"Age before beauty," Fader said to Yami.
Yami nodded. "Alright." He drew his card. "I'll lay a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
He wants me to make the first aggressive move, Fader thought to himself. I'll be happy to oblige, on my own terms though. He drew. "I play a card face down. Then I summon the Gemini Elf (1900/900) in attack mode, and attack your face down monster.
"Reveal the Big Shield Gardna (100/2600)," Yami announced. "You lose 700 Life Points Fader."
Fader: 3300, Yami: 4000.
"My turn is over then Yami. Your move."
"I'll sacrifice my Big Sheild Gardna to bring forth the Summoned Skull (2500/1200). Summoned Skull, attack his Gemini Elf!" The demon raised its arms up and a ball of energy began to grow and crackle between its claws. Suddenly chains shot out of the ground, wrapping themselves around the Summoned Skull's limbs.
"Sorry Yami," Fader said. "But my Shadow Spell trap card has other ideas for your monster. Like lowering its attack power by 700 and preventing it from attacking."
"Then I'll lay a card face down and end my turn," Yami replied.
"Now Gemini Elf, attack his Summoned Skull!"
"My turn for a trap card," Yami interrupted. "The Spellbinding Circle. It too will prevent your monster from making an attack."
"I'll just lay a monster in defense mode then."
Yami drew his card and examined his hand. "I'll lay a monster face down as well. Your turn."
Fader looked at the field. Aside from the slight Life Point difference, he and Yami were even. Both had two monsters on the field, as well as a trap card that prevented one of their opponent's monsters from sttacking. That was all going to change though. "I'll lay this card face down. Then I'll sacrifice my Gemini Elf and face down Z-Metal Caterpillar (1500/1200) to summon the Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500) in attack mode. Tyrant Dragon attack the Summoned Skull with Molten Flame Jets!"
Fader: 3300, Yami: 2900.
"Your dragon is strong, but not unbeatable. And I'm no where close to being finished with you yet," Yami said.
"Glad to hear it," Fader replied. "I'd be a little dissappointed if it were too easy. After all, you were the King of Games."
"I play the magic card Exchange. We each look at each others' hands and select one card from there to use as our own." Yami walked across the field, past the Tyrant Dragon to stand in front of Fader. The swapped hands for a moment to make their decision. "I'll take this," Yami announced, taking the Cost Down card.
"And I'll take your Swords of Revealing Light," Fader said.
Yami walked back to his dueling position and turned back around. "Too bad you won't get a chance to use my card."
"What? Why not?"
"You should have taken my other magic card. First though, I'll set one card face down. Next I'll play Card destruction to eliminate our hands, including the card that you just took from me. Now we both draw the same number of cards we had before." The Swords of Revealing Light dissappeared from Fader's hand. "Don't worry," Yami explained. "It went straight to my graveyard. The benefits of playing a Shadow Game. Now I'll activate the card I placed onto the field, your Cost Down magic card. I just have to discard my Light of Intervention from my hand to lower the level of all my monsters by two. This makes it possible to simply sacrifice my single monster, Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts to summon my Buster Blader (2600/2300), and since it gains 500 attack points from your Tyrant Dragon it becomes stronger than your mosnter by 200 points. Buster Blader attack!"
Fader smiled. "Sorry Yami, but you just walked into my trap. By having your Buster Blader attack my monster you just cost yourself this duel." Fader activated his face down card. "Magic Cylinder. It takes the power from your Buster Blader's attack and redirects it straight at your Life Points, dealing you 3100 points of damage. I win Yami."
"Afraid not Fader," Yami said. Just as the redirected blast was about to hit Yami, a Kuriboh appeared in front of him and absorbed the blast.
"What the..?"
"I used a Kuriboh (300/200) to reduce the damage you dealt to me to zero."
"But Kuriboh can only be offered to reduce one of my attacks to zero. The attack was from your own monster."
"But you redirected it. As soon as it was rechanned through the Magic Cylinders it became your attack."
"Alright then. It's my turn. I'll lay one card face down and set a monster in defense mode. Then I'll change my Tyrant Dragon to defense mode and end my turn."
"Then I'll set two cards face down and set a monster of my own in defense mode and my Buster Blader will attack your Tyrant Dragon again." Just before the Buster Blader's attack could connect the Tyrant Dragon vanished from the field. "What?" Yami exclaimed in shock.
"I activated my magic card, Monster Recovery. Tyrant Dragon and my hand were returned to my deck and then I drew a new hand as a replacement."
"Make your next move then."
"I will. I'll play the Change of Heart card to take control of your Buster Blader for this turn. Now I'll play Polymerization to fuse yor Buster Blader with my Dark Magician (2500/2100) to create the Black Paladin (2900/2500). It's your turn Yami."
"You should have attacked me," Yami informed him.
