Disclaimer: See Chapter 21 for details
Chapter 22: The Black Gate Test, Part VI: And Then There Were Three
Damien laughed, and then gradually stopped. "Those 3 were EASY. However, you all may be just a bit more difficult." He declared, as all 3 remaining foes glared in some form or another. Damien set 3 cards face down. "I'll add those and then activate Execution Upgrade from my hand to re-equip to my Executioner Makyura!" he announced, as the claws grew off black, complete with the electric force.
Yugi drew. "You are going to pay for that!" he swore. "Now I summon Retrained Elven Swordsman (1400/1200) in attack mode! Then, I'll set one card face down to end my turn." He declared.
Kaiba drew. "Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) in defense mode!" he announced as his monster materialized before him. "I'll then set 2 cards face down and end my turn."
Joey drew. (Not bad.) "Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode!" he declared, as the golden energy glowing clone of Kaiba's monster emerged from its card, ready to slice any opposition to splinters.
Damien drew. "Is that what I've reduced you down to? Well then Makyura! Attack and destroy the Y-Dragon Head!" he commanded as Makyura raised to 3900, then flew at the dragon.
"Reverse trap! Attack Nullification!" Kaiba announced as Makyura hit a vortex, rebounding back to his side of the field. Damien let out a small growl.
"Well then, you think you're so brilliant? Well then I'll activate a magic card that will place me with another new hand! Spirit of the Morphing Jar! You see, for a simple price of discarding my Morphing Jar monster, I can activate its effect! We all discard our old hands and draw 5 new cards.
(Grand.) thought Damien. "Now activate Field magic card, Recycling Plant KC!" he announced as...nothing appeared. "Then I'll use its ability! I can discard 3 cards from my hand to draw 3 new cards from my deck." He explained, doing just that.
"Then, I'll end my move."
Yugi drew. "I summon Oppressed People (400/2000) in defense mode!" he declared as a group of people (who I think resemble Dawn of the Dead people) appeared on the field defending themselves. "Then I'll set another card down to end my move."
Kaiba drew. "Go! X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode!" he yelled as his cannon appeared next to his other monster. "Now I sacrifice X-Head Cannon and Y-Dragon Head to summon XY-Dragon Cannon (2200/1900) he announced as the monster fused together into a new monster. (Don't be hatin' on the description.)
"Now I can discard one card from my hand to destroy your Execution Upgrade!" he instructed as the monster launched a missile at Makyura, destroying the black claws, revealing Makyura's old ones.
"Now XY!" he began, but caught himself. "I'll end my move." He grumbled, wanting to end this now.
Joey drew. (Great.) "Go! I summon Masaki the Legendary Swordsman (1100/1100) in defense mode. I'm also switchin my Battle Ox into defense mode to end my turn." He announced as his monsters adjusted into defensive arrangements.
Damien snickered as he drew. "You truly are pathetic. First, I activate my Recycling Plant KC's ability! I can discard 2 cards to draw 2 cards from my deck. Then, I'll send Executioner Makyura to destroy the XY Dragon Cannon!" he announced as the monster dived at Kaiba's machine, slicing it to shreds. "I guess I'll try to let you all recover, but until then I'll end my turn. (K's LP: 2800)
Yugi drew. "You should have attacked me! For now I can summon forth the Black Magician Girl (2000/1700 +300) by sacrificing my Oppressed People!" he announced as the magician girl lit up in her usual anime-appearance. Then I activate Magic Formula, which will increase her attack by 500!" he explained as a spell book flew out from the card, which Black Magician Girl began studying. (2500/1700 +300) "Then, because I have a Black Magician in my graveyard, she gains 300 more attack points! Black Magician Girl, attack Executioner Makyura!" he commanded as the magician girl sent a pink ribbon blasts with hearts around it at the demon.
"Reverse trap! Demon Mirror of Nightmares!" Damien sprung. Instantly, a wind picked up, carrying a black mirror. A red ring formed in front of Yugi. Then, the mirror appeared on the field with a blinding yellow flash of light. Also, a mirror formed inside the red ring outlining Yugi. However, the magician girl's attack flew straight in the mirror, and through Yugi's mirror until the magician girl shattered it, revealing Damien unharmed. (Y's LP: 2400)
"See. My mirror not only negates your attack, but also causes you 1000 damage!" he sneered.
Kaiba drew Z-Metal Caterpillar. (Grand.) he thought. (Just one turn too late.) "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." He muttered.
Joey drew. "I sacrifice both my monsters to summon the Insect Queen (2200/2400+200) in defense mode!" he exclaimed while his queen stuck her long, pointy legs out of the card, followed by her head and huge abdomen. She screeched her signature screech.
Damien drew. "I activate my face down magic card, Cyber Armor Gravitation! This card allows me to discard my old hand and place 5 Cyber monsters in my hand!" he explained while physically searching through his deck, and choosing five monsters.
"Now I activate a second effect of Recycling Plant KC! Since I discarded 2 cards from my hand, I can draw 2 more!" he happily cheered while drawing 2 more cards. "Now I discard Recycling Plant KC to activate this, Cyber Brain!" he explained as cyber universe materialized on the field behind Damien, shadowing the field.
(Cyber monsters...) Yugi thought.
"Now I sacrifice Executioner Makyura to summon Cyber Executioner Makyura (2100/1100+200)!" he explained as a new, chromed up version of his original monster took its place on the field.
"Then I activate the magic card Mask of Brutality!" he announced while a demon mask with a blue jewel and two hands for eyes (I don't know) appeared on Damien's monster's face. (3300/300)
"Now, normally I'd pay 1000 life points in my turn, but thanks to another face down card, Mask Doll! This card absorbs my magic card's negative effect! Go Cyber Makyura, and attack Black Magician Girl!" he commanded as the cyber monster began to swiftly swipe at the magician girl, ready to slice her to ribbons.
"Reveal trap card, Hexagram Curse!" shouted Yugi as a yellow disk of magical energy encased Damien's cyber monster. It struggled to get free. Damien growled.
Yugi drew. "I'll set one card face down and summon Kuriboh (300/200) in defense mode, and that will end my turn.
Kaiba drew. "I sacrifice my face down monster to summon Luster Dragon! (2400/1400) he declared as his potent green dragon materialized on the field. Next, I'll set one card face down to finish my turn.
Joey drew. (No real powerhouses here.) he thought. "So I'll summon a monster in defense mode to protect my life points, and then set this card face down to complete my turn." He declared.
Damien drew. (Not bad.) "I set 2 cards face down and then I summon Cyber Harpie (1800/1300) in attack mode! Then I'll end my turn." He declared.
Yugi drew. "Now I summon Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) to the field in defense mode. Afterwards I reverse my trap card, Collected Power! This card forces all equip cards to go directly to Black Magician Girl!" yelled Yugi while the mask flew off Makyura's face and landed on Black Magician Girl's (3800/700) Makyura: (2300/1300)."
"Go Black Magician Girl, and attack Cyber Executioner Makyura!" instructed Yugi as the magician girl twisted around and blasted a stream of pink heart ribbon at the cyber monster, obliterating it from the field.
"And that means we win!" Yugi added.
"Not quite." Sadly interrupted Damien, because I can reveal a trap I set, the card known as Firewall!" he exclaimed as two red ember columns spiraled from the trap card. They both combined to form a fire gate before Damien, which protected his life points.
"Much like the Tornado Wall card, my Firewall protects my life points from any and all damage!" he laughed. Kaiba drew.
"I summon the Ancient Lamp (900/1400) in defense mode, and use my lamp's special ability to summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (1800/1000) to the field also in defense mode! Then I'll set one card face down and activate the magic card, Magic Sanctuary!" he declared as all 3 cards materialized on the field.
"Due to my magic card's effect, all players put 1 magic card from their deck into their hand." He explained, while all 4 duelists investigated their cards until each had chosen one.
"Also, a second effect is now all players can play magic cards during their opponent's turn." He coolly added.
Joey drew. (Awesome. We can totally get at his life points now!) thought Joey. "I activate Monster Reborn to revive Android Psy..." he began.
