Disclaimer: See Chapter 11 for details
Chapter 12: The Great Ritual Deck, Part 2: Dragon's Destruction! A New Monster Unleashed
My mighty dragon will bring you down! You're done for! Mythic Dragon attack his Zombyra the Dark and win me this duel!" Dukurorider commanded as the five heads unleashed blasts of fire, water, air, thunder, and black energy which all hurled at Zombyra instantly overwhelmed by the force of the dragon.
"Goodbye Mr. Wheeler!" cheered Dukurorider.
"Not quite. I activate my trap card, Magician's Shield, which will let me name one type of monster and I cannot receive battle damage from that monster. So I pick dragon!" yelled Joey as the damage was deflected.
Dukurorider snarled as Joey drew. (Perfect!) Joey thought. "I activate Yield Tribute to summon the mighty Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) in defense mode and next I'll activate Shield of the Kings which will protect my monster from all magic, trap, and monster attacks!" Joey explained as a large shield appeared before the dragon.
"That's a very desperate move Joseph, but then again you can't harm me with any monster that isn't a light attribute. So, what should I expect from you? I can't expect a worthy opponent nor a worthy duel. Oh well." Dukurorider teased as he drew.
"I activate a card to boost my monster's strength! Go, Dragon Nails!" he called, but suddenly Joey's deck master, Gearfried the Iron Knight, launched in the air and came down on the Dragon Nails card, dissolving it and the nails on the dragon.
"What foolery is this?!" Dukurorider demanded to know.
"It's just my deck master's special ability. You can't activate any equip cards." Explained Joey as he drew.
(Hey look! It's one of those cards that Rishid (Odion) guy gave me right before Mai dueled Marik.) "I activate the field magic card, Temple of the Kings!" Joey declared as a large temple with a giant arc materialized behind Joey.
"And with my temple on the field, you can only play one magic or trap card per turn." He announced. (And that's not all this card can do.) he thought. "Now I'll place one card face down and then summon Axe Raider (1700/1150) to the field in defense mode. And that'll do it for me." Joey said.
"Mythic Dragon attack Axe Raider!" Dukurorider burst as the five blasts blew up the weak warrior.
"I'll play one card face down and end my turn." He added.
Joey confidently drew. "Perfect! I summon Robotic Knight (1600/1800) in defense mode and end my turn."
"A worthless monster. You must have used up all of your good tricks already, or maybe you didn't have any to start out with! Now I summon Revival Jam (1500/500) to the field in defense mode!"
(Revival Jam. I remember that card!) Joey thought.
~~ FLASHBACK ~~ (Mai vs. Malik)
"My card is in your deck and I want it back." Malik said. Mai just looked motionless. "I know you're but we had a deal.so." He continued as he used the Millennium Rod to send her mind to the Shadow Realm.
~~ END FLASHBACK~~
"And to end my turn!" Dukurorider announced, interrupting. "I'll set this one card face down."
(Why didn't he attack me? He has to be baiting me. Does he really think I'm that much of an amateur?) Joey thought, drawing.
"Perfect. This card will smash up his Revival Jam! And, this trap will protect me from his dragon's attack!" Joey smiled as he set one card face down.
"I'll set a card face down and now summon Baby Dragon (1200/700) in attack mode! Baby Dragon attack and wipe out Revival Jam now!" commanded Joey as the dragon hurled a fireball, exploding Revival Jam on contact.
"Fool. There's a reason they call it REVIVAL Jam. Just watch." He ordered as the plasma monster instantly regenerated.
"Say what?!?" Joey managed to say, obviously surprised by the jam's effect.
"And now you've helped me Joey! Say goodbye to the rest of your life points! Five God Dragon (Mythic Dragon) attack Baby Dragon and win me this duel!" he burst as the dragon's five heads launched the separate attacks, which merged in mid air into a deep black blast, obliterating Baby Dragon on the spot.
"You just had to attack didn't you!" Dukurorider heard Joey shout between the smoke. When the smoke cleared, Dukurorider was shocked to discover Baby Dragon unharmed and one of Joey's cards flipped up.
"Dark Destructor. Not only will this card finally destroy your Five God Dragon, but it will also subtract one half of its attack strength from your life points!" he gladly explained as the monster fell into the deep pit and was obliterated. "And last time I checked, that ends the duel!" he happily added.
"You'd like that wouldn't you Mr. Wheeler? You won't be so lucky this time, reveal magic card, Spell of Hate, which allows me to change my damage to your life points!" Dukurorider chuckled as the white soul went to Dukurorider, then redirected itself at Joey.
