Chapter 19: The Greatest Challenge

Yugi sat in the room, looking through his cards and tweaking his deck for the upcoming fight.

Andrew's Ancient Heroes have the advantage when the Ancient City of the Pyramids is in play, he thought to himself. The Ancient City protects the Ancient Heroes from getting destroyed by card effects, and when the Ancient City would be destroyed, an Ancient Hero can be Tributed to protect it from destruction. So one way of destroying it is when there aren't many Ancient Heroes to sacrifice or when there aren't any at all. But since the Ancient Heroes are also able to survive battle...

Yugi ruffled his hair with these thoughts. Yami appeared by his side and looked down at the cards before the two of them.

It's not easy to come up with a strategy against a deck of indestructible monsters, Yami mused. This will be quite a challenge.

I know that much, Yugi said. Even then, I don't know if there's much of a way to beat the monsters.

But there is another way of beating him, Yami said. Remember, his monsters may be indestructible, but his Life Points are just as easily whittled down. We may have to work on pressuring his Life Points.

Yugi thought for a moment about this and then went back to tweaking his deck.

We'll work on pressuring his Life Points...

Yugi walked out onto the Duel Field from the entrance. The Duel Field where he was to duel Andrew was set at the very top of the tower where he had been on the first day to confront Matt. It was reminiscent of Kaiba's own Duel Tower, but this time there were some seats on the side for any spectators. Among such spectators were Joey, Tristan, and Tea, as well as Kaiba and Moluba. Yugi walked over to them first.

"So you came to watch the duel too, huh?" Yugi asked Kaiba.

"Don't get the wrong idea, Yugi," Kaiba sneered. "I'm only here to watch you lose against the duelist who beat me. He may have gotten lucky, but if he really is skilled enough to best me, then you might just have your hands full."

"Nobody beats Seto without answering up to it!" Mokuba chimed in. "Andrew's gonna beat you easily!"

"Hey, don't be too sure about dat!" Joey called out.

"This coming from the duelist who got beaten before he could even step up into the ring," Kaiba commented snidely.

"She caught my by surprise! I had to Turbo Duel! I didn't see you having to ride a motorcycle while playing Duel Monsters!" Joey retorted.

"That's because it would come too easily to me," Kaiba countered in kind. "It's an exercise in focus, and unlike you, Wheeler, I have that focus."

"Come say dat to my face!" Joey yelped, jumping up only to be held back by Tristan who commented, "Down boy..."

"Now now, let's not get all rowdy in the stands just yet. That's for when the duel starts!"

Everyone looked over and saw Andrew standing there, confident and smiling as always. Beside him was Matt and the Admins from before, all ready to watch the duel. Yugi turned and smiled.

"I guess you're ready for this duel to get underway," he said to Andrew, who nodded in response.

"I'm not about to lose right here," Andrew smirked. "You may be the King of Games, but today's the day I take that title for a spin!"

Yugi nodded. As nervous as he was to go up against such a tough opponent, he was also excited to be faced with such an obstacle. He was one duel away from reclaiming his Egyptian God cards, and he wasn't about to lose either.

"Alright, you two, time to shake hands!" the short Admin said. "I'm in charge of this duel today!"

Andrew and Yugi held out their hands and shook as a sign of good sportsmanship. Matt walked up to the two and said, "Best of luck to the both of you. I hope that you will both fight to the very best of your abilities."

"You can count on that," Andrew nodded. "I won't be holding back for an instant."

"And I won't either," Yugi affirmed.

"That's just the kind of response I'd expect!" Andrew cheered. "Let's get this duel on the road!"

The two then headed off to their respective sides of the Duel Field and shuffled each other's decks to their own satisfaction. Then they cut the other's deck and placed them in their Duel Disks. Meanwhile, Matt and the other Admins joined the others in the spectator stands in preparation for the duel.

"Alright, you guys ready?" the short Admin called out, with two nods to indicate both players' readiness.

I've gotta go all out against him, Yugi thought. I have to take the hits as they come and dish out some heavy damage of my own!

Yugi is going to be tough, and he probably has an idea of how to beat my Ancient Heroes, Andrew thought while smiling, but he hasn't seen all the tricks my deck has to offer.

"Then draw your hand, and may the best duelist win!" the Admin called out. "Let's get set to get decked!"

The Admin with glasses sighed. "That's a terrible line," she commented, much to the shorter Admin's noticeable chagrin.

"AND, DUEL START!"

"LET'S DUEL!"