"Hold on! Due to Kaiba's magic card effect, I can activate this magic card from my hand! Magical Delay!" he stated while two pale blue wraps flew from the card encasing the hologram of Joey's Monster Reborn. The card then disappeared into air.
"What happened!?!" Joey questioned.
"See, the effect of my magic card allows me to negate the effect of a magic card and destroy it, but it's only sent to the graveyard for one turn. Next turn the card is put back into your hand. However, on the upscale, I gain 2000 life points for using this card" Damien said. (D's LP: 2350)
As Joey ended his turn, the two wraps disappeared now and Joey's Monster Reborn card returned to his hand. (He was only prolonging his defeat. Next turn, I'll revive Android Psycho Shocker, automatically destroying his trap, then we'll have a clear shot at his life points.) he thought.
"Now it's my turn!" Damien declared, as he drew. "Now I activate Grave Sacrifice! By this card, I will remove Android Psycho Shocker from play along with Tsuchi to summon Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon (3500/2400 +200)!" he announced as the two spirits collided together to form a metal chrome dragon with ferocious sky blue eyes, who roared a powerful roar which everyone recognized as one belonging to a Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"Now Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon, attack the Luster Dragon!" he commanded as the dragon created static electricity, gathering strength, then unleashing a silver version of the mighty White Lightning Attack, enveloping Kaiba's dragon and eventually destroying it. (K's LP: 1500) Kaiba stood determined to take a version of his own beast down.
"Now then I think a set card will end it for me." Damien added.
Yugi drew. "Remember Yugi. You need to pay 1000 life points for Mask of Brutality, if you plan on keeping it "instantly stated Damien.
(It's too much to pay for a duel of this magnitude.) Yugi thought, and decided to discard it (Black Magician Girl: 2800/1700)
"I'll switch Black Magician Girl to defense mode, and then summon Big Shield Guardna (100/2600) in defense mode as well. These will protect my life points from your assault!" vigorously declared Yugi.
Kaiba drew. (He's wiped out my field.) he angrily thought. "I activate Enemy Controller along with Refuse Pay!" he proclaimed as two magic cards appeared on the field. A game controller appeared, waiting for Kaiba's command.
"Go Enemy Controller! Left, Right, A, B, Activate!!" Kaiba yelled as a cord sprung from the controller, sticking to Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon and dragging it to Kaiba's side of the field.
"Then I'll activate Cost Down! And sacrifice Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon to summon Tyrant Dragon!! (2900/2500)" he declared as his red-orange winged creature swooped down from the sky, ready to annihilate anything opposing it.
"Go Tyrant Dragon and attack Cyber Harpie!" commanded Kaiba as the dragon unleashed a mouthful of golden flames incinerating the cyber warrior as she screeched to her demise.
"Now I've left you defenseless!" Kaiba declared.
"Almost." Damien coolly responded.
"What do you mean!?" Kaiba angrily said. "Stop toying with me."
"This trap card will explain it all! Activate, Backup File!" sprung Damien as a trap card flipped up. "You see my trap card returns all Cyber monsters that were on the field, destroyed by your cards!" he happily declared as from the card burst Cyber Harpie and of course, the intimidating Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon.
"Not only that, but see my trap card also allows me to discard a monster from my hand in order to revive a cyber monster from the graveyard whenever I wish. So, I'll just keep that in mind." He teased.
Joey drew. (All right. I found an insect!) thought Joey. "First, I'm switchin the Insect Queen into attack mode! (2200+200/2400). Next, I'm summonin' Skull Mark Ladybug (500/1500) in attack mode! Now, I sacrifice Skull Mark Ladybug to the Insect Queen!" declared Joey as the insect queen feasted upon her sacrifice.
"First things first, because of my monster's effect, I first gain 1000 life points." He smiled as his life points boosted. (J's LP: 4000) "However, Insect Queen can now attack your Cyber Harpie!" Joey instructed while the queen shot a blast of green acid at the harpie monster, melting her. Then a small insect egg came out from the queen's abdomen. (Insect Queen: 2600/2400)
"Alright!" Joey cheered.
(Fool. There's nothing to cheer about.) thought Damien.
Damien drew. "Now I can summon Cyber Sage Falcos! (2100/1000 +200)!" he announced as a metal version of the monster Winged Sage Falcos appeared on the field. "Due to Cyber Sage Falcos' special ability, I can discard 2 cards from my hand in order to have it unleash 1150 points of damage on you!" announced Damien while the falcon flew in the air and bypassed Kaiba's monster, striking him in the shoulder. (K's LP: 1650)
"Then to add to the fun I'll keep you in suspense by placing a card face down." He cleverly added.
Yugi drew. "I'll set one card face down and then activate Monster Exchange! This card lets me discard one monster from my deck, to place one monster card back into my deck!" he explained while discarding a Witch of the Black Forest from his deck and putting Black Magician in his deck. (Black Magician Girl: 2500/1700)
"Then I activate the magic card, Curtain of Black Magic!" he yelled as a black magical dimensional curtain with a skull head on top materialized on the field. "I can sacrifice half of my life points..." Yugi began. (Y's LP: 1200)
"To summon my Black Magician (2500/2100) from my deck!" he completed as the magician flew out from the curtain, ready to strike.
"Finally I'll activate Black Magic Curse Ring!" he exclaimed as two rings of black magic immediately materialized and encased Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon and Cyber Sage Falcos.
"Now my magic rings will cause your monsters to lose attack points with every turn!" he exclaimed as the monsters lowered. (BECD: 3200/2600, Cyber Sage Falcos: 1600/900)
"Now Black Magician, attack and destroy Cyber Harpie!" instructed Yugi while the mage pointed his staff, sending a streak of black magic at the cyber warrior, annihilating him.
"That's all for now!" he boldly added.
Kaiba drew. (Yugi thinks it's his work that's winning us this duel, but he doesn't remember I have summoned strong monsters during this.) "I summon the powerful Powered Gargoyle (1600/1200) in attack mode! I'll set a card down and end my turn." He stated.
Joey drew. "I switch Insect Queen back into defense mode and then summon Axe Raider (1700/1150) in defense mode too!" he proclaimed.
Damien drew. "Now I activate a trap card, a personal favorite, one known as Virus!" he announced while a purple mist flew onto the field, oozing strength from all of Kaiba's, Yugi's, and Joey's monsters on the field, all weakening their attack power by 700.
"My trap is exceedingly full of powers! First, it weakens all of my opponent's monsters attack power by 700 points. Secondly, each turn you fail to defeat my virus, you'll not only lose life points, but cards from your deck as well. You'd better defeat my virus soon. Oh, and don't think magic cards will save you. Virus is immune to the effects of all magic cards!! Get it? Virus, immune?! (had to throw in a bad pun somewhere)
"But that's enough to keep you all busy! Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon, time to attack Kaiba's Powered Gargoyle and defeat another player!" he snickered. Kaiba and Yugi both laughed simultaneously.
"What's funny about losing!?" impatiently asked Damien.
"Your monsters can't attack as long as they're locked in the mystical powers of my Black Magic Curse Ring!" Yugi explained this while Damien annoyed, ended his turn, but not before summoning a Cyber Harpie in defense mode (1300).
Yugi drew. (This will help!) he thought. "I now activate the magic card, Black Magic!" he proclaimed as Black Magician raised his staff, sending out waves of magic destroying all of Damien's magic and trap cards on the field. Well, all but one. He snarled in Yugi's direction. Yugi didn't care.
"Plus, your monsters are weakened even more!" he declared. (CEBD: 2700/2600)
"Now Black Magician Girl, attack Cyber Harpie!" commanded Yugi, however a black spirit flew from the card, wrapping around the Black Magician Girl, and Yugi was shocked to see his life points lower.
"What is this?!" Yugi inquired.
"Oh, did I happen to forget to mention each time you attack with a virus infected monster, you lose half of its original attack points?" Damien sarcastically questioned. (Y's LP: 200)
"You're just lucky you didn't attack with Black Magician or you'd be out of this duel!" he laughed.
Kaiba drew. (Perfect!) he thought. "I sacrifice the Powered Gargoyle to summon my Crimson Dragon (2300/1600)!" he declared as a beautiful, slender crimson dragon with two dusty golden wings flew onto the field. It screeched. "Now my monster's special ability allows it to attack your life points directly by discarding one card from my hand! So, strike his life points down my dragon!" Kaiba instructed while the crimson dragon unleashed a sphere of crimson fire, scorching Damien.