"I couldn't have. Fused and other Special Summoned monsters can't attack the turn they enter play."
"Those were the Battle City rules. Those restrictions don't exist in the shadow duels. I told you that there were things that you weren't ready for."
"Bring it on Yami."
"I'll activate the magic card De-Fusion to split apart your monster and mine back to their seperate forms."
"No you don't Yami. I can use Black Paladin's special ability to discard a card from my hand to negate the activation of any of your magic cards."
"Not going to happen Fader."
"Why not?"
"Because you won't have a hand to discard a card from. I activate my trap card, Hand Sealing Spirit. I pay 500 Life Points and until the end of the current turn your hand is placed out of play."
Fader: 3300, Yami: 2400.
"So since you don't have any cards in your hand anymore you can't use the Paladin's ability, which means that my Buster Blader is restored and returns to my control. And now it will attack and destroy the Dark Magician."
"I still have my face down card Yami, the Regulation of Tribe. And I'll prevent all Warrior types from attacking, which includes your Blader."
"Then my turn is over."
Fader drew his card. "There's ntohing i'll do this turn except change my Dark Magician to defense mode and sacrifice my Mystical Elf to Regulation of Tribe to keep it on the field."
"Then I'll set a monster in defense mode," Yami said. "And sicne I can't attack, I'll end my turn."
"I'll lay a card face down and lay a monster in defense mode as well. But since I disn't sacrifice a monster my trap card is destroyed. Your turn Yami."
"I'll lay a second mosnter face down and then my Buster Blader will destroy your Dark Magician."
The Buster Blader shifted the wieght of its sword and moved forward quickly to attack the Dark Magician. As it did the ground exploded beneath its feet and when the dust settled it was gone."I activated Claymore Mine. Your Buster Blader is destroyed," Fader announced.
"I'll just lay one card face down before I end my turn," Yami said.
Fader looked across the field and locked eyes with Yami. There was no expression in his opponent's face. Just a stone cold gaze that pierced Fader's soul. Fader had to concentrate. He wasn't going to lose focus. But he was facing off against a five thousand year old pharoah, the same spirit that had helped Yugi Moto become the King of Games.
"I'll lay a card face down and then attack your first monster with the Dark Magician." The Dark Magician rasied its staff up and fired a powerful blast at the face down monster, before the blast hit though, the energy stopped in mid air and then shot right back at the Dark Magician destroying it instantly. "What happened?" Fader exclaimed.
"My trap card happened," Yami explained. "Mirror Force."
Fader was getting mad at himself. He kept walking straight into Yami's traps like a beginner. If he didn't start playing properly then he wasn't going to win this duel. "Your turn Yami."
Yami drew his card. "I'm afraid your time is up Fader. I flip my two face down monsters, Alpha (1400/1700) and Beta (1700/1600) the Magnet Warriors. Now I'll sacrifice those two as well as Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800) from my hand to special summon to the field Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850)." The three monsters began to change in shape until they joined together to form a massive monster that was lording over the field. "Now Valkyrion, attack his face down monster!" With a fluid movement of its sword Fader's mosnter was sliced in half, leaving Fader's field empty.
Fader looked at his hand and his deck. Without any monsters in play, on his next turn, Yami would wipe out all of Fader's Life Points. There was still a card or two in his deck that could save him.
He didn't draw it.
"I'll just lay this monster in defense mode," he said solemnly.
"Valkyrion destroy it with Magnet Buster!" In seconds Fader's Hysteric Fairy was destroyed.
Fader closed his eyes and concentrated. It was like Yami had said, he had to believe in the power of the Millennium Puzzle. It began to glow as he reached for his card. He drew.
"Go Monster Reborn!" he exclaimed slapping the magic card onto his Duel Disk. "Come forth again Dark Magician!"
"The Dark Magician is a very powerful and important card, but it is still isn't as powerful as Valkyrion," Yami said.
"That's why I have this," Fader replied, holding up another card. "Axe of Despair raises the attack power of Dark Magician by 1000 points, making it just as strong as your Magna Warrior. But since niehter of our monsters have the advantage I'll set a card and end my turn."
"Impressive Fader," Yami said. "You have tapped into the power of the Millennium Puzzle. Unfortunately this is not enough to ensure your victory. There is still a power that you know nothing about. But you will soon experience it first hand. First I'll play Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. Now Valkyrion, activate special ability!" As Yami said this Vakyrion began to glow white. Suddenly it split back into Alpha, Beta and Gamma.
"What are you doing?" Fader asked.
"You're about to witness a force that is even stronger than Valkyrion. Stronger than any other creature in Duel Monsters. Prepare to meet your maker, as I sacrifice Alpha, Beta and Gamma to summon one of the three Egyptian God Cards, the Saint God Dragon of Osiris (X000/X000)!"
