"Let's get this show on the road," Axis said as he and Fader assumed their
positions.
"That's fine with me," Fader replied. "The sooner the better."
"I'll make the first move if you don't mind."
"Be my guest," Fader said extending his hand outwards in invitation.
"First I'll play the Pot of Greed to draw two new cards. Then I'll set a monster in defense mode, and end my turn."
"Alright my move," Fader said rearranging his hand. "I'll summon the X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) and have it attack your face down monster."
"You destroyed my Skelengel (900/400) which allows me to draw another card."
"It's your turn Axis."
"That's right. And I'll play Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard two."
"More card drawing," Fader said warily. That's all Axis had done this game. "Exodia. It has to be."
"Didn't take you long to figure it out. You'd be amazed how many pathetic duelists in Battle City were oblivious to the power waiting in my hand, until it was too late of course."
"I'm not your average duelist."
"Obviously not. I expected a little more cleverness from the players in the Battle City finals. Makes no difference to me though whether you know my plan or not, you won't be able to stop me."
"I beg to differ." Fader said smiling.
"You can gimme your best shot," Axis replied with a smile of his own. "But I'm the best duelist in all of Europe. And when I return home with another piece of the Millennium Puzzle I'll have the title of best duelist in the world with me."
"Another piece of the puzzle?" Fader asked. "You mean you already have one?"
"That's right. It was presented to me when I won the Europe Cup last spring. And I'm going to add Evo's piece to my collection when I win this tournament."
"Well I hate to burst your bubble, but I'm going to be the one to add that piece to my own collection." he reached into a pouch on his belt and produced the other pieces he had to Axis. "It should go nicely with the other nine I already have."
"Nine!" Axis shouted in shock. "How is that even possible?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"That's amazing. But it won't help you beat Exodia. You may have nine pieces of the puzzle, but I'm going to be getting Evo's after I unleash the Forbidden one and win this duel."
"I'm pretty sure that I can get rid of all of your Life Points before you can gather all five parts of Exodia."
"That may be true. Since I can only set one monster per turn to defend my Life Points you just have to summon more monster than me and you can attack me directly once my defenses are gone."
"That's right."
"That's why I play the Dark Door magic card. Now you can only attack with one monster per turn. I'll just set one monster in defense mode and end my turn. Since you can only attack me a single time you won't be able to attack my Life Points directly."
"You're only partially right Axis. I can still hit your Life Points even with your monster in defense mode."
"How?"
"I summon the Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode. Attack his face down monster."
"My Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200)!" Axis watched as his monster was run through by the long spear-like horn on the Spear Dragon's head. What shocked him was that his Life Points dropped.
Fader: 4000, Axis: 3300.
"My Life Points?" Axis continued. "How did you do that?"
"My Spear Dragon's effect allows the excess damage from my attack to hit your Life Points. Your Witch could only absorb 1200 damage so 700 hit you directly."
"Well doesn't that just suck? But I can take care of that. But first I'll use the Witch of the Black Forest's ability and take the Left Leg of the Forbidden One (300/200) into my hand from my deck. Now I'll set another monster and one other card face down, ending my turn."
Fader had to be careful. He had no idea exactly how many Exodia parts were in Axis' hand. And if he managed to get all five then Fader would lose. No ifs, ands or buts. But with no way to remove the cards in Axis' hand, he would have to keep up his strategy.
"Spear Dragon attack!"
"You just attacked my Big Shield Gardna (100/2600)."
Fader: 3300, Axis: 3300.
"Normally playing a monster like the Gardna is a risk," Axis said. "Since it changes to attack mode after its been attacked, but you can't attack a second time so my monster and my Life Points are safe."
"Damn. Then you can just switch your monster back to defense mode on your next turn."
"Right. And just in case you wanted to sacrifice any of the weaker monsters you have on the field for a stronger one, I activate the Mask of Restrict!"
"Now I can't tribute my monsters. But I'm not out yet." Things were getting worse for Fader. He couldn't sacrifice any monster he had a tribute so he couldn't get anything strong enough on the field to punch through the Gardna's shield. He could only think of one way. "I summon the Y-Metal Dragon (1500/1600) in attack mode, and end my turn."