"That was pointless." Damien added.
"Not necessarily! For now I can activate Revival Terms! I can discard a card from my hand to special summon the Battle Ox (1700/1000) from the graveyard! Now whose in charge?" Kaiba smirked. Joey drew.
(Perfect!) he thought. "I activate Warrior Revolution, which allows me to summon these five monsters from my deck! So now I summon Gold Knight! (1000/800), Platinum Knight (1000/800), Silver Knight (800/1000), Copper Knight (900/900) and Bronze Knight (1200/500)!" he announced as the five monsters burst from the card. To everyone's surprise, Insect Queen wasn't destroyed.
"Yeah. Basically, my card will keep my queen around for this turn! However, now I can fuse all 5 of my nights together with the magic card, Fusion!" he declared while all five nights bodies scattered, then regrouped into a tall warrior with a glaring, glowing sword ready to carve up any opposition.
Meet the ultimate Camelot Knight (2800/2300)!" Joey burst while the knight received a white stallion to ride on! "Now I reveal one of my knight's special abilities! I can remove from play Gold Knight and Platinum Knight to destroy one card on your side of the field, and I'm choosing your Firewall trap! Then I activate another ability of my monster, by removing Bronze, Copper, and Silver Knights from play, I can attack your life points directly with my night! So get ready, because I'm fixing to end this duel! Camelot Knight, attack Damien's life points and get us out of here!" he cheered as his horse rode to strike down the enemy.
Damien snickered as a trap flipped up. "Ion Stream will not only protect me from your attack, but will allow me to counterattack with a monster! So go Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon, wipe out his pathetic soldier!" he laughed as the dragon appeared in the knight's path. Before the knight could even swing his sword once, he and his horse were blown apart by the silver lightning attack. (J's LP: 3100)
(All that work for nothin') he thought, ending his move.
Damien drew. "Meet one consequence of not destroying Virus! Each of you must remove the top 10 cards on the top of your deck from play." He explained while each duelist did just that.
"I'll add Dian Keto the Cure Master to raise my life points by 1000!" (D's LP: 3350) and then I will summon Archfiend Cyber Soldier (2100/1200) and then, lastly, invoke the powers of Electron Magnet, raising all my cyber monsters attack power by 500!" he laughed maniacally: (Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon: 4000/2400, Cyber Sage Falcos: 2200/1100, Archfiend Cyber Soldier: 2400/1200)
"But before Kaiba's finale I'll give him something to be happy about! My Rain of Mercy card raises all player's life points by 1000!" he explained to the gang's delight. (D's LP: 4350) (Y's LP: 1200) (J's LP: 4100) (K's LP: 2650)
"Wipe out the Crimson Dragon my deadly Cyber Blue Eyes! Defeat Kaiba!" he commanded as the silver lightning ball charged up.
But Kaiba spoke out. "Reveal the trap that will end this duel, my Ring of Destruction!" he shouted as the trap flipped up and a flaming ring encircled the dragon's neck. "Now your monster will be destroyed along with all of your life points!" he snickered, as the ring was about to explode, ending the game.
"You people always jump to conclusions." Damien sighed. "True, someone's about to lose all their life points, but unluckily for you, Kaiba, it will be you! For reveal the magic powers of the trap known as Curse Transfer!" he sprung as the card magically moved the flaming ring onto Kaiba's Crimson Dragon. The ring then exploded. (K's LP: 350) (D's LP: 2050)
"Now I can finish you for good! Archfiend Cyber Soldier, destroy his last pathetic defense!" he commanded while the monster unveiled a crescent sword, and effortlessly sliced up the defending ox.
"However, before you're destroyed, I think I'll prove that any card of mine is superior to yours! So activate, Mercy!" he laughed. "My magic card allows me to let you summon a monster of my choosing from your deck or graveyard! The card I choose, the powerful Blue Eyes White Dragon!" he exclaimed as from the sky burst an array of powder blue and white light. From it everyone heard the cry of a familiar monster whom everyone instantaneously recognized as the Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500). Kaiba growled, knowing of what was to come. "Now Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon, incinerate your weaker self. Show Kaiba I am superior to him in every way! Go now and finish him!" he instructed while the dragon charged up a bigger, and stronger blast of silver lightning. This blast covered a huge area, as if the dragons were the duelists themselves. In the middle of the blast, blinding everyone from sight, there was a faint cry and a sound of destruction. When the light died down, Kaiba's dragon was no more. (K's LP: 0)
"And there is another one." Damien smirked, clapping his hands. Kaiba instantly disappeared in the same style as Kevin, Mai, and Tea. Yugi gasped while Joey didn't really care. Ok, maybe just a little.
(It's just us.) Joey thought, breathing heavily.
(I wonder if Joey and I can do this. He's already wiped out half our team with no real threats posing him.) Yugi thought placing his hand on his deck.
(We have to believe in the heart of the cards! No matter how tough he may seem, no matter how strong the body of his deck is, it is nothing without a heart! Let's win this, for all of us!) Yugi strongly thought, ready to defeat Damien, no matter what it took.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CARDS PLAYED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Execution Upgrade: EQUIP MAGIC/Desc: This card may only be increased to an "Executioner Makyura." Whenever the "Executioner Makyura" is selected as the target of an attack, increase "Executioner Makyura's" attack strength by 1500 points. Also, during your battle phase, increase "Executioner Makyura's" attack strength by 1500 points.
Retrained Elven Swordsman: Level 4/1400/1200/ Warrior /Desc: This monster is not destroyed as a result of battle when it battles a monster with an attack of 1900 or more. Damage calculation is applied normally.
Y-Dragon Head: Level 4/1500/1600/ Machine
Enraged Battle Ox: Level 4/1700/1000/ Beast-Warrior/ Desc: As long as this card remains face-up on the field, whenever a beast-warrior, winged beast, or beast type monster attacks with an ATK that is higher than your opponent's DEF, inflict the difference as battle damage to your opponent's life points.
Attack Nullification: TRAP/Desc: Activate this card when your opponent attacks. Negate the attack, and make your opponent's battle phase end.
Spirit of the Morphing Jar: MAGIC/Desc: Send a "Morphing Jar" from your deck to your graveyard to immediately activate its effect.
Recycling Plant KC: FIELD MAGIC/Desc: Once per turn, you may discard up to 4 cards from your hand. Draw the same amount of cards you discard from your deck. Also, any time cards are discarded from your hand due to a monster, magic, or trap effect, draw the same number of cards that were discarded after the effect is resolved.
Oppressed People: Level 1 /400/2000/ Water Type
X-Head Cannon: Level 4/1800/1500/ Machine Type
XY-Dragon Cannon: Level 6 /2200/1900/ Machine /Desc: "X-Head Cannon" + "Y- Dragon Head" This monster can only be Special Summoned by removing from play the above monsters on your side of the field. You do not use "Polymerization" to Special Summon this monster from your Fusion Deck. Discard 1 card from your hand to destroy 1 face-up Spell Card or Trap card on your opponent's side of the field.
Masaki the Legendary Swordsman: Level 3/1100/1100/ Warrior Type
Black Magician Girl: Level 6 /2000/1700/ Magician /Desc: This monster gains 300 ATK for each "Black Magician" or "Magician of Black Chaos" in either player's graveyard.
Magic Formula: EQUIP MAGIC/Desc: This card may only be equipped to "Black Magician" or "Black Magician Girl." Increase the monster's ATK by 500 points.
Demon Mirror of Nightmares: TRAP/Desc: You can activate this card when an opponent's Monster attacks. Discard 1 card from your hand. Negate that attack and do 1000 damage to your opponent.
Z-Metal Caterpillar: Level 4/1500/1300/ Machine Type
Insect Queen: Level 7/2200/2400/ Insect (what did you expect) /Desc: You must sacrifice one monster in order for this monster to attack. Increase this monsters attack by 200 for every Insect monster on your side of the field. At the end of a turn in which this monster destroys another monster, place one Insect Token (Insect/Earth/100/100/1) in attack mode on the field.
