REVERSE EFFECTS: THE FIELD ROULETTE

Note: the use of the "Field Roulette" card belongs to "100 years After Battle City" and its writer.

"Mr. Marth has just won his duel" said Kaiba's secretary. "So we have another miracle worker on our hands." Said Kaiba, not sounding surprised. "As soon as I finish modifying my deck, I will personally take care of this Marth all by myself." "But Mr. Kaiba, you have been preparing your deck for months, don't you think that it is good en" "Do Not Question My Ways!" boomed the child. "Now get the battle simulator, and program it with the exact same deck that Scott Marth uses!"

Scott returned to battle city, and Drake was nowhere in sight. He sat down on a nearby bench and started looking through his deck. There was a man selling booster packs, Scott went over to check it out. "Hey, you have four keys already, that means you won a duel." said the man. "Wanna buy a pack?" "Sorry" said Scott. "No money. But I'm sure that a lot of people will buy them." "Actually" said the man, getting closer to Scott "stealing is more like it. This guy keeps installing magnetic devices on the boxes, and then, boom! The box just disappears at random points. So do me a favor, take that guy out of the tournament." "I'll do my best" said Scott.

"Here kid, take this pack to help you. I've been saving it." Scott took the pack and walked away. He had no intention of doing any good deeds, first he needed to find Matt and Ryan. He tore open the pack. Nothing too special, except for a card called spear dragon #2. This card may attack the defense points of an opponent's monster even if it is in attack mode, this will not defeat the monster however. Built in trample, switches to def. after an atk.

Then Scott saw Matt walking around, with 6 keys already in his gemtech! "Matt!" he yelled. "Hey Marth, what's up" he said. "I just beat some freak" Scott explained. "Yeah, there seems to be a lot of those people around here." Matt replied with a laugh. The two talked about their duels for a while, until a strange man with a mask came down on them. "Hey, are you from like the opera?" asked Scott. He was wearing the black cape that Scott had seen so many people wearing. "My name is Brandon, and I seek your bracelet." he said. "Why does everybody want this thing!" said Scott. "No I'm not dueling you, I need to find my brother." "We can find him, said another person wearing a mask as well.

This guy's mask was showing a sad face, while Brandon's had a happy face. Sam was taller than Brandon, but other than that they were like twins. The other man was holding a small boy, and as he got closer it revealed an unconscious Ryan! "Give him back!" yelled Scott. "Accept our duel, and my name is Sam, the man said, throwing Ryan to the side. "Fine, I'll take you both on!" yelled Scott with a little fear. "You could use my help, too" said Matt. "So be it, we will have a 2 vs 2 duel, and when we win we will take both of your bracelets!

"I guess I'll start" said Matt. "I play the earthbound spirit in defense.(2000def) and set a m/t. It is your move" "Well, said Brandon as he drew his card. "I cannot break through your monster's defense now, so I will summon Dumanes Dark Witch in attack mode!.(1800) "Activate my trap, the destiny board!" yelled Matt. A ghostlike creature holding a giant letter D appeared. "When I assemble all five pieces of the destiny board, Scott and I gain an automatic win! Every time my opponent ends his turn, I get another piece." Brandon didn't seem phased. In fact, he seemed happy that the destiny board was in play. Scott however, was in awe. He had never actually seen a card this powerful. But it had a weakness, just like every other card. And he had to do all he could to protect it.

Scott pulled up his hand. An "E" appeared next to the "D". "Well I can't do much for the Destiny Board right now, but I can take care of the witch problem" said Scott. "I summon the Gemini elf! (1900) And I attack the dark witch!" Two exotic elves appeared next to each other and combined their strength to vanquish the witch. ((4000/4000-3900/4000)) "Dumanes Witch isn't done contributing to our cause" said Sam. "I play the magic card shallow grave, it lets each player select one card from their graveyard and put it in to facedown defense mode, and since we are the only players with a monster in here, I take witch. Now I tribute it for the beast of talwar!" (2400) The set card disappeared and a giant, black monster took its place. "I choose to destroy Bakura's only defense!" The earthbound spirit was shortly destroyed. "I end my turn after setting one card facedown.." An "A" joined the other two letters, but Sam and Brandon kept that smile on their face.

Matt took his next turn. "I will bring forth Servant of catabolism, a direct attacker for you. (700)A swirling seashell-like light floated before Matt. "And I'll use its power to attack you directly, Sam!" ((4000/4000-3900/3300)) "Now I will mimic Sam and set a card facedown." Brandon confidently drew his card. "I will summon Gradius (1200) in attack mode." A plane like creature stood in front of Brandon. "Now I activate Limiter Removal, it not only doubles my Gradius in size, but doubles its attack!" (2400) "Now it will attack Jinzo#7 for some heavy damage. The giant airplane charged Matt's weak monster. Just as it was to make contact, it ran right in to some circular object and was reversed out. "Magic Cylinder!" yelled Matt as gradius attacked Brandon head on. ((4000/4000-1500/3300))

"You idiot!" exploded Sam. "How could you fall in to a predictable trap like that. I hope Al slits your throat for..umm, oh well." "I will now complete my turn.," muttered Brandon. The Gradius suddenly got so big that it exploded. "Part of Limiter Removal's effect" sulked Brandon. Now Matt's Death message read "D" "E" "A" "T" "It looks like we got this in the bag" said Scott. But just in case, I set one m/t facedown, and end my turn. Now as soon as Sam completes his move, we will win the game! You guys weren't even a challenge." "A challenge?" asked Sam. "Who said anything about a challenge? We have been toying with you this whole match. But now, it's anyone's game. Activate Field Roulette." The duelfield in front of the four males started to spin, gradually faster until there was no room to see; "now every card will be randomly distributed!!"