"Looks like it's you who's lost this duel!!" continued he.
"My turn to show you a hidden card of mine! This one has been on the field since the very beginning! Activate Nutrient Z!" he yelled as his life points shot up. (J's LP: 6300)
"My trap gives me 4000 life points if I were to take battle damage of 2000 points or more!" he explained, much to Dukurorider's demise as he gleefully let the white soul of the Five God Dragon hit him. (J's LP: 3800)
"That was your last bit of luck Mr. Wheeler! Next time I swear you'll go down!" Dukurorider furiously bellowed.
"Yeah, sure. I've heard that all before. But anyway, my move now." Joey sighed and drew.
"Ok. Get ready! I place one card face down and end my turn!" he declared as Dukurorider drew, saw his card, and snickered.
"Meet another one of my almighty ritual monsters!" he began, "as I activate the magic card Shinato's Ark!" A giant ark came up behind Dukurorider. "And by discarding Robotic Knight and Tribe Infecting Virus from my hand.." Both monsters instantly appeared inside the ark, on which the door closed. When it was completely shut the ark lift up high above the dueling set up, which let loose a vibrant, white light. A figure flew down, which Joey recognized as a blue fairy with six golden wings.
"A monster with more powers than the Five God Dragon! Shinato, King of A Higher Plane (as much as I hate to use that name, I refuse to use the Japanese name.) (3300/3000)
"Now Shinato, wipe out his Red Eyes Black Dragon!" commanded Dukurorider as the fairy shot a blinding white ball of powerful energy, which overtook the dragon. (J's LP: 2900)
"Great. 3300 attack points. Hey, this card is very handy! I activate Cost Down! And by discarding Garoozis, I can summon this monster with a one-card sacrifice! So I sacrifice Baby Dragon to summon an extremely rare card, the Insect Queen! (2200/2400)" Joey announced as the miniature dragon was replaced by an immense winged insect queen.
"Now Insect Queen!" Joey began but realized something. "Ok not good, but this magic card'll save me for now." He thought, slapping the card onto its plate. "I activate Curse of Fiend, which forces all monsters to switch modes that they are in! So both of our cards go to defense mode." Joey thought, snickering.
(He thinks he can defend. Well he's wrong, defending will only cost him more life points.) Dukurorider mentally retorted.
"Please. I'll draw, and next have Shinato destroy your Insect Queen!" he announced as the monster shot the white beam overtaking the insect. "And maybe I forgot to mention, every time my monster attacks one of your monsters in defense mode, the defending monster's attack points are subtracted from your life points!" he laughed.
"No way!" Joey responded, looking at his duel disk, and sure enough it was going down. (J's LP: 700)
"And now I play this card face down to end my turn." He added on, chortling.
"I play the magic card, Mystical Space Typhoon, to blow away your face down card!" Joey declared as the twister aimed for the card.
"And you just couldn't go without activating it could you Mr. Wheeler? Reverse trap card, Dust Tornado! This trap will destroy your Mystical Space Typhoon, and it will allow me to play this one card face down. Now summon your last defense so my Shinato and I can destroy you in the coming turn! There's no escaping this Mr. Wheeler. Next turn you'll be gone!" sneered and laughed Dukurorider over and over again.
~~~~~~~~~~ CARDS PLAYED ~~~~~~~~~~
Magician's Shield: TRAP/Desc: You may activate this card when your opponent announces an attack. Equip this card to one of your face up defense position monsters. State one type of monster. The equipped monster cannot be destroyed or take battle damage from the monster type stated.
Yield Tribute: MAGIC/Desc: Yield Tribute: MAGIC / Desc: Chose to Normal or Special Summon 1 monster from your hand. If you chose Special Summon, skip your Battle Phase.
Red Eyes Black Dragon: *******/2400/2000/Dragon Type
Dragon Nails: EQUIP MAGIC/Desc: A dragon type monster equipped with this card increases its attack by 600.
Temple of the Kings: FIELD MAGIC/Desc: As long as this card remains on the field, your opponent can only set one card face down on the field at a time. Also, you may place one monster inside the Sacred Ark. By sacrificing all monsters on your side of the field, along with half of your life points, you may special summon the monster inside the Sacred Ark.