Cyber Armor Gravitation: MAGIC/Desc: Discard your entire hand to place 5 "Cyber" type monsters from your deck into your hand.
Cyber Brian: FIELD MAGIC/Desc: Downgrade all CYBER type monsters in both players hands by 1. Increase the ATK and DEF of all CYBER monsters by 200 points.
Cyber Executioner Makyura: Level 6 /2100/1100 /Cyber /Desc: This card is treated as "Executioner Makyura." When this card goes to the graveyard, a player may activate a trap card from his or her hand.
Mask of Brutality: MAGIC/Desc: A monster equipped with this card increases its ATK by 1000 points and decreases its DEF by 1000 points. Pay 1000 Life Points during each of your Standby Phases. If you cannot, this card is destroyed.
Mask Doll: MAGIC/Desc: Negate any negative effects of all face up magic or trap cards with "Mask" in their name.
Hexagram Curse: TRAP/Desc: Select a monster. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the selected monster cannot attack or change its battle position except by the effect of a Magic, Trap, or Effect Monster card. When the selected is destroyed, this card is also destroyed. If the selected monster is offered as a Tribute, this card is not destroyed.
Kuriboh: Level 1/300/200/ Fiend /Desc: Discard this card from your hand to the Graveyard to make the damage inflicted to your Life Points by 1 opponent's monster 0. This effect must be activated during your opponent's Battle Phase.
Luster Dragon: Level 6/2400/1400/ Dragon Type
Cyber Harpie: Level 4/1800/1300/ Cyber/Desc: This card's name is treated as "Harpie Lady."
Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts: Level 4/1500/1200/ Beast Type
Collected Power: TRAP/Desc: Select 1 face-up monster on the field. Equip this monster with all face-up Equip Magic Cards on the field. If the target of the Equip Magic Card is not correct, destroy the Equip Magic Card.
Firewall: TRAP/Desc: This card can only be activated when Cyber Brain is active on the field. As long as Cyber Brain remains face-up on the field, any damage to your Life Points becomes 0. When Cyber Brain is destroyed or removed from the field, this card is also destroyed.
Ancient Lamp: Level 4 /900/1400/ Desc: When this card is normal summoned or special summoned you may special summon one "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" from your hand, deck, or graveyard to the field.
La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp: Level 4/1800/1000/ Fiend Type
Magic Sanctuary: PERMANENT MAGIC/Desc: When this card is played, each player puts 1 Magic card from his or her deck into his or her hand, then shuffles his or her deck. While this card is on the field, players can play Magic cards during other players' turns.
Monster Reborn: MAGIC/Desc: Select 1 Monster Card from either your opponent's or your own Graveyard and place it on the field under your control in Attack or Defense Position (face-up). This is considered a Special Summon.
Magical Delay: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: Gain 2000 life points. Negate the activation of a magic card and send it to the graveyard for one turn. The turn after this card is used, the magic card is returned to the owner's hand.
Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon: Level 9 /3500/2400/ Cyber Type
Big Shield Guardna: Level 4/ 100/2600/ Warrior Type
Enemy Controller: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: Choose 1 of the following effects and activate it. Change the mode of 1 face-up Monster on your opponent's Field. Choose 1 face-up Monster on your opponent's Field. Gain control of the chosen Monster until the end of the activated turn.
Refuse Pay: MAGIC/Desc: If you have an effect, magic, or trap card that requires you to sacrifice Life Points. You may activate the effect but not sacrifice life points.
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.
Tyrant Dragon: Level 8/ 2900/2500/ Dragon /Desc: When there is a monster on your opponent's side of the field after the first attack of your Battle Phase, this monster can attack once again during the same Battle Phase. In addition, negate the effect of a Trap Card that specifically designates this card as a target and destroy it. If this monster is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, you must offer 1 Dragon-Type monster on your side of the field as a Tribute.
Backup File: PERMANENT TRAP/Desc: Special summon all CYBER monsters destroying during this turn as a result of battle or destroyed by an opponent's card effect from the graveyard during the turn this card is activated. Also, you may discard one card from your hand to special summon one CYBER monster from the graveyard.
Skull Mark Ladybug: Level 4/ 500/1500/ Insect/ Desc: When this card is sent to the graveyard, increase the owner's life points by 1000.
Cyber Sage Falcos: Level 4/ 2100/1000/ Cyber /Desc: Randomly discard two cards from your hand to inflict half of this monster's ATK to your opponent's life points.
Monster Exchange: MAGIC/Desc: Discard one monster card directly from your deck to your graveyard to place one monster in your graveyard back into your deck.
Black Magic Curtain: MAGIC/Desc: Pay half of your life points. Special summon one "Black Magician" from your hand or deck to the field.
Black Magician: Level 7 /2500/2100/ Magician Type
Black Magic Curse Ring: EQUIP MAGIC/Desc: This card can only be activated when there is a face up monster with "Magician" in its name. Equip this to all of your opponent's face up monsters. During each of your battle phases, decrease the equipped monster's ATK by 500 points. In addition, a monster equipped with this card cannot attack.
Powered Gargoyle: ****/1600/1200/ Fiend Type
Axe Raider: ****/1700/1150/ Warrior Type
Virus: TRAP/Desc: This card can only be activated when "Cyber Brain" is face up on the field. Decrease all of your opponent's monster's ATK points by 700. Each time your opponent attacks subtract half the ATK of the attacking monster from your opponent's life points and add it to your own. Also, negate the attack. In addition, during each of your standby phases, your opponent removes the top 10 cards from his or her deck from play. A magic card cannot destroy this card.
Black Magic: MAGIC/Desc: This card may only be activated when you have a face up "Black Magician" on the field. Destroy all of your opponent's magic and trap cards.
Crimson Dragon: ******/2300/1600/ Dragon /Desc: This monster may attack your opponent's life points directly by discarding one card from your hand. This is the only attack you may make during the battle phase.
Revival Terms: MAGIC/Desc: Special summon one monster from your graveyard for two turns.
Battle Ox: ****/1700/1000/ Beast-Warrior
Warrior Revolution: MAGIC/Desc: Special summon one "Gold Knight", "Platinum Knight", "Bronze Knight", "Silver Knight" and "Copper Knight" from your deck to the field. During the turn this card is activated, the owner of this card may have 10 monsters on the field.
Gold Knight: */1000/800/ Warrior/ Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Platinum Knight: */1000/800/ Warrior /Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Silver Knight: */800/1000/ Warrior /Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Bronze Knight: */900/900/ Warrior/ Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Copper Knight: */1200/500/ Warrior/ Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Fusion: MAGIC/Desc: Fuse 2 or more fusion material monsters to form a fusion monster.
Camelot Knight: *********/2800/2300/ Warrior/Fusion Type /Desc: "Gold Knight" + "Platinum Knight" + "Silver Knight" + "Bronze Knight" + "Copper Knight". This monster may only be fusion summoned. Remove 2 monsters in your graveyard from play to destroy one card on the field. This monster attack your opponent's life points directly by removing 3 monsters in your graveyard from play.
Ion Stream: TRAP/Desc: Negate the attack of one of your opponent's monsters. During the turn this card is activated, one monster on your side of the field may attack.
Dian Keto the Cure Master: MAGIC/Desc: Increase your life points by 1000.
Archfiend Cyber Soldier: ****/2100/1400/ Cyber Type
Electron Magnet: MAGIC/Desc: Increase all CYBER type monsters attack power on your side of the field by 500.
Rain of Mercy: MAGIC/Desc: Increases the life points of both players by 1000 points.
Ring of Destruction: TRAP/Desc: Destroy 1 face-up Monster Card and inflict Direct Damage equal to the destroyed card's ATK to the Life Points of both you and your opponent.
Curse Transfer: TRAP/Desc: Change the target of a trap card to a target of your choice. If the target is not compatible, destroy this card.
Mercy: MAGIC/Desc: This card can only be activated when your opponent has no monsters on the field. Name one monster. If your opponent has the monster in his or her hand, deck, or graveyard, immediately special summon the card to the field in face up attack position.