"That means that my Destiny Board could soon be yours!" shouted Matt. "That's right! Do you feel lucky?" laughed Brandon. The field finally showed itself. Scott had a facedown m/t. Matt was controlling Beast of Talwar. The Gemini elf and servant were with Sam. And to our heroes' horror, Brandon controlled the entire destiny board. "How lucky for us!" said Brandon. "Everything you had we have, and vice-versa." "So to end my turn, I play a m/t, and attack Matt with his Servant card" said Sam. ((4000/3300-1500/3300)) "So it's all up to my draw" thought Matt out loud. "I never actually thought I would be facing a destiny board, but there is one card I know of, one card to turn this around..and I drew it!"

Matt kissed his bracelet. "You really are lucky! I play Hurricane! It sucks all m/t back to the owners' hands!" A windy face appeared above Matt's head and began blowing smoke on the m/ts. "I figured it would come to this," said Sam. "Activate Magic Jammer. By discarding some useless card from my hand, I negate your hurricane." A ritual-like circle started holding off the wind, but a giant pocketknife was thrown right through it. "You forgot about the trap I set just in case" Scott boomed. "7 tools of the bandit drains my l/p by 1000 to negate any trap played, so the hurricane will return the Destiny Board and its contents to Matt's hand." ((3000/3300- 1500/4000))

"Thanks, man" said Matt to Scott with a smile. "And this Beast of Talwar you so graciously gave me will now attack Catabolism Servant." ((3000/3300- 1500/2300))

"I set a facedown monster, plus m/t"finished Matt. "Don't tell me you are going for the destiny board, because you won't have time to gather it." said Brandon. "I summon Melchid the four faced beast. This little monster is part of the tribute required to summon The Masked Beast, Death Gardius! I offer Melchid and Gemini Elf as a special summon for our most powerful monster to emerge!!" The result of the summon was something almost indescribable. It looked like something out of a Picasso painting. (3300)

"Nice attack power" commented Matt. "The nice part is how it will finish you off!" screamed Brandon. "Attack Beast of Talwar!" ((3000/2400- 1500/2300)) "Now the darkness will consume you" "In darkness there is always some light shining through. So I play Swords of Revealing Light" said Scott. "Now three of your battle phases will be put aside, giving Matt and myself some recovery time. And this will help, I summon the spear dragon #2. A small dragon with a long, pointy nose stood in front of Scott. "This will make you think twice about setting anymore monsters, as this will hurt your l/p when you do so. I now end my turn."

"That spear thing will not help you at all, for I use offerings to the doomed to destroy it." Said Sam, frustrated that he couldn't attack. "I will play Wall of Illusion in defense mode. "A long wall with a face inside appeared next to the death gardius. "And to make sure you get pummeled I will use premature burial, bringing my talwar beast back from the cemetery at a cost of 800 lp, now our army of monsters will crush you when the swords wear off!" ((3000/2400-1500/1500)) "Don't count on having an army" said Matt.

"I flip Shadow Tamer to take control of a fiend for one turn. Now the Talwar Beast is once again with me. But I tribute it and my tamer for the Black Magician!" (2500/2100) "I don't remember you having that" said Scott. "I picked it up in a duel with some freak" said Matt cockily. "Unless you can power that mage up, our death gardius wins in a contest of strength, Mr. Bakura" said Brandon. "Nope, not now" said Matt, ending his turn. "Well all I can do is set a m/t, go ahead Marth" said Brandon. Right as Scott drew his card, Brandon yelled "Dust tornado trap, destroy swords of revealing light!" The swords preventing the masked duelists from attacking vanished. "Our last hope" said Scott. "Dusted away." In all the hype he hadn't even looked at the card he drew yet. It was Warrior tradition, the card he received from Drake. "I pay half of my l/p to special summon Buster Blader with Warrior Tradition!" said Scott, with a little hope left. The mighty Blader stood beside Black Magician. Scot scanned his hand. He had polymerization, perfect for a fusion. However he didn't have a fusion deck as the new rules encouraged made-up fusions to add to Kaiba Corps database. Then Scott looked in front of him, and got a brilliant idea.

"I use polymerization, fusing the blader and magician to create..." he wasn't sure himself. He knew Yugi Motou had once done this very same fusion, but couldn't remember its effect. In front of Scott stood a mighty and noble monster. Something legendary, even. "The Super Magical Swordsman, Black Paladin! (2900) "This deity gains 500 attack for every dragon in each players field and graveyard." said Scott "So" said a very surprised Matt, "my trap, DNA surgery works perfect! Using its effect I can make all monsters on the field in to any sub type I choose. You can guess I pick dragon!"

Although no physical changes were made, the Black paladin gained 1500 attack due to the three "dragons" on the field. (4400) "Go ahead, attack us." said Brandon. "You are a couple points short of defeating me with that attack and once my death gardius dies it will control your paladin with Willed Mask. "The paladin gains power from dragons sent to the grave as well" said Scott. "Or does Spear Dragon #2 not apply to you!" (4900) The mighty paladin sliced through death gardius in a split second, taking Brandon's l/p with it.

"C, Curse you.. Damn you!" yelled Brandon. "You are approaching Death's Door!" yelled Sam. At that point Scott was returned to Battle city with 2 more keys and the magic cards Premature Burial and field Roulette.