Yugi didn't sleep that night. By the time everything was over, Seto and he
were provided complementary samples from the new 306 series. He stared at
the primary prize he'd been given as it glowed faintly in the moonlight.
He was still trying to make sure he understood all of it, so he read the
text aloud.
"This card can only be Special Summoned by removing 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster in your graveyard from play. Once during each of your turns you can select and activate 1 of the following effects: (1) Remove 1 monster on the field from play. If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack this turn. (2) If this card destroyed your opponent's monster as a result of battle, it can attack once again in a row. 3000 attack points, 2500 defense points. . . Light element. . . Light. . . Element. . ."
With the notion of rest far behind him as late as it was in the evening, Yugi poured his cards out onto the table. He tried to understand where he stood in the great board game of the universe that Pegasus told him about. With each element representing a different force, he needed to try and identify with his natural calling.
The Magnet Warriors of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, as well as their collected Valkyrion were all Earth elements monsters. So had been Celtic Guardian, and Gazelle the Mythical King Of Beasts. This was the same in even the original Black Luster Soldier. But Yugi was already starting to see a problem in his deck. If he were to accomodate the presence of the Black Luster Soldier, he needed more Dark and Light types.
On the Dark side of the spectrum, he was already pretty well off. The Dark Magician, the Skilled Dark Magician, the Apprentice Magicians, Magical Scientist, Breaker the Magical Warrior, The Witch Of The Black Forest, Cyber Jar, and Sangan all accomodated his darker needs; and they were already present in the deck. But the Earth side was cluttered, so he carefully began to set aside Earth cards and introduce a few new monsters into his deck that would seem to fit.
"When this card battles another monster, after Damage Calculation you can remove the opponent's monster and this card from play. . . 1500 Attack points, 1600 defense points. . . Light Element. . . Level 4. . ."
Jounouchi had always ranted and raved about the power of the D. D. (Different Dimension) Warrior Lady, so he put that into the pile of cards he designated "Monsters going in". With her decent attack power and ability to remove monsters from the game, it seemed like she was worth a shot. If she didn't fire off her ability, then he could remove the card from the grave for the Soldier he was making haste to accomodate.
"Negate the effect of a Monster Card that specifically designates this 1 card as a target. 2400 attack points, 1900 defense points. Light Element, makes sense. . . Level 6. Alright."
The Chaos Command Magician had helped him several times before, and he decided that this card might be useful in fighting back the power of the various monsters coming in later sets. It was protected from being the specific target of a monster's effect, and with its great attack strength for it's speed, it was perfect.
"Each time you or your opponent activates 1 Spell Card, put 1 Spell Counter on this card (to a maximum of 3). You can remove 3 Spell Counters from this card to draw 1 card from your Deck. 0 attack points. . . But, 2000 Defense points. Level 4. . . Well. . ."
Yugi grimaced as he set aside the Mystical Elf that had saved him on so many occassions and placed in the Royal Magic Library into the pile of cards he was arranging for use. The Mystical Elf was a great card, and it even had stronger attack points than this monster with the same defense. So did the Giant Soldier of Stone card; but Yugi was doing his best to accomodate a new style of play.
He tossed in the Magician Of Faith that he had always had since the days of Duelist Kingdom that had been given to him by Anzu. She was such a nice girl, just giving him such a useful card, but they had been friends for so many years so he wasn't surprised.
The last monster two cards he threw in were Injection Fairy Lily, who's weak attack strength could be modified from paying a great deal of your lifepoints, and Kycoo The Ghost Destroyer, who could protect his graveyard from being altered while interfering with the enemy's plans that involved the card graveyard.
As for technical cards, he took out the Fissure spell card he used for a card that had been used against him enough for him to get the point, Ring Of Destruction; a trap card that destroyed a monster and took the attack out of both players lives. And lastly, he removed United We Stand for Dimension Fusion, a card that allowed him to special summon any monsters removed from play at the cost of 2000 life points.
Shuffling the cards together, there seemed to be a great synchronization to them. Playing pretend games with himself, he would fight his oppponent off 'til he could either beat him normally, or swamp him with the power of the Black Luster Soldier. Even more new cards would be revealed tomorrow, and Pegasus made promises to treat them to some of each.
The next 3 days would be spent here in America. It's a shame that they weren't in New York, Anzu would have been so happy to see the big city she always dreamed of. But perhaps they could still make the best of the town. As Yugi thought of shops that sold Duel Monster cards at cheaper prices than even his grandfather, since the product was American after all, he slowly started to pack up his cards in their new order and place them back in their respective boxes. He fastened the tie on his backpack and tied it to his arm, lying back in the bed. Slowly, but surely, the worry placed on his mind faded and he drifted back to sleep.