Yugi: 8000
Andrew: 8000

"My move to start," Yugi said, drawing his first card. Looking through the cards in his hand, he picked one out and said, "Now I'm going to summon Beta the Magnet Warrior (4/1700/1600) in Attack mode!"

A yellow warrior composed mainly of magnets appeared on the field ready for combat. It beeped robotically as it appeared on the field.

"And then I'll set two cards face-down and end my turn," Yugi said, finishing off his turn.

"Well, getting off to an easy start," Andrew said, drawing his first card. "Lemme guess, those face-down cards are meant to take out my Ancient Heroes as soon as I attack, huh?"

Yugi looked back without response, not a hint of a twitch or anything. Andrew took note of this poker face and whistled.

"Not too shabby there," he teased. "You oughta get into poker, I hear there's good money in that too. But then again that takes luck, which I've got more of at the moment. I summon Ancient Hero Bladegon (4/2000/1700) in Attack mode!"

The terrifying blue dinosaur armed with its bladed claws appeared once again on the dueling field. It growled menacingly as it looked down upon the Magnet Warrior.

"And now it's time to say goodbye to your Magnet Warrior!" Andrew declared. "Go Bladegon, slash and hack his Beta to shreds!"

The dinosaur lunged forward, its claws at the ready. It prepared to slash through its tar-

"I activate my Mirror Force Trap card!" Yugi countered. "Now your Bladegon is face-to-face with its own power!"

A barrier appeared to protect Beta from the power of-

"Not if I can help it!" Andrew interrupted. "I activate Ancient Heroes' Chain Bomb to negate and destroy your Mirror Force card, as well as any copies that happen to be inside of your deck, hitting you for 500 points of damage for each one!"

The chain thrusted forth into the Mirror Force trap card, attaching a bomb to it. The chain then pierced through Yugi's deck looking for other cards, only to come back with no other cards. And then the bomb on the Mirror Force card exploded!

"Take that!" Andrew cheered, but then suddenly a powerful wind blew forth and smashed into him, knocking him down!

Yugi: 8000
Andrew: 7000

"Whoa...didn't see that coming..." Andrew shook his head, getting back up on his feet. As the dust settled, it was revealed that Yugi had activated his other face-down card: Divine Wind.

"Sorry, Andrew," Yugi said, "but I used my Divine Wind to reflect the damage I would take from your Chain Bomb back to you with double the damage!"

"Well, color me impressed," Andrew whistled, "but I don't think that your monster's gonna survive the ordeal. Since Mirror Force was negated, and Divine Wind only negated the damage, my monster's still on the field ready to strike your Magnet Warrior down!"

Indeed, Ancient Hero Bladegon was still in one piece, and so it lunged forth and clawed right through Beta the Magnet Warrior, ending the poor creature's life.

Yugi: 7700
Andrew: 7000

"And now for the coup de grâce, I set one card face-down," Andrew concluded. "That's it for my turn."

"Now it's my move," Yugi declared. "I draw!"

Yugi looked at the new card he drew and looked back to his hand. "I'll summon a monster in Defense Mode this time around," he said. "That should end my turn."

"Going with a classic, eh?" Andrew said, drawing his next card. "But be careful, that trick doesn't work every time. And I can prove that and bring out an Ancient Hero you haven't had the chance to get acquainted with yet. Yugi, meet Ancient Hero Thundorus (5/2400/1200)!"

The blue dinosaur disappeared and was replaced with a series of clouds. The clouds turned dark and shot out lightning connecting to each other as eyes of light poured out of the highest cloud. More lightning bolts connected this cloud with other clouds, and even more lightning bolts formed what looked like fingers. The signature A formed itself between the eyes of this monster, created from lightning.

"I think you can get a pretty good idea of what he does best," Andrew explained. "With the power of Ancient Hero Thundorus, I can destroy a monster you control once per turn, but he won't be able to attack if I choose to do so. And knowing that there's no guarantee of besting your monster and no way of hitting your Life Points just yet, I think this is the best option. Go, Thundorus! Thunder Bolt Shockwave!"

The monster's hands were brought together as it charged an electric orb of lightning and fired it down upon Yugi's monster! It was revealed to be Big Shield Gardna (4/100/2600), a powerful defense against attacks but not so much the effect of this monster.

"Nice try, Yugi," Andrew said, "but you'll have to do better than that if you wanna stop me next turn. In fact, just to give you some incentive, I set one card face-down."

"It's my move then," Yugi said, drawing a new card. Alright, so now he has a monster that can destroy my monsters whenever I get one on the field. That's not good. I have to get rid of it quickly! But can I do that?