Chapter 22: The Black Gate Test, Part VI: And Then There Were Three
Damien laughed, and then gradually stopped. "Those 3 were EASY. However, you all may be just a bit more difficult." He declared, as all 3 remaining foes glared in some form or another. Damien set 3 cards face down. "I'll add those and then activate Execution Upgrade from my hand to re-equip to my Executioner Makyura!" he announced, as the claws grew off black, complete with the electric force.
Yugi drew. "You are going to pay for that!" he swore. "Now I summon Retrained Elven Swordsman (1400/1200) in attack mode! Then, I'll set one card face down to end my turn." He declared.
Kaiba drew. "Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) in defense mode!" he announced as his monster materialized before him. "I'll then set 2 cards face down and end my turn."
Joey drew. (Not bad.) "Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode!" he declared, as the golden energy glowing clone of Kaiba's monster emerged from its card, ready to slice any opposition to splinters.
Damien drew. "Is that what I've reduced you down to? Well then Makyura! Attack and destroy the Y-Dragon Head!" he commanded as Makyura raised to 3900, then flew at the dragon.
"Reverse trap! Attack Nullification!" Kaiba announced as Makyura hit a vortex, rebounding back to his side of the field. Damien let out a small growl.
"Well then, you think you're so brilliant? Well then I'll activate a magic card that will place me with another new hand! Spirit of the Morphing Jar! You see, for a simple price of discarding my Morphing Jar monster, I can activate its effect! We all discard our old hands and draw 5 new cards.
(Grand.) thought Damien. "Now activate Field magic card, Recycling Plant KC!" he announced as...nothing appeared. "Then I'll use its ability! I can discard 3 cards from my hand to draw 3 new cards from my deck." He explained, doing just that.
"Then, I'll end my move."
Yugi drew. "I summon Oppressed People (400/2000) in defense mode!" he declared as a group of people (who I think resemble Dawn of the Dead people) appeared on the field defending themselves. "Then I'll set another card down to end my move."
Kaiba drew. "Go! X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode!" he yelled as his cannon appeared next to his other monster. "Now I sacrifice X-Head Cannon and Y-Dragon Head to summon XY-Dragon Cannon (2200/1900) he announced as the monster fused together into a new monster. (Don't be hatin' on the description.)
"Now I can discard one card from my hand to destroy your Execution Upgrade!" he instructed as the monster launched a missile at Makyura, destroying the black claws, revealing Makyura's old ones.
"Now XY!" he began, but caught himself. "I'll end my move." He grumbled, wanting to end this now.
Joey drew. (Great.) "Go! I summon Masaki the Legendary Swordsman (1100/1100) in defense mode. I'm also switchin my Battle Ox into defense mode to end my turn." He announced as his monsters adjusted into defensive arrangements.
Damien snickered as he drew. "You truly are pathetic. First, I activate my Recycling Plant KC's ability! I can discard 2 cards to draw 2 cards from my deck. Then, I'll send Executioner Makyura to destroy the XY Dragon Cannon!" he announced as the monster dived at Kaiba's machine, slicing it to shreds. "I guess I'll try to let you all recover, but until then I'll end my turn. (K's LP: 2800)
Yugi drew. "You should have attacked me! For now I can summon forth the Black Magician Girl (2000/1700 +300) by sacrificing my Oppressed People!" he announced as the magician girl lit up in her usual anime-appearance. Then I activate Magic Formula, which will increase her attack by 500!" he explained as a spell book flew out from the card, which Black Magician Girl began studying. (2500/1700 +300) "Then, because I have a Black Magician in my graveyard, she gains 300 more attack points! Black Magician Girl, attack Executioner Makyura!" he commanded as the magician girl sent a pink ribbon blasts with hearts around it at the demon.
"Reverse trap! Demon Mirror of Nightmares!" Damien sprung. Instantly, a wind picked up, carrying a black mirror. A red ring formed in front of Yugi. Then, the mirror appeared on the field with a blinding yellow flash of light. Also, a mirror formed inside the red ring outlining Yugi. However, the magician girl's attack flew straight in the mirror, and through Yugi's mirror until the magician girl shattered it, revealing Damien unharmed. (Y's LP: 2400)
"See. My mirror not only negates your attack, but also causes you 1000 damage!" he sneered.
Kaiba drew Z-Metal Caterpillar. (Grand.) he thought. (Just one turn too late.) "I set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." He muttered.
Joey drew. "I sacrifice both my monsters to summon the Insect Queen (2200/2400+200) in defense mode!" he exclaimed while his queen stuck her long, pointy legs out of the card, followed by her head and huge abdomen. She screeched her signature screech.
Damien drew. "I activate my face down magic card, Cyber Armor Gravitation! This card allows me to discard my old hand and place 5 Cyber monsters in my hand!" he explained while physically searching through his deck, and choosing five monsters.
"Now I activate a second effect of Recycling Plant KC! Since I discarded 2 cards from my hand, I can draw 2 more!" he happily cheered while drawing 2 more cards. "Now I discard Recycling Plant KC to activate this, Cyber Brain!" he explained as cyber universe materialized on the field behind Damien, shadowing the field.
(Cyber monsters...) Yugi thought.
"Now I sacrifice Executioner Makyura to summon Cyber Executioner Makyura (2100/1100+200)!" he explained as a new, chromed up version of his original monster took its place on the field.
"Then I activate the magic card Mask of Brutality!" he announced while a demon mask with a blue jewel and two hands for eyes (I don't know) appeared on Damien's monster's face. (3300/300)
"Now, normally I'd pay 1000 life points in my turn, but thanks to another face down card, Mask Doll! This card absorbs my magic card's negative effect! Go Cyber Makyura, and attack Black Magician Girl!" he commanded as the cyber monster began to swiftly swipe at the magician girl, ready to slice her to ribbons.
"Reveal trap card, Hexagram Curse!" shouted Yugi as a yellow disk of magical energy encased Damien's cyber monster. It struggled to get free. Damien growled.
Yugi drew. "I'll set one card face down and summon Kuriboh (300/200) in defense mode, and that will end my turn.
Kaiba drew. "I sacrifice my face down monster to summon Luster Dragon! (2400/1400) he declared as his potent green dragon materialized on the field. Next, I'll set one card face down to finish my turn.
Joey drew. (No real powerhouses here.) he thought. "So I'll summon a monster in defense mode to protect my life points, and then set this card face down to complete my turn." He declared.
Damien drew. (Not bad.) "I set 2 cards face down and then I summon Cyber Harpie (1800/1300) in attack mode! Then I'll end my turn." He declared.
Yugi drew. "Now I summon Gazelle, the King of Mythical Beasts (1500/1200) to the field in defense mode. Afterwards I reverse my trap card, Collected Power! This card forces all equip cards to go directly to Black Magician Girl!" yelled Yugi while the mask flew off Makyura's face and landed on Black Magician Girl's (3800/700) Makyura: (2300/1300)."
"Go Black Magician Girl, and attack Cyber Executioner Makyura!" instructed Yugi as the magician girl twisted around and blasted a stream of pink heart ribbon at the cyber monster, obliterating it from the field.
"And that means we win!" Yugi added.
"Not quite." Sadly interrupted Damien, because I can reveal a trap I set, the card known as Firewall!" he exclaimed as two red ember columns spiraled from the trap card. They both combined to form a fire gate before Damien, which protected his life points.
"Much like the Tornado Wall card, my Firewall protects my life points from any and all damage!" he laughed. Kaiba drew.
"I summon the Ancient Lamp (900/1400) in defense mode, and use my lamp's special ability to summon La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (1800/1000) to the field also in defense mode! Then I'll set one card face down and activate the magic card, Magic Sanctuary!" he declared as all 3 cards materialized on the field.
"Due to my magic card's effect, all players put 1 magic card from their deck into their hand." He explained, while all 4 duelists investigated their cards until each had chosen one.
"Also, a second effect is now all players can play magic cards during their opponent's turn." He coolly added.
Joey drew. (Awesome. We can totally get at his life points now!) thought Joey. "I activate Monster Reborn to revive Android Psy..." he began.
"Hold on! Due to Kaiba's magic card effect, I can activate this magic card from my hand! Magical Delay!" he stated while two pale blue wraps flew from the card encasing the hologram of Joey's Monster Reborn. The card then disappeared into air.