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"This card can only be Special Summoned by removing 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster in your graveyard from play. Once during each of your turns you can select and activate 1 of the following effects: (1) Remove 1 monster on the field from play. If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack this turn. (2) If this card destroyed your opponent's monster as a result of battle, it can attack once again in a row. 3000 attack points, 2500 defense points. . . Light element. . . Light. . . Element. . ."
With the notion of rest far behind him as late as it was in the evening, Yugi poured his cards out onto the table. He tried to understand where he stood in the great board game of the universe that Pegasus told him about. With each element representing a different force, he needed to try and identify with his natural calling.
The Magnet Warriors of Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, as well as their collected Valkyrion were all Earth elements monsters. So had been Celtic Guardian, and Gazelle the Mythical King Of Beasts. This was the same in even the original Black Luster Soldier. But Yugi was already starting to see a problem in his deck. If he were to accomodate the presence of the Black Luster Soldier, he needed more Dark and Light types.
On the Dark side of the spectrum, he was already pretty well off. The Dark Magician, the Skilled Dark Magician, the Apprentice Magicians, Magical Scientist, Breaker the Magical Warrior, The Witch Of The Black Forest, Cyber Jar, and Sangan all accomodated his darker needs; and they were already present in the deck. But the Earth side was cluttered, so he carefully began to set aside Earth cards and introduce a few new monsters into his deck that would seem to fit.
"When this card battles another monster, after Damage Calculation you can remove the opponent's monster and this card from play. . . 1500 Attack points, 1600 defense points. . . Light Element. . . Level 4. . ."
Jounouchi had always ranted and raved about the power of the D. D. (Different Dimension) Warrior Lady, so he put that into the pile of cards he designated "Monsters going in". With her decent attack power and ability to remove monsters from the game, it seemed like she was worth a shot. If she didn't fire off her ability, then he could remove the card from the grave for the Soldier he was making haste to accomodate.
"Negate the effect of a Monster Card that specifically designates this 1 card as a target. 2400 attack points, 1900 defense points. Light Element, makes sense. . . Level 6. Alright."
The Chaos Command Magician had helped him several times before, and he decided that this card might be useful in fighting back the power of the various monsters coming in later sets. It was protected from being the specific target of a monster's effect, and with its great attack strength for it's speed, it was perfect.
"Each time you or your opponent activates 1 Spell Card, put 1 Spell Counter on this card (to a maximum of 3). You can remove 3 Spell Counters from this card to draw 1 card from your Deck. 0 attack points. . . But, 2000 Defense points. Level 4. . . Well. . ."
Yugi grimaced as he set aside the Mystical Elf that had saved him on so many occassions and placed in the Royal Magic Library into the pile of cards he was arranging for use. The Mystical Elf was a great card, and it even had stronger attack points than this monster with the same defense. So did the Giant Soldier of Stone card; but Yugi was doing his best to accomodate a new style of play.
He tossed in the Magician Of Faith that he had always had since the days of Duelist Kingdom that had been given to him by Anzu. She was such a nice girl, just giving him such a useful card, but they had been friends for so many years so he wasn't surprised.
The last monster two cards he threw in were Injection Fairy Lily, who's weak attack strength could be modified from paying a great deal of your lifepoints, and Kycoo The Ghost Destroyer, who could protect his graveyard from being altered while interfering with the enemy's plans that involved the card graveyard.
As for technical cards, he took out the Fissure spell card he used for a card that had been used against him enough for him to get the point, Ring Of Destruction; a trap card that destroyed a monster and took the attack out of both players lives. And lastly, he removed United We Stand for Dimension Fusion, a card that allowed him to special summon any monsters removed from play at the cost of 2000 life points.
Shuffling the cards together, there seemed to be a great synchronization to them. Playing pretend games with himself, he would fight his oppponent off 'til he could either beat him normally, or swamp him with the power of the Black Luster Soldier. Even more new cards would be revealed tomorrow, and Pegasus made promises to treat them to some of each.
The next 3 days would be spent here in America. It's a shame that they weren't in New York, Anzu would have been so happy to see the big city she always dreamed of. But perhaps they could still make the best of the town. As Yugi thought of shops that sold Duel Monster cards at cheaper prices than even his grandfather, since the product was American after all, he slowly started to pack up his cards in their new order and place them back in their respective boxes. He fastened the tie on his backpack and tied it to his arm, lying back in the bed. Slowly, but surely, the worry placed on his mind faded and he drifted back to sleep.
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