Looking into his hand, he searched for the card that could help him. No, not yet. Looks like I don't have a choice for now.

"I Set a monster face-down and end my turn," Yugi said.

"Nothing? This is gonna be a quick duel if you can't stop my attacks," Andrew said, drawing his next card. "I summon Ancient Hero Typhoonador (3/1200/400) to the field now!"

A new monster appeared now, a genie whose lower body was surrounded by a tornado. Its long hair swirled about wildly around it as its eyes glowed menacingly. The signature A was tattooed on its chest in a deep purple to show up off its sky blue skin.

"Now let's see what your monster is, shall we?" Andrew said. "Thundorus, go! Thunder Bolt Shockwave!"

Thundorus then charged up another electric sphere and fired it off at the monster, destroying it and revealing it as Electromagnetic Turtle (4/0/1800)!

"Aww, shoot! I know what that means," Andrew said. "You can stop my attack right away if I go for it now. Oh well, might as well get that part of the way! Typhoonador, strike at Yugi's Life Points directly!"

The genie then began to swhirl around the air until it spun it fast enough to create a small orb of gusting air! It then fired off the orb at Yugi, unleashing a powerful twister!

"Just like you said, since my Electromagnetic Turtle was destroyed during your turn," Yugi said, "I can end the Battle Phase in an instant!"

The turtle shell appeared and shielded Yugi from the twister, deflecting the attack beyond him.

"Clever defenses will only help you for so long against my assault," Andrew shrugged. "Guess it's your turn now."

Meanwhile in the stands, the others watched the duel with great interest.

"Man, dis is a tough match," Joey commented.

"I know what ya mean," Tristan agreed. "With that Thundorus on the field, Yugi can't even set up a good monster without it getting blown apart."

"And who knows what dat Typhoonador can do!" Joey added.

Tea stood up then and cheered out, "You can do it, Yugi! I believe in you!"

Yugi looked over to the stands and smiled as Joey and Tristan joined in.

"Yeah, you've been in tighter spots dan dis!" Joey cheered.

"You da man, Yug!" Tristan called out as well.

Andrew looked over into the stands and smiled at the friends. Then his gaze met Matt's, who simply nodded his head. Andrew smiled at his brother and focused back on the duel. I have such a rough crowd in comparison to Yugi's, he thought to himself.

"Alright, it's my move!" Yugi said, drawing his next card. Looking at the new card, Yugi gave some thought to it. If I use this now, I might be able to get a slight advantage, but it'll only be temporary, he thought to himself. For now, it's better to play defensive.

"I'll set another monster in Defense mode and play one card face-down," he announced, "and that's the end of my turn."

"I'll get you to move eventually, Yugi," Andrew joked, drawing his next card. "And I'm so glad you set that card, cause now I can demonstrate Typhoonador's ability! Go, Sonic Swipe!"

The genie charged over Yugi's face-down card and destroyed it instantaneously, revealing it to be Soul Rope.

"Oooh, that would have been useful!" Andrew noted. "If I had used Thundorus' effect first, you could have used Soul Rope to pay 1000 Life Points and bring out a new monster from your Deck to stop me! Not too shabby, Yugi, but not good enough either! Now Thundorus, destroy his monster with your abillity!"

The mighty cloud creature charged up another electric sphere and fired it off at Yugi's monster, revealing it as Giant Soldier of Stone (3/1300/2000)!

"And you already had a powerful monster in place to stop my attack again! Yugi, I'm downright flattered," Andrew admitted admirably. "Of course, I'm also a little disappointed since I would've thought you would see my strategy first and then plan accordingly. Ah well, it can't be helped. Guess there's nothing to do but keep playing! I activate Ancient Time Acceleration so that I can look at the top three cards of my deck!"

Andrew then picked up three cards off the top of his deck and looked at them. He smiled and announced, "I think I'll just toss one onto the bottom and draw 1 card with Ancient Time Acceleration!"

Then that means...

"Oh you can read me like a book! But then again, so can I!...you!...read you like a book!" Andrew stumbled a little over the slight awkwardness of reversing the phrase around. Shaking his head, he announced, "And the card I decided to draw is City of the Ancient Pyramids!"

With the activation of his card, the ancient city rose up behind him once again, the sands blowing about it as the pyramids towered over the field. Joey, Tristan, and Tea looked up at the pyramids with awe, while Yugi, Kaiba, Matt, and the Admins looked up without so much awe. Andrew simply stood there and smiled.