"You can't stop my Gardna," Axis said as he switched his monster back to defense mode. "Which means that you won't be able to defeat me before I summon Exodia. I'll lay one card face dwon, and then set another monster in defense mode. Your move Fader."
"You just made a costly error Axis. You've given me a target other than your Gardna to attack. Spear Dragon attack the face down monster!"
"That reveals my Morphng Jar #1 (700/900). I may take 1000 damage but we both discard our hands and draw another five cards."
Fader: 3300, Axis: 2300.
"Why did you do that?" Fader asked. "You just discarded a piece of Exodia."
"Actually I discarded 3 pieces of Exodia."
"But now you won't be able to gather all five peices in your hand," Fader replied, the confusion in his voice obvious.
"That's what you think. I activate my trap card, Backup Soldiers to return to my hand the Left Leg, Right Arm and Right Leg."
"Well you haven't declared instant victory yet so I'm guessing you don't have all five yet," Fader speculated.
"Only four but that's about to change soon."
"I'll lay one card face down and end my turn," Fader said with determination. the game wasn't over yet. Fader could still come out a winner. A prospect that was looking bleaker by the moment.
"I'll draw another card."
"And so will I thanks to my Angel of the Balancing Scales (800/900)."
"So that was one of the cards you discarded?" Axis asked.
"That's right now I can draw a card whenever you do," Fader said with satisfaction. The more cards that he managed to draw then the better chance he would have of drawing a card that would stop Axis' Exodia.
"Not for long. I play the magic card Transfer of Souls. It allows me to take one monster card from your graveyard and move it to my own. Now I'm the one that gets to draw an extra card."
"No my Angel!" Fader exclaimed.
"Not that its going to matter. I summon Sangan (1000/600) in attack mode." The furry monster appeared on the field, thrashing its small claws around. A weak monster like that would be easily destroyed by any of Fader's monster, so why would Axis summon it into attack mode?
"What are you planning Axis?"
"When Sangan is sent to the graveyard from the field I can search my deck for any monster with attack less than 1500."
"You're going to kamikaze your Sangan to get the last part of Exodia!" Fader shouted with horror.
"That's right Fader. Sangan, attack the Y-Metal Dragon so I can get the final piece of Exodia and win this duel!"
"That's fine with me," Fader replied. "The sooner the better."
"I'll make the first move if you don't mind."
"Be my guest," Fader said extending his hand outwards in invitation.
"First I'll play the Pot of Greed to draw two new cards. Then I'll set a monster in defense mode, and end my turn."
"Alright my move," Fader said rearranging his hand. "I'll summon the X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) and have it attack your face down monster."
"You destroyed my Skelengel (900/400) which allows me to draw another card."
"It's your turn Axis."
"That's right. And I'll play Graceful Charity to draw 3 cards and discard two."
"More card drawing," Fader said warily. That's all Axis had done this game. "Exodia. It has to be."
"Didn't take you long to figure it out. You'd be amazed how many pathetic duelists in Battle City were oblivious to the power waiting in my hand, until it was too late of course."
"I'm not your average duelist."
"Obviously not. I expected a little more cleverness from the players in the Battle City finals. Makes no difference to me though whether you know my plan or not, you won't be able to stop me."
"I beg to differ." Fader said smiling.
"You can gimme your best shot," Axis replied with a smile of his own. "But I'm the best duelist in all of Europe. And when I return home with another piece of the Millennium Puzzle I'll have the title of best duelist in the world with me."
"Another piece of the puzzle?" Fader asked. "You mean you already have one?"
"That's right. It was presented to me when I won the Europe Cup last spring. And I'm going to add Evo's piece to my collection when I win this tournament."
"Well I hate to burst your bubble, but I'm going to be the one to add that piece to my own collection." he reached into a pouch on his belt and produced the other pieces he had to Axis. "It should go nicely with the other nine I already have."
"Nine!" Axis shouted in shock. "How is that even possible?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"That's amazing. But it won't help you beat Exodia. You may have nine pieces of the puzzle, but I'm going to be getting Evo's after I unleash the Forbidden one and win this duel."
"I'm pretty sure that I can get rid of all of your Life Points before you can gather all five parts of Exodia."
"That may be true. Since I can only set one monster per turn to defend my Life Points you just have to summon more monster than me and you can attack me directly once my defenses are gone."
"That's right."