"What happened!?!" Joey questioned.
"See, the effect of my magic card allows me to negate the effect of a magic card and destroy it, but it's only sent to the graveyard for one turn. Next turn the card is put back into your hand. However, on the upscale, I gain 2000 life points for using this card" Damien said. (D's LP: 2350)
As Joey ended his turn, the two wraps disappeared now and Joey's Monster Reborn card returned to his hand. (He was only prolonging his defeat. Next turn, I'll revive Android Psycho Shocker, automatically destroying his trap, then we'll have a clear shot at his life points.) he thought.
"Now it's my turn!" Damien declared, as he drew. "Now I activate Grave Sacrifice! By this card, I will remove Android Psycho Shocker from play along with Tsuchi to summon Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon (3500/2400 +200)!" he announced as the two spirits collided together to form a metal chrome dragon with ferocious sky blue eyes, who roared a powerful roar which everyone recognized as one belonging to a Blue Eyes White Dragon.
"Now Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon, attack the Luster Dragon!" he commanded as the dragon created static electricity, gathering strength, then unleashing a silver version of the mighty White Lightning Attack, enveloping Kaiba's dragon and eventually destroying it. (K's LP: 1500) Kaiba stood determined to take a version of his own beast down.
"Now then I think a set card will end it for me." Damien added.
Yugi drew. "Remember Yugi. You need to pay 1000 life points for Mask of Brutality, if you plan on keeping it "instantly stated Damien.
(It's too much to pay for a duel of this magnitude.) Yugi thought, and decided to discard it (Black Magician Girl: 2800/1700)
"I'll switch Black Magician Girl to defense mode, and then summon Big Shield Guardna (100/2600) in defense mode as well. These will protect my life points from your assault!" vigorously declared Yugi.
Kaiba drew. (He's wiped out my field.) he angrily thought. "I activate Enemy Controller along with Refuse Pay!" he proclaimed as two magic cards appeared on the field. A game controller appeared, waiting for Kaiba's command.
"Go Enemy Controller! Left, Right, A, B, Activate!!" Kaiba yelled as a cord sprung from the controller, sticking to Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon and dragging it to Kaiba's side of the field.
"Then I'll activate Cost Down! And sacrifice Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon to summon Tyrant Dragon!! (2900/2500)" he declared as his red-orange winged creature swooped down from the sky, ready to annihilate anything opposing it.
"Go Tyrant Dragon and attack Cyber Harpie!" commanded Kaiba as the dragon unleashed a mouthful of golden flames incinerating the cyber warrior as she screeched to her demise.
"Now I've left you defenseless!" Kaiba declared.
"Almost." Damien coolly responded.
"What do you mean!?" Kaiba angrily said. "Stop toying with me."
"This trap card will explain it all! Activate, Backup File!" sprung Damien as a trap card flipped up. "You see my trap card returns all Cyber monsters that were on the field, destroyed by your cards!" he happily declared as from the card burst Cyber Harpie and of course, the intimidating Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon.
"Not only that, but see my trap card also allows me to discard a monster from my hand in order to revive a cyber monster from the graveyard whenever I wish. So, I'll just keep that in mind." He teased.
Joey drew. (All right. I found an insect!) thought Joey. "First, I'm switchin the Insect Queen into attack mode! (2200+200/2400). Next, I'm summonin' Skull Mark Ladybug (500/1500) in attack mode! Now, I sacrifice Skull Mark Ladybug to the Insect Queen!" declared Joey as the insect queen feasted upon her sacrifice.
"First things first, because of my monster's effect, I first gain 1000 life points." He smiled as his life points boosted. (J's LP: 4000) "However, Insect Queen can now attack your Cyber Harpie!" Joey instructed while the queen shot a blast of green acid at the harpie monster, melting her. Then a small insect egg came out from the queen's abdomen. (Insect Queen: 2600/2400)
"Alright!" Joey cheered.
(Fool. There's nothing to cheer about.) thought Damien.
Damien drew. "Now I can summon Cyber Sage Falcos! (2100/1000 +200)!" he announced as a metal version of the monster Winged Sage Falcos appeared on the field. "Due to Cyber Sage Falcos' special ability, I can discard 2 cards from my hand in order to have it unleash 1150 points of damage on you!" announced Damien while the falcon flew in the air and bypassed Kaiba's monster, striking him in the shoulder. (K's LP: 1650)
"Then to add to the fun I'll keep you in suspense by placing a card face down." He cleverly added.
Yugi drew. "I'll set one card face down and then activate Monster Exchange! This card lets me discard one monster from my deck, to place one monster card back into my deck!" he explained while discarding a Witch of the Black Forest from his deck and putting Black Magician in his deck. (Black Magician Girl: 2500/1700)
"Then I activate the magic card, Curtain of Black Magic!" he yelled as a black magical dimensional curtain with a skull head on top materialized on the field. "I can sacrifice half of my life points..." Yugi began. (Y's LP: 1200)
"To summon my Black Magician (2500/2100) from my deck!" he completed as the magician flew out from the curtain, ready to strike.
"Finally I'll activate Black Magic Curse Ring!" he exclaimed as two rings of black magic immediately materialized and encased Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon and Cyber Sage Falcos.
"Now my magic rings will cause your monsters to lose attack points with every turn!" he exclaimed as the monsters lowered. (BECD: 3200/2600, Cyber Sage Falcos: 1600/900)
"Now Black Magician, attack and destroy Cyber Harpie!" instructed Yugi while the mage pointed his staff, sending a streak of black magic at the cyber warrior, annihilating him.
"That's all for now!" he boldly added.
Kaiba drew. (Yugi thinks it's his work that's winning us this duel, but he doesn't remember I have summoned strong monsters during this.) "I summon the powerful Powered Gargoyle (1600/1200) in attack mode! I'll set a card down and end my turn." He stated.
Joey drew. "I switch Insect Queen back into defense mode and then summon Axe Raider (1700/1150) in defense mode too!" he proclaimed.
Damien drew. "Now I activate a trap card, a personal favorite, one known as Virus!" he announced while a purple mist flew onto the field, oozing strength from all of Kaiba's, Yugi's, and Joey's monsters on the field, all weakening their attack power by 700.
"My trap is exceedingly full of powers! First, it weakens all of my opponent's monsters attack power by 700 points. Secondly, each turn you fail to defeat my virus, you'll not only lose life points, but cards from your deck as well. You'd better defeat my virus soon. Oh, and don't think magic cards will save you. Virus is immune to the effects of all magic cards!! Get it? Virus, immune?! (had to throw in a bad pun somewhere)
"But that's enough to keep you all busy! Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon, time to attack Kaiba's Powered Gargoyle and defeat another player!" he snickered. Kaiba and Yugi both laughed simultaneously.
"What's funny about losing!?" impatiently asked Damien.
"Your monsters can't attack as long as they're locked in the mystical powers of my Black Magic Curse Ring!" Yugi explained this while Damien annoyed, ended his turn, but not before summoning a Cyber Harpie in defense mode (1300).
Yugi drew. (This will help!) he thought. "I now activate the magic card, Black Magic!" he proclaimed as Black Magician raised his staff, sending out waves of magic destroying all of Damien's magic and trap cards on the field. Well, all but one. He snarled in Yugi's direction. Yugi didn't care.
"Plus, your monsters are weakened even more!" he declared. (CEBD: 2700/2600)
"Now Black Magician Girl, attack Cyber Harpie!" commanded Yugi, however a black spirit flew from the card, wrapping around the Black Magician Girl, and Yugi was shocked to see his life points lower.
"What is this?!" Yugi inquired.
"Oh, did I happen to forget to mention each time you attack with a virus infected monster, you lose half of its original attack points?" Damien sarcastically questioned. (Y's LP: 200)
"You're just lucky you didn't attack with Black Magician or you'd be out of this duel!" he laughed.
Kaiba drew. (Perfect!) he thought. "I sacrifice the Powered Gargoyle to summon my Crimson Dragon (2300/1600)!" he declared as a beautiful, slender crimson dragon with two dusty golden wings flew onto the field. It screeched. "Now my monster's special ability allows it to attack your life points directly by discarding one card from my hand! So, strike his life points down my dragon!" Kaiba instructed while the crimson dragon unleashed a sphere of crimson fire, scorching Damien.