"And now you know what that means." Andrew hinted at it before declaring it aloud, "Now my Ancient Heroes are completely indestructible!"

I was afraid that might happen, Yugi thought. But there are ways of getting around his cards!

"I'm wiling to bet you think you're safe from my attacks since I've used up my monsters with their abilities," Andrew said. "But that's where you'd be wrong. I summon Ancient Hero Lucky Death (4/1900/200) in Attack mode!"

The newest Ancient Hero rose up in the form of a skeletal reaper, brandishing dark robes that covered some of its bones. Its hood only covered its skull cap, unable to cover its face as it cackled. The signature A gleamed within the blade of the scythe it wielded.

"Alright, Lucky Death, time to have some fun! Attack Yugi's Life Points directly!" Andrew declared, sending the reaper charging at Yugi. It swung its scythe and took out a surprisingly hairy amount of Life Points!

"Wait a minute...Life Points aren't hairy!" Andrew yelped, as it was revealed that a brown furry creature cooed its way into the path of the blade and intercepted the hit!

"Sorry Andrew," Yugi replied, "but I used my Kuriboh's (1/300/200) special ability to take the Battle Damage for me, saving me from your attack!"

For a moment, Andrew was shocked. Then he smiled and laughed it off, "Well, you got me. One attack to block and shock me with. I'll admit, I didn't see that coming either. You're really putting up a fight for me!"

"Well, you're definitely putting up a great challenge for me," Yugi responded with a smile.

"Seriously though, I mean it," Andrew stated. "There aren't a lot of people who would be able to block off so many attacks like that. I gotta give credit where credit's due, buddy, and you're probably the biggest challenge I've yet faced with these Ancient Heroes!"

Yugi couldn't help but get a little embarrassed. Getting praise for presenting a challenge to a guy with indestructible monsters was probably a pretty high compliment, especially because the duel was far from done. And both sides knew that much!

"Go ahead, Yugi," Andrew waved his hand, "and show me what more you can do!"

"Alright then, my move!" Yugi announced, drawing his next card. Alright, here it is!

"I activate the Swords of Revealing Light!" he declared, causing a rain of swords made of light to come down from the sky and block off the Ancient Heroes! Andrew though shook his head.

"Really, Yugi, I'd have given you more credit if you came up with a better plan than this," he remarked with disappointment. "A bunch of swords? Really? I thought I made it clear that-"

"I'm not done yet," Yugi interrupted. "I now Set this one card face-down and end my turn."

Andrew looked intrigued then smiled. "Ahhh, I see," he said. "It's the idea that you'll block off my attacks one way or another. Interesting!"

He drew his next card and looked at it. Hmm, this won't help me rid the field of his Swords and that face-down, he thought. Looks like I'll just have to pick one and stick with it. And I think I know which one to go with!

"I'll activate Typhoonador's special ability and destroy the Swords of Revealing Light!" Andrew declared, allowing for his genie to wipe out the swords with no problem. "And now I'll get right down to the brass tacks of this situation. Well Yugi, I'm sure you're familiar with my monster to know it well! I sacrifice Ancient Heroes Typhoonador, Thundorus, and Lucky Death in order to bring forth my Ancient Hero Ultimus (9/3900/3500)!"

The same aura surrounded the Ancient Heroes and transformed them into three orbs of light, which then transformed themselves into the different parts of the mighty Ancient Hero! The spirit emerged from the head of the statue once again and held up the orbs of light, ready to fire off its great power!

"So Yugi, what will you do now that I've brought out one of my best monsters?" Andrew asked rhetorically. "I'm eager to find out. Go, Ancient Hero Ultimus! Unleash your power and attack Yugi directly!"

Light charged up into the solar eye that the spirit held up, and then it fired down in a radiant beam at Yugi!

"Well Andrew, it's just as you expected," Yugi said, "but I'm afraid that it's bad news for you! I activate my Magic Cylinder to redirect your attack right back at you!"

Suddenly a cylinder popped up and absorbed the entire force of the attack before another appeared in front of Andrew, who looked rather shocked.

"Huh, ya know, I always did wonder what that attack felt like," he admitted just as the beam of light shot outward from the cylinder and impacted with his Life Points, knocking him down again!

Yugi: 7700
Andrew: 3100

Andrew stood up roughly, the attack having dealt a lot of damage. "Well, Yugi, I gotta say, that was quite a blast," he joked once again. "But don't think that you've beaten me just yet. I've still got Life Points left on me to take you down with!"