Yami nodded. "Alright." He drew his card. "I'll lay a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
He wants me to make the first aggressive move, Fader thought to himself. I'll be happy to oblige, on my own terms though. He drew. "I play a card face down. Then I summon the Gemini Elf (1900/900) in attack mode, and attack your face down monster.
"Reveal the Big Shield Gardna (100/2600)," Yami announced. "You lose 700 Life Points Fader."
Fader: 3300, Yami: 4000.
"My turn is over then Yami. Your move."
"I'll sacrifice my Big Sheild Gardna to bring forth the Summoned Skull (2500/1200). Summoned Skull, attack his Gemini Elf!" The demon raised its arms up and a ball of energy began to grow and crackle between its claws. Suddenly chains shot out of the ground, wrapping themselves around the Summoned Skull's limbs.
"Sorry Yami," Fader said. "But my Shadow Spell trap card has other ideas for your monster. Like lowering its attack power by 700 and preventing it from attacking."
"Then I'll lay a card face down and end my turn," Yami replied.
"Now Gemini Elf, attack his Summoned Skull!"
"My turn for a trap card," Yami interrupted. "The Spellbinding Circle. It too will prevent your monster from making an attack."
"I'll just lay a monster in defense mode then."
Yami drew his card and examined his hand. "I'll lay a monster face down as well. Your turn."
Fader looked at the field. Aside from the slight Life Point difference, he and Yami were even. Both had two monsters on the field, as well as a trap card that prevented one of their opponent's monsters from sttacking. That was all going to change though. "I'll lay this card face down. Then I'll sacrifice my Gemini Elf and face down Z-Metal Caterpillar (1500/1200) to summon the Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500) in attack mode. Tyrant Dragon attack the Summoned Skull with Molten Flame Jets!"
Fader: 3300, Yami: 2900.
"Your dragon is strong, but not unbeatable. And I'm no where close to being finished with you yet," Yami said.
"Glad to hear it," Fader replied. "I'd be a little dissappointed if it were too easy. After all, you were the King of Games."
"I play the magic card Exchange. We each look at each others' hands and select one card from there to use as our own." Yami walked across the field, past the Tyrant Dragon to stand in front of Fader. The swapped hands for a moment to make their decision. "I'll take this," Yami announced, taking the Cost Down card.
"And I'll take your Swords of Revealing Light," Fader said.
Yami walked back to his dueling position and turned back around. "Too bad you won't get a chance to use my card."
"What? Why not?"
"You should have taken my other magic card. First though, I'll set one card face down. Next I'll play Card destruction to eliminate our hands, including the card that you just took from me. Now we both draw the same number of cards we had before." The Swords of Revealing Light dissappeared from Fader's hand. "Don't worry," Yami explained. "It went straight to my graveyard. The benefits of playing a Shadow Game. Now I'll activate the card I placed onto the field, your Cost Down magic card. I just have to discard my Light of Intervention from my hand to lower the level of all my monsters by two. This makes it possible to simply sacrifice my single monster, Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts to summon my Buster Blader (2600/2300), and since it gains 500 attack points from your Tyrant Dragon it becomes stronger than your mosnter by 200 points. Buster Blader attack!"
Fader smiled. "Sorry Yami, but you just walked into my trap. By having your Buster Blader attack my monster you just cost yourself this duel." Fader activated his face down card. "Magic Cylinder. It takes the power from your Buster Blader's attack and redirects it straight at your Life Points, dealing you 3100 points of damage. I win Yami."
"Afraid not Fader," Yami said. Just as the redirected blast was about to hit Yami, a Kuriboh appeared in front of him and absorbed the blast.
"What the..?"
"I used a Kuriboh (300/200) to reduce the damage you dealt to me to zero."
"But Kuriboh can only be offered to reduce one of my attacks to zero. The attack was from your own monster."
"But you redirected it. As soon as it was rechanned through the Magic Cylinders it became your attack."
"Alright then. It's my turn. I'll lay one card face down and set a monster in defense mode. Then I'll change my Tyrant Dragon to defense mode and end my turn."
"Then I'll set two cards face down and set a monster of my own in defense mode and my Buster Blader will attack your Tyrant Dragon again." Just before the Buster Blader's attack could connect the Tyrant Dragon vanished from the field. "What?" Yami exclaimed in shock.
"I activated my magic card, Monster Recovery. Tyrant Dragon and my hand were returned to my deck and then I drew a new hand as a replacement."
"Make your next move then."
"I will. I'll play the Change of Heart card to take control of your Buster Blader for this turn. Now I'll play Polymerization to fuse yor Buster Blader with my Dark Magician (2500/2100) to create the Black Paladin (2900/2500). It's your turn Yami."
"You should have attacked me," Yami informed him.
"I couldn't have. Fused and other Special Summoned monsters can't attack the turn they enter play."