Axe Raider: ****/1700/1150/Warrior Type
Robotic Knight: ****/1600/1800/Machine Type
Revival Jam: ****/1500/500/Aqua Type/Desc: When this card is sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, you can Special Summon this card in face- up Defense Position at your next Standby Phase. You cannot change its position during the same turn it is Special Summoned in this way.
Baby Dragon: ***/1200/700/Dragon Type
Dark Destructor: TRAP/Desc: This card can only be activated during your opponent's battle phase. Destroy the strongest monster on your opponent's side of the field and deal them direct damage of half of the monster's strength.
Spell of Hate: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: You may only activate this card when you are to receive life point damage. Transfer the damage to any other player on the field.
Nutrient Z: TRAP/Desc: This card can only be activated during your opponent's Damage Step. During this turn, if you take Battle Damage of 2000 points or more, increase your Life Points by 4000 points before the damage is subtracted from your Life Points.
Shinato's Ark: RITUAL MAGIC/Desc: This card is used to summon "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane". You must also offer monsters whose total Level stars equal 8 or more as a tribute from the field or your hand.
Shinato, King of a Higher Plane: ********/3300/3000/Fairy/Ritual Type/Desc: This card can only be summoned by the ritual magic card "Shinato's Ark". You must also offer monsters whose total stars equal 8 from the field or your hand. When a defense position monster on your opponent's side of the field is destroyed and sent to the graveyard by this card as a result of battle, inflict damage to your opponent's life points equal to the original attack of the destroyed monster.
Cost Down: MAGIC/Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand. Downgrade all monster cards in your hand by 2 levels until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated.
Insect Queen: *******/2200/2400/Insect Type/Desc: This card gains 200 attack points for every insect card on the field. This card must have an insect type monster sacrificed for it to attack. Every time this card attacks, place an Egg Token (Level 1/ATK-100/DEF-100) on your side of the field.
Curse of Fiend: MAGIC/Desc: Changes the battle positions of all Attack Position monsters on the fields to Defense Position and vice-versa. These positions cannot be changed during the turn this card is activated except by the effect of a Magic, Trap or Effect Monster Card.
Mystical Space Typhoon: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: Destroy one magic or trap card on the field.
Dust Tornado: TRAP/Desc: Destroy 1 Magic or Trap Card on your opponent's side of the field. You can then Set 1 Magic or Trap Card from your hand.
Chapter 12: The Great Ritual Deck, Part 2: Dragon's Destruction! A New Monster Unleashed
My mighty dragon will bring you down! You're done for! Mythic Dragon attack his Zombyra the Dark and win me this duel!" Dukurorider commanded as the five heads unleashed blasts of fire, water, air, thunder, and black energy which all hurled at Zombyra instantly overwhelmed by the force of the dragon.
"Goodbye Mr. Wheeler!" cheered Dukurorider.
"Not quite. I activate my trap card, Magician's Shield, which will let me name one type of monster and I cannot receive battle damage from that monster. So I pick dragon!" yelled Joey as the damage was deflected.
Dukurorider snarled as Joey drew. (Perfect!) Joey thought. "I activate Yield Tribute to summon the mighty Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) in defense mode and next I'll activate Shield of the Kings which will protect my monster from all magic, trap, and monster attacks!" Joey explained as a large shield appeared before the dragon.
"That's a very desperate move Joseph, but then again you can't harm me with any monster that isn't a light attribute. So, what should I expect from you? I can't expect a worthy opponent nor a worthy duel. Oh well." Dukurorider teased as he drew.
"I activate a card to boost my monster's strength! Go, Dragon Nails!" he called, but suddenly Joey's deck master, Gearfried the Iron Knight, launched in the air and came down on the Dragon Nails card, dissolving it and the nails on the dragon.
"What foolery is this?!" Dukurorider demanded to know.
"It's just my deck master's special ability. You can't activate any equip cards." Explained Joey as he drew.
(Hey look! It's one of those cards that Rishid (Odion) guy gave me right before Mai dueled Marik.) "I activate the field magic card, Temple of the Kings!" Joey declared as a large temple with a giant arc materialized behind Joey.
"And with my temple on the field, you can only play one magic or trap card per turn." He announced. (And that's not all this card can do.) he thought. "Now I'll place one card face down and then summon Axe Raider (1700/1150) to the field in defense mode. And that'll do it for me." Joey said.
"Mythic Dragon attack Axe Raider!" Dukurorider burst as the five blasts blew up the weak warrior.
"I'll play one card face down and end my turn." He added.
Joey confidently drew. "Perfect! I summon Robotic Knight (1600/1800) in defense mode and end my turn."