He's right, Yugi thought, and with his Ancient Hero Ultimus in play, this duel is going to be an uphill battle. But now's the time to bring out my strategy!

"It's my move!" Yugi said. "And I activate the Card of Sanctity to give us both up to six cards!"

"You're too kind," Andrew teased, drawing some new cards.

"And now I activate the power of Dark Magic Curtain!" Yugi continued. "Now by paying half of my Life Points, I can Special Summon directly from my Deck the Dark Magician (7/2500/2100)!"

Yugi: 3850
Andrew: 3100

With the spell now active, a magical curtain appeared with a skeleton atop. With the sacrifice of half of Yugi's Life Points, the skeleton pulled back the curtain and revealed the Dark Magician in all of its glory!

"Because I activated Dark Magic Curtain, I'm not allowed to summon any other monsters this turn," Yugi said. "But that's okay because I've got the cards I need to bypass your monster!"

"Oh? Enlighten me!" Andrew taunted.

"Careful what you wish for," Yugi said. "I activate my Dark Magic Attack spell card, allowing Dark Magician to wipe out all your spells and traps! Which means if you want your City of the Ancient Pyramids to stick around, you'll have to sacrifice your Ancient Hero Ultimus to save it!"

Andrew looked up at his city while the Dark Magician leapt into the air and charged up its attack. He turned back and smiled, saying, "You can take my city, but you can't take my monster. I'm already ready for you anyway."

He activated a card on his Duel Disk, but then the Dark Magician fired off its spell attack, wiping out the entire city and the rest of Andrew's spells and traps.

"Yeah! Yugi did it!" Joey cheered.

"No more indestructible monsters!" Tristan chimed in.

"And that means Yugi has a chance!" Tea added.

"And now I'll use my Thousand Knives spell to destroy Ancient Hero Ultimus!" Yugi continued. "That's the end of your Ancient Hero!"

Surrounding the Dark Magician appeared a great number of glowing knives. The Dark Magician tossed the knives, and they rained down upon Ancient Hero Ultimus! But then a barrier appeared and blocked off all the knives!

"What?!" Yugi was taken aback.

Andrew simply chuckled. "You should pay more attention to what I do sometimes," he mocked. "No need to get ahead of yourself before you've won. Like I said, I'm ready for ya, and my Ancient Heroes' Shield Trap got activated before your Dark Magic Attack destroyed it, making my Ancient Heroes immune to your card effects this turn."

Yugi grimaced before he looked back into his hand and announced, "Then I'll play two cards face-down and end my turn."

"Don't tell me I stopped your offense with one blow," Andrew retorted while drawing a card. "Besides, that's Ultimus' job! And during the Standby Phase of my turn, he gains 500 Atk points!"

Ancient Hero Ultimus (9/3900/3500 - 9/4400/3500)

"Now then, let's take care of that Dark Magician!" Andrew declared. "Go Ultimus! Strike the magician down!"

Ultimus then charged up its solar eye with light and beamed it down upon the Dark Magician!

"You've activated my trap, Magician's Selection!" Yugi declared. "With it, I'm able to negate your monster's attack and destroy the monster on your field with the lowest Atk! And since you only have one monster, it's time to say goodbye to Ancient Hero Ultimus!"

The power of the trap card activated, shielding Dark Magician from the power of the light and reflecting it back towards Ultimus! The redirected attack hit its mark, and Ultimus split apart into two, collapsing from the air and landing with a powerful thud on the ground!

"He did it! He beat dat overpowered monster!" Joey cheered from the stands.

"I knew you could do it Yugi!" Tea chimed in.

"Yeah, way to go!" Tristan yelped.

Yugi smiled, having finally defeated one of the toughest monsters he had ever faced. Yet something bothered him about the destruction of Ultimus. He didn't want to say it, but somehow it seemed...too easy.

"Looks like you shouldn't be getting your hopes up just yet," Kaiba noted out loud. "Take a look at the field."

Joey, Tristan, and Tea all looked back at the field and saw what Kaiba was referring to: its shattered remains were still on the field. Yugi's smile faded away to a look of confusion.

"Hey! Your monster got blown apart!" Joey yelled out. "So take it off the field already!"

Andrew simply stood there and chuckled. "Really though," he taunted, "congratulations on destroying my monster. It takes a lot of effort to beat an Ancient Hero like that, so you should be patting yourself on the back. However..."

As he continued, the pieces of his monster began to move back together as though pulled back by some mystical power. And yet Andrew hadn't activated any Spells or Traps.