"That's why I play the Dark Door magic card. Now you can only attack with one monster per turn. I'll just set one monster in defense mode and end my turn. Since you can only attack me a single time you won't be able to attack my Life Points directly."
"You're only partially right Axis. I can still hit your Life Points even with your monster in defense mode."
"How?"
"I summon the Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode. Attack his face down monster."
"My Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200)!" Axis watched as his monster was run through by the long spear-like horn on the Spear Dragon's head. What shocked him was that his Life Points dropped.
Fader: 4000, Axis: 3300.
"My Life Points?" Axis continued. "How did you do that?"
"My Spear Dragon's effect allows the excess damage from my attack to hit your Life Points. Your Witch could only absorb 1200 damage so 700 hit you directly."
"Well doesn't that just suck? But I can take care of that. But first I'll use the Witch of the Black Forest's ability and take the Left Leg of the Forbidden One (300/200) into my hand from my deck. Now I'll set another monster and one other card face down, ending my turn."
Fader had to be careful. He had no idea exactly how many Exodia parts were in Axis' hand. And if he managed to get all five then Fader would lose. No ifs, ands or buts. But with no way to remove the cards in Axis' hand, he would have to keep up his strategy.
"Spear Dragon attack!"
"You just attacked my Big Shield Gardna (100/2600)."
Fader: 3300, Axis: 3300.
"Normally playing a monster like the Gardna is a risk," Axis said. "Since it changes to attack mode after its been attacked, but you can't attack a second time so my monster and my Life Points are safe."
"Damn. Then you can just switch your monster back to defense mode on your next turn."
"Right. And just in case you wanted to sacrifice any of the weaker monsters you have on the field for a stronger one, I activate the Mask of Restrict!"
"Now I can't tribute my monsters. But I'm not out yet." Things were getting worse for Fader. He couldn't sacrifice any monster he had a tribute so he couldn't get anything strong enough on the field to punch through the Gardna's shield. He could only think of one way. "I summon the Y-Metal Dragon (1500/1600) in attack mode, and end my turn."
"You can't stop my Gardna," Axis said as he switched his monster back to defense mode. "Which means that you won't be able to defeat me before I summon Exodia. I'll lay one card face dwon, and then set another monster in defense mode. Your move Fader."
"You just made a costly error Axis. You've given me a target other than your Gardna to attack. Spear Dragon attack the face down monster!"
"That reveals my Morphng Jar #1 (700/900). I may take 1000 damage but we both discard our hands and draw another five cards."
Fader: 3300, Axis: 2300.
"Why did you do that?" Fader asked. "You just discarded a piece of Exodia."
"Actually I discarded 3 pieces of Exodia."
"But now you won't be able to gather all five peices in your hand," Fader replied, the confusion in his voice obvious.
"That's what you think. I activate my trap card, Backup Soldiers to return to my hand the Left Leg, Right Arm and Right Leg."
"Well you haven't declared instant victory yet so I'm guessing you don't have all five yet," Fader speculated.
"Only four but that's about to change soon."
"I'll lay one card face down and end my turn," Fader said with determination. the game wasn't over yet. Fader could still come out a winner. A prospect that was looking bleaker by the moment.
"I'll draw another card."
"And so will I thanks to my Angel of the Balancing Scales (800/900)."
"So that was one of the cards you discarded?" Axis asked.
"That's right now I can draw a card whenever you do," Fader said with satisfaction. The more cards that he managed to draw then the better chance he would have of drawing a card that would stop Axis' Exodia.
"Not for long. I play the magic card Transfer of Souls. It allows me to take one monster card from your graveyard and move it to my own. Now I'm the one that gets to draw an extra card."
"No my Angel!" Fader exclaimed.
"Not that its going to matter. I summon Sangan (1000/600) in attack mode." The furry monster appeared on the field, thrashing its small claws around. A weak monster like that would be easily destroyed by any of Fader's monster, so why would Axis summon it into attack mode?
"What are you planning Axis?"
"When Sangan is sent to the graveyard from the field I can search my deck for any monster with attack less than 1500."
"You're going to kamikaze your Sangan to get the last part of Exodia!" Fader shouted with horror.
"That's right Fader. Sangan, attack the Y-Metal Dragon so I can get the final piece of Exodia and win this duel!"