"That was pointless." Damien added.
"Not necessarily! For now I can activate Revival Terms! I can discard a card from my hand to special summon the Battle Ox (1700/1000) from the graveyard! Now whose in charge?" Kaiba smirked. Joey drew.
(Perfect!) he thought. "I activate Warrior Revolution, which allows me to summon these five monsters from my deck! So now I summon Gold Knight! (1000/800), Platinum Knight (1000/800), Silver Knight (800/1000), Copper Knight (900/900) and Bronze Knight (1200/500)!" he announced as the five monsters burst from the card. To everyone's surprise, Insect Queen wasn't destroyed.
"Yeah. Basically, my card will keep my queen around for this turn! However, now I can fuse all 5 of my nights together with the magic card, Fusion!" he declared while all five nights bodies scattered, then regrouped into a tall warrior with a glaring, glowing sword ready to carve up any opposition.
Meet the ultimate Camelot Knight (2800/2300)!" Joey burst while the knight received a white stallion to ride on! "Now I reveal one of my knight's special abilities! I can remove from play Gold Knight and Platinum Knight to destroy one card on your side of the field, and I'm choosing your Firewall trap! Then I activate another ability of my monster, by removing Bronze, Copper, and Silver Knights from play, I can attack your life points directly with my night! So get ready, because I'm fixing to end this duel! Camelot Knight, attack Damien's life points and get us out of here!" he cheered as his horse rode to strike down the enemy.
Damien snickered as a trap flipped up. "Ion Stream will not only protect me from your attack, but will allow me to counterattack with a monster! So go Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon, wipe out his pathetic soldier!" he laughed as the dragon appeared in the knight's path. Before the knight could even swing his sword once, he and his horse were blown apart by the silver lightning attack. (J's LP: 3100)
(All that work for nothin') he thought, ending his move.
Damien drew. "Meet one consequence of not destroying Virus! Each of you must remove the top 10 cards on the top of your deck from play." He explained while each duelist did just that.
"I'll add Dian Keto the Cure Master to raise my life points by 1000!" (D's LP: 3350) and then I will summon Archfiend Cyber Soldier (2100/1200) and then, lastly, invoke the powers of Electron Magnet, raising all my cyber monsters attack power by 500!" he laughed maniacally: (Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon: 4000/2400, Cyber Sage Falcos: 2200/1100, Archfiend Cyber Soldier: 2400/1200)
"But before Kaiba's finale I'll give him something to be happy about! My Rain of Mercy card raises all player's life points by 1000!" he explained to the gang's delight. (D's LP: 4350) (Y's LP: 1200) (J's LP: 4100) (K's LP: 2650)
"Wipe out the Crimson Dragon my deadly Cyber Blue Eyes! Defeat Kaiba!" he commanded as the silver lightning ball charged up.
But Kaiba spoke out. "Reveal the trap that will end this duel, my Ring of Destruction!" he shouted as the trap flipped up and a flaming ring encircled the dragon's neck. "Now your monster will be destroyed along with all of your life points!" he snickered, as the ring was about to explode, ending the game.
"You people always jump to conclusions." Damien sighed. "True, someone's about to lose all their life points, but unluckily for you, Kaiba, it will be you! For reveal the magic powers of the trap known as Curse Transfer!" he sprung as the card magically moved the flaming ring onto Kaiba's Crimson Dragon. The ring then exploded. (K's LP: 350) (D's LP: 2050)
"Now I can finish you for good! Archfiend Cyber Soldier, destroy his last pathetic defense!" he commanded while the monster unveiled a crescent sword, and effortlessly sliced up the defending ox.
"However, before you're destroyed, I think I'll prove that any card of mine is superior to yours! So activate, Mercy!" he laughed. "My magic card allows me to let you summon a monster of my choosing from your deck or graveyard! The card I choose, the powerful Blue Eyes White Dragon!" he exclaimed as from the sky burst an array of powder blue and white light. From it everyone heard the cry of a familiar monster whom everyone instantaneously recognized as the Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500). Kaiba growled, knowing of what was to come. "Now Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon, incinerate your weaker self. Show Kaiba I am superior to him in every way! Go now and finish him!" he instructed while the dragon charged up a bigger, and stronger blast of silver lightning. This blast covered a huge area, as if the dragons were the duelists themselves. In the middle of the blast, blinding everyone from sight, there was a faint cry and a sound of destruction. When the light died down, Kaiba's dragon was no more. (K's LP: 0)
"And there is another one." Damien smirked, clapping his hands. Kaiba instantly disappeared in the same style as Kevin, Mai, and Tea. Yugi gasped while Joey didn't really care. Ok, maybe just a little.
(It's just us.) Joey thought, breathing heavily.
(I wonder if Joey and I can do this. He's already wiped out half our team with no real threats posing him.) Yugi thought placing his hand on his deck.
(We have to believe in the heart of the cards! No matter how tough he may seem, no matter how strong the body of his deck is, it is nothing without a heart! Let's win this, for all of us!) Yugi strongly thought, ready to defeat Damien, no matter what it took.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CARDS PLAYED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Execution Upgrade: EQUIP MAGIC/Desc: This card may only be increased to an "Executioner Makyura." Whenever the "Executioner Makyura" is selected as the target of an attack, increase "Executioner Makyura's" attack strength by 1500 points. Also, during your battle phase, increase "Executioner Makyura's" attack strength by 1500 points.
Retrained Elven Swordsman: Level 4/1400/1200/ Warrior /Desc: This monster is not destroyed as a result of battle when it battles a monster with an attack of 1900 or more. Damage calculation is applied normally.
Y-Dragon Head: Level 4/1500/1600/ Machine
Enraged Battle Ox: Level 4/1700/1000/ Beast-Warrior/ Desc: As long as this card remains face-up on the field, whenever a beast-warrior, winged beast, or beast type monster attacks with an ATK that is higher than your opponent's DEF, inflict the difference as battle damage to your opponent's life points.
Attack Nullification: TRAP/Desc: Activate this card when your opponent attacks. Negate the attack, and make your opponent's battle phase end.
Spirit of the Morphing Jar: MAGIC/Desc: Send a "Morphing Jar" from your deck to your graveyard to immediately activate its effect.
Recycling Plant KC: FIELD MAGIC/Desc: Once per turn, you may discard up to 4 cards from your hand. Draw the same amount of cards you discard from your deck. Also, any time cards are discarded from your hand due to a monster, magic, or trap effect, draw the same number of cards that were discarded after the effect is resolved.
Oppressed People: Level 1 /400/2000/ Water Type
X-Head Cannon: Level 4/1800/1500/ Machine Type
XY-Dragon Cannon: Level 6 /2200/1900/ Machine /Desc: "X-Head Cannon" + "Y- Dragon Head" This monster can only be Special Summoned by removing from play the above monsters on your side of the field. You do not use "Polymerization" to Special Summon this monster from your Fusion Deck. Discard 1 card from your hand to destroy 1 face-up Spell Card or Trap card on your opponent's side of the field.
Masaki the Legendary Swordsman: Level 3/1100/1100/ Warrior Type
Black Magician Girl: Level 6 /2000/1700/ Magician /Desc: This monster gains 300 ATK for each "Black Magician" or "Magician of Black Chaos" in either player's graveyard.
Magic Formula: EQUIP MAGIC/Desc: This card may only be equipped to "Black Magician" or "Black Magician Girl." Increase the monster's ATK by 500 points.
Demon Mirror of Nightmares: TRAP/Desc: You can activate this card when an opponent's Monster attacks. Discard 1 card from your hand. Negate that attack and do 1000 damage to your opponent.
Z-Metal Caterpillar: Level 4/1500/1300/ Machine Type
Insect Queen: Level 7/2200/2400/ Insect (what did you expect) /Desc: You must sacrifice one monster in order for this monster to attack. Increase this monsters attack by 200 for every Insect monster on your side of the field. At the end of a turn in which this monster destroys another monster, place one Insect Token (Insect/Earth/100/100/1) in attack mode on the field.