"There is one thing I hadn't told you about Ultimus," he continued on. "He's different from my other Ancient Heroes not only in terms of strength but also in ability. Whenever Ancient Hero Ultimus gets destroyed, I can instantly bring him back out of my Graveyard and once again onto the field!"

"No way!" Yugi yelped, and the pieces began to reform into the same platform, the same statue, the same solar eye and winged spheres, and the same spirit popped out again. And there it was, the reborn Ancient Hero Ultimus!

"Now that my Ancient Hero Ultimus is back on the field," Andrew remarked, "its Atk points have returned to what they were originally. Still, that's going to be more than enough to take out your Dark Magician! Go Ultimus! Shower the magician again with the power of your light!"

The spirit charged up the solar eye and fired its attack off once again! This time, the Dark Magician got caught up in the blast and was wiped out. The remaining light attack struck Yugi and hit him for the remainder of the attack.

Yugi: 2450
Andrew: 3100

"Sorry to show you your efforts in defeating Ultimus are futile," Andrew said with a shrug, "but that oughta give you an idea of how difficult this duel will be for you!"

He's right, Yugi thought. With Ultimus' effect, he'll be able to revive it no matter how many times I destroy it! I have to not only get rid of Ultimus from the field, but I have to keep it from reviving itself now too! What do I do?

"I'll finish this turn by playing three cards face-down," Andrew finished. He looked up at Yugi and pointed directly towards him.

"Yugi! This is my challenge to you! Find a way to defeat my Ultimus, and you might just win this duel! But if you can't, then your defeat is inevitable!"


AUTHOR'S NOTES

Looks like this duel's far from done! Down to less than half their Life Points, Yugi and Andrew are putting up a real fight! And the cards that give them their strength:

Beta the Magnet Warrior (Normal Monster)
Level 4, 1700 Atk, 1600 Def, Rock, EARTH

Divine Wind (Counter Trap)
Effect: Activate when a monster effect would inflict damage to you. Negate that damage effect, and your opponent takes the damage you would have taken +500.
NOTE:...I could have sworn this card worked way differently.

Ancient Hero Thundorus (Effect Monster)
Level 5, 2400 Atk, 1200 Def, Thunder, LIGHT
Effect: Cannot be destroyed by battle. Once per turn: you can target 1 monster on the field; destroy that target, also this card cannot declare an attack this turn.

Ancient Hero Typhoonador (Effect Monster)
Level 3, 1200 Atk, 400 Def, Spellcaster, WIND
Effect: Cannot be destroyed by battle. Once per turn: you can target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; destroy that target, also this card cannot declare an attack this turn.

Soul Rope (Normal Trap)
Effect: When a monster on your field is destroyed: pay 1000 Life Points; Special Summon 1 Level 4 monster from your hand or Deck.
NOTE: This is based on the anime effect of the card; the real-life card requires the monster to be destroyed by a card effect and to be sent to the GY.

Ancient Hero Lucky Death (Effect Monster)
Level 4, 1900 Atk, 200 Def, Zombie, DARK
Effect: Cannot be destroyed by battle. If this card is sent to the GY: you can discard 1 card, and if you do, Special Summon it to your field.

Kuriboh (Effect Monster)
Level 1, 300 Atk, 200 Def, Fiend, DARK
Effect: During damage calculation, if your opponent's monster attacks (Quick Effect): you can discard this card; you take no battle damage from that battle.

Ancient Hero Ultimus (Effect Monster)
Level 9, 3900 Atk, 3500 Def, Fairy, LIGHT
Effect: Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned by Tributing 3 "Ancient Hero" monsters you control. Cannot be destroyed in battle. If this card is destroyed and sent to the GY: Special Summon it. During your Standby Phase: gains 500 Atk.

Dark Magic Curtain (Normal Spell)
Effect: Pay half your LP; Special Summon 1 "Dark Magician" from your Deck. You cannot Summon other monsters the turn you activate this card.

Dark Magician (Normal Monster)
Level 7, 2500 Atk, 2100 Def, Spellcaster, DARK

Dark Magic Attack (Normal Spell)
Effect: If you control "Dark Magician": destroy all your opponent's Spell Trap cards.

Thousand Knives (Normal Spell)
Effect: If you control "Dark Magician": target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target.

What a monster! It can't destroyed in battle, and when it does get destroyed it comes right back?! How will Yugi conquer this beast? Or will Andrew's monster prove too much for even him? It's the end of the Battle of the Titans tournament next time!