Chapter 12- Yugi vs. Joey: Part 3
Joey's dragons roared at Yugi and his monster.
"Cool, isn't it, Yugi?" asked Joey. "I had to mow, like, thirty miles of lawn to get the money for this card."
Yugi smiled.
"Well, it paid off didn't, Joey."
Joey smiled. "It sure did.
"Prepare, Yugi, for my Chaos Emperor Dragon's special ability. I pay 1000 life points to destroy all cards on the field and in our hands. And you lose that many life points times 300!"
"Not exactly, Joey. I activate Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment! No damage is inflicted to my life points until this turn is over. That means I lose nothing, and all our monsters, magic and trap cards, and our hands are destroyed!"
A sphere surrounded Yugi's life point counter, withstanding the blast from Chaos Emperor Dragon.
"Aw, man," sighed Joey as his monsters were destroyed in an explosion of sparkle and as his life points went down to 2650, "I guess I end my turn."
Yugi drew, and looked down at his deck in shock. It was barely 3/4 of an inch high!
That Razor Fin equipment card is bringing my deck down fast, thought Yugi.
"I end my turn as well," said Yugi.
"Joey drew, and smiled. I activate my Chance magic card. I choose three level four or lower monsters, each with different types."
Joey looked through his deck, took three cards out of it, and put it on the platform. He then picked up the cards and showed them, not revealing what they are, to Yugi.
"You get to choose one of these cards Yug'."
"And then what happens, Joey?" asked Yugi.
"Why don't you pick a card and see," replied Joey.
Of the cards Yugi was holding, representing the warrior-type monsters was Gearfried the Iron Knight, representing the dragon-type monsters was Baby Dragon, and the spellcaster- type monster was Time Wizard.
"Oh, what the heck. If you choose the monster of the cards with the highest attack, I get to special summon it, discard the other cards, and draw two cards.
But if you choose one of the monsters with the middle or lowest attack, all three cards are sent to the graveyard and I loose life points equal to half of all their attacks combined. So which one'll it be?"
Yugi pointed to, you guessed it, Gearfried.
"Yes," exclaimed Joey, putting Gearfried on the field and discarding the remaining cards to the graveyard. He then drew two cards and smiled again. I activate Release Restraint, and I sacrifice my Gearfried the Iron Knight to summon Gearfried the Swordmaster."
Joey's monster appeared in mid-air, rolled into a ball, landed on the ground, and took on a stance with his sword held high.
"And I attack your life points directly!"
Gearfried jumped up high, both hands clutching his sword above his head and plunged his blade into Yugi's counter.
Yugi has 150 life points, Joey has 2650.
"Plus, my Chance magic card's other effect is, once it's in the graveyard, I pay half my life points to take two trap cards from my deck and set them face down. And I end my turn equipping my Swordmaster with Black Pendant."
Yugi drew and played Pot of Greed.
"I set one card face down and activate Graveyard Canceller. I skip my next draw phase to cancel the effect of one magic card in your graveyard. I choose Final Countdown."
"I activate Mystical Space Typhoon," declared Joey.
"I hate to spoil your card, Joey, but I activate Dust Tornado."
A whirlwind of sand appeared on Yugi's side of the field.
"This duel ends here, Yugi, 'cause I activate Cyclone Reroute. It can only be activated when you play Dust Tornado. A magic or trap card is still destroyed, but I get to choose which one. And I choose my Black Pendant!"
Yugi's Tornado was guided to Gearfried the Swordmaster, where his amulet was sucked into the vortex and it dispersed.
"When my pendant was destroyed, you lost 500 life points. I win, Yug'.