Cyber Armor Gravitation: MAGIC/Desc: Discard your entire hand to place 5 "Cyber" type monsters from your deck into your hand.
Cyber Brian: FIELD MAGIC/Desc: Downgrade all CYBER type monsters in both players hands by 1. Increase the ATK and DEF of all CYBER monsters by 200 points.
Cyber Executioner Makyura: Level 6 /2100/1100 /Cyber /Desc: This card is treated as "Executioner Makyura." When this card goes to the graveyard, a player may activate a trap card from his or her hand.
Mask of Brutality: MAGIC/Desc: A monster equipped with this card increases its ATK by 1000 points and decreases its DEF by 1000 points. Pay 1000 Life Points during each of your Standby Phases. If you cannot, this card is destroyed.
Mask Doll: MAGIC/Desc: Negate any negative effects of all face up magic or trap cards with "Mask" in their name.
Hexagram Curse: TRAP/Desc: Select a monster. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the selected monster cannot attack or change its battle position except by the effect of a Magic, Trap, or Effect Monster card. When the selected is destroyed, this card is also destroyed. If the selected monster is offered as a Tribute, this card is not destroyed.
Kuriboh: Level 1/300/200/ Fiend /Desc: Discard this card from your hand to the Graveyard to make the damage inflicted to your Life Points by 1 opponent's monster 0. This effect must be activated during your opponent's Battle Phase.
Luster Dragon: Level 6/2400/1400/ Dragon Type
Cyber Harpie: Level 4/1800/1300/ Cyber/Desc: This card's name is treated as "Harpie Lady."
Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts: Level 4/1500/1200/ Beast Type
Collected Power: TRAP/Desc: Select 1 face-up monster on the field. Equip this monster with all face-up Equip Magic Cards on the field. If the target of the Equip Magic Card is not correct, destroy the Equip Magic Card.
Firewall: TRAP/Desc: This card can only be activated when Cyber Brain is active on the field. As long as Cyber Brain remains face-up on the field, any damage to your Life Points becomes 0. When Cyber Brain is destroyed or removed from the field, this card is also destroyed.
Ancient Lamp: Level 4 /900/1400/ Desc: When this card is normal summoned or special summoned you may special summon one "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" from your hand, deck, or graveyard to the field.
La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp: Level 4/1800/1000/ Fiend Type
Magic Sanctuary: PERMANENT MAGIC/Desc: When this card is played, each player puts 1 Magic card from his or her deck into his or her hand, then shuffles his or her deck. While this card is on the field, players can play Magic cards during other players' turns.
Monster Reborn: MAGIC/Desc: Select 1 Monster Card from either your opponent's or your own Graveyard and place it on the field under your control in Attack or Defense Position (face-up). This is considered a Special Summon.
Magical Delay: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: Gain 2000 life points. Negate the activation of a magic card and send it to the graveyard for one turn. The turn after this card is used, the magic card is returned to the owner's hand.
Blue Eyes Cyber Dragon: Level 9 /3500/2400/ Cyber Type
Big Shield Guardna: Level 4/ 100/2600/ Warrior Type
Enemy Controller: QUICK PLAY MAGIC/Desc: Choose 1 of the following effects and activate it. Change the mode of 1 face-up Monster on your opponent's Field. Choose 1 face-up Monster on your opponent's Field. Gain control of the chosen Monster until the end of the activated turn.
Refuse Pay: MAGIC/Desc: If you have an effect, magic, or trap card that requires you to sacrifice Life Points. You may activate the effect but not sacrifice life points.
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.
Tyrant Dragon: Level 8/ 2900/2500/ Dragon /Desc: When there is a monster on your opponent's side of the field after the first attack of your Battle Phase, this monster can attack once again during the same Battle Phase. In addition, negate the effect of a Trap Card that specifically designates this card as a target and destroy it. If this monster is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, you must offer 1 Dragon-Type monster on your side of the field as a Tribute.
Backup File: PERMANENT TRAP/Desc: Special summon all CYBER monsters destroying during this turn as a result of battle or destroyed by an opponent's card effect from the graveyard during the turn this card is activated. Also, you may discard one card from your hand to special summon one CYBER monster from the graveyard.
Skull Mark Ladybug: Level 4/ 500/1500/ Insect/ Desc: When this card is sent to the graveyard, increase the owner's life points by 1000.
Cyber Sage Falcos: Level 4/ 2100/1000/ Cyber /Desc: Randomly discard two cards from your hand to inflict half of this monster's ATK to your opponent's life points.
Monster Exchange: MAGIC/Desc: Discard one monster card directly from your deck to your graveyard to place one monster in your graveyard back into your deck.
Black Magic Curtain: MAGIC/Desc: Pay half of your life points. Special summon one "Black Magician" from your hand or deck to the field.
Black Magician: Level 7 /2500/2100/ Magician Type
Black Magic Curse Ring: EQUIP MAGIC/Desc: This card can only be activated when there is a face up monster with "Magician" in its name. Equip this to all of your opponent's face up monsters. During each of your battle phases, decrease the equipped monster's ATK by 500 points. In addition, a monster equipped with this card cannot attack.
Powered Gargoyle: ****/1600/1200/ Fiend Type
Axe Raider: ****/1700/1150/ Warrior Type
Virus: TRAP/Desc: This card can only be activated when "Cyber Brain" is face up on the field. Decrease all of your opponent's monster's ATK points by 700. Each time your opponent attacks subtract half the ATK of the attacking monster from your opponent's life points and add it to your own. Also, negate the attack. In addition, during each of your standby phases, your opponent removes the top 10 cards from his or her deck from play. A magic card cannot destroy this card.
Black Magic: MAGIC/Desc: This card may only be activated when you have a face up "Black Magician" on the field. Destroy all of your opponent's magic and trap cards.
Crimson Dragon: ******/2300/1600/ Dragon /Desc: This monster may attack your opponent's life points directly by discarding one card from your hand. This is the only attack you may make during the battle phase.
Revival Terms: MAGIC/Desc: Special summon one monster from your graveyard for two turns.
Battle Ox: ****/1700/1000/ Beast-Warrior
Warrior Revolution: MAGIC/Desc: Special summon one "Gold Knight", "Platinum Knight", "Bronze Knight", "Silver Knight" and "Copper Knight" from your deck to the field. During the turn this card is activated, the owner of this card may have 10 monsters on the field.
Gold Knight: */1000/800/ Warrior/ Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Platinum Knight: */1000/800/ Warrior /Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Silver Knight: */800/1000/ Warrior /Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Bronze Knight: */900/900/ Warrior/ Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Copper Knight: */1200/500/ Warrior/ Desc: This card may only be special summoned through the effect of "Warrior Revolution."
Fusion: MAGIC/Desc: Fuse 2 or more fusion material monsters to form a fusion monster.
Camelot Knight: *********/2800/2300/ Warrior/Fusion Type /Desc: "Gold Knight" + "Platinum Knight" + "Silver Knight" + "Bronze Knight" + "Copper Knight". This monster may only be fusion summoned. Remove 2 monsters in your graveyard from play to destroy one card on the field. This monster attack your opponent's life points directly by removing 3 monsters in your graveyard from play.
Ion Stream: TRAP/Desc: Negate the attack of one of your opponent's monsters. During the turn this card is activated, one monster on your side of the field may attack.
Dian Keto the Cure Master: MAGIC/Desc: Increase your life points by 1000.
Archfiend Cyber Soldier: ****/2100/1400/ Cyber Type
Electron Magnet: MAGIC/Desc: Increase all CYBER type monsters attack power on your side of the field by 500.
Rain of Mercy: MAGIC/Desc: Increases the life points of both players by 1000 points.
Ring of Destruction: TRAP/Desc: Destroy 1 face-up Monster Card and inflict Direct Damage equal to the destroyed card's ATK to the Life Points of both you and your opponent.
Curse Transfer: TRAP/Desc: Change the target of a trap card to a target of your choice. If the target is not compatible, destroy this card.
Mercy: MAGIC/Desc: This card can only be activated when your opponent has no monsters on the field. Name one monster. If your opponent has the monster in his or her hand, deck, or graveyard, immediately special summon the card to the field in face up attack position.