"Those were the Battle City rules. Those restrictions don't exist in the shadow duels. I told you that there were things that you weren't ready for."
"Bring it on Yami."
"I'll activate the magic card De-Fusion to split apart your monster and mine back to their seperate forms."
"No you don't Yami. I can use Black Paladin's special ability to discard a card from my hand to negate the activation of any of your magic cards."
"Not going to happen Fader."
"Why not?"
"Because you won't have a hand to discard a card from. I activate my trap card, Hand Sealing Spirit. I pay 500 Life Points and until the end of the current turn your hand is placed out of play."
Fader: 3300, Yami: 2400.
"So since you don't have any cards in your hand anymore you can't use the Paladin's ability, which means that my Buster Blader is restored and returns to my control. And now it will attack and destroy the Dark Magician."
"I still have my face down card Yami, the Regulation of Tribe. And I'll prevent all Warrior types from attacking, which includes your Blader."
"Then my turn is over."
Fader drew his card. "There's ntohing i'll do this turn except change my Dark Magician to defense mode and sacrifice my Mystical Elf to Regulation of Tribe to keep it on the field."
"Then I'll set a monster in defense mode," Yami said. "And sicne I can't attack, I'll end my turn."
"I'll lay a card face down and lay a monster in defense mode as well. But since I disn't sacrifice a monster my trap card is destroyed. Your turn Yami."
"I'll lay a second mosnter face down and then my Buster Blader will destroy your Dark Magician."
The Buster Blader shifted the wieght of its sword and moved forward quickly to attack the Dark Magician. As it did the ground exploded beneath its feet and when the dust settled it was gone."I activated Claymore Mine. Your Buster Blader is destroyed," Fader announced.
"I'll just lay one card face down before I end my turn," Yami said.
Fader looked across the field and locked eyes with Yami. There was no expression in his opponent's face. Just a stone cold gaze that pierced Fader's soul. Fader had to concentrate. He wasn't going to lose focus. But he was facing off against a five thousand year old pharoah, the same spirit that had helped Yugi Moto become the King of Games.
"I'll lay a card face down and then attack your first monster with the Dark Magician." The Dark Magician rasied its staff up and fired a powerful blast at the face down monster, before the blast hit though, the energy stopped in mid air and then shot right back at the Dark Magician destroying it instantly. "What happened?" Fader exclaimed.
"My trap card happened," Yami explained. "Mirror Force."
Fader was getting mad at himself. He kept walking straight into Yami's traps like a beginner. If he didn't start playing properly then he wasn't going to win this duel. "Your turn Yami."
Yami drew his card. "I'm afraid your time is up Fader. I flip my two face down monsters, Alpha (1400/1700) and Beta (1700/1600) the Magnet Warriors. Now I'll sacrifice those two as well as Gamma the Magnet Warrior (1500/1800) from my hand to special summon to the field Valkyrion the Magna Warrior (3500/3850)." The three monsters began to change in shape until they joined together to form a massive monster that was lording over the field. "Now Valkyrion, attack his face down monster!" With a fluid movement of its sword Fader's mosnter was sliced in half, leaving Fader's field empty.
Fader looked at his hand and his deck. Without any monsters in play, on his next turn, Yami would wipe out all of Fader's Life Points. There was still a card or two in his deck that could save him.
He didn't draw it.
"I'll just lay this monster in defense mode," he said solemnly.
"Valkyrion destroy it with Magnet Buster!" In seconds Fader's Hysteric Fairy was destroyed.
Fader closed his eyes and concentrated. It was like Yami had said, he had to believe in the power of the Millennium Puzzle. It began to glow as he reached for his card. He drew.
"Go Monster Reborn!" he exclaimed slapping the magic card onto his Duel Disk. "Come forth again Dark Magician!"
"The Dark Magician is a very powerful and important card, but it is still isn't as powerful as Valkyrion," Yami said.
"That's why I have this," Fader replied, holding up another card. "Axe of Despair raises the attack power of Dark Magician by 1000 points, making it just as strong as your Magna Warrior. But since niehter of our monsters have the advantage I'll set a card and end my turn."
"Impressive Fader," Yami said. "You have tapped into the power of the Millennium Puzzle. Unfortunately this is not enough to ensure your victory. There is still a power that you know nothing about. But you will soon experience it first hand. First I'll play Pot of Greed to draw two more cards. Now Valkyrion, activate special ability!" As Yami said this Vakyrion began to glow white. Suddenly it split back into Alpha, Beta and Gamma.
"What are you doing?" Fader asked.
"You're about to witness a force that is even stronger than Valkyrion. Stronger than any other creature in Duel Monsters. Prepare to meet your maker, as I sacrifice Alpha, Beta and Gamma to summon one of the three Egyptian God Cards, the Saint God Dragon of Osiris (X000/X000)!"