"A worthless monster. You must have used up all of your good tricks already, or maybe you didn't have any to start out with! Now I summon Revival Jam (1500/500) to the field in defense mode!"
(Revival Jam. I remember that card!) Joey thought.
~~ FLASHBACK ~~ (Mai vs. Malik)
"My card is in your deck and I want it back." Malik said. Mai just looked motionless. "I know you're but we had a deal.so." He continued as he used the Millennium Rod to send her mind to the Shadow Realm.
~~ END FLASHBACK~~
"And to end my turn!" Dukurorider announced, interrupting. "I'll set this one card face down."
(Why didn't he attack me? He has to be baiting me. Does he really think I'm that much of an amateur?) Joey thought, drawing.
"Perfect. This card will smash up his Revival Jam! And, this trap will protect me from his dragon's attack!" Joey smiled as he set one card face down.
"I'll set a card face down and now summon Baby Dragon (1200/700) in attack mode! Baby Dragon attack and wipe out Revival Jam now!" commanded Joey as the dragon hurled a fireball, exploding Revival Jam on contact.
"Fool. There's a reason they call it REVIVAL Jam. Just watch." He ordered as the plasma monster instantly regenerated.
"Say what?!?" Joey managed to say, obviously surprised by the jam's effect.
"And now you've helped me Joey! Say goodbye to the rest of your life points! Five God Dragon (Mythic Dragon) attack Baby Dragon and win me this duel!" he burst as the dragon's five heads launched the separate attacks, which merged in mid air into a deep black blast, obliterating Baby Dragon on the spot.
"You just had to attack didn't you!" Dukurorider heard Joey shout between the smoke. When the smoke cleared, Dukurorider was shocked to discover Baby Dragon unharmed and one of Joey's cards flipped up.
"Dark Destructor. Not only will this card finally destroy your Five God Dragon, but it will also subtract one half of its attack strength from your life points!" he gladly explained as the monster fell into the deep pit and was obliterated. "And last time I checked, that ends the duel!" he happily added.
"You'd like that wouldn't you Mr. Wheeler? You won't be so lucky this time, reveal magic card, Spell of Hate, which allows me to change my damage to your life points!" Dukurorider chuckled as the white soul went to Dukurorider, then redirected itself at Joey.
"Looks like it's you who's lost this duel!!" continued he.
"My turn to show you a hidden card of mine! This one has been on the field since the very beginning! Activate Nutrient Z!" he yelled as his life points shot up. (J's LP: 6300)
"My trap gives me 4000 life points if I were to take battle damage of 2000 points or more!" he explained, much to Dukurorider's demise as he gleefully let the white soul of the Five God Dragon hit him. (J's LP: 3800)
"That was your last bit of luck Mr. Wheeler! Next time I swear you'll go down!" Dukurorider furiously bellowed.
"Yeah, sure. I've heard that all before. But anyway, my move now." Joey sighed and drew.
"Ok. Get ready! I place one card face down and end my turn!" he declared as Dukurorider drew, saw his card, and snickered.
"Meet another one of my almighty ritual monsters!" he began, "as I activate the magic card Shinato's Ark!" A giant ark came up behind Dukurorider. "And by discarding Robotic Knight and Tribe Infecting Virus from my hand.." Both monsters instantly appeared inside the ark, on which the door closed. When it was completely shut the ark lift up high above the dueling set up, which let loose a vibrant, white light. A figure flew down, which Joey recognized as a blue fairy with six golden wings.
"A monster with more powers than the Five God Dragon! Shinato, King of A Higher Plane (as much as I hate to use that name, I refuse to use the Japanese name.) (3300/3000)
"Now Shinato, wipe out his Red Eyes Black Dragon!" commanded Dukurorider as the fairy shot a blinding white ball of powerful energy, which overtook the dragon. (J's LP: 2900)
"Great. 3300 attack points. Hey, this card is very handy! I activate Cost Down! And by discarding Garoozis, I can summon this monster with a one-card sacrifice! So I sacrifice Baby Dragon to summon an extremely rare card, the Insect Queen! (2200/2400)" Joey announced as the miniature dragon was replaced by an immense winged insect queen.
"Now Insect Queen!" Joey began but realized something. "Ok not good, but this magic card'll save me for now." He thought, slapping the card onto its plate. "I activate Curse of Fiend, which forces all monsters to switch modes that they are in! So both of our cards go to defense mode." Joey thought, snickering.
