to destroy the Summoned Skull with a little bit of reluctance but in the end her card prevailed.

"I don't know what you're up to," sneered Gaia, "And I don't really care! I'll win this one without you handing me my victories! I choose the powerful wind Sirocco!" A whirlwind appeared and then swirled in the form of a human. "Sirocco, blow over my Stone Warrior!" she ordered. Sirocco turned back into a gust of wind and blew the warrior into dust but much to my surprise the wind continued to blow forcing sand and wind into my cards! Both the Trained Warrior and Crusader fell into the water but I didn't care. I finally had all that I needed to finish the match. "Now that my winds are blowing you can't fly," laughed Gaia, "And on the next turn I'll use my Curse of Burning Land along with my Nimbus Man making you lose all your life points!"

I heaved a sigh of relief when I pulled my "Enhance Magic" card. "I'll play the magic of Polymerization along with my Enhance Magic card!!" I cheered, "Combining the Dwarf Inventor and the Trained Warrior into one powerful being!" The cards swirled together creating a man dressed in red and blue wearing a black cape, gloves and boots, along with a cloth breathing mask and bombs on the field. "And I'll also play Watts the Blacksmith!" I continued, "To re-forge the Crusader's sword into the Elemental Sword improving his attack power!" Gaia nearly fainted but I then calmly stated, "I have done what I wanted. If you want I'll give you my two star chips as I promised or you can have the three cards required to make the gate guardian!"

Gaia looked at me as if to discover if I was telling the truth or not. "Show me the cards," she challenged. I held out the three cards allowing her to closely inspect them. "You're sure?" she confirmed, "You're serious about this?" I nodded. Gaia practically snatched the cards from my hand and left before I could change my mind.