(He thinks he can defend. Well he's wrong, defending will only cost him more life points.) Dukurorider mentally retorted.
"Please. I'll draw, and next have Shinato destroy your Insect Queen!" he announced as the monster shot the white beam overtaking the insect. "And maybe I forgot to mention, every time my monster attacks one of your monsters in defense mode, the defending monster's attack points are subtracted from your life points!" he laughed.
"No way!" Joey responded, looking at his duel disk, and sure enough it was going down. (J's LP: 700)
"And now I play this card face down to end my turn." He added on, chortling.
"I play the magic card, Mystical Space Typhoon, to blow away your face down card!" Joey declared as the twister aimed for the card.
"And you just couldn't go without activating it could you Mr. Wheeler? Reverse trap card, Dust Tornado! This trap will destroy your Mystical Space Typhoon, and it will allow me to play this one card face down. Now summon your last defense so my Shinato and I can destroy you in the coming turn! There's no escaping this Mr. Wheeler. Next turn you'll be gone!" sneered and laughed Dukurorider over and over again.
~~~~~~~~~~ CARDS PLAYED ~~~~~~~~~~
Magician's Shield: TRAP/Desc: You may activate this card when your opponent announces an attack. Equip this card to one of your face up defense position monsters. State one type of monster. The equipped monster cannot be destroyed or take battle damage from the monster type stated.
Yield Tribute: MAGIC/Desc: Yield Tribute: MAGIC / Desc: Chose to Normal or Special Summon 1 monster from your hand. If you chose Special Summon, skip your Battle Phase.
Red Eyes Black Dragon: *******/2400/2000/Dragon Type
Dragon Nails: EQUIP MAGIC/Desc: A dragon type monster equipped with this card increases its attack by 600.
Temple of the Kings: FIELD MAGIC/Desc: As long as this card remains on the field, your opponent can only set one card face down on the field at a time. Also, you may place one monster inside the Sacred Ark. By sacrificing all monsters on your side of the field, along with half of your life points, you may special summon the monster inside the Sacred Ark.
Axe Raider: ****/1700/1150/Warrior Type
Robotic Knight: ****/1600/1800/Machine Type
Revival Jam: ****/1500/500/Aqua Type/Desc: When this card is sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, you can Special Summon this card in face- up Defense Position at your next Standby Phase. You cannot change its position during the same turn it is Special Summoned in this way.
Baby Dragon: ***/1200/700/Dragon Type
Dark Destructor: TRAP/Desc: This card can only be activated during your opponent's battle phase. Destroy the strongest monster on your opponent's side of the field and deal them direct damage of half of the monster's strength.
Spell of Hate: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: You may only activate this card when you are to receive life point damage. Transfer the damage to any other player on the field.
Nutrient Z: TRAP/Desc: This card can only be activated during your opponent's Damage Step. During this turn, if you take Battle Damage of 2000 points or more, increase your Life Points by 4000 points before the damage is subtracted from your Life Points.
Shinato's Ark: RITUAL MAGIC/Desc: This card is used to summon "Shinato, King of a Higher Plane". You must also offer monsters whose total Level stars equal 8 or more as a tribute from the field or your hand.
Shinato, King of a Higher Plane: ********/3300/3000/Fairy/Ritual Type/Desc: This card can only be summoned by the ritual magic card "Shinato's Ark". You must also offer monsters whose total stars equal 8 from the field or your hand. When a defense position monster on your opponent's side of the field is destroyed and sent to the graveyard by this card as a result of battle, inflict damage to your opponent's life points equal to the original attack of the destroyed monster.
Cost Down: MAGIC/Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand. Downgrade all monster cards in your hand by 2 levels until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated.
Insect Queen: *******/2200/2400/Insect Type/Desc: This card gains 200 attack points for every insect card on the field. This card must have an insect type monster sacrificed for it to attack. Every time this card attacks, place an Egg Token (Level 1/ATK-100/DEF-100) on your side of the field.
Curse of Fiend: MAGIC/Desc: Changes the battle positions of all Attack Position monsters on the fields to Defense Position and vice-versa. These positions cannot be changed during the turn this card is activated except by the effect of a Magic, Trap or Effect Monster Card.
Mystical Space Typhoon: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: Destroy one magic or trap card on the field.
Dust Tornado: TRAP/Desc: Destroy 1 Magic or Trap Card on your opponent's side of the field. You can then Set 1 Magic or Trap Card from your hand.